The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-03
THE CENTENNIAL EXPEDITION.
The Display-The Area or Ground
Ceyered-Who Furnishes the Mon.
ey-Concessions OF privileges.
THE DISPLAY.

No one not acquainted with great ex-
| hibitions can realize the immensely OF
this. Here stands out in bold relief an
! Arcadia of architecture, displaying all
! STYLES of art. unique and modern, com.
blning the tastes of all nationalities; q
small cosmopolitan city among the hills,
| ready to receive its inhabitants from some
strange and far off country. 1t takes ne
great stretch ofthe imagination in behold.
ing this varied beauty to place ourselves
back few hundred years to the time of
the circus ma1ims OF Rome, situated in a
valley which is now called Via de- Ger
chi with space sufficient 70 entertain FIVE
hundred thousand spectators; or to Cam
pus Martius, located on the level ground
between Quirinsl, Capitoline and Pin
clan mounts AID the river Tiber. This
ancient Campus was laid out with gar
dens, shady walks, baths, race course,
and taeaters. The ancient and this mod
ern Campus have similarity and differ no
more than the customs of the two periods.
Here stand splendid edi6ces, ornamental
trees and shrubs; grand buildings, aque-
ducts and lakes rivsling those of the 10
mans. A town of hundred buildings,
no two of the same style, has sprung up,
realizing the tabled legends of Arabian
lore. The patriotism OF Americans IS
more powerful than the geniI summon
ed by Aladin's wonderful rings and
lamps.
TIE AREA OCCUPIED.
Some idea of the extent Of this EIposi-
ton may be gained by comparison with
ancient and modern works. The Roman
Forum occupied seven acres. The larg'
est of the three great pyramids covers
little more than thirteen acres. The
great exhibition of London in 1851 occu-
pied twenty acres, and the world thought
that the limit OF space and mans ingenu-
ity had been reached. But the Paris eX-
position of 1856 covered thirty acres, and
seemed marvel of the century. The
London exhibition Of 1862 did not occu-
DIV bvt twenty.four acres. But France
was not satisfied in exceeding England
BY few acres. and in 1867 the Paris ext
position had assigned for its accommoda'
ton forty acres No one supposed that
this limit would be surpassed, But the
Vienna exhibition of 1873 covered fifty
acres, excelling all other nations in the
extent of ground occupied. Now the
United States enters the field and has as
signed for buildings sixty acres. Though
we NAV not excel in the beauty and va
riety OF our products, yet we occupy q
larger area Of ground than any other ex-
hibition heretofore, ancient or modern.
OF the three thousand acres of Paramount
Park, four hundred and twenty are set
aside for the Exposition.
WHO furnishes THE MONEY
To carry forward this vast enterprise? is
question that many cannot answer. First
subscriptions to the stock amount to So
100000; second, appropriations by Con-
fress and by Pennsylvania aggregate s.
100000. From these two sources are
realized 100000 Another source Of
revenue is the money received from men
or companies who pay certain sum for
the exclusive privilege Of doing some
kind of business within the exposition
limits. The revenue from the
CONCESSION OF PRIVILEGES