Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-04-24
TO THE PEOPLE
OF
EST VIRGINIA.
Fellow CITIZENS

Ou are, QOuDtleSS, aware tDat, IN
compliance with an Act of Congress,
providing for an appropriate celebration
of the Centennial Anniversary of Amer
ican Independence. there will be held,
next year, at the city of Philadelphia,
an International Exhibition of the Arts,
Industries and Resources of the United
States, in comparison with those from
other countries, which, opening on the
10th of May, will continue for six
months and in which not only all the
States and Territories of our Union,
but also most of the Nations of the civ
ilized world are expected to participate.
Already, thirty foreign Governments
have officially accepted the invitation
extended TO them, by the President in
the name of the United States, to take
part in the Exhibition and unofficial sd-
vices have been received from other
Nations signifying their intention also
to be represented on the occasion, in
their various Arts and Products; SO that
there is abundant assurance that the
display from abroad will,be on the
most comprehensive scale and of a pro-
portionally instructive character. AT
the same time, the extensive prepara-
tions which are being made for it
throughout our own country, uuder the
auspices of State Legislatures, Municip-
al Authorities, Scientific Associations,
Mining Companies, Manufacturing Cor
porations, Agricultural Societies, and
enterprizing individuals of liberal views
and cultured tastes, clearly indicate that
the occasion will be, in every way,
worthy of the character of our Govern
ment, the progress of our people and
the grandeur of that great event, with
out precedent and without parallel,
which it is intended to commemorate.
Although Congress has, thus far,
refrained from making any appropria-
tion for this patriotic and important un-
dertaking of its own enactment, except
to provide for Departmental display
illustrating the functions and admins
trative faculties of the Government,
sufficient sum, amounting to more than
four millions of dollars, has been sub
scribed, chiefly through the eenlightened
liberality of Pennsylvanians, to meet
the preliminary expenses, including
those for the erection of the Exhibition
Buildings, which are all under contract
and so far advanced IN their construc-
ton as to leave no doubt of their being
completed in ample time for the accom-
mediation of the exhibitors.
The buildings will occupy an area of
more than fifty acres in Fairmont Park
upon the most eligible site that has
ever been selected for such an occasion
and have been planned with especial
reference to the convenience of visitors
as we'll as to the arrangement and
assimilation of objects.
The following dimensions will give
an idea of their capacity:
The Main Exhibition Building will
be in the form ofa parallelogram, 1876
feet long by 464 feet wide, covering an
area of more than 20 acres, or 872,32O
square feet of space.
The Machinery building will consist of
main hall, 1902 feet by $50, with an
annex 2OS by 21O feet, covering more
than ~ acres the upper floor bringing
up the aggregate of floor space to IA
acres.
The Agricultural building will be
parallelogram of $40 feet by s20, cover
ing an area of above 10 acres.
The Horticultural building and Art
Gallery will each occupy space Of an
acre and half.
Besides which, the Government De
partmental building willb on an extern
sive scale There will also be many
other useful and ornamental structures
on the 450 acres which the Park Com
missioners have transferred to the Cen
tennial Commission for the purpose Of
the exhibition.
The classification which has been
adopted is both geographical and sys-
tematic, combining the two elements of
arrangement by countries and by the
nature of the exhibits; so as to afford
the best facilities for examination and
comparison.
1t will also illustrate the character
aud capabilities of crude materials in
the order of their development, showing
their adaptation to use and the pro-
cesses by which the results are obtained.
The ten departments Of the classifica-
ton which will determine the relative
location of articles in the Exhibition
except in such collective exhibitions as
may receive special sanction-and also
the arrangement of names in the Cata-
lougue, are us follows:
l. Raw Materials-Mineral, Vegeta-
bic and Animal.
2. Materials and Manufactures used
for Food, or in the Arts, the result of
Extractive or Combining Processes.
8. Textile and Felted Fabrics; Ap-
parel, Costumes, and Ornaments for the
person.
4. Furniture and Manufactures of
general use in construction and in dwell
ings.
S. Tools, Implements, Machines, and
Processes.
6. Motors and Transportation.
7. Apparatus and Methods for the
increase and diffusion of knowledge.
8. Engineering, Public Works, Ar
chitecture, etc.
9. Plastic and Graphic Arts.