Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-23
THE COTTON SHOW.
PlassSdelphiEss Representation at
Atlanta En October--Over One Thou
sand Applications for Space Ale
ready Received and Large Collees
tive Exhibits Promised.
Rnflndelphio Record.


| Philadelphia will have the largest
representation of any Northern city in
the International Cotton Exposition to
open in October next at Atlanta. The
| a. aeplications thus far received number
10S2. and the amount of money raised
reaches S200 000 The financial outlook
has frightened so much that the mana
| gers have decided to admit exhibitors
| without any charge for space. Promi-
nent among the Philadelphia firms will
| be the James Smith Woolen Machinery
| Company, of Crown and Race streets.
| A thing never before attempted will be
tried At the exhibition By this company
in the manufacture of fine cotton
hosiery warns on woolen ma
cbinery. The Bridesburg Manufac-
turing Company proposes to manutac-
ture on the ground its machines
for carding. spinning and weaving cot
ton. III. w. ButterwOrth q Son, Oi York
and Cedar streets, will send q mum ber Of
drying and cloth finishing machines 70
be operated at the exhibition. George
| Y. Cresson, of Sixteenth and Hamilton,
| and Hopes s. Townsend of Twelfth
1 and Buttonwood. will send shafting and
| gearing for mills. Goodsell a. Waters.
&C Thirty y-second and Market streets,
VIII exhibit wood working machinery.
| A complete exhibit of dyewood ex-
| tIacts will be made by John NJ. Sharp
less, & Co., of Front street.
ard a selection of chemicals, paints
and coloring matters will be shown
hv u %rrison Brothers g. Co., of Gray's
| Ferry. Tohn aud James Dobson propose
IN sanda Gull line Of carpets; Fiss, Banes
& Frhen y Ill send yarns; Joshua l..
Coffiyp offy =" AItenno IT., & Co., cotton fabrics,
and R;cbard FS Fsr, ed, of Frankford, do
mestic cottons r, Nomas Wood, Of the
Fairmouut Machine Works, will send
the machinery, and his son, Wm; Woog,
of Twenty first and Spr. 'og uafaeI, WIN
furnish the labor. and fir o1ii 1ancy looms
will turn out ginghams % coItU--
on the premises.
AT each corner of the open space in
the centre there will be an tmgine to pro.
pei the machinery in all of the four
wings-the Porter-Allen high. speed en-
gine, of this city; the Harris Corliss. of
Providence; the Brown engine, of Fitch
burg, Mass, and the Buckeye, of Hart.
ford, having been selected for this SER
vice.
The Willimantic Linen Company will
have 100 girls at work within the exhi-
process of the manufacture of spool
cotton from the raw bale as it comes out
of the compress to the ginning. carding.
spinning, spooling and ticketing of the
finished work. This company intends
to give away eight car loads of spool
cotton, each spool being placed in
sliding box, as memento of the exhibi-
ton. The Clark, Coates and Conant
Thread Companies will make similar
exhibits.
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, who was spe-
cially delegated to that work, has Just
completed a collective exhibit of all the
handmade cotton fabrics of the world.
In addition to that. he has gathered to-
gether what will be complete showing
of all the machine-made fabrics of Eu-
rope. The National Cotton Planters
Association, formerly the Mississippi
Valley Association, is preparing a col
lection of all the cotton fibreS of the vari-
GUS States, and wilt hold its annual con-
vention during the first week of NOvem-
ber in what is known as planters and
Farmers Hall, on the exhibition
grounds. The United States Agricul-
tural Society will make a collective ex-
hibit of all the agricultural products of
the country. DR.. Loring, Commissioner
and plants of American agriculture for
the purposes of exhibition
In the mountains of North Carolina
there located about four years ago a
Swiss colony, who applied themselves to
the raising of silk worms. The colon
lists have developed it into great in
dustry, and now propose to exhibit
monster cOcoOnery at the exhibition.
Hamilton Disston, the sawmaker, of
this city, and the head of the enterprise
which proposes to develop $4,000. 600
acres of land in Florida, promises a
number of novelties. A very large pro.
portion of the sea island cotton produced
in this country is grown in Florida.
Ramie, which is admirably adapted to
the soil and climate of Florida, and
which more nearly resembles silk than
any vegetable fibre, having great bril-
liancy, solidity and aptitude 90 take
delicate hues; Sisal hemp, which vas
introduced into South Florida fr0p.
Yucatan twenty-five years ago. and iute,
which natures TO greater perfection in
Florida than in India, will also be ex-
hibfted by the Florida pioneers.
The associated railways of the South
are getting together an exhibition of the
woods, minerals and agricultural pro-
ducts of the Piedmont Valley, and the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
road Company has sent commissioner
to the exhibition managers to notify
them that it will send an exhibit that
will eclipse the show made by Kansas
and Colorado at the Centennial Exhibi-
ton.
From abroad comes the news that in
the middle of August two steamships.
which have been chartered for that pur-
pose. will sail from Liverpool with the
exhibits of the Old World, mainly cot
ton machinery, in an endeavor by the
English to compete with the mill trade
of this country. This competition
promises to be the liveliest feature of the
show, especially in ginning, the English
using the roller gin and the Americans
the saw gin, which gins more cotton, but
endangers the fibre.
Around the exhibition building. in a
tract of twenty acres, will be planted
every variety of cotton seed in all stages
OF growth, one variety from Egypt hav.
ing cost the managers two hundred dol
lars in gold. 1t is calculated that half
million people outside of those belong
ing to Atlanta will visit the show, ex-
cursion parties having already formed
in New England and the West.