, 1873-05-06
More to Be Seen i'll July than
in May.
Origin and Progress of Indus
trial Exhibitions.
Dimensions Of the Viennese Fair
Buildings---The Space Al
lotted to Each
Country
The United States DEPARTMENT..
A Water. over.

ne U1lIGQ oLul9S LGPAl Al1l0ilI"
A Water.T over.
From Our O,en Correspondent. -
VIENNA, April II, 1873.
D7 The time this roachoa YOU, tho Vienna Unt-
yeraal Exhibition will have opened its portals to
tho millions that will come from all parts OF tho
world to do homage TO an enterprise without
parallel In tho annals Of Worlds Fairs. You
must not, however, imagine that, although
opened tho Exhibition Will DO in complete run
ming order by tho 1st Of D1ny. Fur from 1t. From
present appearances, Judge that thoso coming
hero In June and July will 200
MORE or TIE EXPOSITION
than those prosont at tho opening. Everything
Ia vet In chaotic state; aud tho unfnitiated,
vhiio walking over the grounds, and Beoing tho
immonao work that ia to DO accomplished yot, IN
finishing tho half-completed pavlllions, rcatau-
ranta oto., iu clearing OF tho millions Of
tons Of rubbish, In putting up tho exhibition
cnsos and in placing tho goods In these latter,
will invariably shake his head in doubt whom he
Is told that tho 1Bt of Nlay will opon tho Vienna
Exposition. but those who haYo 7satched the
progress Of this grand undertaking from Its In"
cipieut state know TINT Baron Sclcrnrz, tho all
powerful, as tho Vienna proas cRllH him, Will
rodeem lis pledged word, mud tho Vienna Worlds
Fair will opon on tho 1Bt Of Nay; but, with
this. 1t ia not said that all the work will be dono
BIZ that time. No exhibition wns ovor entirely
roady at its opening. It is d well-known fact
that, during tho Paris Exhibition Of 1861 tho
work on tho palace and tho grounds cenaod only
with tho close Of tho soason. Snch, daro say,
may bo tho cnae hero. The programme which
tho Baron lns laid out for himself in tho bogin-
ming Inns
oyEnsrEprED ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS.
Quo alteration in tho original plan brought ION
another mud another, ana 80 on, until tho whole
Of tho original plan, as far as its magnitude was
concerned took Ill entirely different aspect.
Tho first 8,0oo, 600 norins, which wore supposed
10 be moro than sufficient to cover tho expenses
Of this international holiday, were gono eyon be-
fore most Of tho buildings wero under cover.
What could tho Austrian Roichsratl, do but to
yoto mn additional 100000 to finish the work,
which the Baron tl,roatoncd to abandon tnloBa
ia voa voted TIM mcanB wherowitl to finish it.
But oSon that was nos acen' ons s'io noo o'oo oeo
day, another little lift. IN tho ehapo OF 1oo,ooo
forms, waa voted tho Baron, md now all acoms
to bo M smooth as oil, aud nothing remains but
to get the money "hlen mas peoi' po' ,nto p1lea
OF nflcs' MORTAR s.oho' anu [o1', VI W leos' a1s
Perhaps it would 10 we'll, before giving any
detailed description Of tho yot-uncomploted Ex-
hlp1aoh anu 'ts an'olo nc'un4ui"'ou "ono'A'' w
look back to
THE ORIGIN
of +hasa rrard Intornntionol Fnira. nnd follow
A. - ~. t,.sa,,.,, .1,
!no succosslso 6'a6es tnfoasn WHICH Seis en'hi.
beginning has passed up to the present grand
eliminating pinnacle.
TIE r1nsr GRAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
owed its existence to tho Trench Marquis
d'Afczc' IL was hela IN 1ne eo-ca1loa aia1Aon
d'Oraay. in 1903. Tho Dimensions Of tho Ezhibi-
ton building wcro not as large as those Of some
Of tl,o mapy private uayi]onB erected in tho
-. T1;.;,t.;a,s ue.,,a, rr,,a .rt;,,o, ~
sionna GAh'oi'ion e'ou''u'' 1no "4't''oo La
hbited 'soro mostly borrowed oy tho manager
from their ownors, and but very fcW manufac-
turers took part In That infantile affair. It WAS
oas 4an .oA ea ar, ~. a-a,s. so,.; -,
oompots1on' otAii' tn'' en'p1So "n".e "an toi'
lowed, during That worry ,yeaf, oy an exhibition
on q grander sea!e. Whefe -, mahuinc-
tured goods, were onterod for competition. The
sueeesB Of this last one was tho cause @ Of ropo-
titlon, under tho Consulate, IL lS02. Other
332nntries suon followed III tho wnko Of Franco.
~ ~ III fresh in the memory Of many Of your
'oaoefs MY tho --..-..-..
.,.s ,xor..,a1 r.nar ;G saEAT M LoSnoE E1H1n111oN
III nfoaS4t antw M2 by tho strenuous efforts Of
bit;a. ..iooat VII 1na arst London UnigoEsal Exhi-
ia ,.ion Man co. up g gEandor acao than any Of
first IIuivoSanl!;, The Crystal I'aace where tho
t;n,o ;ust,.. Fair WAS held filled. and ut that
nriaa' ir too Tho hoart of oyery Britsher with
lhe GorinanH, however, had no leaB roa-
son to be proud Of 1t than tho English; for
torman-b born Prince concocted and carried into
execution tho plan. The subject Of Universal
Exposition was broaohcd by tho late Prince Con-
% sort as far BACK as laaa: It should not, however.
DO inferred that prior to this latter date, there
were no Exhibitions in England. On
the contrary the Irish Woro tho most ready imi-
taiora o. Tue french. Thoy instituted also their
iriennlal :; Exhlo'tlona aud IN England great
local e1hip1tlons "ero held, beginning in 1880,
every few years, H., at Manchester, birmingham,
anu Liverpool. Ihe custom q Of holding fairs was
! soon carried across tue atlantic, and brought
INTO existence our state anu county fairs
But Tue London International Exhibition OF
1851 was tho porcursor Of aorioB Of exhibitions.
eaeh ono OF WHICH attempted to QUITO It's predo-
ceaaor o, n magnitude, nnd Ap'endor; Mone No s.,c-
EGGuGu, QCWG9Gr, Until NAnDtGQD tito Third. hV