Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-01
CINCINNATI.
The Great Industrial Exposition.
A stroll Through It's VariOus Stalls
A Grand Display of the Usefui and
the Beautsful-A HINT TO Nashville
E Business Men.

A stroll Through It's VariOus Halls
A Grand Display of the Userul and
the Beauttful-A HINT TO Nashville
Z Business Men.
Correspondence of the Union and American.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 26.-When tell you
that the hotels cannot furnish sleeping
room for the thousands who flock to the
city daily to see the great exposition, you
viii have some idea of who come here to
see Cincinnati's big show. Some of the
hotels have rented vacant rooms in build
ings as much as several squares off, and
furnished them in order to accommodate
as many of the visitors as possible. The
managers tell me that the attendance is
larger than 1t was last year.
THE EXPOSITION.
The Great Exposition is term as ap-
Piled to the grand palace of at and indus
try now in the tide of successful operation
in this city, familiar to Cincinnati ears, and
few facts will show that it is not inappro-
priately termed great. The exhibiting
space embraces about seven acres of floor,
besides which the walls furnish q large
amount of space for exhibiting the products
of artists and the various factories and
shops of the city. 1t requires seven miles
of gas pipe and six thousand burners to
light up the various balls at night. These
facts show that the managers have made
provision for great show, and all tbs avail
able space was taken long before the Expo
sition opened, and large additions are talked
of to accommodate exhibitors the coming
year.
POWER HALL.
Let US take a stroll through Power Hall
hot Hara xxyof find or
least one acre of machines of various de-
scriptions, over two hundred and fifty Of
which ara moved By steam power. 1t re-
quires fifteen engines to drive these ma
chimes, and it may well be imagined that
when they are all in operation the clatter is
almost deafeniDg. A description of these
machines is out Of the question. They are,
of course, of the useful and labor-saving
class, and appear to embrace the leading
industries. tits grand displayof the in
ventive genius of the country, in which
Cincinnati mechanics sustain an honorable
part. The greater portion of these machines
wers built here in Cincinnati, and attest
that in that branch of Endustry tie Queen
City is not excelled, for they are models of
the perfection to which mechanical work
manship has been carried. Ofcourse some
allowance must be made for the fact that
many of these machines were made with
view to their being exhibited here. Still,
we can here learn what wonderful progress
has been mads in the mechanic arts even
within the last quarter Of a century.
In this connection reference may be
made to the display of agricultural imple-
ments, although they are exhibited in an
other hall. This display is quite large, and
embraces implements and machines from
some of the most celebrated establishments
in the West, as well as those turned out By
Cincinnati factories. This department is
sure to attract the attention of those en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits.
We will now take a stroll through an
other large hall, devoted to an exhibition of
the productions Of the mechines we have
been examining and describing, and here
we discover the secret Of Cincinnati's pros
perty. The products of her factories and
shops amount in value TO millions of dol
lars annually, and the profits Of these go to
build ND and enrich Cincinnati. These
manufactures embrace such variety that
it would be vain to attempt anything like
description of even leading articles. These
halls must be inspected to appreciate what
Cincinnati is doing.
FLORAL HALL.
Here we are in Floral Hall, where We
find something like an acre devoted to a
display of the richest and rarest plants and
flowers that could be collected from the
fine gardens in Cincinnati. The perfection
of the specimens, the gieat number Of rare
plants, and the tasteful arrangement by
which their beauties are brought out is re-
II h., Ill x,le; l. - Of
chsnted bower, in which the chatter of
birds mingle with the splashing Of the Wa
ter down a miniature Niagara or St. AnthO-
NY as the Whim Of the visitor may fancy
The display of cut flowers this week is
pronounced by gentlemen said TO be COM
petent judges the finest they have seen in
this country. 1t is certainly very fine.
THE ART GALLERY.
And now we pass across the street by an
elevated bridge into the art gallery, which
has been erected in Washington park
since the last exhibition, and here we find
about thousand feet Of wall covered with
paintings and engravings, mainly from
private collections in the city and suburbs.
It is said to be by far the best collection of
works of art ever exhibited in the West.
There are nearly three hundred oil paint
ings, about one hundred water colors, and
over two hundred engravings. There are
only about half a dozen pieces Of statuary,
whereas this department of art should have
been much more largely represented.
There are quite number Of specimens in
Cincinnati which would have added greatly
to the attractions of the art gallery. The
paintings embrace some of the choice st
productions of the old masters, as well as
of the best modern artists. There are
quite number of landscapes which are
really fine.
TENNESSEE MINERALS.
was struck with the absence of Ten
nessee minerals. Our immigration associa-
tons could scarcely have hit upon a better
advertisement than to have placed on eXhi-
bition here specimens of our ores, minerals
and Goals. They would have been seen by
thousands who would not otherwise learn
how beautifully our State Is supplied with
these elements Of wealth. It does
seem that we lack even the enterprise 10
show what we have, and what inducements
we hold out to capitalists to aid us in de.
veloping our resources.
WHY IT IS GREAT SHOW.
A stroll through the cspacious halls Of
the Dulolng VIII SaLSiy any one Cnat CIn-
cinnati has fully sustained her reputation
for wealth, enterprise and HBerslity in this
wonderful display of her industrial re-
sources. The Exhibition embraces sixteen
departments aud seventy classes, all of
which are very fully represented Do not
these facts attest that Cincinnati has in her
Industrial Exhibition great shove After
the visitor has trudged through these seven
acres of rnachines, and shrubs and flowers,
and the productions Of industry and art and
science, and relics and specimens of ores
and minerals, aud thousand and one use
full and ornamental things, which the genius
of man has invented and fashioned, he will
readily come to the conclusion that it Is 2
'Great Exposition"
HOW IT is APPRECIATED.
The business men Of Cincinnati rightly