THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

The Transportation exhibit is one of the most
interesting of the whole display, and is housed in a
huge Romanesque building, standing between the
Horticultural and Mining Buildings. It faces the
east and commands a fine view of the lagoon and

 

HON. GEORGE R. DAVIS,
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

great island. Its area measures g60 by 256 feet,
besides a vast annex covering 9 acres more. The
principal entrance to the building is through a huge
arch, very richly decorated. Within the building is
treated after the manner of a Roman Basilica, with
broad nave and aisles.
rising 165 feet above the ground, and reached by
eight elevators. The exhibits in this building and
its annex comprise everything pertaining to trans-

portation, including all manner of railroad engines —

and ‘cars, steamboats and other vessels, coaches,
cabs and carriage balloons and carrier pigeons,
bicycles and baby carriages, cash conveyers for
stores, pneumatic tubes, passenger and freight ele-
vators, etc.

The United States Government Building stands
near the lake shore, south of the main lagoon. Its
architecture is classic, resembling the National
Museum and other Government Buildings at Wash-
ington. It is made of iron, brick and glass, and
‘measures 345 by 415 feet. At the centre is an
octagonal dome, 120 feet in diameter and 150 feet
high, The south half of the building is devoted to
exhibits of the Post Office, Treasury, War and
Agricultural Departments. The north half is given

At the centre is a cupola ~

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up to the Interior Department, the Smithsonian
Institute and the Fisheries Commission. The State
Department exhibit is between the rotunda and the
east, and the Department of Justice between the
rotunda and the west end.

The gem of all the buildings is that occupied by
the Administration of the Exhibition. It stands at
the west end of the great court, looking eastward,
just in front of the railroad stations. It covers an
area 262 feet square and consists of four pavilions,
each 84 feet square, connected by a vast central
dome 120 feet in diameter and 220 feet high, leav-

“ing at the centre of each fagade a recess of 82 feet

wide within which are the grand entrances to the
building. The general design is in the style of the
French renaissance. The first story is Doric, of
heroic proportions, and the second Ionic. The four
great entrances are each 50 feet wide and 50 feet
high, deeply recessed and covered by semi-circular
arches. The great dome, which is one of the most
striking features in the landscape of the Exhibition,
is richly gilded externally. Within 1t is decorated
with a profusion of sculpture and paintings.

The Illinois State Building is naturally by far the
finest of all the structures erected by the various

 

PRESIDENT H. N. HIGINBOTHAM
OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

States of the Union. It stands on a high terrace in
one of the choicest parts of Jackson Park, com-
manding a splendid view of the grounds. It is 450
feet long and 160 feet wide. At the north Memo-
rial Hall forms a wing 50 by 75 feet. At the south