The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-18

This provides nearly ten more acres ICr
exhibiting space than there were at Vienna. |
the largest international exhibition yet
held. Yet the applications of exhibitors
have been so numerous as to exhaust the
space, aud many important classes OF
objects must be provided for IN special
buildings.
An important special exhibition will be
made by the United States government,
and is being prepared under the super
vision of board of officers representing
the several executive departments OF the
government. A fine building OF AZ acres
is provided for the purpose, space in which
will be occupied by the war, treasury,
navy, interior, post office, and agricultural
department and the Smithsonian institu-
ton.
The womens centennial executive com.
mittee have raised $4,000 for the erec-
ton of pavilion in which Ito exhibit every
kind of women's work, To this collection,
women OF all nations are expected to con-
tribute.
The list of special buildings is constant
ly increasing and present indications are
that their total number will be from 200 to
$50. Most Of the important foreign ma
tions-England,G Germany, Austria, France,
Sweden, Egypt, Japan; and others-are
putting up one or more structures each,
for exhibiting purposes, or for the use OF
the commissioners, exhibitors and visitors.
Offices and headquarters of this kind, usu-
ally of considerable architectural beauty,
are provided by the states of Pennsylva.
MIA, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Missouri
Kansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Nevada
Wisconsin, Iowa, and Delaware; and it il
likely that others will follow the example
A number of trade and industrial asso
Citations, which require large amounts o
space, will be provided for in special build
ings. Among these are the photograph
ers, the carriage builders, the glass max
es, the cracker bakers, the boot and sho
manufacturers, beside quite a number 0
individual exhibitors. The great deman
for space will probably render this cours
necessary to considerable extent, espec
ally for exhibitors who have been tardy i
making their applications. In the mai
exhibition building, for example, 1873. 80
square feet of space had been applied fC
by the beginning of October by America
exhibitors only; whereas, the aggregat
space which it has been possible to reserv
for the United States department, is onl
100000 square feet, about one-third {
which will be consumed by passage way
The machinery building, like the others
is already fully covered by applications
There are about 1000 American exhibitor
in this department, $50 English and Is
from other European countries-which
about $50 more than entered the Vienn
machinery exhibition. Extra provision
being made for annexes to accommodate
the hydraulic machinery, the steam han
mers, FORCES, hosting engines, boiler
plumbers, carpenters, etc.
Power in the machinery hall will /
chiefly supplied by pair Of monster Co
liss engines Each cylinder is 40 inches
diameter, with stroke Of ten feet; the fl!
wheel is 81 feet in diameter, and weigh
IS tons; the horse power is 400; and til
number of boilers is 20. This engin
drives about mile of shafting.
For the art exhibition, the most eminer
American artists are understood to be
work, and it may be confidently state
that, especially in the department of lane
scape painting, the United States will pr
sent finer display than the public h;
been led to except. Quite aside from Il
contributions of American artists, applic
tons from abroad call for more than fol-
times the exhibiting space afforded by tt
great Memorial Hall. Provision for Il
surplus will be made in temporary fir
proof buildings, though all exhibiting n
tons will be represented in the central A
Gallery.
The secretary of the navy has arrang,
that United States war vessel shall C;
next spring, at convenient European port
to collect and transport hither to the e
hibition the works of American arts
resident in Europe. Among the por
thus far designated, are Southampton t
England, Havre for France. Bremen f
Germany, and Leghorn for Italy, to whic
if desirable, others may be added.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English sculptC
who designed the groups for the gre
All ert memorial in Hyde Park London
reproducing in terra Gotta, at the celebr;
ed works in Lambeth, the one viii
symboliZes America The figures in Il
group are colossal covering a grou
space of Is feet square. 1t will probat
be placed in the great central CALLER
opposite the principal entrance.
The art exhibition will include,
addition to the work of contempora
artists, representative productions of t
past century Of America art-those.