| Show of ti bev in a late number of harpers illustrated t we find the f fill wing icci mi in relation to the grand alac of the paris exposition J the ganc grand ll 11 palace alace stands in in 1 the the champ S demarsh deMar d e 11 1 sr sJ 0 L n W J f j loil long 9 by i feet broad harpers handbook hand book for europe and the mast east describes jit asa as formerly devoted ic to and military reviews and until the present buildings were ii arc b jogun agun it iwa s bof the parisian hippo p drome in 1830 louis philippe Philip pc there distributed the colors to the national K guard and later in 1852 the present napoleon gave the eagles cales ca 0 les to the th 3 army when there were over troops trod ja present on parado the palace will be c oval in shape the following are arc tile chief of tile the building and of the avenues by which it is approached from the bridge of jena across the 2 river seine io to the ilic commencement of the covered promenade is feet this promenade pro faces the seine and is feet ion long 0 at the end orthis of this promenade stands tile grand entrance to the palace from which to the edge of the central al garden the d istance distance is feet this garden is also feet long the distance between the central leial g gar den and the side facing the ecole mil ail is likewise feet the length oi of the covered bromena promenade de leading to the ecole Vili taire is feet the extreme length of the building is 1608 feet and its extreme breadth is feet tile the area covered by the palace and its accessories inci including the surrounding 0 park and covered promenades is feet in length by about 1500 feet in breadth the space allotted to the productions production country is as follows in number lumber of square icet feet france and colonies irm landane land and colonies belgium ff prussia russia other german states austria 2409 switzerland ze rland Deni denmark nark 2132 sw den and norway spain ail and d colonies portugal and colonies 3 7 NO 7 20 greece 2130 principalities pm pali aies ties 2130 papal states 2130 italy russia rusia turkey 4 prisia pei s sia and central asia 2130 china japan and south A aia in 2657 1 africa and ald Oc Ocea eanica mca 2657 mexico and central america 2136 cs of south america 2657 7 brazil 2173 United States reserved space e great britain and colonies this allotted space is distributed around the central cent ral garden 1 arden mr hardy y a by arth and education architect of the place and the chief angi engineer was mr krantz formerly chief engineer of the orleans railway who was appointed by the french gov crement without any kind of competition it seems there was no general contractor for the entire but each cadi particular department was let to sepa Y rac contractors the labor of erecting 9 the building has been very gre great at tile the grounds have been greatly improved and the former open field odthe of the champ de demars mars has been converted into a beautiful park inthe center of which stands the industrial palace |
