Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-24
Arrangements for the Centennial.

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Arrangements for the Centennial.
1t is desirable that all reading people
kEow of the general arrangements for
the Centennial Exposition, and those
who do not, or cannot read, may be
told of it by those who do. To give
the reading public of Juniata an oppor.
tunity to aequaint themselves, at this
early day, with the "arraDgements,' y
this article is published, having been
prepared by the management 1t is q
perfect guide, which, BY re-reading two
or three times, will so famiIiarize the
reader with the general scope of the
Exposition that TO 60 through it, il
there for tha, purpose, will be no diff
cult undertaking:
The Act of Congress which provided
for celebrating the one hundredth An
niyersary of American Independence,
by holding an lnternationa. Exhibition
of Arts, Manufactures, and Products Of
the Soil and nline," authorized the crea-
ton of the United States Centennial
Commission, and entrusted to it the
management of the Exhibition. This
body is composed of two Commissioners
from each State and Territory, nomina-
ted by the respective Governors, and
commissioned by the President of the
United States. The enterprise, there
fore, IS distinctly national one, aud
not. as has sometimes been stated, the
work of private corporation.
The Exhibition will be opened on
Way 10th, 1876, anu remain open every
day, except Sunday, until November
10Th. There will be fixed price Of
80 cents for admission to all the build
iDgs ami 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 a
great city in the world, and one Of the
most beautiful in the country. The
Park contains 3I60 acres, 450 of which
have been enclosed for the Exhibition.
Besides this tract, there will be large
yards near by for the exhibition Of
stock, and a farm of AZ acres has al
ready been planted for the tests OF
plows, mowers, reapers, aud other ag-
ricultural machinery.
The Exhibition buildings are ap
preached 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 in Immediate
connection with the entire railroad sys
TEN of the country, and any one within
so miles of Philadelphia can visit it a,
no greater cost than that of carriags
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 follows:
l. Mining and Metallurgy; 2. Manufac-
lures; 8. Education and Science, in Main
Building, 2l.47 acres.
1. Art, in Art Gallery, 1.5 acres.
5. Machinery, in Machinery Building, IA
acres.
6. Agriculture, in Agricultural Building
10 acres.
I. Horticulture, in horticultural Building
l.5 acres.
Total number of acres, 4s.47.
This provides nearly ten more acre,
for exhibiting space than there were al
Vienna, the largest International Ex-
hibition yet held. Yet the application:
uf exhibitors have been so numerous as
to exhaust the space, and many impor'
tant classes of objects must be provided
for in special buildings.
An important special exhibition will
be made by the United States Govern
ment, and is being prepared under the
supervision of Board Of Officers rep.
resentIng the several Executive De-
pariments of the Government. A fine
building of Al acres is provided for the
purpose, space in which will be occupied
by the War, Treasury, Navy, Interior,
Post Office, and Agricultural Depart
meuts and the Smithsonian Institution.
The WomeI's Centennial Executive
Committee have raised $50, 900 for the
erection of a pavilion in which to ex-
hibir 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 to $50. Most of the i'm
portant foreign Dations-Euglaud, Ger
many, Austria, France, Sweden, Egypt,
Japan, and others-are putting up one
or more structures each, for exhibiting
purposes, or for the use of the commits
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