New-York tribune., 1876-01-24
NEW-YORK AT THE FAIR.
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furniture exhibit Fortyfour firms have secured space
m the Main Centennial Hail. and making special sets
and pooes the best style OF workmanship 10 place On
exhibition Narcotic OF this city will send drawingrcom
furniture, Hertz will equip chamber Herter Brothers
the church furniture firms and various large chaf anu
ether firms throughout the State will also make speci
s1hibits The furniture men invest the detals o 'heh
plans with great deal of mystery. That is' perhaps
"A good guarantee could be given that they Will be
sreditably represented at the Centennial
MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS.
An important part OF the contribution coming hoin
tis State will DO in the line Of mowers and TeaperS
farm implcments, and machinery In the sehein
exhibit OF this class Of manufactures se'eraI
hundred firms in this State will be reptesenVou-
Il 10 believed that very few, II any VI o
large factories whose products In any way constitute
feature OF the Industries Of Eewfork, VIII not sehu "
Philadelphia few are not yet entered Which ENJOY
National aud even foreign reputation; Dnt IL Is eA
pected that their names Will yet appear In the record
nooks at the Headquarters Of the State Commission
before the exhibition opens great deal OF hea'y na
ehinery prntingpresses steam rollers stationary en-
zines, and tho like, will be sent Oh. Tho moving
machine factories will place Agricultural Han speci
mems Of all their patents There will be 1G6 machines in
eompetition At Vienna there were only H. The iac-
tories are not rulc making spCcal prepaia'iohS
however They prefer to take practical machines ou' VI
their warehouses for public occasions making no changes
IN them except those that be wrought with paint
brush. 80
The cotton and woOen manufacturers OF the state VIII
not be largely represented They do not wish to he IN
aerstood as placing themselves in the exhibition In com
petition with the manufacturers Of New-Englaho'
A SPECIMEN CHEESE FACTORY
In one respect there danger that NewYorE may De
deficient 1t is not possible 10 yet with certainty
that our cheese manufacture will be fifty illustrated at
the Exhibition. Something is being done, nut the "ork
hgs-a thing TO be depored by NewYorkers from the
fact factory peculiarly inven-
ton and che ority Of that class OF establishments ID
the country (oyer of them located in this State
What causes delay the slowness with which subscp
ons are being the funds necessary to dofray the
expense of a proper exhibit. 1t voted at the meet
ing OF the Dairymen's Association nt Rome N " Jan
IL, to raise the mOney-$10O00-and erect combined
creamery and cheese factory on the Centennial
grounds in which should DO placed all
She implements used In the industry. TAX
OF one cent every that furnishes mb 10 cheese
factory would yield something like $4,000, which is
more than the required One factory has responded
10 the call for funds by subscription OF five cents per
COW on the $500 furnishing 10 the factory Bnt
this shining example has been by no means generally
followed and the time is growing short. 1t Is TO be
hoped that when dairymen the yigor with which
other great industries OF the State are preparing for the
Centennial that their enthusiasm will take fire too ana
that the requisite 81 OOO0 will be promptly supplied
letter from ]. " II. Scov of Paris, n. Y, chairman OF
the Darymen's Centennial Committee, leads to the be
lief that darymen will enlist themselves IN the work
at
The plans for the dairy exhibit gathered from Nh
scovil and from Horace J. Smith Of the Agricultural
Bureau OF the Centennial, interesting The Bureau
proposes for two special displays OF dairy
products about 20 and Oct. 90 each 10 ast week
or so and TO each OF which about 5000 checses will be
,ent model factory will be Du after the best type
OF those establishments fully equipped with tasefuly
constructed apparatus In addition to this there VIII
be continuous exhibit; aud of the best factory
Haya e. c
1879 "a, and '75 and will add from the make Of the
prese mt year TO the list II is proposed to give every
factory IN the country the opportunity Of sending one OF
more cheeses exhibition BY dividing tie time into
five parts and allowing each factory 10 send TWO cheeses
1t proposed that say thousand cheeses will I'll the
shelves continuously these being cleaned OIL every fOr
weeks to make room for a fresh lot.
Should thought desirable % exhibit the very nte
resting processes manufacture this can be done Fifty
cows at Philadelphia be obtained TO supply nilk for
the purpose Nearly that number have already been
promised. Whether this will be DONE however, depends
primarily whether money enough is raised TO build
the factory and secondly, the wishes OF the darymen
There prejudice among dairymen against exhibiting
the processes of manufacture, lest foreigners by care
fuly watching them shall steal fine art OF making
periOr cheese and nure us III the markets Of the world
Our export of large and profitable, amounting
now to about 900 pounds annually and tisdesred
to the business rather than imper in any way
Asthe Canadians and English will be present in the agr-
cultural department IN force perhaps good snow OF
products is all that viii be made.
COMMODITIES AND wOEKs OF ART.
The merchants Of New-York not neglecting the
coming opportunity. They spending great deal Of
money I'm quiet arrangements for the fair Their show
stands are making now, many OF them after elaborate
and artistic designs by Mr. Reck. Their construction s
furnishing no little work to the cabinetmakers OF New
York Wigs, fashions, Tfany's jewelry Harts tricks,
firearms laundry work, buses bird cages type WRITER'S
carpets NewYOTk State wines, sewing machines, rubber
goods busts fishing tackle pianos confectionery locks
musical Instruments, gold pens, wall papers soaps safes
umbrellas, and n thousand other things Will be shOwn
and Will each constitute special display and be special
study Of itself
II the desire OF the State Commission 10 contribute
10 the art exhibition Also The plans OF the gentlemen
having the matter in charge ambitious but are not
yet fully maturcd Tie subject has been canvassed how
over aud at meeting Of fifteen twenty gentlemen at
the residence of John Taylor Johnston This a week,
reports were made that that there will be nobS
contribution this city and State 10 the picture gal
lcrles the fair The Commission have been able to
save enough from the limited fund placed at Their
disposal make possible for them TO send all works OF
art from this Philadelphia free Of charge to the
artist or owner They have therefore resolved % do this
The best artists and scuptOrs OF the state viii be repre-
,ened In the arr contribution. The number of entries
from this State ascertaned from Nj. Mclrat is AT
present about 200.
The headquarters OF the New-York Commission, which
snow under contract will be built by the side OF the
expensive residence Of the British Commission 1t will
grounds.