The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-09
WHAT rs READY FOR DISPLAY
Preparing for the Emperor and
Empress Of Brazil.
Rehearsal OF Wagner's Centen-
NAL March.
PHILADELPHIA, Nay 8. 1876.


ing about It. told you yesterday briefly how far
ho different departments were advanced, and II oc-
,urred TO me this morning as l was walking through
NE abyrnths Of boxes and show cases. that the ques
lion most necessary to be answered At this time Is,
What is the Exhibition
THE EXHIBITION OUTLINED.
Briefly, then, let mo give this answer:-Herc is an
Enclosure OF 236 acres In the heart Of park Of 5000
icrcs, on the edge OF q beautiful river, and within
ortyfve minutes OF the business OF Philadelphia
and three hours Of the business centre orNew York.
Within there buildings covering seventy-ave
acres. which you told twenty i've
more than any other exposition-n itself
most deceptive statement for many of these buildings,
especially those from OF the States are OF llo
But In figures viii say that there are within
his enclosure 100 different buildings, probably 100
more, although guessing, than in any other exhi-
ntion should say that leo OF these buildings might
wcllnot have been built What are the buildingss
Generally speaking, would say. the main building.
the Art Gallery tho Machinery Hail. tho flower
how. the Agricultural Department, the woman's
'avlion and the United States Govern
aent House Nine-tenths OF tho Exhibition
nil be found within these buildings. They all vast
their way-some attractive and useful, and others
good enough for show. There Art Gallery, which
viii remain a memorial hall, the gift OF the State to
The city to the Park. The Flower Build
Ing viii also remain gn of the city for tho
purpose. This Art Gallery cost s. 100000, and is
much better building than Tweeds Court House. which
'ost $l2 600 The Flower Hall cost $3.50 oOO and
grec with Bayard Taylor that the PROTEST thing
the grounds.
THE SEVERAL EXHIBITS.
What the other buidingss 1t would take .
column to enumerate them and their But from
my notes take hurried summary Swedish and
Gcrman school house, a hunters camp, milk and
dairy building the Bible Society, Moorish villa, build.
ings for the English, German Portuguese, Spanish,
Brazilian and Other governments; medical depart
nent Japanese house and garden, butter and cheese
factory, State buildings, New England loghouse,
Jerusalem bazaar, Canadian loghousc, temperance
pavilion and swarm OF cigar stands, soda fountains
and business exhibits from various States Some Of
these buildings unfinished, few stu in the France
but the most OF them ready for the visitor Iyou
lsk what are the most interesting would say tho
buildings Of Japan and England-about ffth OF the
main buIding-most of the American government dis
play. the flowers all OF Machinery Hail. AS tho
remainder further inquiry must determine your
spondent's impression OF their value
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING
The exhibits In the government building almost
wholly place. The classification Is complete, and
probably no other branch Of the Exhibition will DO
0und SO perfectly arranged and showing well as
This. All the different branches OF the government will
be found well represented such of the navy of tho
war and Of the interior, while the Smithsonian Inst
lutte is included Every State and Territory shows
magnificent collection OF ores especially OF the pro-
sous METALS and has been arranged that the govern
into possession Of tho same tho value Of
winch is ntrinscaIy equal many thousands OF dollars
Besides this the only building exclusively devoted
70 the exhibition OF products of the United States
COLONIES ENGLAND.
Mono OF the various nations OF the earth will mako
more complete show than tho Colonies or States OF
Australia. Comparatively few of our people aware
" the wonderful progress made during the last thirty
rears this remote part of the world Several Of the
cities have had growth that has not been cxcecd
EVEN by Chicago as instance Melbourne has popu
aiion OF about $50 000 Sydney, oil 200 000 Adelaide
has 80 900; Brisbane, $4,000; Auckland, IS 900 and
Hobart Town. % 00o Some OF the newspapers compare
most favoraby with the New YORK HERALD and tho
London nmss The States represented Queens
land. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia,
New Zealand and Tasmania, and their products are
be found in what may be called tho northwest cor
Of the main building. Many OF these things pc
.uliar and strange and OF these Queensland and New
south Wales lead of with enormous quantities Of WOOL
hn copper coal, and strange varieties OF native
woods and gold Tin is the great OF the Queens
land exhibition, and IL IS shown by the ton. Victoria
will show manufactured goods, and this is the only
State that Is largely devoted to manufactures All the
States exhibit IN common wines, silks various nbres
and their products. In addition several series OF
large photographs illustrating agricultural pastoral and
mining life which give almost a complete counterpart
sflfc our plains of New Mexico and California and
The gulchcs OF Montana and Idaho Tho whole cost OF
he Australian States in making this exhibition will
newspapers be noted that reporters are on the
Centennial grounds representing the Melbourne Argus
the Sidney Herald Brisbane Courier Adelaide Obser-
Ger and the Queestander cost OF S. 600 10 So 900
cach
TuE BUILDINGS WITHIN GROUNDS
In addition the 100 buildings within the grounds
enumerated above there others bringing the num-
Der up to about 300 Perhaps sixty of these small
structures but all neat and highly creditable or
HE remainder, mono have cost less than
$1,000, while Others have required cnor-
nous sums, as from 100000 to 81, 500 900 cach
The following States have erected fine buildings at an
average cost Of about $4,000 each Tcnr cssec, New
York, Mississippi, Delaware. Connecticut. Michigan,
Illinois, Ohio, Kansas with Colorado; Massachusetts,
Now Hampshire, Wisconsin, Indiana, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Tho cosmic character OF the Exhibition
may DO gathered from glance at the List OF nations
that exhlbitorsArgentine Confederation, Australia
Belgium. Brazil, Canada, Chin. China, Denmark, Egypt
France, Germany, Great Britain Hawai- Sandwich
Isandsl Italy, japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway,
Luxemberg Russia Orange Free States tAfricab Peru,
Portugal Switzerland, Spain, Sweden Tunis. Turkey
United States OF Colombia Venezuela. Tue products
and especially the people Of these lands attracting
Tho greatest attention
rue EXHIBITION TO-DAY.
During the twenty-iour hours a great change has
Iaken place in the appearance OF the Exhibition. In
Me American department particularly, where every
thing has been lett until the eleventh hour exhibitors
are working with renewed zeal and energy, and many
portions that yesterday looked ragged aud ioriorn
slowly
ASSUMING SHAPE
In the Brazilian section, now very nearly completed
there is increased activity under the impulse per-
haps having everything perfect readiness Tor the
Emperor's coming.
The British exhibit Ia rapidly approaching compile
lion In the Ar Galleries England entirely ready