, 1869-08-23
Tho Industrial Fair ut sun Frnn-
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There Is in the city Of San Francisco "a I've In
stitutton, xnoEn IS the Meenap,es' Institute, An
Organization OF mechanics, .manulac,ufessSe11
otners interested In the Industrial adSanEeAen&
OF the State and coast To accomplish this, 1heY
have purchased q handsome lot IN the heart Of
the city, bus tasteful butlng Of three stories In
height have selee. library Of Il ooo volumes, aud
amcuabershlp OF !, 800 active men 4 Large resd-
tng room "a rsled with locM and ioreigu newspa-
pers and magazines, and every Lldncemeot held
out Tor members to JON and reap It's advantages.
prominent feature tn 1ts operations, are the In
dustrtal Fatrs which ara held In the fall
OF the year; the one held last year being
thA sixth From the printed report
which Is before us, We learn thai the receipts Of
that far were ss5,ooo, representing an attendance
Of between 1oo, 600 and aoo, 900 VISITORS The fair
WAS very succes4ful and satisfactory TO the man
ayers and exhlbitora Tne fair building is very
large editce Of wood, $50 BY shout 200 lee., with
fountains, music, &c, and cost 49, 900. This year
they purpose holding 8 yet larger fatr, and "au
the world" ls Invited to exhibit and attend. WI
liam F. HetTick, the energetic agent Of the lnsu-
taie l. now tn Chicago. and on lts behalf asks the
manufactures snd.ptpducefs OF the Western and
Atlantic States to exhibit their wa1es and pEoducts
When an organization haS Sufficient vitality
to conduct 80 Important an undertaking and The
GQt{ky ~ EeuO cp1G4o4 A&eAt ~ 4Cf4OS(0t AAIA4
here, nc can do no less than respond, especially
ns The fretghts on articles for c1hlblunn Will hc
renisted by the ratirosds between Chicago and
San Efppc1scc- In answer 10 the letter OF the
aren't To Coionrl Hammond, Superintendent OF
the Union Paei1e Railroad, the response says:
"We will take the articles mentioned In the let
ter over our road TO Promontory, al regular rates.
10 b prepaid, and the came viii be returned free
and tho amount OF prepaid charges Iefqnded AZ
onsha, on pse1entauon q Ss5saosate fron a tae
the artlcles On exhibition At saId fair-'
Governor Stanford, OF the Central ractac Rail-
road, asys:
.'Generai orders win Be given for transmission
ole articles for The exhibition
The ChIcsFo / Northwestern Railroad Com
pan5 say they wifi DO the same We
understand that seyeru Of our leading man-
ufscturers have already engaged to send
specimens OF their haadworx, among them
the National Watch Company, Of Elgtu, who will
send watches nnd macnlntry; the Pullman Palace
Car Company will send one Of thetS latest palace
geeptug cara, which Mill probably be the 1rst car
from New York to San Francisco direct. as It Il
anticipated that the Western factdc Railroad
VIII be completed 10 Oakland by the middle OF
Sep,embcr. Other Manufacturers have also G1gnlhei
their Intention OF being represented. An a1c1r-
non party Is already uearfS made up to leave
Chicago on the 4th September, which viii be In
ttuc to zee the A g1,cultutA Fair as Sacramento,
which opens on the 9Th and closes on the 18th
September aud the Industrial Fa1r at San Ffan-
cisco, which opens on the 18th September, End
remains open during the month. These fairs vii
show more Of the industries and products Of the
Pacific coast than visitor could see In Jea1s
visit. II cur Chicago people are IN earnest IN thesi
desire to bring about closer commercial relations
between Cur city and State aud the Pnclde coast
let them send their articles for exhibition and *
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another column Will explain the matter more
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