The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-16
FOR THE CEN
TESNIAI..
EXHIBITION, 1876.
l.. =. CESTESNIAL COMMISSION,
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Sd, 1910.

10 the Editor Of the Iron Age.-The
enopiries which reach this office show
50 insufficient al understanding of the
international Exhibition that have had
prepared a statement of some important
items which it Is desirable to make
known.
trust that they will impress you rs
interesting To- your readers, and that you
will publish them for the general intor-
nation OF the public.
Very respectfully, yours,
A. +. GosHoRN, Director General
Accompanying this letter is the fol-
lowing. which will be found OF interest
~ our readers.
The Act of Congress which provided
for celebrating the one hundreth ANN.
versary of American Independence, by
/ holding AN International Exhibition OF
! Arts, Manufactures, and products OF the
| Soil and Nine authorized the creation
| of the United States Centennial COmmIs-
| sion, and entrusted it to the management
! of the Exhibition. This body is compos-
ed of two Commissioners from each
[ State and Territory, nominated by their
respective Governors, and commissioned
by the President of the United States.
The ent .rprise, therefore is distinctly ma
tional one, and not, as has sometimes been
stated, the work OF private corporation
The exhibition will be opened on May
/ 10th, 1876, and remain open every day,
except Sunday, until November lOth.
/ There will be a fixed price of 30 cents for
admission to all the buildings and
grounds. .,
The Centennial grounds are situated
on the Western bank OF the Schuylklll
River, and within Paramount
Park, the largest public park
in proximity to to great city In the
world, and one of the most beautiful IN
the country. The Park contains 3ltO
acres, $50 of which nave been enclosed
for the exhibition. Besides this tract
there will be large yards near by for
the exhibition of stock, and farm OF
~ acres has already been suitably plant
ed for the test OF plows, mowers reap
ers, and other agricultural machinery.
The exhibition buildings are approach
cd BY eight lines ofstreet cars, which con-
meet with all other lines in the city, and
by the Pennsylvania and Reading rail-
roads, over the tracks of which trains
will also run from the North Pennsyl-
vania and Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore railroads. Thus the E1-
hlhition is in immediate connection with
the entire railroad system of the country,
and any one within 80 miles Of Philadel-
phia can visit it at no greater cost than
that of carriage hire at the Paris or
Vienna Exhibition.
The articles to be exhibited have been
classified into seven departments, which
for the most part, will be located IN sp-
proprlate buildings, whose several areas
are us follows:
| Acres
Department. buildings. covered
/ |. Mining 4 Me-
>. Manufactur's Main Building.........,2l.47
! B. Education &
| Science............
| 4 Alt. Art Gallery............. %
: Nachincry.... Machinery Building
! Il. Agriculture. Agricultural Butld'g...lO
! :. HORTICULTURE. horticultural Bulldog 10
Total
This provides nearly ten more
acres for exhibiting space than
there were at Vienna, the larg-
est International Exhibition yet
held. Yet the applications OF exhibitors
have been sonumerous rs to exhaust the
space, and many classes of objects must
he provided for in special buildings.
An important special exhibition VIII
be made by the United States govern
ment, and is being prepared under the
supervision of a Board of Officers repre-
senting the several executive departments
of the government. A hne building OF
a. acres Is provided for the purpose,
space in which will be occupied BY the
War Treasury, Navy, Interior, Post
Office and Agricultural Departments and
the Smithsonian Institution
The Women's Centennial Executive
Committee have raised $4,000 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 number will be
from 200 10 80. Most of the impor-
tant foreign nations-Englaud, Ger
many. Austria, France, Sweden, Egypt
Japan, and othcrs-arc putting up one
or more structures each, for Cxhibiting
purposes, or for the use of the commits
sioaers, exhibitors and visitors. Offices
and headquarters Of this kind, usually OF
considerable architectural beauty, arc
provided by the States Of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New
Jersey Newly ork, Connecticut Massachu-
setts, New hampshire, Missouri, Kansas
Virginia, West Virginia, Nevada, WIS
consin, Iowa and Delaware; and it is like
~ that others will follow the example.
A number of Trade and Industrial
Associations, which require large amounts
of space, will be provided for in special
buildings. Among these are the photo
graphers, the carriage builders, the glass
makers, the cracker bakers, the boot and
shoe manufacturers, beside, quite num-
Der of individual exhibitors. The great
demands for space will probably render