Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-11-04

Hanging Gardens and Cascades to
Add to the Attractiveness Of the
Place-The Extent of the Buildings.
Plans In the Hands Of Architects.
Work Soon to Begin.
The great st. Louis worlds fair Is
taking ON proportion and substance In
the minds of it's creators, and the gen-
eral layout" as the disposition of the
grounds and the buildings is technical
ly called, is now definitely known and
arranged III an orderly manner says
the st. Louis correspondent of the Chi
cago Record Herald.
This exposition will be the first in the
worlds history in which natural hills
will figure conspicuously. This depar-
ture was brought about by the natural
beauty of the site, which upon exami-
nation was found to be notably fayOra-
BILE for the creation of a fair of eXcep-
tional beauty and enhancing charm.
The Louisiana exposition is to be To-
Gated entirely within. Forest park, the
second largest public park in the Unit
ed States. The unfinished portion of
the park was granted to the exposition
company by the city Of st. Louis as an
exposition site, and every n OF its
natural features will be utilized in il
striking manner by the designers and
architects.
This part Of the park Is somewhat
billy. 1t contains a large level tract OF
about 400 acres which was formerly
used as a golf links and a race track.
From this level tract there rises a slope
with a gradient of about sixty degrees
to an average height Of about sixty
feet. The little city Of buildings max
Ing up the exposition, with it's towers,
It's lagoons. it's lawns. canals and pleas.
ing groups of %statuary. will occupy the
lower level. On the top Of the slope the
art gallery, with its Independent build
ings, will stand. This group Of struc-
lures will be the architectural chef
d'nuvre Of the exposition and has been
designed by the noted architect Cass
Gilbert of Minnesota n New York.
On the elevated ground will arise also
the United States government build
ing. designed by Knox Taylor.
The rising ground between these
buildings and the lower tract was care
fully considered by the architectural
commission. which in its treatment was
given a wide scope for originality. The
result will be a dream Of aesthetic beau
ty. The slope will be converted into a
falryland of hanging gardens and beau
tiful cascades.
TO an observer ON a high tower or In
a balloon the general picture Of the ex-
position will appear in the shape of a
gigantic fan, the ribs Of which will be
| the II formed by the buildings
| and gardens of the SCENE. At the con-
verging point Of the radiant lines VIII
| stand the art building on an eminenrc.
| The waterfalls issuing from the sides
| Of as many hills in the form Of a cres-
| cent will course down the hillsides and
| empty into a grand basin. The water
| effects of the entire landscape radiat-
ing from these three cascades form q
! mile Of continuous water circuit.
From the semicircular basin into
| which the cascades will fall two
/ streams in imitation Of natural rivers
| branch off to the right and the left. As
| they ira the avenues their banks
assume a regular geometrical outline to
! their debouches into the grand basin
| Mt the lower end.
The main exposition covers more than
two-thirds of Il square mile. The gray d
| basin is 600 feet wide, and flos.., the
main entrance to he art building
browning the heights at the candle end
| of the fan the distance is three-fcurths
of u mile.
Following are the principal buildings,
| with their dimensions and designing
architects:
| Agricultural building. 100 by 1000
feet. Isaac s. Taylor; art building, 800
by 800 feet, Cass Gilbert; liberal arts
building. 600 by 500 feet, Games Il
Young; manufacturers and liberal arts
building, GOO by 1,2O0 feet. Carrere e.
Hastings; electricity building. GOO by
$50 feet, Walker & Kimball; mines ausl
mctallurgy building, GOO by 1000 Il
Van Brunt 4 Howe; education bu...A
ing, $50 by $50 feet, Theodore C. Link,
social economy building. $50 by 10
feet. Barnett, Haynes Il Barnett; trans
portation building. 600 by 1900 feet.
Widmann, Walsh & Boisselier; govern
ment building, with fisheries pavilion
and ordnance pavilion, 400 by $50 feet,
j. Knox Taylor.
Among the most interesting features
Of the exposition will be the grand ell
trance and the drive leading to the gate.
This latter will be along Lindell boule-
ward, one Of the finest residential
streets in America. The entrance will
be on the side toward the city, where
the fair grounds abut on the finished
portion Of the park. Chief Architect
Taylor has designed a magnificent en-
trance to be located here.
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