The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . the park. During the greater portion of thistime two floors were thus occupied at a rental of some ^30,000 ayear. At the earliest possible moment the offices of the Depart-ment of Construction were moved to the park, and in succession,as the various buildings were finished, the chiefs of the differentdepartments changed their quarters, until by the time when theAdministration building itself was finished, and ready to be occu-pied by the executive officers and for other purposes, the old rooms,about which so many memories of the Exposition must
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . the park. During the greater portion of thistime two floors were thus occupied at a rental of some ^30,000 ayear. At the earliest possible moment the offices of the Depart-ment of Construction were moved to the park, and in succession,as the various buildings were finished, the chiefs of the differentdepartments changed their quarters, until by the time when theAdministration building itself was finished, and ready to be occu-pied by the executive officers and for other purposes, the old rooms,about which so many memories of the Exposition must always hang,were almost all vacated. At the end of the period of constructionthere were but few representatives of the Exposition remainingthere, these being the ones who have most frequent occasion totransact down-town business. It is of course in the Administration Building that the business- (77) 78 - ADMINISTRATION. life of the Worlds Columbian Exposition centres. Here are theoffices of the most prominent of the executive officers, the ones. WAR, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. {Karl Bitter.) who have the burden of the responsibility on their shoulders. Thebuilding contains no exhibits, except as the decorations of painting ADMINISTRATION. 79 and sculpture are exhibits for the visitors to the building its commanding position in the most favorable location withinthe grounds, and its magnificent architectural proportions, com-bined with its official importance, act to make it the most prom-inent of all the buildinors of the Fair, and to secure for it the
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