Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1895 — BIGGEST OF ITS KIND. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BIGGEST OF ITS KIND.

PARIS EXPOSITION OF IPOO TO BE A MONSTER. ftoftalt* Plana Ha-ro Bean Bedded Open-Coat Will Be 030,000K>00 and It Will Be the Greatest Thins la World’# Valra Ever Attempted. Both Side# of the Seine. The French Government baa now decided on a definite plan for the great exposition of 1900. After spending more than a year In examining the multitude of designs submitted tbs directors hare chosen the plan of M_ Bourard. This gentleman is one of the foremost architects in France and haa had considerable experience in thla line of work. He la the chief director of the Bnrean of Architecture In Paris The plan ia on a far more heroic scale than originally intended and entails the demolishing of the Palais da 1 “Industrie and the entire transformation of present Machinery Hafl. The Eiffel Tower as well as the Trocadero will re-

main intact with the exception of a few minor changes. The grounds of the 1900 Exposition will embrace four grand sections or divisions which while most ingeniously united will nevertheless be distinctly Individual. The palace and its accessory buildings of Champs Elyseea, together with the esplanade des Invar lidas, will constitute the domain given to sculpture, painting and art in Its higher branches generally. One of the banks of the River Seine has been reserved for the exhibit of the City of Paris and the other will be occupied by tne various buildings of the foreign nations. The Trocadero with Its subordinate buildings will take care of the exhibits of the French colonies and protectorates. The entire Champ de Mars has been reserved exclusively for the industrial exhibits which are expected, to rival anything ever exhibited in this line. The principal public entrance will be placed at Cours la Reine, near the Place de la Concorde, while the entrance of honor will be found at the upper end of the Avenue Marlgny. This la tha most central and superb avenue In ths Champs Elysees, giving in perspective the grand dome of -vausart and crossing the Seine by a magnificent bridge 197 feet wide. The Only Permanent Feature. Entering the gate of honor the visitor will find on his right the Palace of the Beaux Arts and on the left the Exposition Palace containing the retrospective of French art These two edifices, together with the monumental bridge, will be the only permanent feature of note which will remain after the Exposition. The buildings as well as the bridge will be masterpieces of archltectoal skill, built as monuments of

the art of the nineteenth century. The bridge will be a single span of cast steel, 197 feet widei with splendid porticos of lace work of wrought iron in the most Intricate pattern. On the esplanade will be a series of palaces devoted to the decorative arts. The portion of the Elver Seine between the bridges d’Jena and des Invalldes has received particular attention from M, Bouvard, who with his assistants expects to transform it into an exact conriterjKurt of the grand canal of Venice. The entire length of the river banks will- b<f made a fairy world of beauty, and will be principally give* up to promenades with the of course inlndispensable places foif rest and refreshment,, jQn .the! right bank of the river, pear the bridge jdL^lqpa,.,will be found the palaces, of Paris, the palace of horticulture, with its vast conservatories, the palace, of - social economy, and the Congressional building. These buildings Will be archaeological, historical reproductions, and above all artistic in their grouping, as well as in tbejr exteriors. The palace «fd pavilions of the army of land aa& of sea, as weU as the, .merchant will be constructed on the left Mate 9t the giver Belie. lser e win •lae he found the bnildlnga of forestry,

fishery, sports sod their minor Electricity and Water Palaces. of the Exposition will be the building devoted to »l«{X£ioity. It will be a palace of glass, looking at'night like s gigantic lighthouse. It will be in proximity to the Water Palace and these two buildings are probably to be the “don” of the great show. The present Machinery Hall will be totally changed, both in Ms architectural aspect as well as in Its use. The center of this vast place will contain s grand hall to be need far festal gatherings, while the wings will be reserved for agricultural exhibits. Ths directors have under consideration s most elaborate system of transportation. which will prevent congestion of travel at any point. There will b# derated, surface and subterranean reads of every possible description and propelled by ail known and many new means of locomotion. Tho expense* are closely estimated and will probably be more than 100,0001000 francs (820,000,000). Of this sum has been allotted 8,000,000 francs for payment of the officers, workmen !

and attendants of all kinds. Seventythree million francs is to be spent on bulldlnga Twelve millions is to be spent for beaotifying the grounds and seven millions Is put aside as a reserve fund. Not less than 800 different projects and plans have been considered during the last year before the one shown in the accompanying cut was adopted. And an equal number have been presented, though not in any way considered, as they were all too fantastic or otherwise impracticable. The Parisians are determined to give to the world the greatest exposition that haa yet been achieved by mau.

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION AS IT WILL APPEAR. [From the New York Herald.]

OFFICIAL PLAN OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900.