The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-02-10
THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION.

The officers of the international Exhibi.
ton Company, engaged in preparing the
Main Building for the Permanent Exhihi
ton. are meeting the experience which
Director General Goshorn encountered be
fore the opening Of the Centennial-th
OF the difficulty of finding enough space
Tor all who desire to display their products
and manufactures. An official bulletin
recently issued contains a diagram of the
Main Building, showing how it is to be
arranged for the Permanent Exhibition.
The experience gained at the Centennial
Exhibition, and the advantages of time
for consideration, have enabled the COM
pany TO make an excellent systematic ar
ranEement of groups Of articles, giving
each group frontage on either the princi-
pal avenues, the main transverse avenue.
or prominent cross avenue leading direc
tly from the central aisle. At the centre
OF the building, in the north gallery. will
be placed the great Centennial organ. and
Immediately in front of it will be space,
200 feet in width by 24O feet in length. to
DE used as an auditorium In the centre
of the south side Of the building will be
the department devoted to painting and
sculpture. East of the centre will be the
industrial department, and in the north
west section agricultural machinery, State
displays of agricultural and mineral re-
sources, &c. In the southwest portion will
be the machinery department, to which
steam will be supplied from boiler houses
ON the south side of the building, so that
the machinery can be exhibited in opera
ton. There will also be a section for the
educational department, in which model
school rooms, with all their furniture and
accessories, will be exhibited; an aquarium,
covering 5000 square feet and containing
both salt aud fresh water specimens, and a
department of Public Comfort. The Main
Building will be- in short. a reduced repro-
duction OF the great Exhibition containing
the salient features of the display made in
many buildings a few months ago. An
interesting feature Of the Exhibition will
the main avenue, each characteristic in
itself, and containing characteristic ex.
hibts. These courts have been rearranged
with excellent effect, and additions made
to those heretofore in the Main Building,
while some have been extended and their
architectural effects heightened by bring
ing the several parts of the courts to the
front.
All the principal foreign nations will be
represented by courts, and several States
will have ornamental enclosures for their
exhibits of resources and products. 1t will
be remembered that the International Elk
hibiiion company has bought the Main
Building used during the International Elk
hibitlon of 1876, and that it has obtained
from the Paramount Park Commission the
privilege OF maintaining the building on its
present site. The Permanent Exhibition
to be made therein will occupy about as
much space and probably contain as great
A variety Of objects as the International
Exhibition at London in 1851, which. a
quarter of century ago, was one of the
wonders of the world. Applications have
been made already for more space than the
area of the hall, so that the Permanent Elk
hibition promises to be full and complete
aud, although it will be on a very large
scale, it will still be within such limits that
any one may be able to observe and study
the whole of it.