Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-11-25

ms prOVlutS nearly ten more acres
for exhibiting space than there were at
Vienna, the largest International Ex-
hibition yet held. Yet the al plica-
lions of exhibitors have been so numer-
Gus as to exhaust the space, and many
important classes of objects must be
provided for in special buildings.
An important special exhibition will
be made by the United States Govern
ment, and is being prepared under the
u IervisiOn of Il Board of Officers repre-
seIiting the several Executive Depart
mentS of the Government. A fine
building of a acres is provided for the
purpose, space in which will be Occu-
pied by the War, Treasury, Navy, In
terror, Post Office, and Agricultural
Departments and-the Smithsonian In
stitutiun.
The Women's Centennial Executive
Committee, have raised $50, 900 for the
erection of pavilion in which to eX-
hibit every kind of women's work. To
this collection, women of all nations
are expected to contribute.
The list of special buildings is con-
stantly increasing, and present indica-
tions are that their total lumber will
be from 200 to $50. Most of the import
ant foregn nations--Engiand, Germany,
Austria, France, Sweden, Egypt,
Japan, and others-are putting up one
or more structures each, for exhibiting
purposes, or for the use of the COM
miSSiOners, exhibitors and VISITORS
Officers and headquarters of this kind,
usually of considerable architectural
beauty. are provided by the State of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan. New jersey, New York,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, Virginia,
West Virginia, Nevada, Wis onsin,
Iowa, and Delaware; and it is likely
that Others will follow the example.
A number of Trade and Industrial
Associations, which require large
amounts of space, Will be provided Tor
in special buildings. Among these are
the photographers, the carriage bull
ders, the glass makers, the cracker
bakers, the boot and shoe manufactur-
ers, beside, quite number of individ-
ual exhibitors. The great demands
for space will probably render this
course necessary to considerable ex-
tent, especially for exhibitors who
have been tardy in making their ap-
pIicatiUns. In the Main Exhibition
Building, for example, 333, 800 square
feet of space had been applied for by
the beginning of October by American
exhibitors only; whereas, the aggre-
gate space which it has been possible
to reserve for the United States Depart
ment, is only 1000 square feet, about
one-third of which will be consumed
by passage ways.
The Machinery Building, like the
others, is already fully covered by sp-
plicatiOns. There are about 1000 Ameri-
can exhibitors in this department, 150
English, and $50 from other European
countries-which Is about $50 more
than entered the Vienna Machinery
Exhibition. Extra provision is being
made for anneXes to accommodate the
hydraulic machinery, the steam ham
mers, forges, hosting engines, boilers,
plumbers, carpenters, &c.
Power in the Machinery Hall will
be chiefly supplied by-a pair of monster
Corliss Engines. Each cylinder is 40
inches in diameter, with stroke of ten
feet; the 11y-wheeI is 81 feet in diam
ter, and weighs 80 tons; the horse
power i. 400; and the number of boil
ers is 20. The engine drives about a
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For the Art Exhibition, the most en-
iuent American artists are understood
to be at work, and it may be confident
ly stated that, especially in the depart
ment of landscape painting, the United
States will present finer display than
the public Las been led to expect. Quite
aside from the contributions of Ameri-
can artists, applications from abroad
call for more than four times the ex-
hibiting space afforded by the great
Memorial Hall. Provision for the sur
plus will be made in temporary fire.
proof buildings, though all exhibiting
nations will be represented in the CEN
trail Art Gallery.
The Art Exhibition will include, in
addition to the works of contemporary
artists, representative productions of
the past century of American art
those, for instance, of Stuart, COpley,
Trumbull, West, Alston, Sully, Neagle,
Elliott, Kensett, Cole. These as well
as the works offered by living artists,
will be passed upon by the Committee
OF Selection, who will visit tor the pur.
pose, New York, Boston, Chicago, and