The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-07

From the standpoint of bigness the st.
Louis Worlds Fair surpasses all its pre-
decessors as a man surpasses a boy. Its
grounds and buildings are the largest in
the history of expositions, and it will nave
more exhibits than has ever been the case
before.
Besides its general great size. the Fair
will show a long list Of things which are
the largest of their kin in the world.
These things are not sought because of
their great proportions. but in getting to-
gether the best and most interesting
things. the big ones were included.
Some Of these things are architectural
features, sue as the great dome of Fes-
tival Hall. the Palace of Agriculture and
the Cascades. while others are exhibits
and concessions, such as the big organ.
tho iron statue of Vulcan, the big Wiscon-
sin cheese and the Inside Inn.
The largest thing in the category Of
biggest is. of course. the Exposition
grounds. They include LAO acres. an area
considerably larger than the majority of
prosperous farms, and covering more
space than many American and European
towns Of note n Importance.
INTO the site could be rolled the COM
bined areas Of the Chicago Columbian Ex-
position. the Buffalo Pan-American, and
the Universal Exposition Of Paris. 1t In
cludes miles of roadways, hundreds of
acres of roofs. broad 'lagoons, miles Of
waterways, hundreds of miles Of electric
wires, and forests. plains and valleys.
Its largest building. the Palac of Agri-
culture. is the most immense Exposition
structure the world a ever seen. 1t Is
LOO feet long by 500 feet wide, n covers
square feet of exhibit space. exclusive Of
atsles and supports
Within. the monster structure companies
through drills with as much freedom as
they could on an open plain. From one
entrance. persons at the other end OF the
building appear sma IL Two hH tI h tn0u-
ture without in the least crowding 1t.
THE LARGEST DOME.
The largest dome in the world Is on tho
Worlds Fair grounds This is the huge
arch of Festival Hall. which crowns Art
Hill, and Is the central feature of the
main picture Of the Exposition. 1t is
larger even than the dom of st. Peters
at Rene, which for more than three GEN.
turtles has held the first place in this re-
spect.
Festival Hall dome is 800 feet in diam
eter and 300 feet high. Its apex towers
far above the surrounding buildings, as
does the dome Of Michael Angeles mas
tegp.ece In the Eternal City: At night it
viii glow with myriads of electric lights,
Be the crowning glory of modern e&-
position architecture. The dome Of St.
Peters - 1ss feet In diameter and $50 feet
high.
Just below Festival Hall will flow the
largest artificial cascade in the world.
These waterfalls will discharge into the
Grand Basin $1,000 gallons of water per
mtuute The discharge will be 80 divided
that. s, 100 eallons win rush over the cen
trail cascade. which attains a width of
10 feet at its final leap into the lagoon.
The side cascades win throw ESQ gal
lens every mtarte-
Ii side Inn. the largest hotel in the
world. is another of the striking things
frside the grounds. This giant hosiery
has accommodate ns for 5000 guests When
complete It will contain 2,267 sleeping
rooms. 800 bathrooms and a dining-room
DO feet long by 40 feet wide
The largest gas engine ever mlnufac-