Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-17
ARRANGEMENTS for the Centennial.

Arrangements for the Centennial.
The Act of Congress which provided for
celebrating the one hundreth Anniversa-
nv of American Independence. by holding
IN International Exhibition of Arts, Manu-
features, and Products of the Soil and
Nine" authorized the creation of the Uni
ted States Centennial Commission, and
entrusted to it the management of the
Exhibition. This body is composed of two
Commissioners from each State and Terri
tory, nominated by the respective Govern
ors, and commissioned by the President of
the United States.
The Exhibition will be opened on May
10th, 1876, and remain open every day,
except Sunday. until November 10th.
There will be Il fixed price of 80 cents for
grounds.
The Centennial grounds are situated on
the western bank of the Schuylkill River.
and within Paramount Park, the largest
public park in proximity to Il great city in
the world. and one of the most beautiful in
the country. The Park contains 3l60acres,
$50 of which have been enclosed for the
Exhibition. Besides this tract, there will
be large wards near by for the exhibition
of stock. and Il farm of 10 acres has already
been suitably planted for the tests OF
plOuglS, mowers, reaperS, and other agrl-
cultural machinery.
The E> hbition buildings are approached
by eight lines of street cars.
The articles to be exhibited have been
classified in seven departments. which fol
the most part. will BE- located in appro-
pirate buildings. whose several areas arc
rs follows:
ntrAh TN NI;.,,n,., BUILDINGS COVERED
) Ma ii l ''''''''' Main Building 2l.4
) Machinery. Machinery Buildinr a.
o Agriculture. Agricultural Building, TO-
= Horticulture. HORTICULTURE Building, l 3
Total 4s4;
This provides nearly ten more acres for
exhibiting space than there were at
Vienna, the largest International Exhibi-
ton yet held. Yet the applications of ex-
hibitors have been so mum erous as to
exhaust the space, and many important
classes of objects must be provided for in
special buildings.
An important special exhibition will be
made by the United States Government and
a Board of Officers representing the sever
III Executive Departments of the Govern
mcnt 4 fine building of 4 = acres is
provided for the purpose, space in which
will be occupied by The War. Treasury,
Navy. Interior. Post Office. and Agricul-
tural Departments and the Smithsonian In
>titution.
The Woman's Centennial Executive
Committee, have raised $50 900 for the
erection of I pavilion in which to exhibit
every kind of woman work. TO this col
lection, women of all nations are expected
to contribute.
The list of special buildings is constant
" increasing, and present indications are
that their total number will be from 200 to
80. Most of the important foreign ma
tionS-Engl gland .Grrmanv. Austria. France
Sweden. Egypt, Japan, and olhers-arc
putting up one OF more structures each
for cNhibtin" purposes. or for the use OF
the commissioners, exhibitors and visitors
Offices and headquarters of this kind
usually of considerable ARCHITECTURAL bcaut,
are provided by the States of Pennsylvania
Ohio. Indiana Illinois. Michigan. New
Jersey, New York. Connecticut. Ma>>a
chu>ctt~. New Hampshire, Missouri Kan
sa>. Virginia. West Virginia, Nevada
Wisconsin, Iowa, and Delaware; and j
is likely tint other, viii follow the ex-
ample.
y number of Trade and Industrial As
sociationS, which required large amount:
of space, viii be provided for in specia
buildings. Among these are the photo
grapllcr>, tie carriage builders. the glas
makers. til" cracker bakers. the boot an.
shoe manufactures, beside, quite n number
of individual exhibitors. Ihc great d."
manAs for space will probably render thi
course necessary t. 4 considerable extent
and especially for exhibitors who hay,
I been tardv in making their applications
/ In the Main Exhibition Building, for cX
ample, So, 500 square feet of space ha,
/ been applied for by the beginning of Oc
/ tobcr by American exhibitors only; where
as. the aggregate space which it has beer
possible 10 reserve for the Initcd State
! Department, i only 100, 900 square feet
about one-thrd of which Will be consume,
by passage WAYS.
The Machine Building. like the others
is already fully covered by applications
/ There are :tbput 1000 American exhibitor
in this department. LOO English, and l5'
from other European countries which i
! about 2J0 more than entered the Nenn:
/ Machinery Exhibition. Extra provision
is being made for anncNcS to accommo
date the hydraulic machinery. the steam
hammers. toryr~. hosting engines, boilers
/ plumbers, carpenters. etc.
Power in the Machinery Hall will b.
chiefly supplied hy y pair Of monster Cor
: lis> Engines. Each cylinder is 20 lnchc
in diameter with a stroke of ten feet tn