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Show GERMANY BUILDING. A Handsome Structure for the Columbian Exposition. . The Materials Being Prepared at Home and Brought Over To Be a Repository Re-pository for Rare and Val-nable Val-nable Exhibits. For several months active preparations prepara-tions have been going on in (Jermany for the erection of. the empire's official headquarters at the world's fair, fjnder the direction of Architect Eadtke, of of Berlin, who has designed some of the greatest government buildings in the empire, the heavy material to be used in the building has been put in shape. Huge blocks of sandstone have been taken from the quarries and all the iron supports that will go into the massive structure have been produced in German Ger-man foundries. The first consignment of this material is expected soon, and, although nothing lias been done on the building so far as the work at Jackson park is concerned, except to stake off j the grounds, the German commissioners I confidently expect to have the entire structure finished by the middle of October. Oc-tober. The building is a combination of typical styles of German architecture. It is on the old patrician order and resembling re-sembling some of the structures yet to be seen in Xuremburg. The first story of the building will be of massive blocks of sandstone, the second a combination com-bination of brick and cement: broad wooden staircases lend from a wide hall within to the gallery up.-tnir. At one end of the building an arti li.-c'y.rt is produced by the erection of a cathedral rather on the gothic order. The building build-ing will be massive in construction, as a large number of valuable exhibits will probably be placed therein. Herr Schars Alquist, who represents., the German commission in Chicago, said that a number of exhibits would be put in the building because sufficient space could not be secured for them in the great building of the exposition. Rare vases in silver and gold, famous statuary statua-ry and perhaps many precious metals will be made to produce artistic oiYects in the cathedral windows, some of the most famous designers in Germany having hav-ing signified their intention to assist in decorating the cathedral. The interior of the building will lie finished throughout through-out with natural woods unpnintcd. It is not expected to have a particle of plastering or papering in the building, not even on the eeiUmrs. IMeh de.lns in natural wood effects will be a fe.ivure of the interior. Artgnst Fiedlf-F. a German Ger-man architect, has volunteere 1 to super intend the construction of the building, which is to cost f i'i.'i.OO;). |