Art souvenir World's Columbian exposition and views of Chicago . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING. GOVERfiJVTEflT BtHLiDlfiG. THE Government Building is 420 by 350 feet in size. It is two stories high, and covers aboutfour acres. The building is of iron, brick and glass, and classic in design. From the centeran octagonal dome rises 150 feet. The government display will be most interesting. The WarDepartment will show all the machinery required to manufacture small arms, and will makecartridges on the grounds. The Postoffice Department will show a model postofhce, and willhandle all the exposi
Art souvenir World's Columbian exposition and views of Chicago . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING. GOVERfiJVTEflT BtHLiDlfiG. THE Government Building is 420 by 350 feet in size. It is two stories high, and covers aboutfour acres. The building is of iron, brick and glass, and classic in design. From the centeran octagonal dome rises 150 feet. The government display will be most interesting. The WarDepartment will show all the machinery required to manufacture small arms, and will makecartridges on the grounds. The Postoffice Department will show a model postofhce, and willhandle all the exposition mail. The Treasury Department will coin silver, and print silver andgold certificates. Congress has appropriated $400,000 for the construction of this EHECTHlCAIi BUmDlflG. THE building covers a space of 700 by 350 feet, or more than five and one-half acres. It is60 feet high, and ornamented with designs suggestive of the department. It is one of thehandsomest of the grand central group, and will cost $650,000. There will be four entrances tothe building, the main one on the south. It will be built of a material resembling granite incolor. A statue of Franklin will rise conspicuously before the south entrance. ~:JML ^^SK1?
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