History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . nd, soared away to carry in all directionstheir messages announcing that the Exposi-tion had begun. The Hallelujah Chorus wasrendered, when Vice-President Rooseveltdelivered the dedicatory address. The authors of the Pan-American, archi-tects, landscape-gardeners, sculptors, painters,and electricians, aimed first of all to create abeautiful spectacle. Entering by the ParkGateway you passed from the Forecourt,attractive by its terraces and colonnades, tothe Triumphal Bridge, a noble portal, withfour monumen
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . nd, soared away to carry in all directionstheir messages announcing that the Exposi-tion had begun. The Hallelujah Chorus wasrendered, when Vice-President Rooseveltdelivered the dedicatory address. The authors of the Pan-American, archi-tects, landscape-gardeners, sculptors, painters,and electricians, aimed first of all to create abeautiful spectacle. Entering by the ParkGateway you passed from the Forecourt,attractive by its terraces and colonnades, tothe Triumphal Bridge, a noble portal, withfour monumental piers surmounted by eques-trian figures, The Standard-bearers. Thisdignified entrance was in striking contrastwith the gaudy and barbarous opening tothe Paris Exposition. From the gate the igoi] THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, 1901 343 whole panorama spread out before the the long court with its fountains, gar-dens, and encircling buildings, you saw theElectric Tower soaring heavenward, fit ex-pression of the mighty power from Niagara,which at night made it so glorious. The. The Electric Tower and Fountains. central court bore the form of a cross. Ateither side of the gate lay transverse courts,each adorned with a lake, fountains, andsunken gardens, and ending in curved groupsof buildings. On the east was the Govern-ment Group ; on the west that devoted tohorticulture, mines, and the graphic intersection of the two arms formed the 344 EXPANSION [1901 Esplanade, spacious enough for a quarter ofa million people, and commanding a superbview. Connected by pergolas with the build-ing in the transverse ends two structures,the Temple of Music and the EthnologyBuilding, stood like sentinels at the entranceto the Court of Fountains. A group ofbuildings enclosed this court, terminating inthe Electric Tower at the north. From theElectric Tower round to the Gateway againall the buildings were joined by cool colon-nades. Beyond the Tower was the Plaza, acharming little co
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