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floor into the Assemblj' room, which will 

 have a seating capacity of about fifteen 

 hundred. This Assembly room will fur- 

 nish faxiilities for lectures, which will be 

 delivered by gentlemen eminent In their 

 special fields of work, embracing every in- 

 terest connected with live stock, agricult- 

 ure and its allied industries. 



When one considers that in this room al- 

 most daily there will be lectures delivered, 

 papers read and discussions had, conduct- 

 ed by eminent specialists from all parts of 

 the world, the importance of such a build- 

 ing for educational purposes is apparent. 

 Taken in connection with the exhibits, this 

 feature will make that part of the Exposi- 

 tion devoted to live stock, agriculture and 

 horticulture a complete gathering together 

 of all that an advanced civilization is capa- 

 ble of producing. In the Assembly Room 

 the most approved theories will be ad- 

 vanced and explained. On the grounds 



ganizations during the entire time of the 

 Exposition, where each may have its secre- 

 tary or other official constantly in attend- 

 ance to furnish information and transact 

 other business, and where the members 

 can hold such consultations as they may 

 desire. 



MACHINERY HALL. 

 The main Machinery Building will meas- 

 ure 850 feet by 500. It is spanned by three 

 arched trusses, and the interior will pre- 

 sent the appearance of three railroad train 

 houses side by side, surrounded on all the 

 four sides by a fifty foot gallery. The 

 trusses are all to be built separately, and 

 so that they can be taken down and sold 

 for use as railroad train houses, and it is 

 hoped to have iron trusses instead of 

 cheaper ones, which may, however, be 

 necessary. 



PALACE OF MECHANIC ARTS. 



and in the Agrixiultural and Horticultural 

 buildings will be the best illustrations of 

 what can be accomplished when these the- 

 ories are put into practice. 



Men who have made the dairy bu^siness, 

 for instance, a life study will read papers 

 and deliver lectures on matters connected 

 with the dairy; and close at hand, in full 

 operation, it is hoped to have a working 

 dairy, affording a practical object lesson of 

 the improved methods which have been ap- 

 plied to this industry. And so through all 

 the branches of agriculture and horticult- 

 ure, the Exposition as an educational 

 means will be both theoretical and practi- 

 cal. 



The entire second floor of the Assembly 

 Building is given up to committee rooms, 

 and rooms for headquarters for each and all 

 of the different farmers' organizations in 

 existence in this country. It will furnish a 

 definite and pleasant home for all such or- 



In each of these three long naves there is 

 to be an elevated traveling crane running 

 from end to end of the building. These 

 will be useful in moving machinery, and 

 when the Exposition opens platforms will 

 be placed on them, and visitors will view 

 from these the entire exhibition at a great 

 saving of tramping. 



Shafting for power will be carried on the 

 same posts which support these traveling 

 bridges. The exterior toward the stock 

 exhibit and the railroad is to be of the 

 plainest description. On the two sides ad- 

 joining the grand court the exterior will, 

 however, be rich and palatial. All the 

 buildings on this grand plaza are designed 

 with a view to making an effective back- 

 ground for displays of every kind, and in 

 order to conform to the general richness of 

 the court and add to the festal appearance 

 the two facades on the court are enriched 



