The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11

street is not more than one mile IN
length. 1t will be the same as to
the other great which are to
run out from the Plaza de Mayo like
the spokes Of a wheel. These i'm
provements have been stopped for
the moment on account of the war
and the lack of borrowing capacity,
but they will surely go on later.
The plans for extension are made
upon the belief in the great city Of the
future. The water works already in
stalled are after a scheme that will fit
a city Of five or six Millions, and the
construction now under way involves
an expenditure that is close to fifty
millions in gold. The plant already
covers about fifty acres, and h water
| passes through seven filters before It
enters the houses.
We shall next turf the X-ray cam
era on the Avenida de Mayo, with the
great Plaza de Mayo at one end and
the national capitol building, or I'al-
ace of Gold, at the other. This is one
of the new with a made~over
plaza Besides the streets, the town
has ninety-seven plazas, promenades
and parks, with a total area of almost
eleven million square meters, some OF
the parks covering acres. 1t has many
new streets paved with asphalt or with
l WOOuCA DlOShS ldlu III SCHlOAL, III
new buildings like those on this ave
nue. are going up in many parts Of the
city.
The Avenida de Mayo is the great
boulevard Of Buenos Aires. 1t was
nothing a few years ago. 1t has now
an almost even skyline of six-StOry
palaces, with bay windows running
from pavement to roof At one end Of
it is the Plaza de Mayo, upon which
| 70 90 thu hn11co ~ fho nroci60nf fho
stock exchange and the famous cathe.
dral. At the other end are the marble
houses Of congress-, which have cost
so much that the people have dubbed
them the palace of Gold" The V
nue. is 100 feet wide. 1t is lined or
l both sides with trees, and you ooh
down between rows Of green to the
2 great buildings at either end. Tle
+ street has magnificent hotels, and Il.
stores compare with those Of New
York and Paris. There is a great DIFF
ference in architecture. Much Of thu
i decoration is Grecian, and the skill q
T the Italian mechanic is shown in tn
D carvings.
The designing Of new buildings ha
> been greatly improved by the munir1
{ pality. All plans a W to be submitte'
: to the city authorities. Those accept
ed enter a competitive class, and tn
best plan Of each ear receives a gol
I medal. This medal goes to the archi
q tect, who is thereby put at the head q
his profession for the year to come
q In addition the municipality places
o bronze pladque on the front OF tn
le prize house when erected and exempt
'r it from the building taxes which a
IL other structures pay. In $40
u the prize was given to the palace
l. Sonora Madeline Basualdo, designe
is by Jules Dormal; in 1905 it went tc
4. building in Gale Parera, designed h
OF Louis Dubois. and in 1908 it was a
IN lotted to the front Of a~house in Cal
- Esmeralda, designed by Louis !
lis Broggi. All of these buildings a,
IS artistically constructed, and the pa
ace first mentioned, is one of the fine
of all South America. 1t stands on IL
We Plaza San Martin. The jury that Civ,
re the prize is composed of the directo
general Of public works, the direct,
IN. of the bureau of architecture. a del
he gate Of the faculty of exact scienc
he and delegates from the Central Socie
lie Of Architects and OF Fine Arts. T.
in. jury is presided over by the city su
0. veyOr.
III The building regulations are stri
10 No structure can be higher thar t
go width Of the street upon which
lei stands, n SO far the average M
ne business block is Of five or six stori
The skylines of the new streets a
even, n the effect is delight
ne There are nov within the city SON
is thing@like $4,000 houses. OF the
I'VE about 1000 are of brick. 5000
1t wood and the others are Of iron. zI
stone and reinforced concrete. Mi
Tor ty thousand or more of them are
only n story.
tn -
The vast expenditures OF the mu
cipality are Transforming Buel
aue Aires. 1t is changing from a Span
70 city to one like Berlin or Paris. a
aIo the old landmarks are being swallc
ne ed up, in the new constructions. 7
me town is one Of the oldest of the n
ON world. 1t was begun 200 years bef
the there was a house on the site OF
Is city of Boston, and forty-three We
lres after Columbus discovered An,ar;
pc The first buildings were mud h
eng matched with straw. Then a hr
me Kiln was made and later tiles 6
leS- bricks were imnortod f..u .