The workingman's advocate., 1875-11-13
.rurkinnmra's Sarnfats.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1878.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CEN
TENNIAL.


Mime" authorized the creation " tn
United States Centennial Commission, am
entrusted to it the management of the Elk
hlbtion. THIS body Is composed Of tw
Commissioners from each State and Ter
ritory, nominated by the respective Gov
enors, and commissip pned by the Presiden
Of the United States The enterprise
therefore, is distinctly national one, an,
not, as has sometimes been stated, th'
work of private corporation.
The Exhibition viii be opened ON May
10th. 1876. and remain open every day
eNcent Sunday, until November lOlh
There will be fixed price Of 90 cents fol
admission to all the buildings an,
grounds.
The Centennial grounds are situated on
the western bank Of the Schuylklll River
ana within Paramount Park, the largest
public park in proximity to great city II
the world. and one Of the most beautiful
in the country The Park contains 3, l6C
acres, 40 If which have been enclosed toi
the Exhibition Besides this Tract, ther,
will be large yards near by for the EXhib-
ition Of stock, and farm Of AZ acres has
already been suitably planted for the tests
of ploughs, mowers, reapers, 'and other
agricultural machinery
The Exhibition buildings are approached
by eight lines of street cars. which connect
with All the other lines IN the city, and by
the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads
over the tracks Of which trains will also
run from the North Pennsylvania and
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore
railroads. Thus the Exhibition Is an I'M
mediate connection with the entire rall-
road system Of the country, and any one
within 80 miles OF Philadelphia can visit II
at no greater cost than that of carriage hire
al the Paris or Vienna Exhibition.
The articles to be exhibited have been
classified IN seven departments. which, for
the most part, will be located IN appro-
pirate buildings, whose several acres are as
follows
DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS ACRES Gown.
/. Mining aud Me aliur-y.
2 Manu- acturtrs, Main buliiig zl-f'
3. Educ alton and Science,
4 Art, Art Gallery ~
: Machinery Machinery Building, IA.
6 Agriculture Agricutur Building, 10.
Z. Horticulture, hu' tlsultuill bu'lu = I'D
T,tl ......... a AZ
This provides nearly ten more acres for
exhibition space than there were at Wen
ma the largest International Exhibition
Yet held Yet the applications OF eXhib-
itors have been 50 numerous as to exhaust
the space, and many important classes Of
object must be provided for in special
buildings
An important special exhibition will be
made by the United States government,
and is being prepared under the supe-vi-
sion Of Board Of Officers representing the
several Executive Departments Of the Gov
Il n & A re
provided for the purpose, space IN which
viii be occupied by the War, Treasury,
Navy, Interior, Post Office, and Agrlcul-
tural Departments and the Smithsonian
Institution.
The Wamens Centennial Executive
Committee have raised $50, 600 for the
erection of pavilion in which to exhibit
every 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
their total number Will be from 200 to 300.
Most of the important foreign nations
England, Germany, Austria, France,
Sweden, Egypt, Japan, and others are
putting up one or more structures each, tor
exhibiting purposes, or for the use of the
commissioner. exhibitors and visitors.
Offices aud headquarters of this kind,
usually Of considerable architectural beau
tv. are provided by the States of Pennsvl-
vania. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, Michigan,
New Jersey. New York, Connecticut, NJ S
sachusetts New Hampshire, Nilsson u''
Kansas Virginia, West Virginia, Nevada,
Wisconsin. Iowa. and Delaware and 1t Is
likely that others will follow the example.
A number Of Trade and Industrial Asso-
Citations, which require large amounts Of
of space, will be provided Tor 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 a num-
Der of individual exhibitors. The great
demands fo. space will probably render
this course necessary to considerable ex-
tent. especially fJr exhibitors who have
been tardy in making ther applications.
In the Main Exhibition Building, for ex-
ample 333 300 square teet ot space has
been applied for by the beginning of DC
toher hyAmerican exhibitors only whereas
the aggregate space which 1t has been pos
sib.e to reserve for the United States De
partment. is only 100, 600 square feet,
about one third Of which will be consumed
by passage ways.
The Machinery Building, like the others,
is already fully covered by applications.
There are about 900 American exhibitors
in this department. $50 English, and 100
from other European countries which is
about 300 more than entered the Vienna
Machinery Exhibition. Extra provision
is being made FOR anneXes to accommodate
the hydraulic machinery, the steam ham
mers, forges, holsting engines, boilers,
plumbers. carpenters, etc.
Power in the Machinery Hall will be
chiefly supplied by Iair Of monster Cor
Hss Engines. Each cylinder is 40 inches
in diameter, with stroke Of ten feet fiy-
wheel Is 81 feet in diameter, and weighs 20
tons the horsepower is ! 400 and the
number Of boilers Is 20. This engine
drives about a mile Of shafting.
For Art Exhibition, the most eminent
American artists are understood to he at
work. and It may be confidently stated that,
especially in the department Of landscape
parting, the United States will present a
finer display than the public has been led
to expect. Quite aside from the contribu-
tions VI American artists, applications from
abroad call for more than four times the
exhibiting space Afforded by the great
Memorial Hall Provision for the surplus
will be made in temporary fire proof
buildings, though all exhibiting nations
will be represented in the central Art Gal
lery
The Secretary Of the Navy has arranged
that a United States war vessel shall cal
next spring, at convenient European ports
to collect and transport hither to the Elk
hibition the works nf American artists re
sldent in Europe Among the ports thu,
far designated, are Southamton for Eng
land, Havre for France, Bremen for Ger
many, and Leghorn for Italy. to which, i