The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-05
TEXASATTH
WORLD'SFAIR
The Lone Star Makes Magnificent
Showing.
Correspondent Describes Building as ne
Saw It. Texas Expenditure tx
ceeded By Only Four States.
To THE HERALD.

To THE HERALD.
Your correspondent availed him
self of al opportunity to visit the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
5, Louis OH the sixteenth OF March,
and it may be of interest to your
readers to know something OF the
magnificent way in which the
Lone Star" State is to be rep
resented ct this COL ress or narveis.
Texas is acquitting itself III a
manner of which its citizens may
justly feel proud
Standing on a slightly elevated
spot. southwest OF the the mines
and rietallurgy building, overlook
.lg the greater portion OF the great
exposition of which it is no in
significant part, stands the Texas
State building, surrounded by a
beautiful park that abounds Ill
SHADY nooks and floral fragrance.
The stvle of architecture of the
building is symbolical of the mag
nifcent state it represents and it IS
readily seen and recognized from
remote parts of the grounds. 1t
stands as monument to its design
er, Mr.. c. H. Page, Jr., OF Austin.
The contract price o tie building
was S45, 562, but some changes III
the original plan will add some to
the cost.
The building is in the shape of a
huge five-pointed star, the points
OF which are two stories high; from
the center of the star rises five
cornered dome with its corners
resting on the intersections of the
points and two stories above the
remainder of the structure; each
side of this dome has five stained
glass windows; each holds letter
some four feet high and the five
windows spell TEXAS. The dome
is surmounted with the statue of
woman holding extended above the
head, in the left hand, an electric
star, which at night is Illuminated
with many electric bulbs. Beneath
the dome on the main floor is an
electric fountain. The second floor
forms a circular balcony above the
fountain and just above the sec
ond floor and directly over the foun-
tain is ive-pointed star of art
glass having a radius of eight feet,
letters in the points of this star
spell TEXAS. The Lone Star
is constantly before the eyes of the
visitor.
The main floor is given over al
most exclusively to the display of
the resources Of Texas, such as
mineral. agriculture, forestry and
art. The second floor is intended
to give passing comfort to the
weary visitor and the east portion
of the star is equipped for an audi
forum with seating capacity of
more than three hundred persons.
One point is reserved for the Offices
of the Texas commissioners and
the other three points are equipped
to rest and vet entertain the sight
seerS.
Strikes among the plasterers and
painters have delayed work on the
building, vet it is nearly completed
and will be ready to receive exhibits
bv the tenth instant which is more
than can be said of many other
buildings of like nature, and when
the fair opens on April 30th. the
visitors from Texas will find that
his state has accomplished an I'M
dertaking that bodies well for the
future of the Lone Star Empire. ="
Your correspondent was employ
ed for two years in the Columbian
Exposition at Chicago, and l speak
from knowledge when / pronounce
this fair to be far greater in point
of interest, beauty, comfort and