The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-02
THE CENTENNIAL ExPOsITION,
The DispIny-The Area OF Ground
Covered Who Furnishes the Mon.
ey--C concessions OF Privileges
when shall We Go and more
shall We LOdge2
From our Special Correspondence
PHILADELPHIA, March %, 1870.


PHILADELPHIA, March %, 1870.
THE DISPLAY.
No ore not acquainted with great
exhibitions can realize the immensely
OF thlh. Here stands out IN bold relief
in Arcadia Of architecture, displaying
all styles Of art, unique ana modern,
combining the tastes Of all national
tiles II small cosmopolitan city among
the hills, ready 10 receive us inhabl.
tantB from some strange ana far oil
country. 10 takes no great stretch OF
tho Imagination In beholding this
varied beauty TO place ourselves buck
II few hundred years TO the time OF the
circus maxlns Of Rome situated in
valley which IL now called Via de-
Ccr1hl, with space sufficient TO enter
tain five hundred thousand spectata-
tors; or TO Campus Martins, located on
the level ground between Quirnal,
Capitoline and Pincian mounts end
the river riber. This ancient Campus
WIS laid out with gardens, shady
walks, baths, a race course and thea
tres. The ancient and this modern
Campus have similarity and differ no
more than the customs of the two PEE
RODS, Here stands splendid edllices,
ornamental trees and shrubs grand
buildings aqueducts and lakes rival
ing those OF the Romans. A town of
n hundred buildings, no two Of the
same style, has sprung up, realizing the
tabled legends Of Arabian lore. The
patriotism of Americans Is more pow
erfu than the gcnH summoned by
Aladin's wonderful rings and lamps.
THE AREA OCCUPIED.
Some idea of the extent of this Ex-
position may he gained by comparison
with ancient and modern works. The
Roman Forum occupied seven acres.
The largest of the three great pyramids
covers u little more than thirteen acres.
The great exhibition Of London In 1851
occupied twenty acres, and the world
thought that the limit Of space and
man's ingenuity had been reached.
But the Paris Exposition Of 1865 cover
ell thirty acres, and seemed marvel
of the century. The London Exhibi-
ton of 1862 did not occupy but twenty
four acres. But France was not salts
fled in exceeding England by fey
acres, and in 1867 the Paris Exposition
had assigned for its accommodation
forty nCres. No one supposed that
this limit would be surpassed. But
the Vienna exhibition OF 1878 covered
fifty acres, excelling all other nations
in the extent Of ground occupied. Now
the United States enters the field, and
has assigned for buildings sixty acres.
Though we may not excel In the
beauty and variety of our products, yet
we occupy larger area Of ground than
any other exhibition heretofore, AN
cient or modern. OF the three thou
sand 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 the many cannot answer.
First, subscriptions TO the stock amount
to 81, 500, 900; second, appropriations by
Congress and 10y Pennsylvania aggre'
gate $500, 900. From these TWO sources
are realized $5,0O0,0O0. Another source
of revenue Is the money received from
men or companies who pay II certain
sum for the exclusive privilege of doing
some kind of business within the eX-
position limits. Revenue from the