Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
WORLDS FAIR ENGINEERING.
Changing Landscape To Meet the Requirements of Great Exposition


the thousands who have worked to- gether to carve out of a rough and rugged spot beautiful plain, nor will they think of the hours of toll of the men in the ditches to provide water, fire protection and sewage disposal
 On the west of the magnificent Pal ace of Transportation, covering some Is acres, Machinery Hall, covering about 10 acres, will stand on ground which few months ago was covered with jungle of briars and buckbush- es On ground formerly covered with brush and cut up by water courses the Textiles Palace and the Palace of Elec- tricity will stand, each on an island, entirely surrounded by lagoons that carry. water craft.
 The lagoons provide round trip of 7,100 feet over the shortest possible course. Their total area is 75O.000 square feet, or about IT acres These lagoons contain about 19,O00,O00 gal Ions of water, or about three times as much as Arrowhead lake, which is it. self an immense body of water J Peninsular lake has been obliterated. and on it's site is reared the Mines and Metallurgy building and the Hall of Liberal Arts
 The Press buiftIing occupies the site where was located small boat house, and the Varied Industries building and the Manufactures building, which cover about 13 acres each, occupy the ground formerly used for a race track and for golf links.
 l The Government building stands, on an eminence on the southeast side of the main picture, the material exca- vated from its site being used to fill the old channel of the River des Peres, and its tributaries to the south and west. # I From the Government building west to the Cascades and from Skinlzer road east to the Cascades, terraces will be excavated on the face of the hills ito provide space for walks on the south side of the southern line of the main buildings.
 Little change will be made in the topography of the park south of the main exhibit buildings, and only such slight grading will De done as is re- quired for small buildings.
 The east end of Forest park. outside of the fairs reservation. has also been changed as result of its proximity to the fair. The old wooden bridge roar the Clayton road. known as the. Jeffcrson bridge. bas been replaced by 2 rteel arch. which was formerly Wasfirofnn bridge. and occupied the sita of the Mines and SIetallurgy building.
 The channel of inc river from this point west to the WaterworlSs bridge has been cleaned cut and tha banks trimmed up. From the Lafayette bridge. just south of Union avenue. to the eastern boundary of the worlds fair grounds. four horseshoe bends have been taken cut of tho River des Peres. and aS new direct channel cut with a waterway area of GOO square feet
 The WaterworlSs hridra which SUD- piled only about one-tllird the required < waterway area. was taken out in order to give the C hannel sufficient size to safely carry the water during flood time and to prevent water from back ing up in he site. This bridge for merly carried big water main over the River des Peres. @ A costly and handsome concrete arch bridge has been erected at Grand drive. over the River des Pores inst east of f 0 fair grounds. This Is built of Port land cement concrete strengthened with corrNgated steelbars. The coping of this bridoe is surmounted with a handsome iron railing ornamented with .terre cotta nosts.
 4 steel and wood bridge was also erected near the park stables designed , to carry the heavy park rollers. This bridge has span of 60 feet without an obstruction in the channel. All these improvements in Forest park were made without expense to . the city. While serving the exposition in the establishment of grade for roads. walks buildings. md terraces. the director of works and his engineers have always kept in mind the restora- tion of the park to the people of St Louis in an improved condition. They feel that when they have Finished their use of the park it will have been .Iinestimably enchanced in beauty and in ayailabilitv for all purposes to which the best type of public park can be put.