Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-05-11
Squirt Of gffferson,
GharlestoWn. Jefferson County, Vest Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. MAY II. 1875.
TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIR-
GINA.

GINA,
Fsl1o,o Cttizens-Yo ou are doubtless aware
that, in compliance with an Act of Congress
providing for an appropriate celebration of
the Centennial anniversary of American In
dependence, there will be held, next year, at
the city of Philadelphia, an International
Exhibition of the Arts. Industries and Re-
sources of the United States, in comparison
with those from other countries, which OPEN
ing 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 civilized world are ex-
pectcd 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 advices have been received from
other Nations sisuifying 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 aud of proportionally instructive char
acter. At the same time the extensive prep
arations which are being made for it through>
out our own country, under the auspices of
State legislatures, Municipal Authorities,
Scientific Associations, Mining Companies,
Manufacturing Corporations, Agricultural
Societies, and enterpriziug individuals Of
liberal views and cultured tastes, clearly in
dlcate that the occasion will be, in every way,
worthy of the character of our Government,
the progress of our people and the grandeur
OF that great event, without precedent and
without parallel, which it is intended to COM
memOrate.
Although Congress has, thus far, refrained
from making any appropriation for this pa
triotlc and important undertaking of its own
enactment, except to provide for Depart
mental display illustrating the functions and
administrative faculties Of the Government,
sufficient sum, amounting to more than four
millions of dollars. has been subscribed. chief
ly through the enlightened lberaIity Of Pcun>
sylvania, to meet the preliminary expenses,
including those for the erection OF the Exhi-
tition Buildings, which are all under contract
and so far advanced in their construction as
to leave no doubt of their being completed in
ample time for the accommodation of the ex>
hibitOrs
The buildings will occupy an area of more
than fifty acres in Fairniont 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 aud as
simintion Of objects
The following dimensions will give an idea
of their capacity:
The Main Exhibition Building will be in
the form of paralIeIogram, 1876 feet long
By 464 feet wide, covering an area of more
than 20 acres, or S72, 800 square feet of space.
The Machinery building will consist of
main hall, l4O2 feet hy 360, with an annex
2O8 by 2lO feet, covering more than 2 acres,
the upper floor bringing up the aggregate of
floor space to II acres
The Agricultural building will be para!>
lelogram of $40 feet by 500 covering an area
of above 10 acres.
The Horticultural building and Art Gale
ry will each occupy space of an acre and
half a
Besides which, the Government Depart>
mental building will he on an extensive scale.
There will also be many other useful and or
namcptal structures on the $50 acres which
the Park Commissioners have transferred to
the Centennial Commission for the purpose
of the exhibition.
The classification which has been adoptcd
is both geographical and systematic, combin>
ing the two elements of arrangement by
countries and by the nature of the exhibits;
so as to afford the best facilities for examina-
tion and comparison.
1t will also illustrate the character and
capabilities of crude materials in the order of
their development, showing their adaptation
to use and the process by which the results
are obtained
The ten departments of the classification
which will determine the relative location of
articles in the Exhibitiou-except in such
collective exhibitions as may receive special
sapction-and also the arrangement of names
in the Catalogue, are as follows:
l.. Raw Materials-Mineral, Vegetable and
Animal.
2. Materials and Manufactures used for
Food, or in the Arts, the result of Eztrnctive
or Combining Processes.
8. Textile and FeIted Fabrics; Apparel,
Costumes. and Ornaments for the person.
4. Furniture and Manufactures of general
use in construction and in dwellings.
5. Tools, Implements, Machines and Pro-
cesses.
6. Motors und Transportation.
7. Apparatus and Methods for the increase
and diffusion of knowledge.
g. Engineering, Public Works, ArChitec-
tur', etc.
8. Plastic and Graphic Arts.
10. Objects illustrating efforts for the i'm
provement of the Physical, Intellectual and
Moral Condition of MaD.
Each department will be divided into ten
groups and one hundred classes, the order of
grouping being as follows:
l. The natural products of the earth useful
to man, or the basis of manufactures.
2. The manufactures, and results of the
combinations and working of such products
8. The means and appliances by which the
results have been obtsined.
4. The resultant effects of such productive
agencies.
Thus the Exhibition will present an cpl,
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