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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-15
gnstrnciion.
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OF MUSIC, DRESDEN

" tsAXoNY(
q he aTs year School 1inpfS Sn0 i HnG
organ Gr s s' s SSd inst mcn,s and eoeuton
hse seminary for male ard Ps if1sh DfREtToR
Rc eG General Of MUSE IT. E sb:r IyS F9eSe
qSs e na BTSsSss Court
r. F fsssHSer P Raya K E"S us
SaeSr d s S Tsop kSya. Royal
Nus gnSE Master ss Sc,r F s1ste ha%el
SseS Pianist; Letter.; Royal X Nus Iogenz TeSehSr o.
SnnS Ms ven MfsS2sT c SGT5t FsnsiS Beh
,aci q CompesOa esshier Royal n Nut Of Vi"n
scimdt Tcachei Of singing schcePGcr ROYAL ~ MgS
sIs,n Bat Nas,yt Tb , seh6 H w msTEs Two
81 instructioR 9iG marks; branch 10 ss
SSS sbasSs 70 tho oacS particulars apply to d.
GOLDEN HILL SEMINARY for young ladies'
u0ME SCHOOI--Cro.on-on Hudsona0oFor
4 d NOaDg Isdies eI, :: - 80
FToNE SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES, opens
ssg b "a ISL AsEfi 4 soYNlh 411 N o
IRVING INSTITUTE Tauytown. n. Y.-Re-
opens Jan ThorOsgh insts,sioO no mii'ary' no uni
iOe ne extra" s0 TX sissiaz ROWE Principals
JACKSON MILITARY INSTITUTE, Tarry-
y tSgn, \ T. Address Rev. r j. JACKSON Prnc-paL
IyFZ7, SEMINARY-A BOARDING SCHOOL
IN ,T GIE faSe snf s ae l Ms GAeiE i Ksa
Ltchssli Co. connecticut: --------------------
MILITARY BOARDING StttOL, Nhte
NE Plains. n a. Frinupal o. H. WILLIS, Pm d.
Mt. PLEASANT INST'TE.-Privatc Glasses
NJ 10: boys Ainh, s;oss llsiao NJ pip
IaISS BULKLEY's BOARDING and DAY
Va SCHOOL far lo1us LaiieS larrytoSn on the Hudson
DARN RIDGE (N. J.) INSTITUTE-FO Enc.
and s2opr yr Enter z, any tino send fer circular
DEEKSKILL' On. " MILITARY ACADEMY
i've resident n In @ NV boarding y' puls
BENNINGTON SEMINAtY.--Winter Term
/ bctias Jan. ExPenses accommodated 10 TIE tines
PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY ACADEMY,
Culss iFE77, ftur-7 = I Tns en-
sruc-;ou ia C!y and Mining Engineering I' n D6:. IN
F3gisi branches for tlrcrsrE, apply 20 w proc u "a a.
SNassansi. \. u. ~ to Col Tiiit. ~ ~ :, : - .
CT -pAIL;S HOME SCHOOL FOX bo1S'-
- rei4a n8gias FEB. % Aadfass, -,, Sor, 7
J. c. AIDDLETON. rector Yea W. i" =
INVEST END INSTITUTE :Falniiy Schooi
w for Yo,n- ladies Nirs l. CADN. Principal Nov
HaFeu Coun. send loi ciiculs,'
XTOryG MEN privately Fitted for College.
t.cpS-ss..itG stude rs tutnTed. - -
VONK EI,S MILITARY INSTITUTE
i for Easin3 boys intelligent, healthy, Clr!>tia; men
BENJAMIN MASON Boz VI so, GOuasrs y ,.
G0SA \ YEAR, books. &c, included; EX-
% rtBV trss' discarded special attention - backward
ward cciig. A. ~ Media. Penn ~ miles from fila
-ussaz
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Gin Real estate for Sale.

BUILDERS, ATTENTION.--For SALE at q
I'D baigain twelve LO1 north SIDE oi One unded and
St. 100 set Hest Of BtyentaYe street GRADED
curbef RutteTed aud tagged. immediate
pTOyeeB viii De cold los than yet offered
Apply toJ. ROMANO BROWN. No. 80 broadway.
COOKING RANGES that heat the rooms
" above GOTHIC TOPS that smoky chimney war.
ranted. HULL, GRIPPEN a. Co. Third ave. above Twenty
tlird-si. Send ior cTenlsIs.
TOR SALE-A coy, well built, 3-story, high
soop broBnstone HOtsE J6 sI46xlOO feet with every
Improvement plenty Of closets and beautiful and gar
de1 loo sied below Central Park Price. sll,600.
Address al oness OWNER
BOZ asa, 20.
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OcGfhcr5.

"
Ii wanting TEACHERS. Schools, OF Pupils,
~ address Amer EduvaUOnal mon. ~ bioadHay y y
4 LADY % experience desires SITUATION
~ PEECEPTRSs$S, totea: n oil Painting and Boaiy,
Address As, dAAI;s Station u.
a GRADUATE Of YALE and STUDENT Of
"a THEOLOGY will INSTRUCT PRIVATE Pupils "a
the CLASSICS MATHEMATICS. address ~ 81
LeKingIJu-avC.
A LADY Of long and successful experience III
N music viii give two Enrs daiy DStIue
t,on in home refined private ie1Ils In le
ely; highest references given. Address TEACHER, Box u"
Trib,ne Uptown Once lbs Broadway
SPANISH LANGUAGE.-Prof. dc TORNOS
- has REMOVED t0se24 sistb.aye.
rE'EACnERS supplied with schools, and schools
= with teachers, q the EDCCA1IO&AL 81 kEAI, ?!
UuIon. square. ANNA kANDAI1-DIEiii@ Manager.
'EHOMAS 4. WATTS, teacher OF Drawing.
u NltegCcloT Pa ing AMI Ilu-iUsi on. Terms 80 PEI
az studio yer sson IT THpl Tcs'Geacc 81 ptf
monh TO ldGv artists OF teacher 800 BrosiSa eon g.
EVANTED-By a lady graduate. leaving
w present position April J, POSITION in Ie1pei ia"
family teaches higher English HonteN Mathematics
FTeHe Latin DIWaE snal salary Uut llcssan; ole
desired references address q. .. 80 west o:th St
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Asked.

/, August Il
DRJGs AID CHEMICALS Trade h.s DssG ouy rnodsr.
ATE at geael uaehaaged pre- Q9S.a' ,.,, ARE
at 81 10; Quinine at ~ 20 Gsmpnor pc. Ginssng,
e. l5f&i sO seneca e9i S2a9Js Ae5aoI az ~ Ia Ia
Tor Guaemsa 80 Doc, gold for Madras and G0e50e cur
2s4d 2c sod; Cream fSrts SsaaSjls- scd qua kslyer
6J06Ic., gold English tbenralsSl 45asl 30 sal SOFA
81 Tor Beatb Soda AL gold Bleseling powder - eaf
reogy Essential OTIS % % gold ion Berno; @sS ~
Tor WnirreIeen and IS 5OGs5 IS for Peppermhr IN fn'
DYEW60DS-There has been . moderate demand for Log
WOOD, AMI with light receipts prices are yeIy STEADY es
quiet bIt iiTm LosWood jasca . Ioh. gold sc. ssnto
Domingo currency, aes9 Iionhnras currency So; rus
S-2dS23, 5anto Domingo, $3.50 s.5-ai Cold. -,
flSi-Macketci have been quiet bEt se~y a. he 9 no
Do cod 10 cnsnd AMI stlsay. slcs 200 quutals
az s. 1895 o. Georges thr Nea and - 1854 81
for Grand Bank OF Box HcrTrS i2oCO boxes sSo io 9
Portland and highuri sales lgOJ hbs ~ - OO go
Nova scotia jO5cl quoted at 81 So La)a'or quoeu
FI0UR AND MEALrhs Flour marie; orcued WITH far
trade ihury hut after hr r ont tho b,N aiuc and ~
mors oshdT inaacia dincl;es Tho marAe ossss qao
how very great pressure 10 feaze hoash y, "a
Stances .hght shad.qg o. prces was Eee - so s *
uas at $685. l0 500 Obls Medium 10 Cloice Htan ~
Extra At s. S5Ss5 90 and 4,lOJ bbLA ely Ails ~
TIA u - l04s3 49, rhicBy for ne ,Gi ee, ,,r 40
2 ceny ~ jOsiS So 81 asa 20 Tor Cooa - olS s
s9Perh"s Sa.e , aud Es..et many SIoo r.ira s,se
~ el i ran 70 - o SI Soa a q f CO Good 70 %
81 900s5 % tor iuieior CaiHnOn Extra wss!rin,
as ~ iorcommon 10 Gnoddo - eJ"sI 10 n0 - 80 CIV
Ms ~ and !. rs Sa5s 20 e dr - %asr Ts
Iy Mhs kytra; Is ass ID or Comnon ~ - a sad
IS G5aS7 iSr Good 10 Chose do .ess 2s M csaH@s aS
Good pa'S; Mnn.sS'a xtra 8 ossy tSa I :. - SOs
" MN 20 OCCASIONAL Ca sa,s nd 1aa ,s,s s 81 fat. 20
10
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srAlSEn.
Good Ordinary ..-..-..

strir,iood Ordinary low sTiddlug Isis
fpr future there waseary in rae day adynno, " sd
9,c winch subsequently, lost and prices declined below
yesterday figures sales yestcI.ay after April 600.
l35Isca MSy, 400 lSTIsc; o. ISftszr June 200 S@c;
o;a L6e0 bales. Exchangesc padto eTclanse 800 April
total GOO baes. Second eaAyii, 800 lSilc; May 800,
i3oge go IL Jape 100 HS'Sf 100 ,,sI I'm.
sGes to-day UP 10 p. m-March. 100 Isle; 100, n
l5:c; 800 l$Tsse 100 l3sIc 500 1895 2 2o9 ,Ssl.c
300 I3i7s,r 300 1895; loo l5i7ase 100 l3ls 1000
l3,sc; 700. Is @c zoo l&lsy2c June .oc l5gee LOO
l3GIec; 100 1887 @OO lSIr 100 1871 sC TO- l8z5s2c;
100 l32jeqc JGy, 900 l4c 200. lSsc August 500 lie
800 lts.gc, total 20 % bales garr GOAL 1910 Bales
Al tie Cosc the market steady The following were
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Droohlpn Real estate for Sale.

EOR SALE-Handsome four-stOry marble
Il front HOUSE Firstpiace; thorough order eiegaat
location ferries terms Address NJ
p. .. Box, 3,u3S, n. y.
VNHREE-STORYf frame house, 21S Atlantic
Il ave. Court-st.
Frame house, 81 ButleTsf.
JhreosoIy frame houses 100 and 02 Pineappest- near
Fuopst
Three story brick houses 80 81 and 90 Nassau ST.
Three rs frame houses 266 and 26N Washington ST
GEO. II. BUTTON, lU N0llst, ~. y.
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Countrn Droncrtn CO Get.

A 7 NYACK.-Stpne MANSION aud 3 ACRE
~ OF lease: furnished iiliTnishad uClIehii'
SGlHmer ard Winner Residence rutland u WHITING
JBeekmaIsf, =. y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-15
,sING PHILADELPHIA STOCK ouoTAnoNs.


This has been ticket day the London Stock
tx ,hange and tomorrow will Ice fortnightly SET
Ting day The British consuls were steady to firm,
as also United States 5.20s of 1865 and 1867,
under tia short interest created i'll them. bat
10iOs and new fyes were il lower. Erie was lower
also. Money was without quotation, bat presuma-
bly, easy and below the minimum rate Of interest at
the Bank of England, which institution made gain
in bullion on balance of 1000 In Paris Rentes
were quoted at 6G.75. The gold market was rather
moro active than yesterday, and at one time the
price advanced to 147s but it fell later to l146s at
which and liza the preponderance of the days
business done; the price, however, declining at
the close TO 11Ias. There were no new features to
the market. On gold loans the carrying rates were
3, t. and 3lo per cent. The foreign exchange mar
ket was dull but strong on the basis of 4s5si0
1856 and 4.S0i2. The export clearances OF domestic
produce from this port for the week ending tonight
amounted in currency valuation to -, 49,, J9i The
Assistant Treasurer paid out $53 900 IN coin interest
on the public debt. and $4,000 in redemption of
called bonds. The days operations at the Gold Ex-
change Bank covered: Gold cleared So, 700 900
gold balances. $1,0SJ. 100; currency balances,
81 24s, 133 The principal gold quotatians were as
follows:
sSIIi:s ii 2S HIS aSS HE
The days business at the u. s. Sub Treasury com
prised:
Gold receipts. s30l43 0s Curry payments sol882s 80
COD payments e03Atl G5 Cur balanoe.35 l5iaa7 80
Colo balance a. lisS0s % Customs AGA 900 90
Curry receipts. G4U.93S OF
We annex closing quotations Of foreign ex-
change:
Prime bankers sterling bills e0hav. Rdays
London e5a a. ssh SDL,d4 M
oooa oankors and prime oom1.. 10 Sa4 s6La ssai 90
Coca coultneff5 % ~ 80 s7lanA
Documentary eommercal......4 s3iao4 B4Ia "a "a "
Pans ttranesl. 1905 ltA 10 as IN
Antwerp tfT I1adt lsS 10 o. llis
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GOV TRNsIENT STOCK DEPARTMENT. O'CLOCK.
L s 52O Coup rs. New q S2O Coupon, 1867
lt.GD' ..-..-....-ll9ls III -
Coupon. hos
Z br ~,
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autiiou Sales Of Real Cstltt.
Gou5ts au0 farms Uaa;eo.

DROPERTY OWNERS can secure desirable
tenants by Jig,Ig ihci. house, liz NY laDd1 j. CAREY
real Estate s.iUE;r i25c BiDatTGy, jlst So under
Grad Hotel
WANTED 10 Rh&I-il0l St.S Of all cil5scs
w an .:lss ard especially a. tie relm a. iio
uulactu;.s arglgns waiiig 'ae istt. saa i-ntlh'y
10 JOSH Al JE&. No. l,-Sj Broadway.
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Uitu Real gstaie for Sale.

COR SALE or LEASE-The four-story brick
STORES 10 cn and 24l Pearl rs tset on each trss,
MUSE ''N'o GEUIiGE @. SAM PS0N,
80 wilam-st.
NOR SALE, lease, or will exchange for
l. desrably located and good DWELLING HOUSE in New,
WORK. CIV fbe following proporty nice residence with
eb0nt acres lGn all available for building upon without
expense for grading &C. situated on Iiyingsonsye Also
insirr uIoDt Albany all In the City OF Newr1ns
Tirl N g. hour NewYork by rail- and trains every
during the day fof particulars Apply 70 H. N hllt
ING, 80 Reade 81.
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price Of fifty cents for admission to all
the buildings and grounds.
The centennial grounds are situated on
the western bank Of the SChuylkill river,
and within Paramount Park, the largest
public park In proximity to a great city
In the world, and one of the most beau
tiful in the country. The park contains
three thousand one hundred and sixty
acres, four hundred and fifty OF which
have been enclosed for the exhibition.
Besides this tract, there are large yards
neaT by for the exhibition of stock, and
a farm OF f0rty-two acres Is already suit
ably planted for the tests Of plows,
mowers, reapers, and other agricultural
machinery
The exhibition buildings are APP
preached by eight lines OF street cars
which connect with all the other lines in
the city, and by the Pennsylvania and
Reading railroads, over the tracks of
which trains also ran from the North
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, VIII
mingtOn. and Baltimore railroads. Thus
the exhibition IL In immediate connec-
tion with the entire railroad system of
che country, and any one within ninety
miles of Philadelphia can visit 10 at no
greater cost than that of carriage hire at
the Paris or Vienna exhibition,
An important special exhibition Is
made BY the United States government,
aud Is prepared under the supervision Of
q board OF officers representing the sew
eFL executive departments OF the gov
ernmCnt. "A fine building of four and
q half acres u provided for the purpose,
space IN which Il occupied by the war,
treasury, navy, interior, post-ofiice, aud
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square at the center has been raised above
the surrounding portion, and four towers
torty-eight feet square, rising to one hun
bred and twenty feet high, are intro
duced int the corners of this elevated
roof. This gives ventilation as well as
ornament. The main building has nine
hundred and thirty.six thousand and
eight square feet of surface, or nearly
twenty-0ne and half acres. Its ground
plan shows a central avenue one hundred
and twenty feet in width, and one thou
sand eight hundred and thirty-two feet
in length, which is the longest avenue of
that width ever introduced into an exhi-
bition building. On either side of this
is another avenue of equal length, and
one hundred feet wide, Between the
central and side avenues are aisles forty
eight feet wide, and ON the outer sides of
the building smaller aisles of twenty-fonr
feet width. To break the great length
of the root-lines three transepts have
been introduced, Of the same widths and
in the same relative positions to each
other as the longitudinal avenues. These
cross the building, and are four hundred
and sixteen feet in length. The inter
sections of these variops avenues make
at the center of the building nine spaces,
free from supports, which are from one
hundred to one hundred and twenty feet
square, and which aggregate four hun
dTed and sixteen feet square. The gen.
eral elevation of the roofs of all these
avenues varies from forty.ive feet TO
seventy feet.
The building rests upon the ground,
the land having been thoroughly graded
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hibltors and visitors Offices and head
quarters Of this kind, usually OF consid-
cradle architectural beauty, are provided
by the states Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey,
New York, Connecticut; Massachusets,
New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, Nir.
einia. West Virginia, Nevada, Wiscon-
siD. Iowa and Delaware: and it is likely
that others will follow the example.
Al number Of trade and industrial as
sociations, which require large amounts
of space. are provided for In special build
ipra. Among these are the photo
eraphera. the carriage builders, the glass
makers. the cracker bakers, the boot and
shoe manufacturers, besides quite a num-
her az individual exhibitors. The great
demand for space renders this course ne
cessary 70 q considerable extent, espec-
tally for exhibitors who have been tarddy
In making their applications. In the
main exhibition building, for example,
three hundred and thirty-three thou
sand three hundred square feet OF space
had been applied for by the beginning of
October by American exhibitors only;
whereas, the aggregate space which 1t
has been possible to reserve for the
United States department Is only one
hundred and sixty thousand square feet.
About one.third is consumed by passage
WAYS.
The machinery building, like the
oilers is already fully covered by appli-
cations. There are about one thousand
American exhibitors in this department,
one hundred and fifty English, and one
hundred and fifty from other European
oountries-which is about two hundred
and fif.y more than entered the Wen
ma machinery exhibition. Extra provision
has been made for .annexes TO accommO-
date the hydraulic machinery, the steam
hammers, FORCES, hosting engines, boil
ers, plumbers, carpenters, etc.
Power in the machinery hall is chiefly
supplied by a pair of monster Corliss EN-
gines. Each cylinder is forty inches in
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agricultural departments and the SMITH
s0nian institution.
The women'a centennial executive
Fsommittee have raised $4,000 for the
erection Of pavilion Iii which "a exhibit
every kind Of Woman's work. TO this
collection, women of Gil nations have
eaatributed.
The list of special buildings II con-
stantly increasing, and the present indi-
eais0ns are that their total number will
he eF0m two hundred 10 TIVE hundred
and fisY Most III the important foreign
mats England, Germany Austria,
Fgaa Sweden, Egypt, Japan and
otlteg are putting up one Oh more
structures each for exhibition purposes.
ri t9r fhe uae of Tho commissioners, ex,
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A Tender Request.

He had gone up to her house with her
from a shopping excursion the other
afternoon. While he was there such a
food of tenderness came over him that
he impulsively dropped on his knees be-
fore her, and giving her a glance that
spoke volumes, huskily said. ~ can no
longer keep my feelings back. I love
you. Oh, will you, Oh, will you be
=" "--Shad Ten cents!" rang
out the clarion voice of street vender
before the house. She made a clutch
for her handkerchief to cover her emo
ton, but she was too late. The ludi-
crousness Of the combined sentiments
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mites have signifed their intention to
hold gatherings at Philadelphia during
the period of the exhibition. Among these
which may now be enumerated, are the
Grand Lodge OF Pennsylvania, indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows; the
Grand Encampment, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows; Grand Lodge, United
States, independent Order of Odd Eel
lows; Grand Commandely Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic;
Presbyterian Synod; CaledOnian Club;
Portland Mechanic Blues; Welsh Ma
tional Eistedfodd; Patriotic Order Sons
of America; California Zouaves of San
Francisco; an International Regatta;
the Life Insurance Companies; National
Board of Underwriters; State Agricul-
tural Society; Second Infantry, N. G.
of California; Philadelphia Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church; Cincinnati
Society; California Pioneer Society;
American Dental Convention; Catholic
Total Abstinence Union Of America;
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diameter, with a stroke of ten feet the
fy-wheel is thirty-one feet in diameter,
and weighs tifty-five tons; the horse
power is fourteen; and the number of
boilers is twenty, This engine drives
about a mile of shafting.
For the art exhibition, the most emf
nent American artists have sent speci-
mems, ana it may be confidently stated
that, especially in the department of
landscape painting, the United States
presents a finer display than the public
has been led 10 expect. Quite aside from
the contributions OF American artists,
applications from abroad call for more
than four times the exhibiting space
afforded by the great Memorial Hall.
Provision for the surplus has been made
in temporary fre-proof buildings, though
all exhibiting nations will be represented
in the central art gallery.
The secretary of the navy has arranged
that United States vessel shall call at
convenient European ports, to collect
and transport hither to the exhibition
the works Of American artists resident
in Europe. Among the ports thus far
designated, are Southampton for Eng
land, HavTe for France, Bremen for Ger
many, and Leghorn for Italy. The ar
rival of this vessel Ia expected daily.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English scuIp-
tor, who designed the groups for the
plinth for the great Albert memorial in
Hyde Park, London, has reproduced in
terra Gotta, at the celebrated works in
Lambeth, the one which symbolizes
America. The figures in this group are
colossal, covering ground space OF IF
teen feet square. II ID placed in the
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in this climate to resist leakage. The
flooring is Of plank, upon sills resting
upon the ground, with no open space be-
meath. Turrets surmonnt the building
at all the corners aud angles, and the na.
tional standard, with appropriate en-
blems, is placed over zach Of the main
entrances. There are numerous side en-
frances, each being surmounted with a
trophy, showing the national colors of
the country occupying that portion Of the
building. To the yestibules variegated
brick and tile are introduced Louvre
ventilatOrs surmount all the avenues
and sky lights the central aisles. Light.
of which there is ample supply, comes
from the north and south sides almost
entirely. There underlie the building
two miles of drainage pipe, the water
supply and drainage system being COM
plete. Offices for the foreign commits
sions are placed along the sides Of the
building, in close proximity to the pro-
ducts exhibited. Offices for the admin
istration are at the ends The design of
the building is such that all exhibitors
will have an equally fair opportunity of
exhibiting their goods to advantage.
There is comparatively little choice of
location, as the light is uniformly dis
tributed, and each of the spaces devoted
to products is located upon one of the
main thOroughfares.
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The act of congress which provides for
Celebrating the one hundredth anniver-
sary Of American independence, by hold
ing an international exhibition OF arts,
manufactures, and products Of the soil
and mine" authorized the creation of
the United States centennial commission,
and intrusted To II the management OF
the exhibition. This body Is composed Of
two commissioners from each state and
territory, nominated by the respective
governors, and commissioned By the
president Of the United States. The en-
terprise, therefore, is distinctly a nation
al one, and not, as has sometimes been
stated, the work Of a private corpora
ton.
The exhibition was opened on May
10th, 1876, and remain open until No.
veInber 10th. There viii be a fixed
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and prepared. The foundations consist
of piers of masonry, the superstructuFe
being composed of wrought iron columns
placed twenty-four feet apart, which sup
port wrought iron roof trusses There
are six hundred and seventy-two Of these
columns in the entire structure, the
shortest being twenty-three feet and the
longest one hundred and twenty-five feet
long. Their aggregate weight Is two mill
lions two hundred thousand pounds, The
root truases and girders weigh Ave mil
lions Of pounds The sides Of the build
ing, to seven feet above the ground, are
finished with brickwork in panels 10.
tween the columns, Above this there
arc glazed sashes, The roof covering ia
Of tin, that being the best roofing known