. The street railway review . buildings, with the lagoons and broad avenues between,constitute what has been termed the main picture of the exposi-tion. This section of the grounds is roughly fan-shaped, with theavenues and lagoons converging toward a crescent-shaped hillat the handle. With proper manipulation this mound or range gave front of Festival Hall is the central cascade, which first makes aclear fall of 20 ft. to the level of the terrace and then spreads outinto a stream 45 ft. wide, which gradually widens as it leaps downthe long slope of ledges or steps until it gains a total bread
. The street railway review . buildings, with the lagoons and broad avenues between,constitute what has been termed the main picture of the exposi-tion. This section of the grounds is roughly fan-shaped, with theavenues and lagoons converging toward a crescent-shaped hillat the handle. With proper manipulation this mound or range gave front of Festival Hall is the central cascade, which first makes aclear fall of 20 ft. to the level of the terrace and then spreads outinto a stream 45 ft. wide, which gradually widens as it leaps downthe long slope of ledges or steps until it gains a total breadth of150 ft. before the final plunge into the Grand Basin. 344 SrREFT RAILWAY (Veil XIV. No. b. On cither side of the main cascade are smaller cascades, whichhave their origin in fountains near each paROda, and which alsoplunge down the side of tlie crescent hill in a series of graduallywidening steps or ledges until they reach the grand basin elTect as a whole is Rnnlly nnKincntcd by a series of foimlnins. l>-\\ri.: (IK ILLUMINATED. and jets of water, some of which attain a height of 75 ft. Thispanorama of water effects, including the artistic grouping of statuarywith the work of the landscape architect, will very well standcomparison with the famous gardens of Versailles near Paris. Along the radiating avenues of the fan-shaped picture are mostof the main exhibit palaces, including Electricity, Transportation,Machinery, ami Manufactures. Other of the main paLiccs, ,is Agri-culture and Horticulture, will be found to the westof the picture. In the main the largerexhibit buildings are built entirely of wood coveredwith staflF. The style of architecture is a free treat-ment of the Kcuaissance. The color scheme of thebuildings is white throughout, with touches of coloron the roofs and decorative towers. Visitors who are especially interesteil in eleclrierailway matter.^; will find Ibeir interest chiefly center-ing in the Palace of
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