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Creation Of The Columbian Exposition Grounds And Buildings

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Day
18
Month
January
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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In Hie line oí its Illuetrated descriptie::- d: tibe organlzation and equlpment oi Che offices oí Architect and Kn.üincers, hirli have been a prominent and widely-appreciated feature of iis columna during i be pa.st t kxj yeans, The EngineeiïiiK Ke-jord in lt issue of .i'amiar.v 7, 1898, presente a comprebeoBtYe account of the manner In w-blch the vast detalk of the créatiion o.f the Oolumbiao Expödltlon budldlags and gnounds have been ordered. The engineera and architect Soumi Jackson Park a moias, a place to be Klniniicil. In tivo years' time ilicy liave trniiKfoi-med the blonk Mt' Into a dream of pictiupeequeoeea whlch Meems almost magical, so ijulckly has it been afcomplislhed, and have erected ïliere Hucli a mimler of g%aatlc and stately, yet graceful and harmonieus, structures as to far surpass the howfog of any ot.her of the world's nat Exposjtions. Tlie manner in whieh drawings for each building were worked up land the methods by wtdcb cini.siiMiction was hastened and fully set forfh. Of wider and more preneral interest, however, than the professional details is a comprehensive historical éketdh of the orglanization of the vital forces for the creation of the Iiuildiiiiis and Graande. The i'jiMi ui Kcnerui pian ot tlie mimeroiis bulldlnge, each ot wttlch must béar a relat ion to ite fellows, and the selerl on of the avohitects to wlioin slicu'.il be comniittfd this lnirrifd and most Important work, were mattere of uT(iit-si concern. The manner in whih these problema were solved, the organiza t ion and labore of the Board of Aiviiitens, the assembllng i (irkhi.ir corpa and the prog of the dlrected through cliaimela are all des:ribed In liiis oarefully prepared arti:1e. Mrs. ( lias. Smíth, v,i .limo. Ohio, riles: have iwed every rcmedy Mrk Su artache I could bear ol for öhe pasi flfteen yeare, imi Caí Mulo I. ver Pille dld me more good : all the re It yon have great batentB, ndustry will Improre them ; 11 ju liave bul a moderate amount, Industry will supl'l.v ti ín tibe long run, t lio saíest tliiug te the rifTlit tliiag. And In the long run, the wrong thlng te the -vvorst thlag.- Wayland Hoyt. Bed-rldden- Sleeptng car passengere. Mental expansión- Stretching iinaginattcm.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier