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WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



and scale will be furnished by the chief of the de- 

 partment." 

 United States Government Building. The 



size of the Government Building is 351x421 ft., 

 having an area of 6.2 acres. The approximate 

 cost is given as $400.000. The exhibit will in- 

 clude contributions from the War, Treasury, 

 Agricultural, Interior, Post-Office, and Naval 

 Departments at Washington ; also from the 

 National Museum, Smithsonian Institute, etc. 

 Details as to the space allotted to each section 

 were given in the last issue of the Annual. 



The section from one of the big California red- 

 wood trees, which the Government will exhibit 

 in its building, required eleven freight cars to 

 convey it across the Continent. It measures 

 thirty feet long by twenty-three feet in diameter. 

 The section is hollowed out, and when placed on 

 end, divided into two stories and lighted, as it 

 will be, it will form a rustic house large enough 

 for a family to live in. 



Naval Exhibit. An imitation battle-ship oc- 

 cupies a space of 69.25x348 ft. The approxi- 

 mate cost is estimated at $100,000. 



This ship, built of brick and coated with cement, 

 is erected on pilings alongside a pier, apparently 

 moored at a wharf on the lake front, in the 

 northeast portion of Jackson Park. The struc- 

 ture is made to represent a full-size first-class 

 battle-ship of the new navy for coast-line defense, 

 designed by the Bureau of Construction and 

 Repairs. It is surrounded by water and has all 

 the guns, turrets, torpedo tubes, torpedo nets, 

 booms, anchors, chain cables, and all other fit- 

 tings and appliances of a regular battle-ship. 

 During the exhibition, the ship will be manned 

 by a full complement of officers, sailors, and 

 marines ; and all explanations in regard to the 

 mode of life upon a man-of-war will be made, 

 and the method of handling the vessel during an 

 engagement. The dimensions of the structure 

 are : length, 348 feet; width amidships, 69 feet 3 

 inches; and from the water-line to the top of the 

 main deck, li feet or the exact dimensions in 

 detail of a battle-ship. The battery is mounted 

 as on a regular war vessel. The berth deck will 

 be an open space for the Navy Department's 

 exhibit. Each bureau will exhibit special arti- 

 cles. One of the most interesting exhibits on 

 this vessel will be a naval museum containing 

 relics of naval wars. An exhibit of the Bureau 

 of Ordnance has been arranged for. On the port 

 side of the berth deck the Bureau of Construc- 

 tion and Repair will plaee on exhibition a num- 

 ber of models of new cruisers now in the Navy 

 Department. Opposite, on the same deck, the 

 Bureau of Steam Engineering will exhibit a fully 

 equipped machine-shop similar to those that will 

 be put on the real battle-ships. The Bureau of 

 Medicine and Surgery will make an exhibit of 

 the Medical Department. The Bureau of Sup- 

 plies and Accounts will send an exhibit of pro- 

 visions, clothing, mess gear, cooking utensils, 

 and all articles necessary for a crew's comfort. 

 With this bureau's exhibit will also be a collec- 

 tion of naval uniforms of the patterns in use 

 from the creation of the navy to the present 

 time. The electric lighting arrangements now 

 in use in the navy will be shown by the Bureau 

 of Equipment. 



In the main lagoon, to the west of the Govern- 



ment Building, will be a wooded island having 

 an area of twenty to thirty acres. The various 

 animals, trees, plants, and flowers on this island 

 will not be interfered with in any way, the idea 

 being to allow visitors an opportunity to ramble 

 freely through a miniature primeval forest. 



Fisheries Buildings. The size of the main 

 building is 162.1x361.1, having an area of 1.4 

 acres. The size of annexes will be 135 feet in 

 diameter, the area of annexes being 7 acres. 

 The approximate cost of all buildings is stated 

 to be $224,750. 



The location of the Fisheries Building is at a 

 point northwest of the United States Govern- 

 ment Building. The aquaria, ten in number, 

 are supplied with gold, tench and other fish, and 

 have a capacity of from 7,000 to 27,000 gallons 

 each. The glass fronts of the aquaria are about 

 575 feet in length and have 3,000 square feet of 

 surface. The supply of sea water was secured 

 by evaporating the necessary quantities, at the 

 Woods Holl station of the United States Fish 

 Commission, to about one-fifth of its bulk, thus 

 reducing both quantity and weight for transpor- 

 tation about 80 per cent. The fresh water 

 required to restore it to its proper density was 

 supplied from Lake Michigan. 



One section of the Fisheries exhibit will be 

 devoted to aquaria, a second to angling, and a 

 third to commercial fisheries. The progress 

 made in the character of fishing vessels will be 

 fully illustrated. Exhibits from England and 

 Newfoundland are expected. 



On the grounds northeast of the Government 

 Building, and about midway between it and the 

 Fisheries Buildings, will be found the Helio- 

 graph, Light House Exhibit, Weather Bureau 

 and Life Saving Station, with an exhibit of vari- 

 ous types of life-boats. To the north of these 

 will be seen the foreign exhibits, including, in 

 their order from west to east, Brazil, Colombia, 

 Nicaragua, Sweden, Turkey, Hayti, Russia, 

 Canada and Great Britain. The group of foreign 

 buildings to the north of those just mentioned, 

 on the eastern side of the grounds, includes 

 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, Norway, 

 Ceylon, France, Austria, and Germany. There 

 is also a Japanese exhibit on the wooded island 

 to the west of the Fisheries Buildings. 



Foreign Nations. The following foreign 

 nations and colonies will be represented. The 

 amounts opposite the names in the table show 

 the sum set apart by the several nations and 

 colonies for the purposes of their exhibits, so far 

 as obtainable. (Revised Statements.) 



Germany. The German exhibit will contain 

 an architectural display, including drawings 

 illustrating 200 or more of the most notable build- 

 ings in the Empire. 



Sweden. This exhibit is in part designed on 

 the lines of the old Norse stave churches. Most 

 of the work has. been done in Sweden, being 

 shipped to Chicago in sections. The Swedish 

 Government has prepared an excellent and com- 

 prehensive exhibit. 



Cldli. The nitrate industry will be illustrated 

 by an elaborate exhibit. " The prominence this 

 product has attained in the finance of Chili makes 

 the proposed exhibit doubly interesting." 



Venezuela. The Venezuela building will be 

 one story in height, of white marble, in the 



