New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-07

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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 in imme
date connection With the entire railroad
system of the country, and any one within
ninety miles OF Philadelphia 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 in seven departments, which, for
the most part, will be located in appropriate
buildings, whose several areas are as fol
lows:
Acres
Covered.
Mining aud Metallursy, Manufactures, Edu
cation and Manufactures, Main building 81
MACHINERY, Machinery building.
Agriculture, Agricultural building. 100
Total...................... Al
This provides nearly ten more acres for
exhibiting space than there were at Vienna,
the largest international exhibition yet
held. Yet the applications of exhibitors
have been SO numerous as to exhaust the
Space, and many important classes of oh
jects must be provided for in special build
ings.
| An important special exhibition will be
made by the United States government,
| and ia being prepared under the supervision
| of board of officers representing the sew
eral executive departments of the govern
ment. A fine building Of four and half
acres is provided for the purpose, space in
which will be occupied by the War, Treas
ury, Navy, Interior, Postoffice and Agricul-
| tural Departments and the Smithsonian In
stitution.
The women's centennial executive COM
mittee have raised $4,000 for the erection
of pavilion in which to exhibit every kind
of women's work. To this collection, 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 $50
Most of the important foreign nations
| England, Germany, Austria, France
Sweden, Egypt, Japan, and others-are
putting up one or more structures each, fol
exhibiting purposes, or for the use of the
commissioners, exhibitors and visitors
Offices and headquarters of this kind, usu
are provided by the States of Pennsylvania
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New Jer
sey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts
New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, Vir
ginia, Nevada, WISCONSIN,, Iowa, and Della
ware; and it is likely that others will follow
the example.
A number of trade and industrial associa
I
will be provided for in special buildings
Among these are the photographers, thu
carriage builders, the glass makers, th,
cracker bakers, the boot and shoe manufac
turers, beside, quite a number OF individual
exhibitors. The great demands for space
will probably render this course necessary
to considerable extent, especially for ex
hibitors who have been tardy in making
applications. In the main exhibition build
ing, for example, 1888 300 square feet o
space had been applied for by the begin
ming of October by American exhibitors
only; whereas, the aggregate space whicl
it has been possible to reserve for TN
United States department, is only 10000
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 1000 American exhibitor
in this department, $50 English and l5
from other European cOuntries-which il
about $50 more than entered the Vienni
machinery exhibition. Extra provision il
being made for annexes to accommodate
mers; FORCES, hosting engines, boilers
plumbers, carpenters, etc.
Power in the machinery hall will b.
| chiefly supplied by pair of monster Cor
liss engines. Each cylinder is forty inche
lin diameter, with stroke of ten feet; tn
fly wheel lie thirty-one feet in diameter, an,
weighs fifty-fve tons; the horse power il
l400 and the number of boilers is twenty
This machines drives about mile of shalt
q ing.
For the art exhibition, the most eminen
American artists are understood to be a
work, and it may be confidently statet
that, especially in the department of land
scape painting, the United States will pre-
sent finer display than the public ha
l Lo~,, IoA % nnftn aaiA do frnn
contributions of American artists, applica
lions from abroad cali for more than fou
times the exhibiting space afford by tn
great Memorial Hail. Provision for tn
surplus will be made in temporary fire
proof buildings, though all exhibiting ma
tiOns will be represented in the centra
art gallery.
that United States war vessel shall cal
next spring, at convenient European ports
to collect and transport hither to the eX
hibition the works of American artists res
ident in Europe. Among the ports thus ia
designated, are Southampton for England
Havre for France, Bremen for Germany
and Leghorn for Italy, to which, if de
sirable, others may be added.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English sculptor
who designed the groups tor the plinth TO
the great Albert Memorial in Hyde Park
London, is reproducing in terra Gotta. at tn
celebrated works in Lambeth, the oae wbicl
symbolizes America. The figures in thi
group are colossal, covering a ground spac
Of fifteen feet square. 1t will probably b
placed in the great central gallery, Opposit
the principal entrance.
The Art Exhibition will include, in add
ton to the works of contemporary artists
representative productions of the past cen
fury of American art-those, for instance
of Stuart, Copley, Trumbull, West, Aston
Sully, Neagle, Elliott, kensett, Cole. These
as we'll as the works offered by living artists
will be passed upon by the committee OF Sc
lection, who will visit for the purpose, New
York, Boston, Chicago, and other leadin,
cities, in order to prevent the needles
transportation to Philadelphia of works o
art not up to the standard of admission.
A large number of orders and fraternitie
have signified their intention to hold gath
srings at Philadelphia during ths period o
the exhibition. Among those which ma,
now be enumerated, are the Grand LOdg
of Pennsylvania, Independent Order of Cd,
Fellows, the Grand Encampment, 1ndepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows; Grand Lodge
United States, Independent Order of Cd,
Fellows; Grand Commandry knights TEN
plar; Grand Army of the Republic; Presby
terian Synod, CaledOnian Club; Portlan,
Mechanic Blues; Welsh National Eistedfodd
Patriotic Order Sons Of America; Californi
Zouaves of San Francisco; an interna
tional regatta; the life insurance CON
panies; National Board of Underwriters
State Agricultural Society; Seoon
Infantry, N. G., of California; Phil
adelphia Conference, Methodist EpiscopA