The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-15
TIE BIG CENTENNIAL SHOW
BUSY WIN PREP1R1TIONs on THE
EXHIBITION GROUNDS.
Phot tosrap pbins n Galaxy Of American Dead.
beads-Description OF the Giant Enaino q nd
MOnnIcr CIOck-A Warming 10 YIaifOra.

Photosrapbina Galaxy Of American Doads
beads-Description OF the Giant Engine aud
Monsier Clock-A Warning 20 Visitors.
PHILADELPHIA, April 13.-Tho Centen-
NAL is still the subject Of talk in this Quaker
City OF sl7,t4s souls, according TO the census
taken by the police yesterday.
As for the big show, that will open about
month from now. Everything Is hurry and
hustle on the grounds. Doors are closed TO
visitors, and the photographers In various sec.
tions are busy in pcturina the faces OF dead
heads that are to be pasted on one end OF the
free tickets. A committee is to be appointed
probably to gather the whole Of them after the
show to preserve as the great American dead
head collection OF 1870.
The giant engine Is in working order, with
the boilers, shaftne, SC. The entire weight Ia
1,36O5ss pounds. II required sixty freight oars
from Providence II. l., to ship 1t in sections.
| The cylinders are i0-inch, aud the stroke 10 ten
feet, and II will make thirty-sx revolutions per
minute The power may be raised to 20oO horses.
when tho giant was first tried the enormous
arms ascendcd and descended so noiselessly that
with back turned II was hardly TO be told that
the engine was In motion.
The big six-ton clock s also finished. II was
made at lhomaston, Conn, and is IN ll0O pieces.
! The main wheels are four feet In diameter The
pendulum rod IA 1iS feet long. aud weighs
| about 700 pounds. The ball on the end OF II
| weighs about MI pounds. Inc CLOCK iA 10 oe
| placed In prominent elevated position ana
tho face will he easily seen from nearly all points
| Of she ground.
Nearly ail natlonalities are represented on the
/ grounds. New buildings are going w every day
Patent rolling carriages are TO be provided 70
ground in douple quick time. A mammoth
music stand for 2OO musicians Is to he erected 70
the middle ~ ravine CAPABLE Of comfortably
seating 1900 people, so that they can hear all
music distinctly. Tue state militia and tht
| Grangers are going to have encampments' and
| al accom- npuntiOna provided for com
panies representing all the states
tnd that there Is considerahle objection tC
the price OF admission. The poorer classes can
not AFFORD 10 nay nfty cents for every time thel
visit the show 1t Is not as u person could sec
weeks to do so. The visitor cannot sleep OF
the grounds. and every succeeding day he viii
have to shell out another and another hfty cent
note for bis admission. II ne remains weel
| he will have - Ia; cSavtiy g and that IA VIVA
the people are talking about, AZ Nienna ina
same thing caused trouble. They nnaly reduced
the admission to about twenty cent-, and th'
receipts trebed In few days. fcOVle wh'
have thought tins thing over are Of the oplniol
that fifty cents IL too much, and that by cnarg
ing everybody. high, low, rich ana poor an'
admitting no one as deadhead' the Centennia
respect Of everybody, In the end.
" to the close of the present week the Amer
, lean exhibits alone will reach lO5O. sinc
March IS, 257 car loads Of foreign goods hav
been received from oil parts OF the world, Lars
freight cars filed with pre- ious articles ar
1 | pulled right into and unloadcd in the maii
building and In Machinery Hal. The intetlo
' | OF these gigantic buildings renluu lbc hpstfNc
I Of chaos let loose. There is mighty chorus o
| hammers. saws. aud chi>els. About l,OUO Par
Guards will DO special o.; Uu;'uH ~ snow
| The great collection OF paintings will he at ono
, arranged IN the Art Gallery. In the Horticulture
Hall will be plants and shrubs and flowers fron
: all over the world, one of the great attraction
5 will he the Turkish house. where tull-groTn M
lives will soil coffee and tobacco, pure from owe
| the sea-
J a terrible story is told concerning horribl
| apparition that appebred to one OF the watch
! | men In the main building. lie says he saw
figure IN white. and its ghost-like form and pres
, | ence caused hun to ehudder and tremble.
foretold war, death. and tribuiatlOn. IL picture
, | fngntful accidents, crashing Of buildings an'
r | terrible trials and troubles. IL recOunted Ia
, | many shocking accidents and deaths IN con
| structiug the Centennial buildings, ahd charge
, | them To Cafelcssness Ine watchman was foun
: senscle-s. II Is sad, being overcome with fea
{ The report Is that he has since oiled throug
, fear aud fright.
The most reckless criminal speculatlons ar
4 | reported on foot for the summer, and new an
old buildings are being nttrd up to eaten all
4 entrBp the Innocent Jerseyman. PennsilNaniaI
q the lioOssr, or any other Of the uusOphisticate
- thousands who are expected here.