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Venezuela; Charles M. Pepper, Cuba; John Rice 

 Chandler, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, 

 Nicaragua, and Salvador; F. H. Wennerstrum, 

 Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Resident repre- 

 sentatives: Joseph H. Brucker, Berlin; Palmer L. 

 Bo wen, Paris; and George F. Parker, London. 



The site chosen for the exposition is a well- 

 timbered tract of about 1,300 acres inside the 

 city boundaries, half of which will be occupied 

 by the exhibition. The remainder of the land 

 necessary lies just across a well-known country 

 road, and will be connected with the main body 

 by every device common or necessary in such 

 cases. Within this area are the grounds of 

 Washington University, comprising about 110 

 acres, which, with the use of the college build- 

 ings, only recently completed, were leased to the 

 Exposition Company. In consideration of this 

 privilege, the company will erect buildings to be 

 left upon the ground for the increase of univer- 

 sity accommodations. The main group of ex- 

 hibit buildings will be 15, 11 of which are ar- 

 ranged in the form of a fan, the Art Palace 

 forming the apex at the southwest. The con- 

 struction of the buildings was promptly under- 

 taken, and on Sept. 3, 1901, the first stake on 

 the world's fair site was driven, with appropri- 

 ate ceremonies. 



The larger buildings include the Art Palace, 

 which will consist of 3 fire-proof pavilions, the 

 central 1 to be permanent. The dimensions of 

 the united structure will be 450 by 830 feet, and 

 the estimated cost is $1,000,000. In the central 

 structure will be a large International Sculpture 

 Court. Where certain works of sculpture can be 

 shown to better advantage in the open, space will 

 be provided for them in the spaces adjacent to 

 the Art Buildings. There will be spacious, well- 

 lighted galleries for paintings, and specially 

 adapted galleries will be provided for the instal- 

 lation of models of buildings, sculptures and 

 decorations, mural paintings, wood-carvings, and 

 various objects of applied art. Provision will be 

 made for the installation of certain works in 

 stained glass, carving, mosaic, etc., as portions 

 of the Art Buildings. 



The building devoted to Education and Social 

 Economy is to be 400 feet wide and 600 feet long, 

 and will cost $350,000. In this building an effort 

 will be made to bring together, for comparative 

 investigation, the educational systems of every 

 country in the civilized world that is noted for 

 educational progress. In social economy the ex- 

 hibits will present from each country a complete 

 survey of its natural resources, its industrial or- 

 ganization, and its social problems or efforts for 

 improvement of existing conditions. The scheme 

 includes the study and investigation of official 

 and private bureaus and offices, museums, boards 

 of trade, economic and social-reform associations, 

 congresses, and literature relating to this and all 

 scholastic instructions in business and social 

 economy. 



The Electricity Building will be in the Corin- 

 thian style of architecture, and is to be 600 feet 

 long by 525 wide, and will cost $400,000. In the 

 schedule all kinds of apparatus for generating 

 and using electricity are included, and the devel- 

 opment of the application of electricity to chemis- 

 try will be elaborately shown. 



The indoor exhibits of Forestry and the Depart- 

 ment of Fish and Game are to be housed in a 

 single building with a frontage of 400 feet and 

 a depth of 600 feet, costing $350,000. Forestry, 

 its development and methods, together with the 

 products of foreign industries, including appli- 

 ances for gathering wild crops or products of the 



soil, without culture, will be shown in this struc- 

 ture. 



The Palace of Liberal Arts, in the classic 

 French Renaissance style, will be 525 feet wide 

 and 750 feet long, and will cost about $500,000. 

 The subjects in this department include exhibits 

 pertaining to printing and appliances; photogra- 

 phy and kindred sciences; books, publications, 

 and bookbinding; printed music; map and map- 

 making;- scientific apparatus; the theater and 

 its equipment; science of chemistry; paper and 

 its manufacture; civil and military engineering; 

 sea warnings ; gas, water, 'and sanitation, and the 

 building of tenements. 



The Machinery Building is to be 525 feet wide 

 and 1,000 feet long, and is to cost $496,597. It 

 will contain the power plant for the exposition, 

 developing 10,000 horse-power and transferring 

 10,000 additional horse-power. The display will 

 show motive power ; transmission ; machinery for 

 making machinery; machines and systems for 

 preventing and fighting fire; weighing machines; 

 hydraulic machinery; tools and apparatus, and 

 equipment illustrating the economics of machine- 

 shop and factory practise. A boiler-house is to 

 be built a few rods west of Machinery Building. 



The Manufactures Building will have a width 

 of 525 feet and a length of 1,200 feet, and will 

 cover approximately 14 acres. It fronts on the 

 main avenue and in the center has a grand court, 

 while over the entrance is a square tower 400 feet 

 high. Colonnades, courts, and loggias are salient 

 features of the architecture. The classification of 

 the exhibits is very extensive and will include 

 representations from nearly all the industrial arts 

 and crafts. 



The building devoted to mines and metallurgy 

 will be in the Corinthian style of architecture, 

 with fagades of open columns and inner courts. 

 The estimated cost is $5,000. In this building 

 will be shown all kinds of equipment for use in 

 the working of mines, ore beds, or stone-quarries, 

 including tools, instruments, explosives, lighting 

 apparatus, safety appliances, methods for han- 

 dling products and for their above-surface trans- 

 portation, machinery for working purposes, ap- 

 paratus for washing, devices for milling, equip- 

 ment for the handling of solutions, mechanical 

 appliances for shaping marble, granite, slate, and 

 all building-stones, equipment for the handling 

 of clays, and apparatus for compressing fuel. 



The Textile Building will be 525 feet wide and 

 750 feet long, with a central court. Its estimated 

 cost is $320,000. The exhibits form part of those 

 included under the general head of manufacture, 

 although restricted to the special products indi- 

 cated by the title. 



The Transportation Building will cover 15 

 acres and will be 525 feet wide by 1,300 feet long, 

 and will cost $700.000. The design of the build- 

 ing will indicate its purposes, the great arches 

 at the ends and to the middle of the long fagades 

 simulating entrances for railway-trains. The 

 floor plan provides 4 miles of tracks for railway 

 displays, and ample space for marine transpor- 

 tation exhibits and displays of automobiles and 

 road and farm vehicles of all kinds. Under the 

 heading of transportation is included aerial navi- 

 gation, which is to be*made a prominent feature 

 of the exposition. 



The Varied Industries Building will be 525 feet 

 wide by 1,200 feet long, with a central court. It 

 is adjacent to the Manufactures Building, and 

 like it has a tower 400 feet high. Its estimated 

 cost is $406,000. The exhibits are broadly in- 

 cluded under those designated as manufactures. 

 In front of the Liberal Arts", Manufactures, and 



