AMERICA.

Evening Star, Issue 3459, 24 March 1874, Page 3

AMERICA.

-THB PHILADELPHI \ EXHIBITION, t I The buildings 'for this Exhibition are iabwl in course of erection. They wid consist of -an art gallery covering acres ; the grand* pavilion or main industrial hall covering 3(i acres; the machinery hall covering 10 acres;! the agricultural hall covering 5 acres; thei conservatory and the grand pavilion, which! wid cover at a.minimum 30 acres of ground,! -and-be Capable of extension, if required, asl the work progresses ; that it must be rectangular iii plan and without curved corridor;! and that no galleries must be constructed for! exhibition purposes proper, but small bal- : conies may be judiciously introduced fori observation. TJhe principal part of the' design adopted is made up of vaulted or| domed pavilions,, each 14Q feet in diameter,! -blustered together and Connected by arches of 10G feet opening, with interior courts of; ,26 feet diameter. These dimensions are open; to modification and change when working no I ; the,final drawings, which can be done, if advisable, without changing the characteristic features of the design. The principal * part of the building thus covered by'these pavilions becomes one spacious hall 408 1 feet' wide and 2,040 feet long, with! a transept 408 feet wide and 952 feet, long. The vistas, of course, extend to 952 wide and 2,040 feet long. The building is capable of both central and intermediate : points of emphasis, direct lines of transit throughout its entire length and breadth. : diagonal lines of communication, if deemed, necessary, t and especially. an entire relief from any appearance of contradiction; because the visitor will be always in ah apartment or pavilion 140.feet, wide that opens; immediately into other apartments of the same width. Offices for the, various com-; missions; restaurants and buffets for light and retiring rooms, it is proposed to locate in the exterior pavilions. Also to introduce narrow galleries, for observation, around each of the interior courts; and in the gables of the exterior pavilions A covered piazza surrounds the entire pavilion, giving access to and'communication between all the entrances. The central column will be 1,000 feet high, and the entire cost of the Structure will be over* L 750,000. it \