. Book of the Royal blue . et in animportant city. Contractors, superintend-ents, inspectors and officials of every kindare riding back and forth, pleasure vehiclesfrom the city, heavy loads of material,supply wagons, express wagons, etc., com-bine to make an unusual scene of life andactivity. The rattle of a thousand ham-mers rings in the air, the sharp notes of dows, 130 doors, 95,000 square feet ofglass for windows, 32,000 square feet ofmetal-framed skylights, 445 tons of ironand steel, 520,000 square feet of roofing, square feet of outside plaster andstaff work, 12,000 square yards
. Book of the Royal blue . et in animportant city. Contractors, superintend-ents, inspectors and officials of every kindare riding back and forth, pleasure vehiclesfrom the city, heavy loads of material,supply wagons, express wagons, etc., com-bine to make an unusual scene of life andactivity. The rattle of a thousand ham-mers rings in the air, the sharp notes of dows, 130 doors, 95,000 square feet ofglass for windows, 32,000 square feet ofmetal-framed skylights, 445 tons of ironand steel, 520,000 square feet of roofing, square feet of outside plaster andstaff work, 12,000 square yards of plainplastering, 4,000 tons of plaster of paris,2,000 pounds of hair, 80,000 pounds offibre for staff work, 170 cubic yards ofsand, 1,000,000 square yards of oil paint-ing, 2,000,000 square feet of water point oninterior, 418 pair door hinges. 444 locksand bolts, 62fi pairs of pivots for windows,157 flag poles and equipment. Total cost,$645,000. The central view will be from the PROdRESS OF THE ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR. 15. HM-; Aur> lu miiMANA PI iM ham: KMiisrniiN. sr, , i«ii Louisiana Purchase Monument. The officeof the contractor stands at this momentupon the site of Masquerays beautifulmonument, which is to typify the LouisianaTerritory. Looking to the southwest acrossa broad basin of water, are the gardens, inthe form of an amphitheatre, 1,500 feetacross, adorned with three very largecascades. At the summit of the slope willbe a massive colonnade, about fifty feethigh, with graceful columns alternatingwith huge square pylons, between whichare fourteen broad spaces, in which fourteenheroic statues, representing the fourteenstates and territories carved from theLouisiana Purchase, will be placed. In thecenter will be a Festival Hall 200 feethigh and covering two acres of ground,and at the ends two beautiful pavilions forrefreshment purposes. The monument is at the intersection of the two main avenues of the the west, on the right, are the \a
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