The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-19


publicans elected most of their
county ticket this year, and the
credit Is due, mostly, to the fearless
fight of The Spirit.
Arrangement for lhe Cen1en-
RIal.
The Act OF Congress which pro-
vided for celebrating the one
hundreth Anniversary OF Ameri-
can Independence, by holding an
international Exhibition of Arts
Manufactures, and Products of
the Soil and Mine" authorized
the creation of the United States
Centennial Commission, and en-
trusted to it the management OF
the Exhibition. This body is
composed OF two Commi ssioners
from each state and Territory,
neminated by respective Cover
nors, and commissioned by the
President of the United States
The enterprise, therefore, is dis
tinctly national one, and not, as
has sometimes been stated, the
work offs private corporation.
The Exhibition will be opened
on May 10th, 1876, and remain
open every day, except Sunday,
until November 10th. There will
be a fixed price of so cents for
admission to the buildings and
grounds.
The Centennial grounds are sit
uated on the western bank of the
Schuylkill River, and within Fair
mount Park, the largest public
park in proximity to u great city
in the world, and one of the most
beautiful in the country. The
Park contains 3,l6O acres $50 OF
which have been enclosed for the
Exhibition. Besides this tract,
there will be large var is n ar by
for the Exhibition of stock, and a
farm of ~ acres has already been
suitably planted for the test of
plows, mowers, reapers, and other
agricultural machinery.
The Exhibition buildings are
approached by eight lines of street
cars which connect with all the
other lines In the city, and by the
Pennsylvania and Reading rail-
roads, over the tracks of which
trains will also run from the North
Pennsylvania, Wilmington, and
Baltimore railroads. Thus the
Exhibition is in immediate connec-
tion with the entire railroad sys-I
tenn OF the country, and any one
within 80 miles of Philadelphia
can visit it at no greater cost
than that of carriage hire at the
Paris or Vienna Exhibition.
The articles to be exhibited
have been classified in seven de-
partnants, which, for the most
part, will be located in appropriate
buildings, whose several acres
are as follows: Departments: l,
Mining and Metallurgy. 2, Man
ufactuIe. 3. Education and Science.
Main Building, acres covered Plat
4. Art-Art gallery, acres COW
cred, 1.5.
5. Machinery-Machinery Bull
ding. acres covered, IA.
Q, Agriculture Agricultural
Building, acres covered, 10.
7, Observation-Disclosures
Building, acres covered, 5.5.
Total acres covered. 4S.47.
This provides nearly ten more
acres for exhibition space than
there were at Vienna, the largest
international Exhibition yet held.
Yet the applications of exhibitors
have been SO 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, and is being prepar-
ed under the supervision of q
Board of Officers representing the
several Executive Departments of
the Government. A fine building
of Al acres is provided for the
purpose, space in which will be
occupied by the War, Treasury,
Navy, Interior, Post Office, and
Agricultural Departments and the
Smithsonian Institution.
The women's Centennial Exec
utive Committee, have raised $780,,
600 for the erection of a pavilion
in which to exhibit every kind of
women's work. To this collection,
women of all nations are expected
to contribute.
The list of special buildings is
constantly increasing and present
indie atoms are that their total
number will be from 200 to $50
Most of the important foreign ma
tious-England' Germany, Aus
tria, France, Sweden, Egypt,
Japan, and others-are putting up
one or more structures each, for
exhibiting purposes. or for the
use Of the commissioners, eXhibi-
tors and visitors. Offices and
headquarters of this kind, usually
of considerable architecture,
beauty, are provided by the States
of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey,
New York, Connecticut, Massa
chusetts, NewHampshire, MissCu-
ri, Kansas, Virginia, West Vir-
GINA, 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 carriage builders, the
glass makers, the cracker baker,
the boot and shoe manufacturers
beside, quite a number of indi-
viaual exhibitors. The great de-
mands for space will probably
render this course necessary to 4
considerable extent, especially
for exhibitors who have been tartly
in making their applications. In
the Main Exhibition Building,
for example, 333, 300 square feet OF
space had been applied tor by the
beginning of October by AmericaT
exhibitors only; whereas, the ag
gregate space which it has beer