Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-04-12

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and Canada, about one-seventh ;
France AMI Colonies, about one
tenth, and Germany one-iifteenth.
Among the large number OF exni-
bitors engaged in erecting their
show cases, pavilions, etc., many
have adopted remedy for the
small amount of space allotted to
them by causing their constructions
to assume conical or pyramidal
form, and thus securing three or
four times as much space as they
could otherwise have had. Though
il at first seems source OF regret
that the noble perspective OF the
interior of this building should be
broken by the structures, no mat
ter how elaborate, with which many
countries are entirely enclosing
their sections of space, yet 1t will
be found that a disagreeable mon
otony win thereby he prevented.
In the British section there is no
general enclosure, each exhibitor
being obliged to erect separate
structure, and in these structures
the British Commission will not
permit that degree Of gaudiness or
elaboration which might withdraw
the attention of visitors from the
EXHIBITS proper.
Other foreign goods are on the
way Of the lot in Baltimore com
prising 81 packages from the Cape
of Good Hope and SOP from Ger
many, two more car loads have ar
rived here; the steamer Leipsig,
from Bremen, is expected to arrive
in about week with large con-
Segment of exhibits the steamer
City of Vera Cruz is unloading at
New York, 1,577 more packages
from Spain; all the exhibits OF
Holland have arrived at that port ;
the steamer Labrador is expected
TO arrive here by the end of this
week with French goods, and the
City Of Bristol with British exhib-
It's has just arrived at this port.
These statements are in strange
contrast with the fact that outside
of counters, platforms, shelving,
etc, there is not a push cart load
of United States exhibits in the
Main Building. In the Machinery
Hall, however, domestic exhibits
are doing somewhat better, though
even there the Chief Of the Bureau
requests the press to inform the
public Of the hardness of appli-
cants in filling their sections. Di-
rector General Goshorn has there
fore issued notice to all exhibit
tors in the United States section,
informing them that as the bnild-
ings are all ready for the reception
of goods, they are ordered to &C.
cupy their spaces without further
delay.
Agricultural Hall, though yet to
receive few finishing touches, is
| ready for the reception of goods,
and the Chef of the Bureau has
issued circular to each exhlDi,ui
who has not acknowledged the re-
ceipt of his permit for space,
informing him that if the ac-
acknowledgements he not received by
a specified time (lixed according
to the distance of the exhibitors
residences from the office of the
Bureau), his permit will he can
celled and the space allotted to
other applicants.
In the present plan Of the Exhi-
bition grounds, only eight restau.
rants are enumerated, and fears
are expressed that these will not
he sufficient, it being stated that
at the Vienna Exhibition, there
were over a dozen restaurants not
including soda-water stands, buff
fets and lunch counters.
Though it may appear like act
ing at the eleventh hour" Mary
land has at last engaged space on
the grounds, and is about to erect
State pavilion. Work is also
about to begin on the building to
he comparatively erected by Kansas,
Colorado and the Atchison Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Company
for a joint display. The latter in
tend to show that the region through
which their road passes, and which
is called the "Great American Des-
ert," is not such a great desert af-
ter all hut that, on the contrary,
il possesses vast extent Of natur-
ally fertile soil. The display OF
Kansas and Colorado will he main
ly meteorological and agricultural.
Among other buildings of impor-
lance about to I've erected, is the
Pacific Coast Centennial Hail."
which will he under the direction
Of the Society of California Pho
neers, and is designed as place of
resort and shelter for the visitors
from the Pacific Coast. 1t will be
lis by 55 feet in size, with an ele-
walton of 80 feet and q central
dome Al feet high. 1t will contain
a large hall, an assembly room in
Guiding post Office and registry.
An order will probably be issued
in few days for the entire exclu-
sion of visitors from the exhibition
grounds, the object being to prevent
the interference with the work of
installing goods and identifying
| the site Ii Is officiallv annnnnc