The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-28

exploring everywhere, taee snail speak, ana be-
lieve that can produce certain details with which
but fsW Of our countrymen are familiar.
NATIONAL INHIBITION.
I have said that this exhibition was to be Q
national one. and shall proceed to establish this
upon the simplest and most conclusive proon pos
sible. 1t Ia national because BY an act OF Congress-
approved June l. which virtually created its Board
OF Finance. every member selected for that board
is Q representative Of diGerent State It IL ma
tional because the same policy In adopt
ing the Board OF yinance has been
steadily carried out In the selection Of ell
other committees Take. .or example. the gentlemen
who represent the Executive Committee, and we
ind that they reside in thirteen distinct States and
Territortes The. committee appointed to decide
upon the architectural design Of the proposed
temple are leading men In seven other States,
while the Committees upon Tariff, Transportation.
Foreign Anairs, Opening Ceremonies, Legisla-
ton, classification. Art Science. History,
Literature, Education, Commerce, Manufactures,
Agriculture. Live Stock, Mines. horticulture and
Fish Culture are comprised OF men selected from
every State In the Union, banded together for the
dustrial productions o. our own country. but the
world. It win also Do noticed that the Gen.
tennial Commission compfehends an immense
number q men: .aas q committee has has
regard to the adaptation Of its members to eGsC-
sosSl because It's stocx now IN orcusOn
throughout the entire length and breadth OF our
ana a sne
lied agent for the distribution Of its shares 1t Is
national finally, because announced as such In the
Immediately upon its utterance was for
warded to Vienna, where. at this moment the
then reproduced in every known tongue; indeed
all Of US can safely say that no other 0ficia docu
ment ever found . hearing in SO many Lands or
tives OF so many distant realms. The honor which
belongs to the gentleman who proposed the course
now determined upon to celebrate
OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
..sss. e New Ysss S as 81
similar organization OF Philadelphia, and finally,
by the Legislature Of this State All will remem-
many months between New York and the Quaker
City for the honor Of holding this exposition. and
tine latter should gain the best OF the battle.
ana Is directly accessible rom every point q
independence, the signing Of the Declaration, and
to this shrine pilgrims would more readily gather
streets trudged the defenders OF liberty, not with
gayly streaming banners brilliant uniforms and
nodding plumes; not to the SOUND OF lively music
faint hungry and sore-a handful Of men, ragged
IN Dress and armed with almost nothing, save
from them as they journeyed and whose line
OF march could be readily traced by the blood
over the stones. Back again through these same
streets returned those veterans, in number fewer
STILL out from the crash Of arms, away from the
ing the upturned faces of the dead. And here 1t
was that our fOrefathers first lifted their hands
oh, it is but right that we should kneel in their
places hundred years after and respond in
solemn amenl
Local prejudice or sectional animosity cannot.
therefore, enter into an affair like this and, as
mentioned IN my prelude, Philadelphia will be
ready to receive her visitors when the day OF our
national thanksgiving is at hand
THE ORGANIZATION OF BOARD OF FINANCE
was erected Immediately alter the act OF Congress
instttutlng the exposition and subsequently other
committees Tor the various departments of in
dustry briefly mentioned above. Careful statistics
concerning the population OF each State and terri
tory were then prepared and statements made OF
the amount OF stock which each State and Terri
tory was entitled to claim by virtue Of its census
which any State could buy up as many shares as 1t
wished. Thus 1t is, that while the State of Penn
100000 worth OF shares each share being valued
at $40, she has, since these tables were made out
PRISE which is almost one-third OF the capital re-
CURED by the Commissioners Tor the full manage
ment OF their undertaking
for the Centennial Exhibition comprehends $50
acres Of the lovelest landscape of Paramount Park
d
line for 5000 feet. and at the upper corner changes
Its frontage and proceeds In way which when
avenue 70 Eansdoad road becomes triangular I'm In
form, and in this triangle are included eighty
Ave acres, In this piece Of ground the ma
being being admirably adapted for this because
there ale two large reservoirs which
power tor exhibiting all machinery The main hall
will be located at a convenient distance from Elm
avenue, in a locality penetrated by the lovellest
hriv anA w ko in no trOn wi iph lot
glens and valleys, grottoes and ravines while the
other buildings will be grouped IN localities near
lected anywhere than this superb tract in Fair
mount Park for in this area OF $50 acres nature
has been proluse nher gifts and can be seen in al
most all her varied moods. 1t is the intention OF
the Commission to erect
THE GRANDEsT AND MOST IMPOSING STRUCTURE
that the world has ever seen, al an expense which
will not be less than five million dollars, and which
will most probably approximate closely to eight.
The policy adopted Tor securing the most perfect
admirable, and has rendered 1t necessary for the
committee to choose from forty-Our distinct plans.
These have come to them from all parts OF the
country and will be open for public scrutiny by
the time this letter Is in print.
closed his name In q sealed envelope his design
was numbered, and corresponding number was
put upon the wrapper containing his address, so
That all are in ignorance to whom the designs be-
long, and personal favor or prejudice cannot in1u-
ence the final selection in the least. Isaw all Of the
plans yesterday and was astonished not only at
difference between each. was slightly surprised,
however, to discover that the architect whose
ground plan was admirably studied, In his design
for the elevation had made use OF
THE DESIGN OF THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE OF PARIS.
There was slight difference in the entrance,
but above the entrance to the dome the two de-
signs are almost identical. The immense wings
which the opera house OF Paris does not Of course
possess, but which are really the main features Of
the centennial building render 1t difficult for one
TO detect the likeness but it is to be hoped that It
may not escape the eyes Of the judges. From
Of
the various states do not select any par
ticuar one, but the ten which they regard
as best. Each one OF these ten architects
receives $1,000 cash, and then they straightway
enter into competition to produce the final design
from which the building itself will be modelled.
There is one thing that the Commissioners can
congratulate themselves upon, and that is the
very liberal amount OF time afforded them to rear
the gigantic structure. II we read the history of
all the exhibitions ever held, from the one in Lon
don in 1852 until the one now nourishnR at
Vienna, we will learn that there Is not one single
instance in which the building was ready upon the
day announced for It's opening. Such an accident
under present circumstances seems to me to be