, 1875-08-22
Remarkable Increase in the
Quantity Of Exhibitors.
The Display Of Fine Arts--Araerican
Painters Who VIII Exhibit.
section Of Natural History---
Agricultural Products.
}r7nroyed Facilities for Working
Machinery.

improved FaCl!iIleS lVl ssothtll6
Machinery.
IN tho LIST OF March, two yearB ago, about
So.en gentlemen met in 4 priyate Parlcr at the
zherman House to discuss anew the ancient prof.
1T for IN industrial exhibition 70 be held in
This city. Springfield. Peoria. Nii~aukee, C1n-
-on.t, and other OF the suburbs, had made suc-
.eeses Of such enterprises for years. But then
:, these towns it waa = great desideratum TO
katch q crowd to town. People did not
ston IN the suburbs when on the way to
Chc,go it they could help it, and
h check the tide Of travel to Chicago for
eoup,s Of days was literally tlg thing. to &C.
e.unplish which any OF the suburbs named
ruold spare no efforts; and, by epa1ing no eff
forte. they succeeded in getting up fairish elbows,
yhich d.d fetch crowds to their several tovns-
An exposition that would fetch crowds to Chi.
e,co was not what WAS wanted however, for the
cosd is al1ays he1e, aad people from all parts
6 the world have been crowdipg to Chi
neco for yen1s. Something more waa wanted;
Of course the crowds would como On the
slightest provocat;on. The desidera.um was to
arrange for IN exhibition that should, in the just,
comprehensive eenee, be an
EXPOSITION OF INDUSTRIES, ARTS, AND AANu-
FAcTUkE3
Of the rast territory OF which Chicago ia the
metropolis,-an exhibition that should nos sim-
pIy fill cur streets With gaping crowds, Ike unto
those seen in the suburbs on circus-day, aud
only advertise this test~adVertised city
in the. world; but such an exposi-
ton u should be an index to the
progress uf lhe West and Northwest in the arts
md industries. which should stimulate their
growth and contribute TO their advaucement, II
undertaken at al, the enterprise would have to
b. conducted On very different scale from that
Of The ordinary State Fair, or Mechanics 1nsti-
tute and the like, and tho discussion
among tie dozen gentlemen assembled
ut the Sherman House developed no little
doubt as to the success OF the projected EXPOSE
ton, and more divergence Of opinion as to it's
scope aud details. The undertaking was rem
dertd the more difficult BY the fact that, with
the p:omptness characteristic Of Chicago, 1t WAS
1t the outset settled that the Exposition should
be planned, not for poete1ityt but TO be opened
in the fall:
THE REau1r OF THAT NETTING
WIS the adoption OF q resolution That great
1nrer-State Industrial Exposition shall be held
IN the City OF Chicago during tho coming tall,
commencing on or about Sept. Is and continuing
four or more weeks"
week later meeting was held at the Cham
Der Of Commerce building. at which provision
was made for permanent organization; ten
days later the etock-subscnptlon BOOKS were
opened. The resolution authorizing tho erec-
ton Of the Exposition Buildings On thelr present
site passed the Common Council on :he 2Sth OF
May following {l873), the capital stock Of the
Association Was increased to $25o,0 GOO, and on
the 25th Of September, the building having
been completed in ninety Ei1 days, the Inter-
Etate Industrial Exposition Was openel-
In the fap.dsty With which the project had
been carried into execution in the architectural
excellence OF the building, ia drawing vast
Towds the first annual exposition WIS 4 sue
cess In other respects it was little short OF 3
and the major part Of the articles exhibited ere
from stores ia this city. Art-Hall had not been
built. aud the Exposition as whole was alto
gether too much in the nature OF . display Of
b. seen every dsv on looking
into the stow-windows along State or Madison
street, But the exhibition OF that year was
success IN demonstrating that the lnter-State
Exposition Was no longer an experiment. but
fixed fact. its permaneucy depending solely upon
the excellence OF the exhibition made.
the Art-Ha1 and Conservatory were enlarged, the !
Agricultural Hall WAS added to the buildings
the number or exhibitors increased to nearly $40,
range OF articles on exhibition was materially
enlarged; and the Exposition as whole, though
somewhat rncasre in several departments, Vas
highly c1ed1tab1e, and q vast improvement on
that Of the opening year.
Nov tne Directors are busy With arrangements
for
Tue THIRD ANNUAL
Interstate Industrial Exposition, which it ia
their design shall fur sutpass that OF last year
and that Of any similar Exposition this year
soy*here in the United States. Workmen are
bney reftlng the interior OF the Exposition
Buildings the ladies' sitting-roous, 1etiring-
rooms, etc. have been enlarged an additional
Iree elevator to carry visitors to the galleries
has been built; tue capdS-stand will not be per.
mitted to onsttuct the main entrance a. it did
power tor the mechanical department.
IRE being oFethauled and put in
thorough working order; the exhibitors
der the wso:e building is really 9 hive Of in-
dustty, and all is being forwarded with the ut
most dispatch iu preparation for what IS des- !
hned to be the great industrial exposit,on Of the
year.
f indicated By the fact that, while iu 1873 there
vere bns about 700 exhibitors, and in
ls74 but about 500, already over 1000
exhibitors hare been assigned space for
the Exposition Of this year, and every available
foot OF space, both on the main dooza and in the
galleries. has already been allotted, while tnere
are COW $50 applications tor space lett over. and
others are received by every mail Az yet there |
has been no tune in whlch to
CATALOGUE AND CLASSIFY
tho exhibitors according to their several do
partnents, but the magnitude Of the coming
sxhibition is foreshadowed By the figures shov-
ing the
ENTRIES II SEVERAL GENERAL DEPARTMKyTs.
These aie: |
department Of machinery and 1z1stala 461
Art43Alezy .....,.&,..,...........A 400
Horticultural and genealogical 90
Aonsehold art ..-,,.,,...,.-......... 100 |
fWuitute md household goods. 100 |
Textile fabrics. 50 |
ecaenthc 0ncluding the ool.s:tioa Of the Chicago
Academy Of Scieuces). ............ 20
Aaeelaoaoua {including manufactures not clsssi-
0 Wv
. In other words, the number Of exhibitors will |
oe two and half times the number last year.
which naturally implies a greater variety and
ton.
Foremost among the new features Of the Ex-
poeiuau this tau viii be
TEE ABT DEPARTMENT.
Eot the first time the leading painters OF New |
1ore' Boston, Ph,iadelphia, and the other prin-
epat cities, as we'll ss Of Chicago, will them
H&3feS tako mart in the 4ctnOaitinn "A ex-