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SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION. 7 
THE BUILDINGS. 
There will be three buildings erected for the accommoda- 
tion of fisheries exhibits, having a combined length of about 
700 feet. The central structure, which will be devoted to 
commercial fisheries, scientific investigation and fish culture, 
is rectangular in form, 363 feet in length by 163 feet in width, 
except in the center, where the extreme breadth is 242 feet. 
In addition to the floor space in this building, there will be 
galleries for exhibition purposes thirty feet wide, running the 
entire length and across both ends, making an aggregate ex- 
hibition floor area of about 60,000 square feet. 
These buildings have been designed in the Spanish- 
Romanesque style of architecture, and the architect, Mr. 
Henry Ives Cobb, has boldly stepped outside the beaten track 
and has ventured to decorate the structures with representa- 
tions of fish and other inhabitants of the water. It is con- 
ceded by all that his effort has been most successful, and many 
claim that among the magnificent palaces that are now rising 
in Jackson park, Mr. Cobb’s design will be remarkable for its 
beauty, and something which every one interested in the fish- 
eries must be proud of. A writer in the Baltimore Sun con- 
siders ‘‘ It will be one of the most effective structures on the 
ground,” and adds that ‘‘ The picture, as a whole, will be an 
exquisite one.”” It only remains to be added that these build- 
ings are most appropriately situated not far from the lake 
shore, and facing the lagoon which separates them from the 
Government building. The latter will be reached by a beau- 
tiful bridge crossing the lagoon directly in front of the en- 
trance to the main building. It is noteworthy that the exhibit 
of the United States Fish Commission, which will be located 
in the north end of the Government building, will thus be 
intimately associated with the other fisheries exhibits in the 
buildings that have been described. This arrangement prac- 
tically brings into one general display all of the collections 
illustrative of fish, fisheries, fish culture and aquatic science, © 
