The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-18
Arrangements for The Centennial.

HnSiuho, 0eiihohy, AuSSiio,
Sweden, Egypt, Japan, and others
--are putting up one or more struct-
ures each, for exhibiting purposes,
or for the use of the commissioners,
exhibitors and visitors. Offices and
headquarters Of this kind, usually
of considerable architectural beau
ty, are provided by the States Of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois, 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 Indus
trial Associations, which require
large amounts of space, will be pro-
vided for in special buildings.
Among these are the photogra-
piers, the carriage builders, the
glass makers, the cracker bakers,
the boot and shoe manufacturers,
beside quite a number of individ-
ual 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 example,
933,3OO square feet of space had
been applied for by the beginning
of October by American exhibitors
only; whereas, the aggregate space
which it has been possible to re-
serve for the United States Depart
mcnt, is only 10000 square feet,
about one-third of which will be
consumed by passage ways.
The Machinery Building, like
the others, is already fully covered
by applications. There arc about
1000 American exhibitors in this
department, $50 English, and $50
from other European countries
which is about $50 more than en-
tered the Vienna Machinery Ex-
hibition. Extra provision is being
made for annexes to accommodate
the hydraulic machinery, the steam
hammers, FORCES, hosting engines,
boilers, plumbers, carpenters, etc.
Power in the Machinery Hall will
be chiefly supplied by pair of
monster Corliss Engines. Each
cylinder is 40 inches in diameter,
with a stroke of ten feet; the fly
wheel is 81 feet in diameter, and
weighs 50 tons; the horse power is
400; and the number of boilers is
20. This engine drives about a
mile of shafting.
For the Art Exhibition, the most
eminent American artists are un-
derstood to be at work, and it may
be confidently stated that, especial
ly in the department of landscape
painting, the United States will
present a finer display than the
public has been led to expect.
Quite aside from the contributions
OF American artists, applications
from abroad call for more than four
times the exhibiting space afforded
ply the great Memorial Hall. Pro-
vision for the surplus will be made
in temporary fre-proof buildings,
though all exhibiting nations will
be representative the central Art
Gallery.
The Secretary of the Navy has
arranged that United States war
vessel shall call next Spring, at
convenient European ports, to col
lect and transport hither to the Ex-
hibition the works of American ar
lists resident in Europe. Among
the ports thus far designated, are
Southampton for England, lIavrc
for France, Bremen for Germany,
and Lcghorn for Italy, to which, if
desirable, others may be added.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English
Sculptor, who designed the groups
for the plinth for the great Albert
Memorial in Hyde Park, London, is
reproducing in terra Gotta, at the
celebrated works in Lambeth, the
one which symboizes America.
The figures in this group are colos-
sal, covering ground space of Ii
feet square. 1t will probably be
placed in the great central gallery,
opposite the principal entrance.
The Art Exhibition will include,
in addition to the works of cotem-
porary artists, representative pro-
auctions of the past century Of
American art-those, for instance
of Stuart, Copley, Trumbull, West
Aston, Sully, Neagle, Elliot, Ken.
sett, Cole. These, as we'll as tho
works offered by living artists, viii
he passed upon by the Committed
of Selection, who will visit for the
purpose, New York, Boston, Chica.
go, and other leading cities, in or
der to prevent the needless trans
portation to Philadelphia of works
of Art not up to the standard of al
mission.
A large number of orders ant
} fratcrnitics have signified their in
: tcntion to hold gatherings at Phil
: adelphia during the period of thu
, Exhibition. Among those which
!. may now be enumerated, are tn,
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, In
/. dependent Order of Odd Fellows
the Grand Encampmcnt, Independ
> ent Order Of Odd Fellows; Gran,
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