The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-07-15
COLOSSAL STRUCTURE
Palace ofAgriculture Is Worlds
Fairs Largest Building.
IT COVERS AN AREA OF 20 ACRES

Ten Million Feet Of Lumber Used In
Its Construetion-one Hundred and
Twelve Tons Of Nails Consumed.
One Hundred and Eorty-fve Thou
sand Panes Of Glass and Ten Tons
Of Putty Used in the Glazing.
The usual description OF the Palace
Of Agriculture at the Worlds Fair.
which has Just been completed. fails
TO convey an adequate idea of its
magnitude The fact that Il is 1000
feet long and $40 feet wide. covers %
acres, cost $4,000 and is the larg.
est exhibit building ever constructed
TO contain single department, has
been .old. When one is informed that
over 100000 feet OF lumber were
use in the construction OF the build,
ing he may yet have an lndistinct
conception OF its magnitude, Tho
amount grows on one when he Is told
thar 600 cars were fully loaded with
this lumber Thirty cars. thus loaded.
makes heavy train. so Il will be
seen that twenty full trains we're ~.
qulred TO transport the lumber for
this one building to the Worlds Fair
grounds.
Vas forests were denuded that this
building might rise. In the Southern
piner.es one acre OF forest Will, on
an average yield 6oOO feet OF lumber.
A little calculating will show that
1866 acres. or nearly two and one-half
square miles. were required to fur.
nish this lumber
As the Palace OF Agriculture repro.
sents only one OF the many exhibit
palaces OF the Worlds Fair, or about
one twentieth OF the total building
construction. II will be seen that 49,.
j 800 acres. or over so square miles OF
forest we're cut for the erection Of the
Worlds Fair buildings.
The nails that were used in Join.
ing the timber for this one building,
when one pauses TO think, speak
Startling facts. Five cars were re,
quired TO haul the nails In each car
were $50 kegs, In each key were 100
pounds. The five cars OF nails
weighed 225,000 pounds. or liz and \
half tons The lO-penny nail was the
average size used II requires striu
OF steel wire four inches long 10 make
one nail. One hundred and six 10
penny nails weigh one pound and In
the 225, 900 pounds used there were
23.s50,0OO nails The total length o.
n the wire from which these nails wer:
made was s4.i00OOO inches Reduced
these figures read 100000 feet. Of
1906 miles Then II the vines wer,
uncut AID strung in the form OF I
cable it would reach from Kansas
City to New York
Eight cars Of sand were consumes
in the plastering OF this building.
II Figures on the painting revea
something OF the enormlty Of tn,
structure on the inside alone cigh
cars Of sarito were sprayed on tn,
walls and timbers, And the exterio
consumed an equally largo amount
!, The roofing OF the Palace OF Asrl
culture gives one with penchant 70
freakish figures rare opportunity
There are t.O62, 400 square feet In tn,
roof The roofing paper. which wa
first put on. weighs so pounds to
square. A square Is 10 feet square o
100 square feet Thus the pape
weighs 100000 pounds The paper 1
covered with pitch, 60 pounds to tn
/ square. Here is another weight o
100000 pounds added Then come
the gravel One yard Of gravel
, weighing 270O pounds, will cover
squares Of roofing There were 125
yards of gravel used on the roof an
: this weighed $4,000 pounds. Til
combined weight Of the paper. pitc
and gravel is i,i75.O0o pounds. Shout
. snow fall on the roof TO depth OF on
I foot another weight OF 5,ls2,OO
pounds would be added and the pi
lars would have to bear total weigh
of 9657000 pounds.
The bolts and rods used In 1Oinin
: the heavy timbers weighed $1,000
. pounds.
!, One hundred and fortyiiye thot
sand, six hundred ad forty min
: panes OF translucent glass, each 1sx2
inches. were placed in the sash in tn
5 Palace Of Agriculture II require
ten tons OF putty to do this, We're a
y Of the glasses made into one piece
= would cover surface of 1888
d square feet. or over four acres.
q In erecting the building there wer
o 796 posts. GO to 81 feet tall. an
made by joining and boiling fou
J 10xl2 timbers. There were so trusse
y JOG feet long. each weighing twelv
2 tons. There were $50 smaller trusse
that weighed seven tons each
ri Caldwell a Drake. the contractor
!, who built the Palace OF Agriculture
with force OF $50 men. complete
the frame work Of the great structur
On forty-six working days. Mr.. Cali
well says that II the occasion ha
> demanded faster work he cnuld hav