New-York tribune., 1873-05-26
THE VIENNA EXHIBITION.

| PROGRESS IN THE WORK OF CoNsTRUCTION-THE
| FINISHED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. niPLE-
| MENTs AND MACHINERY.
| IFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNEl
| VIENNA, May 6.-It IL now almost week since the
opening ceebratlon and the Exhibition is still very
| far from completion. The formative phase of IT'S
developement is likely to continue for fortnight
longer-perhaps for month. Thousands of people
visit it every day. crude and chaotic as IL is They
are not so foolish either as it might seem, for they
have chance to see how great worlds fair is made
how things take form, and how ord-- comes out of
bewilderng confusion, and this curious sight they
would miss if they waited for the completed result
| They have to stumble over the debris of packing
boxes and submit to be jostled by the armies of labor
ers that swarm about the grounds and buildings
They must dodge from under derricks, lowering inn
| mense disjointed fragments of machinery, and
thread their way between the long rows of freight
cars that are unoaded at every door of the indus
trial palace, the agricultural halls and machinery
hail. and look sharp to keep from being over by
all sorts of vehicles from dogcarts to steam engines
Here throng of Hungarian peasant women in short
| pettcoats. with long red handkerchefs wound
around their heads aud falling to their waists, are
shoveling gravel and grading walks. Just beyond
| party of grimy miners are erecting huge monu-
ment of blocks of coal; further on an English farm
Il
country schoo-house. Here gardeners are at work
planting flowers and shrubs, and there a Norwegian
cottage is evolved ont of pile Of beams and boards
In one place the finishing touches are put on an
American soda water fountain, in another bevy of
pretty Swiss grlsn their quaint peasant costumes of
their native cantons setting the tables for the
| first time on lively little chalet just finished and
ready 10 furnish Swiss drinks and dishes. little
| way of arurkish cofee-house and Persian dwell
ing are receiving their final decorations in gold and
crimson arabesques.
In the midst of the clutter and confusion Of build
ing, unloading, unpacllng. moving. grading gravel
| ling gardening, pipe-laying, road-mal0ing, and a
hundred and one other things that are in progress
| we find now and then a completed structure or a
finished plot of ground that delights the eye by the
| striking contrast with its surroundings. In one
place is Alsatan farmhouse completely furnished
from paror TO kitchen and from the ground to the
garres under the great beams of the steep roof and
pretty Asatian girl, too, arranging flower-pots in
| the window. In another place is picturesque
! Egyptian pavilion, fitted up for the Viceroy 8
dwelling when he comes There is a building con-
tanning interesting exhibition of the products OF
the farms mines and factories the estates Of the
Prince Of Swartzenberg. There is a comical little
japanese cottage with lively bit of garden around
| there is also gay tent covering exhibition of
Spring fruits aud flowers from Austria and Hungary
In the great Industrial Palace the exhibitors are
placing their cases in order and bringing out their
| goods in leisurely way. Many things that were
| hastily set up to make show on the opening day
| have TO be taken down and roarranged Everybody
| seems to think that the Exhibition will not be in
full order before the first of june and that there is
time enough to take things quietly after the hurry
| of last week The Austrian Department is nearly
| complete. So is the Hungarian. The Germans are
| still far behind and the French goods havo just
begun TO arrive OF the smaller departments, those
of Switzerland Portugal, Greece, China and Japan
are already well filled and very interesting. The
American pavilion and court has almost moth
ing TO show but piles of boxes. Cincinnati pork
| packer has put up long panoramic cartoon show
ing all the processes through which pig passes in
saughter-house from the pen to the pork barrel and
the lard tub. few cabinet organs are in place,
and two or three cases of firearms. This is all. In
the machinery hall we are not much behind our
neighbors So much labor is required TO set up
heavy machines and fit them with gearing for run
ming that this part Of the Exhibition will no doubt
be the last completed Just now it looks more like
an immense machine-shOp full of workmen drilling
and hammering than an exhibition There is moth
ING whatever to be said about yet except that 1t Is
noisy and chaotic.
The buildings for agricultural implements amp
farm products have grown to such dimensions that
they cover half as much ground as the great Indus
trial Palace itself. The Northern and Western
European nations, excepting Germany, occupy
large wooden structure with numerous wings and
"annexesp y between the western wing of the palace
and the Machinery Hall. Austria, Germany, Hun
rary and Russia have similar building back of the
eastern wing of the palace. 4 separate building,
connected by covered ways with the British and
French Departments and squeezed in between them
and the Machinery Halls is set apart for the United
States. 1t is prettily decorated and well hghted'
In some respects 1t is unfortunate that
our reapers, mowers, thrashers, p!ows, &C.
cannot be shown in the same building
with those of France and England, Tor
we arc not likely to suffer by the comparison. sun,
if any country must be put by ITSELF there Is a
neculiar appropriateness in assigning to the United
States such position. We are nation apart, and
our agriculture is iii many respects peculias am
assured that we shall fiji pretty little agricnl-
,nral hall with implements that will DO sure to
attract the attention of European cultiyators,iby
their superior finish and excellence OF course our
show in this department will not compare for ex-
tent with that made by the leading European
rotions The space assigned us is abont One-hfth
that allowed Great Britain, and less than one-hat
that given to France, while Austria VIII MI ten
times as much room as we are to occupy The
British department is further advanced than any
Four or five great English manufacturing hrinS
| have put all their goods in place. Ihey make
| great efforts to secure a Market on 'ho
| Continent and have branch houses IN several
| continental cities. As ii is matter OF business
with them, they show everything that they make
and have agents at hand with cards aud illustrated