Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-11-20

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 40 numerous as to ex.
haust 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
Government, andi ia being prepared
under the supervision of a Board
Of Officers representing the several
Executive Departments of the
Government. A fine building OF
A. acres is provided for the pur.
pose, space in which will be occu.
pied by the War, Treasury, Navy,
Interior, Post Office, and Agricul.
tural Departments and the Smith.
sonian I4Stitution.
The W6men's Gee ennial Execu.
tive Committee, have raised
43O, 900 for the erection of a paw
lion in which to exhibite very kind
Ofwomen's work. To this collection,
women Of all nations are expected
to contribute.
The list of special buildings il
constantly increasing, and present
indications are that their total
number will be from 200 to 25O.
Most of the Important foreign ma
tions-England, Germany; Aus
tria, France, Sweden, Egypt,
Japan, and others-are putting
up one or more structures each,
for exhibitors and visitors. Offices
and headquarters of this kind,
usually Of considerable architectu-
raj beauty, are provided by the
States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, West
Virginia, Nevada, Wisconsin,
Iowa, and Delaware; and it is
likely that others will follow the
example.
A number Of Trade and Indus.
trial Associations, which require
large amounts Of space, will be
provided for in special buildings.
Among these are the photograph.
ers, the boot and shoe manufactnr.
era, beside. quite a number of indi.
vidual exhibitors. The great de.
mands for space will probably
render this course necessary to a
considerable extent, especially for
exhibitors who have been tardy in
making their applicationS I'm tn.
Main Exhibition Building, for ex.
ample, 333, 800 square feet ofspace
had been applied for by the begin.
ming of October by American ex.
hibitors only; whereas, the aggre
gate space which it has been pos
sible to reserve for the United
States Department, is only 10000
square feet, about one-third ol
whichwill be consumed by passage
ways.
The Machinery Building, like
others, is already fully covered BY
applications. There are about 1000
American exhibitors ID this depart
ment, $50 English, and 15O from
other European c0untFies-which
| ia abont $50 more than entered thu
Vienna Machinery Exhibition
Extra provision il being made fol
annexes to accommodate tht
hydraulic machinery, the steam
hammers, forgeS, hoisting nSines
boilers, plumbers, carpenters, etc
Power iD the Machinery Hal
will be chiefly supplied by pail
Of monster Corliss Engines. Eacl
cylinder is 40 inches 10 diameter
with = stroke Of ten nst !; the fly
wheel b 81 feet 10 diameter, ani
weighs 80 tons; the horse-powel
| is 400; and tho puml,1 Of boiler
II 20. Thin engine drives shout /
mile Of shsfting
For the Art Exhibition, th,
| most eminent American artists art
understood tosbe at work, ard I
may he confidently stated that e
pecially in - department land
scape painlisg, the United 6tatel
will preseot . Anee display thss
the publir hos BEEN led 20 expect
Quite .aelde from the contribution
q American artists, application
from abroad call tor more than fouI
times tie exhibit ting space aaorde(
by to great Memorial Hall
Ptoviaioa FIR IL surplus will b