New-York tribune., 1874-08-14
CENTENNIAL PREPARATIONS.
rur WORK BEGUN IN EARNEST,

CONTRIBUTIONS EHpM Abh'Nb~ INV i"NNN ~
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR VISITORS AND EXHIBIT
oRs-sUGGESTIoNs AS TO SPECIAL EAflBlIs'
trRoM the REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBuNEI
PuLApELPHA, Aug. 11.-When visited the
Centennial grounds IN June there was nothng " oc
see suggesve Of the coming eVcnt but tall haGpole
standing the midst of prairie like cXpanse OF uaeS
and clover blossoms. Now the place presou's
the busiest scene TO be found III fhisue'phia'
An army of workmeu swarm over the gcound'
The hagpolc st remains, but the dais'eS anu
clover have disappeared, leaving vast eSpahse "
level hare red earth crossed BY railroad tracks and
soed here and there with shautes Long lines OF men
are digging trenches and laying the louhua'lohs
of the buildings; trains OF cars discharge tueH
ladns Of stone and lumber; surveyors are ousy
with tbec instruments; long professions OF carts oNc
TO and o Eating houses for the laoorers nave sprung
nm. cottage for the OF the contractor
who knows that the masters eye does as much aS '"o
umkman's hands. is nearly completed just outsue
The ptrk TIVE pretty villas have been converted n'o
restaurants and offer rest and refreshment on then
broad paa7as and shaded lawns. itte removed from
Yhe hustle which prevails, where the principal Exhlpi
aon buildings are arise, are the Offices OF 'he
Board OF Finance, occupied by Mr. schWdT|ui"n
the architect OF the permanent Memorial ha'1 WIN .
corp Of sixteen draughtsmen, who are preparing "o
ing designs for that building While preserving tne
rnan features of the accepted Plan the afcnecV n"S
increased the hight OF the and improved the eA
terror by placing in inches along tie iaGaue anu
groups Of stauary the corners OF the r"or ana III @
of the dome aud by working IN profnsIoh oil "lus'"
ornamcniation on Of the four fronts OF inc ouncc
For elegance and richness OF design and appropriate
mess for an art ha and museum. the building promises
90 be all chat could be desired
APPLICATIONS FOR SPACES FOR EXHIBITORS
DircctorG General GOshorn Is now constantly tecelNins
applications for space from intending eXhiol'ors, auu
tor sites on the grounds which to erect pulGlngs
for special purposes. No assignments will be made
ti. nearly all because Nnlll
then il will be impossible TO set apart the requisite
Amount Of space for different groups, ana properly
10 assign subdivisions TO the applicants. III Is uesil"
hle however that applications should be nieu e'iN'
for other things being equal the first comers VIII ha'o
the preference choice positions. The prospects Or
fun rcpresentation of the aud industries of for
ein nations are soeucouragng that all doubts on tha'
point may be dismissed. All the space that can oe
assigned the leading European nations vii unques-
tionably be filled 10 OveTnOwng The seIl-nterest OF
English Freuch aud German manufacturers Will suihce
alone 20 secure excellent display Of such articles lom
those countries as seek an American market To TINS
commercial exhibit will be added, II IS expected
fun and interesting displays in the groups OF Fine Arts
Agriculture Education aud Mining, and Metallurgy,
made under the supervision OF the Governments Of
France and Germany. II Is doubtful whether England
Will do much IN this direction however Austria WILL we
are assured make great efforts to rya the great manu-
featuring countries and viii surprise our people, as she
did an Europe at Vienna last year, by the evidences
of her industrial resources, and the display OF
multtudes Of articles that the products OF an Ola
and complex civilization, and high degree OF art
culture. Many Of the smaller European states have
Indicated their purpose 10 be represented. or the
Oriental countries Egypt and Japan certainly, China
aud Turkey probably and possibly Persia, viii CON
tribute. Chi leads the South American Republics IN
applying for space and all the others viii no doubt
follow Brazil will better than duplicate the exhibit
shc made hast Summer at Vienna.
II probably not generally known outside of Pnila
depha that preparations on foot for erecting five
different monumental structures Fairmount Park in
time 70 dedicate them during the Centennial Summer
The frst is 20 be erected by the Bna Birth Hebrew
Society from design by Ezekiel of Cincinnati The
second a large memorial fountain designed by Her
Kerus, Of this city, and will be furnished by the
Roman Catholic Temperance Societies The Humboldt
monument, by Prof Drake Of Berlin. the result OF the
subscriptions OF Philadelphia Germans, is the third.
The fourth is Harriet Hosmers group, emblematic of
emancipation; and the nfth is statue OF Columbus,
models Tor which are now their way from Italy
WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE NlsIT0RSf
Thus much about preparations that are already on
foot There are others that ought TO be in progress OF
which one sees no signs. We are reasonably sure OF
having a good Worlds Fair. but what shall DO with
the people come TO It is problem which nobody
has even about solving. The hotels OF Philadelphia
barely suffice FOR the ordinary demands upon them.
Whenever convention Is held which brings few hund
red strangers to half OF them have TO sleep on cots
In halls aow are tine 10000 guests which the Exhibition
Will bring or ought bring here every day. be lodged
and fed II private families would generally let lodS-
tugs sleeping accommodations could be found. and
improyiscd Restaurants would do the rest There Ia
more huuse-room Philadelphia in proportion TO the
population than in any large city in the world Oui
his castle here IN very strict sense ana
tue average resident be he rich retreats behind
hs white board with sense OF pride ana Sats-
faction IN The knowledge that there ~ one upon the
premises hut his family. Pleasant lodgings are at
all tucs nicult 70 obtain here ami the probability Is
THAT the influx Of strangers 1876 VIII NOT lessen the
cIuslyeness of the natives. Instead OF letting their
vacant rooms they VIII be likely put extra locks
Oh their doors aud wlniow-shuttets. More hotels
are requisite FOR the success OF the EAhi'
tnlor Visitors who cannot .hnd COM
Portable place 20 sleep viii take lasy look at the fair
aud 20 10 NeV-Iogk TO spend their holiday ana
tbcir money instead 0i passing fortnight mere TO see
Tie sight, OF the Exhibition in le-Grrly way. There
has been more !e,. talk for the past year about new
hotc Of large size Bgoadst between Chestnut aud
Market facing tIe new city buliiu-s bar the enter
prise requisite give the project shape appears TO be
vant.rg TIC proposed location is admirable, aud
there s scarcely ANY doubt that the investment would
pay even in ordinary times. II the uHid Philadelphia
capitalists hesitate much longer about giving life 10 thc
project. the money Will come from abroad. bat it viii
probably come too complete the hotel III time for
the Centennial
ACCCNMopATION OF EXHIBITORS.
need that viii not be supplied by any number Of
new hotels ID the couter Of the city Is accommodation
for exhibitors jurors, aud employ6s IN tue vicinity OF
The Exhibition grounds. Paramount Park Is on the
western border OF the city, and those grounds are on the
extreme western border Of the Park. They conse
nueutly ga long way of from any place There
Is plenty of vacant ground the neghborhood to be
bad at prices. sensible and practical
plan and one which promises handsome profits,
Is TO cover a square OF this ground with de