Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-20

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This provides nearly ten more acres for
exhibiting space than there were at vi
emma, the largest international Exhibi-
ton yet held. Yet the applications of ex-
hibitors have been so numerous as to ex-
haust the space, and many important cIas-
ses of objects must be provided for in spe-
eial 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 repre-
sentinS the several Executive Depart
ments Of the Government. A fine build
ing of AZ acres is provided for the pur-
pose, space in which will be occupied by
the War, Treasury, Navy, Interior, Post
Ohice and Agricultural Departments, and
the Smithsonian Institution.
The Women's Centennial Executive
Committee, have raised $4,000 for the
erection of a pavilion in which to exhibit
every kind Of women's work. To this col
lection, women OF all nations are expect
ed to contribute.
The list of special buildings are constant
ly 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 9TH
ers-are putting up one or more struc-
lures each, for exhibiting purposes, or
for the use of the commissioners, exhibit
tors and visitors. Offices and headquar-
tiers of this kind, usually of considerable
architectural 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 Industrial As
sociations, which require largo amounts
of space, will be provided for in special
buildings Among these arc the photo
graphers, the carriage builders, the glass
makers, the cracker bakers, the boot and
shoe manufacturers, beside, quite n num-
Der of individual exhibitors. The great
demands for space will probably render
this course necessary TO considerable
extent, especially for exhibitors who have
been tardy in making their applications. !
In the Main Exhibition Building, for ex-
ample, $780, 300 square feet of space had |
been applied for by the beginning OF Dc /
tober by American exhibitors only;
whereas, the aggregate space which it has |
been possible to reserve for the United |
States Department, is only 900 square |
feet, about one-third Of which viii be |
consumed by passage ways.
The Machinery Building, like the 9th |
ers, is already fully covered by applica- |
tions. There are about 1000 American
exhibitors in this department, $50 En-
glish, and $50 from other European coun-
tries-which is about $50 more than on |
tered the Vienna Machinery Exhibition. !
Extra provision is beingimade for annex
es to accommodate the hydraulic ma
chinery, the steam hammers, FORCES, hois-
ting engines, boilers, plumbers, carpen-
tiers, sc.
For the Art Exhibition, the most emf
nent American artists are understood To
be Mt work, and it may be confidently sta
ted that, especially in the department of
landscape painting, the United States
will presents finer display than the pub
lie has been led TO expect. Quite aside
from the contributions of American ar
lists, applications from abroad call for
more than four times the exhibiting space
afforded by the great Memorial Hail.
Provision for the surplus will be made in
temporary fire-proof buildings, though
all exhibiting nations will be represented
in the central Art Gallery.
The Secretary of the Navy has arrang-
ed that United States war vessel shall
call next Spring, at convenient European
ports, to collect and transport hither to
the Exhibition the works Of American
artists resident in Europe. Among the
ports thus designated, are Southampton
for England, Havre for France, Bremen
for Germany, and LeghOrn for Italy, TO
which, if desirable, others may be added
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English Sculp-
tor, who designed the groups for the
plinth for the great Albert Memorial in
Hyde Park, London, is reproducing in
terra Gotta, ut the celebrated works in
Lambeth, the one which symbolizes A.
mcrica. The figures in this group are CO.
lossal, covering a ground space of 10 feet
square. 1t will probably be placed i'll
the great central gallery, opposite the
principal entrance.
The Art Exhibition will include, in adj
dition to the works of contemporary ar
fists, representative productions of the
past century of American art-those, for
instance, of Stuart, COpley, Trumbull,
West, Aston, Sully, Neagle, Elliot, Ken
sett, Cole. These, as well as the works
offered by living artists, viii be passed !
upon by the Committee of Selection, who !