The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-18
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

eparation Centennial Ground
and Buildings-Character Of Goods Ex-
Understanding of the Peopie-Cost of
Lfying-Access to the Grounds, etc.
From our own Correspondence
The preparations at the opening of the
Exposition of the worlds in
were 10 nearly completed that a
fair judgment can be formed of its
character. Of the
CENTENNIAL GROUNDS,
it may be said, they are ample, com
prising four hundred and fifty acres, ex-
ceiling in dimensions, convenience and
fitness for the uses intended, incompara-
bly, any Worlds Fair ever held in any
country. They are admirably located,
in good condition, surrounded by i'm
mense hotels and c~apacious restaurants,
and easily accessible, by street and steam
cars, from all parts of the city and
country.
THE CENTENNIAL BUILDINGS
for size, beauty of design, conveniences
for handling goods, and adaptation for
the purpose of exhibiting the products
of the industry and skill of all nations,
are far superior to. those heretofore con-
structed for such uses on either conti-
nent. They comprise ISL buildings,
beside minor ones, including the Main
Exhibition Building, 1S80x464 feet, with
projections, covering 213 acres; the Art
Gallery and Memorial Hall, 365x2l0
feet Machinery Hall, 360x402 feet, IA
acres: horticultural Hall, 383x193 feet,
II acres; Agricultural Hall, 540xS20
feet, 10 acres; U. S. Government Exhi-
bition Building, 360x3O0 feet, II acres;
Administration office, S0x324 feet, Z of
an acre. Avenues and walks seven
miles. Average distance between the
buildings, 800 feet. Steam railway
tracks inside the grounds for the deliy-
cry of goods and materials, four miles.
THE CHARACTER OF THE ooD EXHIBITED
is the best of its class, the different
countries exhibiting principally those
products in which they excel. The ex-
hibition of foreign goods, especially from
the. leading European nations, is very
large. England is magnifcently repre-
sented Spain as becomes the pioneer
colonist of the New World, while China
sends as a strong justification of the
treaty of reciprocal intercourse-her
choicest treasures of nature and art.
Bat Japan stands pre-eminent among
Eastern nations for the extent and excel
lence of its exhibition. And India, over
which Victoria now sits empress, puts on
her royal robes and challenges admiring
recognition.
As to home products, whatever criti.
cisms might be made for DEFICIENCIES in
particular, or minor departments, the
tout ensemble, the show taken as a whole.
is far superior to anything the world has
ever seen. The characteristic feature Of
the Exhibition-which gives it signi6,
canoe to the great mass of peoples
UTILITY, and those departments of specia,
interest to Observation-Disclosures
Mechanical, and Manufacturing-art
magni6cently grand and full. So far
therefore, as the grounds, the buildings
and the goods exhibited can insure it
the Centennial Exposition is a success
And those who neglect to visit it viii
miss a great opportunity of instruction
in the worlds industries, and in thu
character, extent, and value of tn,
worlds products, which will not occul
again in a lifetime.
What is now wanting to complete tn,
panorama and make this Exposition a