The Washington herald., 1907-04-26

{ from which our colonial architecture was
derived. Facing the parade grounds are
( two monumental loggias, offering shade
and rest 10 the visitor and a vantage
point from which 20 view the competitive
/ drills and maueuvers Of thousands OF
American and foreign soldiers. This
/ building has an interior court ninety feet
wide by 30 feet long with terraces. fouH-
I taius. and every establishment that can
add 10 the comfort or convenience of the
visitor or the exhibitor. Aside from the
/ agricultural exhibits displayed I'm this
/ building. there is set aside space for the
proper exhibit of agricultural implements
and farm machinery generally, farm
equipment and methods of improving
lands. and the appliances and methods
used in agricultural Industries. The spe-
cial exhibits in tobacco, cotton, and pea
nuts are Installed ia this building.
The government has also appropriated
I FOR negro building and exhibits ut the
/ jamestown Exposition the sum Of $780,
600 and that race Is given an opportunity
/ and assisted Ia every way 10 show the
/ progress FL has made and its advance
ment in education, art, and science, as
well as On Industrial and commercial puF-
suits
The transportation facilities for reach
ing Norfolk and the Jamestown Exp0si-
ton grounds are of the best as win Ice
understood when III is known that there
are. reaching this immediate section.
eight trunk lines of railroad. 1--WE short
/ lines. four transatlantic lines of steam
ers. and three coast lines besides four
Chesapeake Bay lines, four river lines.
and three river and canal lines. The
/ Exposition grounds are reached from the
/ surrounding towns by steam and trolley
/ lines and water craft of every descrip-
/ ton
/ Never. perhaps in the history of expo
sitions has q city of such maguihceuce,
/ most of which is 70 remain for years aft
/ or the jamestown Exposition Is a thing
Of the past, sprung up ia So short time
/ as has the jamestown Exposition.
Exposition BuiIdings.
The exposition buildings proper con-
/ sist of about twenty-five structures.
meHy of them magnificent palaces of
/ permanent construction. after the CO.
| lonial style Of architecture, and present
an array of elegance and grandeur sell
( dom witnessed
Among the principal buildings and those
/ that viii attract most attention. both as
[ TO their size and construction. as well as
( to the exhibits they contain, are the Audi
forum and Convention Hall 16lx236 feet
with wings o. feet. having an auditorium
/ 5lN9l feet with e seating capacity of about
/ S0ooi Palace of Manufactures and Liberal
/ Arts, 1S.X550 feet. Palace Of Machinery
/ and Transportation 2S0N550 feet. States
/ Exhibit Palace. 300x500 feet Mining and
/ Metallurgy Building. 1C0x250 feet. Hy-
gienic and Medical Building, 1GCx25Q feet.
/ Pure Food Building. 90x300 feet: Palace Of
/ History and Historic. Arts 12lxl.9 feet,
/ Education Building. 12iXl29 feet.
Arts and Crafts.
/ Besides these. there is what is known as
the Arts and Crafts Village, consisting Of
Iseven cottages after the style of colonial
days. These are: Textile Building. 53xSS
feet; Copper. Silver. and Woodworkers'
Shops 4x1S7 feet; Pottery Shops. 4Sx50
feet; Iron Shops. 4Sx5o feet; Model School.
S5x45 feet. with "a model school room 25x53
feet; Mothers and Children's Building.
60zl00 feet, and Pocahontas Hospital. 50xS0
/ feet
/ This does not include the various govern
| ment buildings nor those Cn1he War Path.
many of which are fine structures, nor
does it include the Inside Inn, which has
/ a frontage of 60 feet On Hampton Roads.
/ overlooking that entire body of water, on
which viii be held all the naval maneu-
] vers and aquatic sports.
Among the buildings that will be seen
/ by every visitor to the exposition are the
two government piers that are each 200
/ feet wide and extend 1900 feet into Hamp-
ton Roads They are connected by a cross
/ pier SEQ feet long of equal width with the