THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 51, 3 December 1892, Page 11

THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION.

; Theie'isan illustrated article in the ''.October'".Scribner" on the forthcoming ■exhibition at:; Chicago' trom \vh<ch we glean the 1 followi/ig interesting par'iculars : —The ground-* are a little le^s than :>& mile'and a halt in length. In width 1 they are about a third ot -a mile at the /■narrow end, arid .about'-fonr-fifth? of a ' i mile at the. bi'oarl or south end. Speaks. ; ing roughly this is about equivalent to "-asimuch of the lower end of New Toik ' < eify as would be separated from the upper portion bva line drawn from tho ioot "of Canal street and North Rivor to

the Jfoot .of Rutgers .street and Etst Fiver ; 'They contain more than half a • thousand acres, exclusive of (he Midway IMaisancc, airanncxe ronndiugeiistwaid behind the Women's Pavilion. The main court, Pl.iza orCour d'Hoimenr is i U a quadrangle'2oooft by 700 ft. 'It contains the great ■ basin, 1100 ft. by 350 ft., ,_the.MaoMonnies Fountain, the ■ centre-piece of ( a basin 150 ft in diameter, and terminates at the lake pnd i in the Peristyle, which ia 60ft high, atid is composed of four rows of pillars. The 'manufactures and liberal arts building is 1687 ft. by 787 ft.. in sizo. It covers - about 31a The great main root covers an area of 1400 ft. by 385 f t, and ha* an • extreme 'height ot '210 ft. This is botween 55it. and*6ofr. higrter than the 1 great arch of the machinery buiklino in • the, recent Paris Exposition. It is> only, 10ft. loss in height than the great - chimney of the New Yoik Sieam-

{ heating Company. >It is just Oft. lower ( than 'the top of the spire of' Grace < Church, New York. »It is lift, lower the Bunker-hill shaft ,at Boston. <- l't- -would hold the 'Vendome column \inonrited-on . a 74ft. . pedestal. 'The ■ seatinsr '-capacity of tho " building is /200;000 people. St. Peter's at Rome ' holds about 5 4,000, St. Paal's.in London ' less than*26;ppQ, ) an. i d, i .the Metropolitan v: Opera House"" in York v a ■>• Capacity of-5000 people. 'The entrances ■:^f-:l-h-i9--:-buildin«^are>4Offc;--vride i-;_by----'Boftv--Jr highiV ! Its'%rburidlp]anfiia raach| more s --than than twice theirize of the Pyramid 1 •< of Cheops;" Sf part bflOOffc « Ipngerfthan the main, span^bf Brooklyn ;p;'titoes;:aa\long^aridSttore;:^a^ *'^a ihd'-' v;6ne'ihi:il!fj|'tim(Bs -as - the' %'X)apitbJ,'WalHin^ton. :tThe^iricultural Sl;^b}iilding||s^Bo0 7 \by. 0^i jits'" -central' •^v^danvej;,is^l3C»ft.- in in 1^ f The earner;;domes arei 'bi!'^ ;V l,ppft,-KigW, ;n ;The : ,cornipe "T'iiriif'is^BSft ■ f h ligh'.V;::Th'e iiiiriexe' to \ this > buiiaing is 550 by'SOOft^The machinery I liajl Js 846 ;^by^92ift ;Jts.annexe by s 490fti 'These dimensions do not inciride

"> bdiler-hdnpe machine-house, etc. 'The administration house'is 260 ft square.' "Theflome is 275 ft hijrh externally ; the " internal dome is' 190 ft in height. 'That "is, it is about ps*hi£h on 1 the ontside as * Triri'ty Church Rpire in NW York The 1 dome of the Capi-bl at Washinirton is v 287ff in hsight,-and internally is- considerably smaller than that of this Wrbuil'line p./'' TPhe hall of mines wnd mininp:

is 700fl> 300fr. The electrical" buildw ing 4 • 90ft by 3'4#ft. The fnnr rortiet tower^ate 169 ft hio-h The longi udiual nave- is 115 ft wide by 114' high. "The i transportation bui^ing is 960 ft by 256 ft, with a*one-story 'annexe covering aboit 119 a "The cupola'iC 160 ft hio;h. The hor'i-i-cifUnral i- 998' by vsofr 'The •dome is 1 18?fi in diame£er vand 113 high ' The 1 women'^'pavilion is 388 ft by 199 ft. ' The building bf the institute of fine am 320 ft, with a dome 125 feet huh. The fisheries '''; butldiri^is over IOOOfr in extreme long h, the'main building 1 being 1 365Tr by I6sffc, f3ankel'by two circulari pavilions, each 135tt in diameter, connected by 1 arcidei Its water capacity is HO,OOO of reservoirs. Oth< r buildings /are —tne dairy buildino 1, 200 ft by 95fr ; ' the Government building, 415 by 445fr • ith^forestrvJjuiMinsf, 500 °v 200"t r» th-' . istock, pavilion, 440 by 280fr ; and thcliliriois buildina 1, 450 by 160 ft.

' • /" I'tejl you, sir," 4 he exniniurj, in ,i'hi_h ♦oice, " that the country is going to clie .r< dogs'."; , "May I inq>iiie, sir," a«ked <> noo <eel listener, " if the dogi-j aie of auy pari tfoular brsed'"