New-York tribune., 1876-05-06
THE CENTENNIAL FAIR.
THE WORK WELL IN HAND.

RcsS IN MAIN BUfLDI\G AND MAChiNEshi
HALI-THE FOREIGN EXHIBrTs-sIDE SHOWS.
fFRoM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUSEl
PHILADELPHIA, May 5.-Eyidently it will
mot be possb TO set things TO rights all departments
of the Exhibition before the opening day. Some OF tie
foreipn Commissioners accustomed apparently to leis
urely Od-Word WAYS OF work. are going on with their
preparatons as deliberately as though IL were Tue rsI
week OF March instead of Nay, and many AmefE
can exhibitors to have just waked MP 10 re'l@
ing sense that tine fair is going to begin neXt week.
Applications for space grounds on which to erect
budings still continue to come in and If Mr. Goshorn
had not shut down on the granting of any more permits
of the kind about week ago. the sound or the c'r
penteIs saw wOgd have mingled with the music OF te
orchestra until midsummer az least and, in the end'
pretty much the whole Centennial incosuIe Woud nave
been rooted over On the whole there Is no reason 10 ne
discouraged about the condition Of things The fair VIII
be opened promptly on the day and hourannounced two
years ago. and will be vastly presentable con-
ditiOn than any former worlds exhibition has been when
the public invited to enter Its gates The grouhos
will be in tCcrbc order; all refuse OF building na'erla
except around few small unfinished structures, VIII
be removed the grading, soddins, and planting OF
shrubs will be complotcd tie circular railway will be
running, and in the principal buildings funy tDrce
ourts Of the articles will be ready for inspection No
one need fear therefore, ha there will not be enough to
In Memorial Hall the plasterers and marhleworSers
stlll hold sway but beginning OF the art exhibit mas
beer made with the colossal group OF America coped
in terr,lcoa from the Albert Monument in Hyde PARK
London By essrs DJul;on of lambeth IL stands in the
center OF be rounda. The Art annex presents much
more n appearance. On Sunday the last OF the
rubbish left by the mechanics swept ont, ana walk
through the galleries showed that the Italians Beigians'
French Dutch and Swedes have already many pictures
uDon their walls and many others unpacked, Whie IN Tie
American department the Hanging Committee has gone
.r,o g-iofo & f;o iptD
has his olce IN orc OF the galleries lie hopes to have
his department order the opening day than
any ether and II he get possession OF Meinorai Hail
carly next week he viii no doubt succeed
IN to Main BaidiuS the American section Is 1nahin;
fair progress The Brazilian Court is finished, aud with
its Saraccno architecture and brilliant cciorns ana
gliding is much the most striking object in the east
wing The Netherlands is the flrthest advanced of any
country and makes one OF the most tasteful exhibits
Switzerland promises to be in complete orderly the lOt
France viii be what hinhaGd, and Austria sIii
more so. Belgium is getting along rapidly piipit
with high relief carvings in wood representing seFpai
scancs Of the prominent objects in thi3 see
,ou. All all, tlc British going 10 make the best
display in this buildne Of any foreign nation Their
show Of pottery and porcelain is alone worth mahinS
long tourney to see. Canada, which occupies almost as
much space as Germany France isbcsnnin; to anpacG
her goods. and Is obviously going TO make thor
ougily representative display OF her industries.
The landscape pAOto5 tAphs lToIl ~" S""'-'
Wales are the largest have ever seen.
Victoria has begun arran~iDs her goods. New
Zealand IS inclosius a court Mexico the worst OF the
hazards except Russia and Portugal. The latter ccun-
try nas however appeared az last, all her Contributions
together with her Commissioner arriving IN steamer
direct from Lisbon last Sunday-lhc first Government
vessel from that country, 1t is said, that ever came 70 the
wnaryes OF PnilaI ipLii Russia has not yet put up
single showcase. The cools from the Argentine Re
public are hourly cxpecteo-the sailing vessel on which
they were shipped being overdue. Gill; Pe; and Fcne-
zuell will probably have their little sections in order
gwc,lrn is making Of the few national exhibits IL
which the commercial idea Is not paramount All Eer
chef manufacturers send specimens Of their products
and the Government makes interesting display Of
cannon small arms, military ana geological maps. &c
The Norwegian court is nearly completed that
IL could be opeIed ia two or three days
Next 10 it the Italians are busy unpaeking
their beautiful wares Some ebony wItin -dCsis nlaid
with apiiazuli onyx, and carncuu OF remarkable
beauty end :hcre Is q chair and predcl m carved oah
tat might De- called work OF high Gr; The spacious
German section is crowded with massive showcases,
empty Of goods for the most part. In their Lgnwaed
niourc the SpariarIs have almost completed the ar
ranccmrut theiryaricd wares. Dcnn1ras Hide court
god ia series OF rooms opening ui"i in'''Et
among tAc tist TO begin work in the Mim Guilipr las
stil great dead To 90 emma has pccn hllsi Tor ten
days, but has accomplishing ltte. 1niStY IS sun cOl-
spcou. only by TIE h3r5 floor space Size q. expected 10
!
crei, leads "a! tie nations except HoAhu ia Ae COM
plCion,,s Of her preparations.
Th0rc is little To mote IN Machinery Han except
Che p.dy with when thc Aneflcau cAiinto are lhr-
iu- heir work along The English and the SWcdcs are
Wolulij ueiJd.and Franco htS So UP mr. l4Hit
presses and perhaps ha dozen other machines. h ls
pouu, apparatus or boring mining shat nd wells
attracts much motto /; t'uaia ha' acc',np.',lco 'elA
probably 2ct machinery, which al! snail, lu orir
cannon ad models OF iogt.lcat.Ons which other countries
..H.H .fft nst I'm .lts. Sal nay. lHrT
In AcIicu tura Han the general prosrcss made during
the past week is On the whole satisfactory ana II now
l0,, as IL tie building would be in faIr order on the
opening day. although wees, 3ud perhaps Icfth-ht
viii , REQUIRED 10 nut everything IN shape but
when all t. ready the grssgteB ROOF OF iAls Se s.iuc
lure viii shelter the greatest collection ot tdlh ma
chngry ana implements AMI oi tOod plouu'ts ana .n
ureplratlous the world has Glancng NJ the
smaller OF the chief exhibition structures hl thi TIE
hall Of the ahoe and leather lnanuae'Dtis ~ SI .6
and stove annex there are few light cirra5cs
cea1be G%n The in the saci"n set apart for Sjoyes
ranges and other heating apparatus tle rAhotS aIt!us
crowd another the Pi"t graphcrs ll" Is not yet
ready for tie reception Of pictures WITH few exceptions
he minor viii al be ready to open on the
IOfh The Canadian Government mas bc,Un "A head
quarters ug of logs size the british Com
mission houses Mississippi Is erecting an imitation oS
structure, the frame beng 0 ooii" she1lhe "l'h sec
tions OF bark peeled from the trunks oi snI trees.
owe an apology West Virginia for yJusiy crIticisns
her headquarters some weeks sl'e AZ tie 'lhe oil VIC
shcdIkc structure was mp, which now forms a rear
wing OF the buding ANA this was naturally mistaken
for the Whole concern III VIII Ds used "' an tNn!oVt NO
hall the natural products of the state In front OF u
there Is completed pretty cotge with outer walls
panelcd with alternate boards oi walnut anu s i~''uu- ~
Ing tue natural color OF the wood. The building
Is one OF the most tasteful Oh the grounds,
and is great feei To the eyes weary OF
the chcap and caIi,h paint on many OF the
meighborns structures. The Maryland Wisconsin, and
Illinois houses, whch nave pyen p'E'ln NOR
will be finished next week. The Pennsylvania Eailroh
tichc office also approaches cOmrc cuon aS does TIE De
parmcnt OF Public Comfort building, which Uniottu-
nately blocks the Zine view from tue Grand Plzt OF
horticultural Hall ana LInsiowne Valley Visitors VIII
not be compelled 10 "ioOt t' over tue seven ll,s 81
walks tGc grounds upon the Openin; day, Tor tue mar