The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-11-19
Arrangements for the Centennial
Published b. authority Of A. T. Goshorn, Director
General

The Act of Congress which provided 70
celebrating the one hundredth Annivel
! sary of American independence, by holdin
an International exhibition of Arts, Man
ufaeIures, and products of the Soil an
| Nj nes, authorized the creation of the Uni
ted States Centennial Commission, an
entrusted to it the management of the Ex
hibition. This body is composed of 'tw
Commissioners from each State and Terri
tory, nominated by the respective Cover
no"s, and commissioned by the Pres'den
of the United States. The enterprise
therefore is distinctly national one, AM
not, as has sometimes been stated, TIL
work of q private corporation.
The Exhibition will be opened on Ma
10, 1876, and remain open every day, ex
cept Sunday, until November 10th. Their
viii be fixed price Of 80 cents for admis
sion to all the buildings and grounds.
The Centennial grounds are situated OF
the west bank of the Schuylkill River, ant
within Fairmount Park: the largest publi
park N proximity to q great city in the
wo!ld, and one of the most beautiful in th
country. The Palk contains 1850 acres
$50 Of which have been enclosed for the ex
hibition. Besides this tract, there will b.
large yards near by for the exhibition o
of stock, and a farm of 70 acles has alread,
been suitably planted for the test Of plows
md of, l+,1,.
machinery.
The Exhibition buildings are approached
by eight lines OF street cars, which connec
with all the other lines i'll the city, and by
the Pennsylvania ard Reading railroads
over the tracks of which trains will alsc
lun from the North Philadelphia and Phil
adelpbja Wilmington and Baltimore rail
roads. Thus the Exhibition is in immedi
ate connection with the entire railroad
system of the country, aud any one within
80 miles of Philadelphia can visit it ut ne
greater cost than that Of carriage hire at
the Paris or Vienna Exhibition.
The articles to be exhibited have been
classified il seven departments, which, fol
the most part, will be located in appropri-
ate buildings, whose several areas are as
follows
l, Mining and Metallurgy; :, Manufac-
lures; 8, Education and Science, Main
Building, covering an area Of 2i.47 acres,
4, Art: Art Gallery, Is acres. 8, Machin-
cry; Machinery Building, "a acres. g. Ag-
riculture, A gricultulal Building, 10 acles.
Z, Horticulture, Horticultural Building,
1.5 acres Total amount of ground cover
cred 1887 acres.
This provides nearly ten acres more for
exhibiting space thau there were at Wen
na, the largest International Exhibition
yet held. Yet the applications Of exhibit
tors have been so numerous as 10 exhaust
the space. and many impoi tant classes of
objects must be provided for in special
buildings.
An important special exhibition will be
made by the United States Government, and
is be ag prepared under the supervision Of
q Doard of officers representing the several
Executive Departments of the government.
A fine building Of q acres is provided for
the purpose, space in which will be occu-
pied by the War, Treasury, Navy, Interior,
Post-Office and Agricultural Departments
and The Smithsonian Institution.
The Women's Centennial Executive
Committee have raised $50, 900 for the
e.ec ION of a pavilion in which to exhibit
eve kind Of women's work. To this col
lection women of all nations are expected
to contribute.
The list of special buildings is constantly
increasing, and present indications are that
ohe;r total number will be from 200 to $50
Most Of The important foreign nations
England, Germany, Austria, france, Swe-
den, Egypt, Japan and others are putting
up one Or more structures each, for exhib-
lung purposes, or for the use Of the COM
missionets, exhibitors and visitors. Offices
and headquarters Of this kind, usually OF
considerable architectural beauty, ale pro
posed by the States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey,
New York, Connecticut, Massachr sets,
New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, vi GIN
ia, West Virginia; Nevada, Wisco 1sin,
Iowa and Delaware; and it is likely others
will follow the example.
A number of Trade and Industrial Asso-
eiations, which require large amounts of
space, viii be provided for in special build
ings. Among these are the photographers,
the cal iage builders, the glass makers, the
cracker bakers, the boot and shoe manu-
facturers, beside, quite a number of indi-
vidual exhibitors. The great demands for
space will probably render this course neces-
sary to a considerable extent, especially for
exhibitors who have been tardy in making
their applications. In the Main Exhibi-
ton Building, for example, 3333, 300 square
feet of space had been applied for by the
beginning Of October by American .exhibl-
tors only; whereas, the aggregate space
which it has been possible to preserve for
the Uni ed States Department, is only 16o,
600 square feet, about one-thil of which
will be consumed by passage-ways.
The Machinery Tuilding, like the Others,
is already fully covered by applications.
There are about 1000 American exhibitors in
th's Department, 150 English and $50 from
other European eoustries-which is about
$50 more than entered the Vienna Maohin-
cry Exhibition. Extra provision is being
made e annexes TO accommodate the hy-
dlaulic machinery, the seam hammers,
forges, hois ing engines, boilers, plumbers,
carpenters, etc,
: Power in the Machinery Hall will be
principally supplied by pair of monster
Corliss engines. Each cylinder is 40 inches
iii diameser, with stroke of ten feet; the
fly-wbeel is 81 feet in diameter, and weighs
80 tons; the horse power is 400; and the
number of boilers 90. This engine drives
about a mile OF shassting.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English sculptor,
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