Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-13
DAILY GAZETTE.
rae Vienna ExpOsItIora nufIaInrs.


The New York VorldfiS apprehensive that |
the Centennial EEpositlOn buildings inI Philadsl-
phiA will not be equaIt1 tkeiexpectatlOns Cf the
country, and that tho European world win Aa, Q
an opportunity 10 tpn the affair into ridisuIe
To spur uR eur PhiladelphiA ,fhendS, aud those
having the Centennial buildings under their
charge, the WqFd furnishes pretty clear idea of
the immense atraSlhres ia which me geas e1POsi-
tiOns have been held 1t will be perceived that the
buIldinsaae VasnhA are encrmOuA and dwarf all
those that have proceeded them. The World says
We doubt if there are more than very few
amongst us, even of the most intelligent on these
subjects, who APPRECIATE what strides tnternation-
al exhibitions have taken IN twenty years. The
space they have occupied will give some idea, and
we give the following statement
Acyes
London in .........2L
rams IN lo09..,....... .....s..,.
Lohuoh III loOE. ...,.,.. a..,.1.""40M
TaIlS IN LooL tO9A
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been well iiled by nearly l4O buildings Of one
kind or another, all dedicated 10 the Exposition.
Ii is this outside show which constitutes its sig
nhcant ieature, and every foot Of this great terri
tory is poieed e thoroughIy inside and outside a.
isour broadway in the daytime, or y blnk-vault
in the nighttime, This must be % TO prevent
order. N erv4
OF thaEeneral outline Of the enormous main
building which is but one of 40, We furnished cur
readers With perfect picture many weeks ago.
lt' desisA een bsF roughly Appreciated by supPos-
ing that Broadway ran on straight line through
Union square and onward Taen broadway, for
might uellesgpt the central aisle OF tho VIenna
Exposition: Union square assuming 1t to be q
circiel might represent the Totunda or dome; the
oross-streets, sixteen in number, might be the
II transmits. and tha hloaka q hOnaaf
might be the uncovered courts of the building
THIS central aisle, this main building or this as
sumed Broadway, is Gncluding the rotunda) somG
1900 etiong and 50 feet Vfde !. and the rotundI
Is about 10 feet in dlaueter white the rotuuda o.
the Hoautn Exhibition Of 1862 was only 160, tn
dome q ST HetePs et Rome IS only l5I, and q
st. Pants ip Aon6o4 only III lest in diameteE
The heightoft the TOtnnda to the crown is 30
feet. The transepts on each side of the centra
aisle, on the side streets to the right aud left o
Broadway, sixteen in number, are about 240 fee
long by DO feet vide: TIE coqrts between th
Broadway between the streets, many OF which
are coFeE9d over and occupied at Vispna, - b
the American Sewing-nachines and other Amer
can articles are 200 feet long by more THAN 10
ieet wide. These figures give an idea of on
1he central aisle, or Broadway, is assigned. be
ginning at the west end and gong eastward, {
the United States (Which has nothing there
Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgian, Germany
GsTmanySu3 zssiIE3 divide tlo sOluEdA "a
This central aisle Is the grand pEomsnads, OF Ia
mile long, crowded with riches, and besides
there are sixteen tEanSspts OFbidO stFests on bOI
sdes Of the central aise each nearly 800 feet lonl
to say nothing of the eourts.A THIS fWe repeat
but ths maiR b0llding at vienna there are EoH
l40 othSFs great and small. And to erect such
structure this at Philadelphia OF stone and iIo
for 1875, not only must work be begun but pr
vision f0r vast amount Of money be made il
mediately, OF what else there will need 70
We viii reserve Description TIL another day 4