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WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



an area of 3.3 acres. The approximate cost is 

 given as $138,000. There is a staircase and 

 landing leading to a terrace six feet above the 

 water. A lobby 40 ft. wide leads into the ro- 

 tunda (70xfi5 ft.), which is surmounted by an 

 ornamental skylight. Around the rotunda is a 

 two-story open arcade. On the first floor is a 

 model hospital, a model kindergarten, each 80x60 

 ft., and the whole floor of the south pavilion has 

 been set apart for the reform work and charity 

 organizations. Each floor 80x20 ft. Opposite 

 the main front entrance are the library, bureau of 

 information, records, etc. In the second story are 

 the ladies' dressing-rooms and parlors, and an 

 assembly-room, with an elevated stage for speak- 

 ers, and club-room. The south pavilion has been 

 provided with model kitchen and refreshment- 

 rooms. 



The exterior design was furnished by a woman 

 architect, Miss S. Gr. Hayden, of Boston. Here 

 the lady managers will have their headquarters. 

 The women of the State of New York have secured 

 permission to equip one of the rooms as a woman's 

 library, containing only works written by 

 women. 



To the left still further, and immediately south 

 of the entrance to Jackson Park from the Mid- 

 way Plaisance will be another of the most impor- 

 tant divisions of the Exposition. 



The Horticultural Building. The size of this 

 building is 250.8 by 997.8 ft., the area being 8 

 acres ; and the approximate cost, $287,000. 



The groups of statuary on either side of the 

 main entrance, and the Cupid frieze which runs 

 nround the building, are the work of Lorado 

 Taft. 



The Choral Hall, or Festival Hall, stands to the 

 south of the Horticultural Building. Fronting the 

 lagoon, between the Horticultural and Transpor- 

 tation Buildings, it occupies a prominent posi- 

 tion. This structure is intended to seat 6,500 

 persons, including a chorus of 2,000 and orches- 

 tra of 250. Francis M. Whitehouse, of Chicago, 

 designed the interior after the Trocadero of Paris. 

 There will be a large concert organ erected for 

 choral purposes before the Exposition opens. The 

 Festival Hall programme includes four scries of 

 oratorio festivals, six series of international 

 concerts, concerts by German, Swedish, and 

 Welsh societies, and popular concerts of orches- 

 tral music. 



The Transportation Building. The size of 

 the Transportation Building is 256x960 ft., with 

 an area of 9.4 acres. The size of the annex is 

 435x850 ft. ; its area being 8.5 acres. The approxi- 

 mate cost of both buildings is given as $369,000. 

 The main building lies between the Horticultural 

 and Mines Buildings and faces eastward. It is of 

 the Romanesque style of architecture and is sur- 

 mounted by a cupola. The interior of the build- 

 ing has broad naves and aisles, and the roof is in 

 three divisions. The cupola is reached by eight 

 elevators. From this extends westward to Stony 

 Island avenue a capacious annex. It is but one 

 story in height. 



'The scope and plan of this department includes 

 railways, vessels, and vehicles comprising all 

 known means, methods, and appliances of travel 

 and conveyance on land and water, in ancient 

 and modern times. 



Elaborate and costly models of the best trans- 



atlantic steamers will be shown. In addition, the 

 department comprises whatever relates to the 

 science of navigation, and to docks, harbor works, 

 wrecking and life-saving apparatus, etc. 



The bas-reliefs on the main building, both over 

 the doorways and in the panels on either hand, 

 have been modeled by John J. Boyle of New 

 York. The panel over the central doorway rep- 

 resents the apotheosis of transportation, suggest- 

 ed by the world floating in the ether of space, 

 surmounted by the genii of transportation. The 

 four horses are put in for ornamental effect of 

 movement. On the right corner the figure repre- 

 sents abundance ; on the left, force and rapidity 

 of motion. The panels on either side of the en- 

 trance portray the evolution of transportation 

 from its rudest to its most modern forms. 



Statuary groups will be prepared for the adorn- 

 ment of the main facade. These will symbolize 

 the spirit which has animated the inventions 

 that have made possible the great advances in 

 this department of modern industry and typify 

 some of the industries themselves. 



Hall of Mines ami Mining'. The size of the 

 Mi nes and Mining Building is 350x700 feet, with an 

 area of 8. 5 acres. The approximate cost is estimat- 

 ed at $266,500. This structure is of the Italian 

 Renaissance order of architecture, and is located 

 at the southern extremity of the western lagoon, 

 just between the Electricity and Transportation 

 Structures. On the ground floor are restaurants 

 and toilet rooms. The galleries are 25 feet high 

 and 60 feet wide. The covered promenades are 

 each 25 feet in width by 230 feet in length. Be- 

 tween the main entrance and the pavilions a-e 

 ornamental arcades, forming a loggia on the 

 ground floor and a recessed promenade on the 

 gallery floor ; a great portion of the roof is cov- 

 ered with glass. 



The raw material to be exhibited in the Mines 

 and Mining Department will form the basis of 

 every other exhibit except those of Agriculture 

 and Horticulture. The groundwork of all the 

 arts and sciences and the mechanical industries 

 will be grouped in this division. All precious 

 and industrial minerals, precious stones, coals, 

 building stones and marbles, clays and sands, 

 salts and pigments, as well as the machinery, im- 

 plements and appliances employed in their con- 

 version to the uses of man, will be represented. 

 The coal resources of countries, States, and sec- 

 tions will be shown by geological maps and 

 drawings. An important exhibit of iron will be 

 made. A complete series of metallurgic pro- 

 cesses from mineral to metal will be shown ; ap- 

 paratus employed in petroleum and natural gas 

 industries will'be displayed ; also an accurate re- 

 production of ancient mining and metallurgical 

 methods, appliances, tools, and processes. 



The Electrical Building. The size of the 

 Electrical Building is 345x690 feet, with an 

 area of 9.3 acres. The approximate cost is 

 said to be $413,500. The Electrical Building 

 is opposite the Manufactures Building, and on 

 the west side faces the Mines Building. The ex- 

 terior of the building is of the Corinthian order 

 of architecture, and the general plan is that of 

 a longitudinal nave, crossed in the middle by a 

 transept having a pitched roof with skylights ; 

 the rest of the building a flat roof with skylights. 

 The area of the galleries in the second story is 



