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Show vcxyc5Cico ccooc5cc zzfz'zrzryj-yy-zcJZ BUILT TO REMAIN. With but ono or two exceptions tlicro la not a building of tho Chicago world's fair standing ns a permanent iP?s The Virginia State Building. structure This is truo of tho moro roccnt St. Louis exposition and tho still moro recent Lewis and Clark exposition ex-position at Portland. Ore. Dut such Is not to bo tho casn with tho Jamestown exposition which has Just oponcd, for tho stato buildings which havo bcon erected upon tho splendid slto on Hampton Honds aro to bo n pormanont monument to the ovent, and will nftor tho show closes Novombor SO next bo transformed into homes, club houses, hotels, and tho llko. This means quite an array of flue structures, tho following states having mndo appropriations for buildings build-ings nnd exhibits: Alabama, $20,000; Arkansas, $16,000; Dolawaro, $10,000; Connecticut, $70,000; Louisiana, $15, 000; Goorgla, $50,000; Illinois, $25,000; Kontucky, $40,000; Maryland, $05,000; Michigan, $20,000; Missouri, $40,000; Massachusetts, $50,000; New Jorsoy, $75,000; North Dakota, $15,000; Now York, $150,000; North Carolina, $50,-000; $50,-000; Ohio, $75,000; Oklahoma. $10,-000; $10,-000; Pennsylvania, $100,000; Hhodo Island, $50,000; South Carolina, $20,- a 4.--.-.4wW.4u 000; Tcnnes3oo, $20,500; Virginia, $300,800; Virginia counties (additional), (addition-al), 1150,000: Vermont. $10,000; West Virginia, $55,000; Now Hampshire. $10,000. Thi exposition buildings propor consist con-sist of about 25 structures, among them being nn auditorium and convention con-vention hull 1C0 by 23G feet, with wings C2 feet long, having an nudl-torlum nudl-torlum 91 by 01 feet, with a seating capacity of about .3,000; a palaco of manufactures nnd liberal arts, 2S0 by 550 fn?t; a palaco ot machinery and transportation, 2S0 by 550 foot; states' oxhlblt palace, 300 by 500 feet; a mining nnd metallurgy building, build-ing, 100 by 250 recti n hygienic nnd medical building 100 by 250 feet; a pura food building, 90 by 300 feet; a palaco of history and historic arts, 124 by 129 feet, nnd an educational bulldlnr 124 by 129 feet. IlesldcB these, thero Is what Is known us tho Arts nnd Crafts Village Vil-lage consisting ot seven cottages of colonial architecture. Theso aro tho tcxtilo building, 53 by 88 feet; copper, Bllvor and woodworkers' shops, 4 i by 137 feet; pottery shops 4S by 50 feet; Iron Bhops, 48 by 50 foot; model school, 35 by 45 feet, with a model schoolroom, 25 by 52 feet; mothers' nnd children's building, CO by 100 feot, nnd Pocahontas hospital, 50 by 80 feot. This does, not Includo tho various government buildings nor thoso on tho so-called "Warpath," nor does it includo tho two government piers thnt are each 200 feet wldo and ox-tend ox-tend 1 .000 feet into Hampton Hoads. They aro connected by a cross plor 800 feet long and ot equal width with tho parallel plor. Tho water spaco Inclosed within theso piers will bo used for smaller craft to maneuver In and for aquatic sports. A reproduction ot tho battle between be-tween tho Morilmnc and tho Monitor, In Hampton Itonds, as It was fought In 1SG2, is ono of tho features In this connection. Tho government hasa.H proprlated '$10,000 for this alono. |