. Guide to the city of Ottawa and its vicinity ... designed for the use of visitors to the Grand Dominion Exhibition ... on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th Sept. 1879 . undred feet long, and also anew building tor the use of those who exhibit stoves. A verylarge and commodious building, more than eighty feet in length,and wide in proportion, has been built for the dairy products;this is also designed with every possible care for the needs ofthose who exhibit this delicate material. There has also been avery handsome grand stand put up. These additions, which havecost about $6,000, we
. Guide to the city of Ottawa and its vicinity ... designed for the use of visitors to the Grand Dominion Exhibition ... on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th Sept. 1879 . undred feet long, and also anew building tor the use of those who exhibit stoves. A verylarge and commodious building, more than eighty feet in length,and wide in proportion, has been built for the dairy products;this is also designed with every possible care for the needs ofthose who exhibit this delicate material. There has also been avery handsome grand stand put up. These additions, which havecost about $6,000, were built under the supervision of the City-Engineer of Ottawa, Mr. Surtees, and will give vastly increasedaccommodation, well adapted for so great an advance as theDominion Exhibition is over the Provincial Exhibitions of old buildings were, however, very effective ones. The mainhall, 8ii octagon in four, measures 92 feet from face to face, andwings extend from the sides, increasing the dimensions veryconsiderably. A gallery passes round the whole building, whichis more than 90 feet in height. The building gives a superficial H H. PIGEON * Co ?5 s Eh m o w H £h. » Q W» oa »-3 551 SUSSEX ST., CORNER GEORGE ST., KEEP A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP IAPL5 All FA10Y BIT GOODS, AT VERY LOW PRICES. A Call is ^Respectfully Solicited. Manufacturing Goldsmith [and J$weU$r, 138 SPARKS STREET, Presentation Medals, Chains, Lockets, Masonic Jewellery and DiamondSetting, Specialties. DOMINION EXHIBITION GUIDE. 35 School Slates and Noiseless Slates, all sizes, at J^S, HOPE & , Ottawa, accommodation of 25,000 square feet. The various officespertaining to the exhibition are also here. The horticulturalbuilding, which is in the form of a cross 165 feet long by 36 feetwide, is also very well adapted to its purpose. The accommoda-tion for live stock is very ample, and every attention has beengiven to the requirements of the animals. The stables for thehorses will house about 300 horses ; the
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