Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-30
ELEcrRIcAL EXHIBITION.
The Proposed International Display of
Electrical Apparatus.


Electrical ApparGt,s-
from the Boston Herald.]
A party of gentlemen from New York
have just visited this city for the purpose
Of examining the two great fair buildings
on Huntington avenue, with q view to
the possible holding, of an exhibition of
electrical apparatus in this city next fall.
Nothing was determined by their visit
further then to gain knowledge of the
extent of the facilities which can here be
offered, and doubtless of the terms on
which the exhibition space required can be
had. They declared it to be certain that
such an exhibition will be made in Sep
tember and October next, either in Boston
or New York. They expressed them
selves satisfied with the character and ex-
tent of the accommodations which can
here be furnished, but expressed no opin-
ion as to the comparative advantages on
the whole of the two cities. Within
few DAYS a decision will be reached in
the matter This much, however, ap-
pears in favor Of Boston, that the place
of exhibition is more central and con-
venient of access from all parts of the
city than anything in the way of an ex-
hlbition building in New York, and that
Boston, as the business and railroad CEN
ter of New England, commands a field
where exists more mechanical talent and
skill of a higher order and more scientific
and expert knowledge to the square mile
than does any other city of the
United States. Shrewd managers of
great exhibitions are aware that it is
not so much the Official announcement of
the list of attractions as the tea-table,
fireside, street-side, workshop common
talk that effectuallY advertises and gives
a ''boom" to an enterprise of the kind
proposed. The amount of space that in
the opinion of the projectors will be re-
auired has apparently not been very
clearly stated. Officers of the New
England Manufacturers and Mechanics
institute say that their spacious building
can supply ample room for carrying on the
electrical exhibition simultaneously with
the Institute fair which is to be held this
fall. In the course of their inspection of
the charitable Mechanics building,
the visitors stated thatit was quite salts,
factory in respect to its magnitude, and
that they should utilize the whole of it if
any. Their programme includes the
bringing to this country of some of the
most notable and curious devices shown
in the recent electrical exhibitions in
PARIS and London, including various mo-
tors, with any additional apparatus of
foreign manufacture which may be offer
ed, and to present for purposes of COM
parisen the corresponding proofs of me-
chanical ingenuity which America has
produced. The variety will be so great
that entertainment for the public and
instruction for the mechanician
and the scientist will abound.
An electrically operated railway of
the ordinary tram width, for the carrying
of passengers either through the interior
or around the outside Of the building,
will be one of the features. The last eff
forts of the ssiiluminati" who have so
long and SO studiously, by different
methods and with varying results, at
tackled the problem of the subdivision of
electric light will be exemplifed. In
this department doubtless the chief dis
play will be made, but there IS no end to
electrical adaptations which are of in
terest, though of slight or no commercial