. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . autiful statuary, all of which, taken withthe red and yellow and gold of the exterior decorations, theblue-green of the lagoon, and the rich foliage and flowers of theisland opposite, compose a picture more rich in color than is tobe found anywhere else on the grounds. The interior of the building reveals a treatment similar to thatof a Roman basilica, with broad nave and aisles. The roof is in I09 three divisions, the middle one rising much higher than theothers, and with its walls pierced to form a beautiful arcadeclere-story. To the cupo
. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . autiful statuary, all of which, taken withthe red and yellow and gold of the exterior decorations, theblue-green of the lagoon, and the rich foliage and flowers of theisland opposite, compose a picture more rich in color than is tobe found anywhere else on the grounds. The interior of the building reveals a treatment similar to thatof a Roman basilica, with broad nave and aisles. The roof is in I09 three divisions, the middle one rising much higher than theothers, and with its walls pierced to form a beautiful arcadeclere-story. To the cupola, which is in the exact centre of thebuilding, you may ascend by any one of eight elevators, them-selves exhibits, and from the height of one hundred and sixty-five feet get a view of the park and its ornaments entirely differ-ent from any you have yet had. • In the way of exhibits, you find about every object that willillustrate the work of transportation, whether by land, water, orair ; and observe that the collection has been given a historic. 1 R ANSlMjRTATION BUILDING. as well as practical interest by the introduction of examples ofthe earliest and crudest forms of transportation appliances fromall parts of the world. Off from the northwest corner of theTransportation Building proper you stray into what is called theService Building, an annex covering nine acres, wherein you dis-cover a stupendous array of railway trains, including enginesand cars. At least a hundred locomotives are facing the centralavenue, and the perspective is fine beyond description. But for a comprehensive idea of the development of rail-road construction and equipment in the United States you must no needs spend some time in that classic white structure near by,which flies a banner bearing the words Pennsylvania RailroadCompany beneath the symbolic keystone. Here you comeupon not merely exhibits of railroad paraphernalia, but a mostscholarly grouping and contrasting of everything imaginableconne
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