. The street railway review . beautiful south entrance is a hemicycle, flanked oneach side by a loggia 115 feet long, giving a porch of230 feet. In the middle of the hemicycle stands the of the structure is shown by a test of 200 pounds to thesquare foot on the ground floor and 150 pounds on thegallery floor. The working force of the department is now: ]. , chief; Dr. J. Allan Hornesby, assistant chief; Blaisdell, general superintendent; W. W. Primm,engineer; N. S. Hawley, assistant to Mr. Barrett; T. , assistant to Mr. Barrett; and Geo. J. Henry,also assistant
. The street railway review . beautiful south entrance is a hemicycle, flanked oneach side by a loggia 115 feet long, giving a porch of230 feet. In the middle of the hemicycle stands the of the structure is shown by a test of 200 pounds to thesquare foot on the ground floor and 150 pounds on thegallery floor. The working force of the department is now: ]. , chief; Dr. J. Allan Hornesby, assistant chief; Blaisdell, general superintendent; W. W. Primm,engineer; N. S. Hawley, assistant to Mr. Barrett; T. , assistant to Mr. Barrett; and Geo. J. Henry,also assistant and master of the rolls, to whose kindnesswe are indebted for our correct list of the exhibitors, andto whose knowledge of affairs exhibitors say they aresaved much tribulation from the dense ignorance whichprevails in some quarters of the department. IN THE GALLERY. The doctor and newspaper man rubs shoulders with theFrench and German purve3or of pianos and cymbals,and the hungry multitude in general lind a modernmecca ELECTRICITY BUILDING. NORTH FRONT, VIEWED FROM THE NORT\JrEST. gigantic statue of Franklin, representing the great Amer-ican triumphant, with the kite string in his hand andtouching the key. Carl Rohl-Smith is the author ofthis magnificent work. On the border of the hemicyclestands the legend, Eripuit Ciclo Fithncn SccplrumijticTyrunnis. Above in the panels appear designs of tastyand appropriate conventionalities, and below appear thenames of Daniel, Ampere, Galvani, and others of thefamous, while on the sides of the building and at thenorth end the same idea of the roll call of electricity iscarried out. The building is of the Italian renaissance school, beinga combination of the Corinthian and Ionic orders. The north view, which shows in our engraving, givesus two bays and a small porch, fronting on the lagoon,and a favorite lounging place for the tired sightseer ofan afternoon. The building was begun Februarjr, 1892,and finished September of the same y
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