The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-03-02
GOSSIP FROM THE CENTENNIAL.


Preparations for Feeding the Visitors
Eggs and Butter for the Big Show-Fr0zen
Poultry from the White Mountains.
IFrom Our Own Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.
Some of the schemes by which Phila-
delphians expect to realize innumerable
fortunes border on the ridiculous. This
is especially the case as regards the ar
Engagements to provide food for visitors.
It is expected that after the opening at
least 10000 strangers will arrive every
day, to remain, on an average, for ten
days. Upon this it is calculated that
not less than 100000 visitors will be in
Philadelphia every day during the six
months that the exhibition is to last, and
who must be furnished with meals. It
is fact that farmers in Delaware, In
New Jersey, in Maryland, and through
a large section of this State, Pennsylvania,
have not sown any grain this year, but
prepared the soil to raise vegetables for
the Centennial market, hoping for exor-
bitant prices but SO extensive has been
this movement that the supply of gar
den-truck viii be much more than
sufficient, and prices will not materially
advance. A scarcity of butter was great
~ feared and the proprietors Of several
of the largest hotels made contracts for
full supply during the Centennial year
at 81 pound. They have since paid
large bonus to have these contracts re-
scinded, as news has come that the dali
ries in the cheese districts of New York
and Ohio have generally given up cheese
making, and will send butter instead to
Philadelphia. AS to eggs, there will be
a superabundance One speculative
firm in this city has alone five thousand
dozen of eggs contracted for IN the
West, and the demand has been SO brisk
that farmers throughout the Mississippi
Valley have commenced to fill up their
poultry yards, and are stimulating the
egg laying capacity of their hens by arti-
fetal means in order to furnish the de-
mand for eggs which will come from
Philadelphia. One speculation, how
ever, which few enterprising men have
entered into smacks good deal
of inexperienced folly. They
have settled on poultry to make
them millionaires. Their agents have
been busy for months all through the
West and Canada to buy up what they
could, and one Of the firm has gone to
the White Mountains, where he built a
number of large ice-houses. There are
already now stored in ice 100000 chick
ems, 400,0 turkeys, 200, 900 geese, and
800, 900 ducks, all in frozen condition,
and more are being still produced every
day. This frozen poultry is to be sent
in refrigerator cars daily to Philadel
phia. In speaking of this to an
experienced boardinghouse-keep she
laughed, saying that the whole thing is
the height Of folly, since poultry kept SO
long in frozen state is unfit for food.
Next week ground will be broken for a
new building on the Centennial grounds
specially erected for the Brew
ers' Industrial Exhibition. The con-
tributions came in so literally that
the original plan has been much en-
larged and the expenditures will now
reach, if not exceed, $4,000. The
brewers of New York have already sub
scribed 800, 900, and those of Philadel-
phia a like sum those of Boston give
SIS, 600, and like sums in proportion
are announced from many cities III the
West. Only the brewers in Milwaukee
seem as yet to hold back. Mr.. j. II.
Schwarzman, Chief Engineer of the
Centennial Commission, has prepared
the plan of the building, which will be
400 feet long by 200 feet wide, shape like
the letter e !; the middle or central por-
ton of the main building being three
stories high and will contain the model
brewery, to be kept continually at work.
Arrangements have been made with the
Internal Revenue Bureau to have this
brewery registered, according to law,
and it's books will be kept and the tax
paid as in any other regular brewery.
The Centennial Commissioners will also
derive a considerable income from it.
At first they demanded royalty of
81. so for every barrel of liquor made and
sold, but further negotiation has result
ed in an agreement by which the brewers
pay So per barrel, which is expected will
net the Commission about $50, 900. A
has been appointed, con-
sisting of VIM. Schade, of Washington,
and Messrs. A. Schwarz and John Film
tof, of New York, to prepare complete
historical, statistical, and hygienic re-
view Of malt liquors with special refel-
ence to the temperance agitation, which
is to be printed and freely distributed.
The Centennial Commissioners are,
however, in some trouble. No sooner
did the temperance persons hear OF the
brewers intentions, than they COM
menced combined onslaught on the
Commission to withdraw the consent
they had already given. Since then re-
have poured in from re-
Ggious organizations in New England,
from Baltimore, Washington, and even
from the West, urging the Commission
ers to rescind their former resolution
and prohibit the brewers coming upon
the Centennial ground. SO far the re-
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