The Arizona sentinel., 1876-04-22

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 as to gain admission, wan ders at
 the peril of losing himself, or be-
 ing caught in a shower of rubbish
 from above. The grand hall is
 twice the size of the largest hall
 in the country, being 289 feet long,
 and 93 feet wide, and affords 75,-
 900 square feet of wall space for
 paintings, and 29,OOO square feet
 of floor space for statuary, and oth-
 CT works of art. Yet with even
 this vast amount of space, the
 commission, in order to meet the
 urgent requests of exhibitors, has
 been forced to erect temporary
 brick addition, and now still an-
 other is under way. The entire
 cost of MemmoriaI Hall proper,
 amounting to over $1,500,000, is
 paid by the State of Pennsylvania
 and City of Philadelphia, to which
 it will revert.
 The place where the curious
 "mOst do cOngregate" is about
 the enclosure within which the
 Japanese building is being erect
 ed. A tile roof on stilts was my
 first impression when 1 saw it, but
 since then the space between the
 stilts has been filled in, and the
 building begins to assume a more definite form. It is chiefly of bamboo, and the materials were brought from Japan in such a con- dition as to leave but little to be done except to place them in po- SitiOn. No nails are used, but everything is morticed and fas- tened with wooden pegs. The roof is of tile overlapping and presenting corrugated surface, and the whole structure is exceed ingly picturesque. But the most i picturesque thing of all is the ap- pearance of the Workmen, with | their odd garments and peculiar methods Of working. Some of them have discarded @ portion of their national dress, and have 1 adopted q combination which is more to be admired from a utili l tarian than an artistic point of view. An old plug hat, with ear laps attached, may be comforta- bIe, and boots may be warmer than sandals, but when combined with tight leggiDs and the inde- scribable Japanese upper garment, they give the Wearer the appear ance of having stepped out of one of those grOte>Gue Japanese fans or screens which are now so fash iOnable, and helped himself to the contents of an old clothes closet. They use planes, but instead of pushing them from themselves, use them like draw knives. Their saws resemble meats axes, and they hold the timber in position with their feet while saving. In fact they reverse q great many of our methods, but work very neat. ly and eXpeditiously nevertheless.
 The buildings throughout are farther advanced tllan were those at Vienna when the exposition opened. They are now in the transition state which precedes the final arrangements for the eX- hibition. Articles for exhibition have been arriving for some time, and from now to the day of open ing the grounds will present the of confusion incidental upon the reception and arrange ment of the exhibits which are to HI IllCoC NdoI pO1INIuS MI oChIu- cry Hall is chaos of huge shafts, wheels, and all the disject0 naen1- brG, of the mighty engines that are to illustrate the extent of mans dominion over the lazy giant, who won't work until he is made to, and only works while trying to escape from his cunning master.
 The bond of the Centennial Board of Finance, as required by the recent appropriation by Con- gress has been filed, and the ap- will now be available. The act of Congress requires that the President of the Board, MT. Welsh and MT. Frederick Fraley, the Treasurer, give bond in the sum of $500, 1000 with sufficient se' curity, for the faithful disburse- ment of the appropriation. As soon as the requirements of the { 9pt Uynrn Doadn kDOUn ono hun- ,