THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

out the grounds and beautifying them. The Exhi-
bition Company has spent more than ¢1,000,000
additional for similar purposes. These parks are
connected with the central portion of the City of
Chicago and with the general park and boulevard
system by more than thirty-five miles of boulevards
from i100 to 300 feet in width. The Midway
Plaisance is a popular driveway to the upper end of

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near the shore of the lake, almost surrounded by the
lagoons. ‘The style of architecture is classic renais-
sance, and the building is 500 by 800 feet in ground
area. It consists of a single story, with a cornice
line 65 feet above the ground. Huge Corinthian
pillars flank the main entrance, each go feet high
and 5 feet in diameter, At each corner and from
the centre of the building rise huge pavilions, that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RUINS OF YUCATAN.

Jackson Park, and is a broad and spacious avenue
richly embellished with trees and shrubs. The
inclosed portion of it connected with the Exhibition
grounds runs directly eastward, throughout its entire
length presenting some of the most picturesque and
novel effects of the whole Fair.

One of the finest structures on the Exhibition
grounds is the Agricultural Building, as befits the
foremost agricultural nation on the globe. It stands

at the centre being 144 feet square. The four
corner pavilions are each connected by curtains,
forming a continuous arcade around the top of the
building. The main entrance leads through an
opening 64 feet wide into a vestibule, and thence
into the rotunda, too feet in diameter, surmounted
by a magnificent glass dome 130 feet high. The
corner pavilions are surmounted by domes 96
feet high.