The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-11-16
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Arrangements Ter she Censenmasl
IT, Act Of Congress which provided
for "celsbrsting the one hundredtl
Anniversary Of American Independence
by holding an International Exhibition
OF Arts, Manufactures, and Productl
OF the Soil and Nine" authorized thu
creation of the United States Centenni
al Commission, and entrusted il TO ths
management OF the Exhibition. This
body Is composed OF two Commission
ers from each State aud Territory
nominated by the respective Cover
pors, and commissioned by the Presi
dent of the United States. The enter
prise, therefore, 10 national one, and
not, as has sometimes been stated, the
work OF private corporation.
The Exhibition win be opened on
May 10th, 1876, and remain open every
day, except Sunday, until November
10th. There will be fixed price of 90
cents for admission to all the buildings
and grounds.
The Centennial grounds are situated
| on theiwestern bank Of the Schuylkill
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 3160 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 q farm OF AZ acres has al
ready been suitably planed for the
tests OF ploughs, mowers, reapers, and
other agricultural 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
railroads, over the tracks of which
trains will ALSO run from the, North
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, VIII
mington, and Baltimore Railroads.
Thus the Exhibition is in immediate
connection with the entire railroad sys-
tenn OF the country, and any one with
in ninety miles Of Philadelphia can
visit Il at no greater cost than that OF
carriage hire at the Paris or Vienna
Exhibition.
The articles to be exhibited have
bAen classified in seven departments,
which, for the most part, will be locat-
ed in appropriate buildings, whose sew
eral areas are as follows:
The departments OF Mining aud
Metallurgy. Manufactures, Education
and Science occupy the Main Building
and covers 2147 acres; Art Gallery,
l.5 acres; Machinery Building. IA acre;
Agricultural Building, 10 acres; Hor-
ticultural Building, 1.5 acres; making
a total of 4S.47 acres.
This provides nearly ten more acres
for exhibiting space than there were nj
Vienna, the largest International Exhi-
bition yet held. Yet the application oi
exhibitors have been so numerous as 10
exhaust the space, and many impor-
ed for in special buildings.
An important special exhibition will
be made by the United States Govern
meht, aud is being prepared under the
supervision OF board OF officers repre-.
senting the several Executive Depart
ments of the Government. A fine
hnildinos of Al acres is provided fol-
the purpose, space in which which vii
be occupied by the War, Treasury. Ma
w, Interior, Postoffice, and Agricultu
raj Departments and the Smithsonian
Institution.
The Women's Centennial Executiv,
COMMITTEES, have raised $50, 900 for thu
erection Of pavilion IN which TO ex
hibit every kind OF womeu's work. X
this collection women of all nations
are expected to contribute.
The list OF special buildings is con
stantly increasing, and present indica
tons are that their total number vii
be from 200 to $50. Most OF the i'm
portant foreign nations-England
Germany, Austria, France, Sweden
Egypt, japan, and others-are putting
up one or more structures each, for ex
hibiting purposes, or for the use OF tn
commissioners, exhibitors and visitors
Offices and headquarters Of this kind
usually Of considerable architectural
beauty, are provided by the States o
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Michigan, New Jersey, New York
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, Virgin
ia, West Virginia, Nevada, Wisconsin
Iowa, and Delaware; and it is hkel.
that Others will follow the example.
A number Of Trade and Industria
Associations, which require larg'
amounts of space will be provided 10
in special buildings. Among these ar
the photographers, the carriage build
ers, the glass makers, the cracker bak
ers, the boot and shoe manufacturers
besides, quite a number Of individua
exhibitors. The great demands 10
space will probably render this cours
necessary to a considerable extent, es
pecially for exhibitors who have bee
tardy in making their applications. Il
the Main Exhibition building, for ex
ample, 333, 800 square feet OF space ha
been applied for by the beginning Q
October by American exhibitors only
whereas, the aggregate space which
has been possible to reserve for tn
United States Department, is only l6t
600 square feet, about one-third G
which will be consumed by passag
ways.
The Machinery Building, like th
others. is already fully covered by ar
plications. There are about loo
American exhibitors in this depart
ment, 150 English and $50 from otht
European countries-which is abou
$50 more than entered the Vienna Nj
|. chinery Exhibition. Extra provision
being made for apnexes TO accommC
date the hydraulic machinery, tn
steam hammers, forges, hosting en-
! Rines, boilers, plumbers, carpenters
etc.
Power in the Machinery Hall will b
: chiefly supplied by pair OF monste
. Corliss Engines. Zach cylinder is 4
inches in diameter, with a stroke OF te
J feet; the fy-wheel is 81 feet in diam,
ter, and weighs 50 tons; the horse pow
! er is IA, 900; and the number OF boiler
! is 80. This engine drives about mil
, of shafting.
. For the Art Exhibition, the mos
eminent American artists are undei
stood TO be at work, and il may b
confidently stated that, especially !
the department Of landscape painting
the United States will present fine
display than the public has been led
expect. Quite aside from the contr
. buttons Of American artists, applic,
tious from abroad call for more tina
four times the exhibiting space affort
ed by the great Memorial Hall. Pr,
vision for the surplus will be made
temporary ere proof buildings, thong
all exhibiting nations will be repre-
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