Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-16
FIRST EDITION.
The Centennial,

soMs INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THg oaEAr
Dt1LpINGa ASD THEIR COST
Al Martha Waabin Jton tea party. recently,
Mr.. c. 8. Keyser delivered an address, in
which he made the following interesting etste.
ments in refer3nce 10 the approaching Canleu-
uial
TIME OF TIE EXHIBITION.
It will begin on the 10Th day OF Nav ard end
on the 10Th of November, 1876 six months of
one perpetual jubilee. Y5u will stand in Phila-
delpha and see the whole world pass under your
eyes.
ina PARK AND BUILDISG4.
TIE park in which the buildings are being
erected contains nsary three Thousand acros of
ground, and is connected by railways running to
Tie doors of the buildings with every pant of
this country, New Orlesns, Charleston, San
Francisco, Montreal and Chicago and all inter-
mediate places by ocean steamers and the larg-
ost steamboats, OF the country, and by canal to
tie borders of the park.
coMFoEr OF THE VISITORS.
Tho patk itself is filed with shade trees aud
.brubbery, there being quarter of million
large and small trees In the grounds it ia wa
tered by one large river and one stream for
distance of twelve miles within its borders it
has two hundred sprinss five smaller and 0ne
large reservoir OF l20 acres of water.
TUE BUILDINGS.
The man ex ,ibition blild.ng VIII be /, s7j feet
empowering twenty acres; machinery ball, l,776
feet, covering ton acres conservatory, covering
one aud half aores ! agricultural hall, five
acres government bnillngs, four res art
gallery, one and half acres. These will cover
forty acres and beyond these there will be eb ed
ding, kosks, newspaper Offices, telegraph Of
hccA, DO The grounds cover 400 acres.
PROGRESS OF TIE WORK.
Tho art gallery s reany for the roof. or the
main exhibition building foundations are laid
and super-structuye ready for setting up as soon
as the spring opens. The whole work is under
contract for all the buildings The departments
are organized. Exhibits already arriving IN
Philadelphia, and the commissioners of several
nations are located in the city. Full instructions
ia the priucpal languages of Europe have been
sent 10 the different nations, and space allotted
TO them in the building. No longer is it pro-
blem-shal We have the exhibitiOn-but
sHALL WE MAKE IT WORTHY OF OUR NATION?
And now, word in conclusion, the commis
sioners need the help of the whole country eve
ry Llan and women according to their means. 1t
ID not money given away /; it is an investment
made. Whatever stock you take goes into build
lngs, Which will be fully insured. they are free
from taxes, and the ground on which they stand
is gift fion the city. That Is the first security
for the stock the buildings belong absolutely to
the stockholders, then every dollar paid to enter
the exhibition, also, goes back to the stockhold-
ers. What yon. rs stockholders individually pay
to enter, goes back into your own pockets. What
the pecurIary result will be o thu Stockholders.
we are now able pretty c!os,l, to estimate
Leaving cut the ant gallery. winch ~
PAID FOR by THE oIIY AND STATE,
come TO the estimate OF the expenses, which
will fall on the stock and the receipts which will
come back 70 the stockholders. am not author
Ized to make oifica statement, aud. believe
none can, with absolute cerIainty, be made at
tho pre- ent time, bnt these results may be con.
sidered for all practical purposes, reliable;
Main building. .................... $1,000 900
Machinery hall Observation-Disclosures. 5J0,0U0
Agricultural nl............... ...... 400, 0G0
Conservatory. y..................... 900
Ground and Offices. es................. 10000 600
Geperal expenses. ........... 500, 900
Police, So. ............... 1,i00, 900
Total. -. Observation-Disclosures. s5,975. 900
Deduct the city subscription for cops-
eivAtory aud machinery. y........... 81, 900 0G0
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