Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-20
LoUIsVILLE's EXPOSITION.
Preparations for a Great Industl iaI Dis
piay-COming Attractions

piay-Coming Attractions.
LouisriHe Correspondence of Baltimore Dan,
Inc management of the Southern Ex-
posltlon say they will open on the lst
pr0Xlmo, no matter how incomplete its
condition may be. The building has been
nnlshed as per contract and placed in
charge of the officers, who are having II
WhlteWashed inside and out, whilst work
men are also assigned to the performance
OF other duties, such as marking off space
for exhibitors, putting in shaftinr.
arranging fountains, beautifvlng grounds
etc: 1t is two stories high, with two CEN
tral and four corner turrets; has length
OF $50 and width of 620 feet. extending
over the greater part of four SQUARES Of
ground, like those from Calvert to Charles
ana from Baltimore to Lexington streets.
II mas four court yards with fountains and
mowers and several fountains and flower
Deds around the exterior. The building
Is OF frame and well lighted. To the eve
1t looks rather frail, but those iudGes
called upon to test it say it will stand
the strain and pressure of all that NAV
be placed upon it. The Edison Com
pahy are placing wires through
the main building and annexes
for 1900 lights of sixteen candle-poWer
each, and it is said this plant will
furnish more light than the combined
exhibition at London last wear. and will
be equivalent to a gas plant manufactur-
ing $1,000 cubic feet of gas an hour. Edi-
son VIII be here prior to the 1st of
August and inspect the work. Other in
candescent light companies will make
exhibits of their lights. The courts and
parks OF the exposition will be lighted
with the Jenney arc-light of Fort Wavne.
Ihd.-seVenty-hve in number and of 1000
candle power each. The building is to be
approached through what is known as Cen
tral Park from the southern extremities of
Fourth and Sixth streets, in which is loca-
ted the art gallery. One wing will be re-
served for modern American paintings fur
nlshed by the American Art Union. and
the remainder will be for the curiosities
of General Grant collected during his tOur
OF the world, together with some of the
best paintings from the galleries of Sam'l
y. !llden, August Belmont, Bierstadt, the
artist, Judge HOadly, of Cincinnati. and
others. The directors have appropriated
S20,OO0 for pictures, brOnZes and marbles
Tor exhibition, and it is thought the col
lecuon Will be among the finest ever pre-
sented to the public. The gallery is in
the form of cross and affords the best
possible facilities for hanging pictures.
Ihe main exposition building covers an
area OF 671 400 square feet, which makes
1t larger than the main exposition build
ing at Vienna in 1873, at Paris in 1863 and
1890, and in New York in 1858, while it is
smaller only than the main buildings at
the two London eXpOsitions and the
PHILADELPHIA Centennial in 1876. At At
lanta the anneXeS increased the total
area to about eight acres. The Southern
Exposition has projected anneXes for
saW-mllls, horticultural displays, etc.
Whlch VIII increase the total area by
many thousands square feet. The
directors say applications for space
are so numerous that some
must be declined, as they will not
have room for all the exhibits. They re-
1use to give the press the names of eX-
hlDltors, saying they will publish them
all in catalogue form about the 18th of
August, with other information, and that
the sales thereof will be for the benefit of
the exposition. This will place the names
in the hands of but few, as the papers will
doubtless decline publishing them after
they have so appeared. The arrivals of
exhibits up to yesterday were but few.
and were mostly from Albany, Newark.
Cincinnati and Chicago.
One-half of the great northern nave has
been equipped as a music hall, in which |
thousands may assemble. For the first
hfty days the New York Seventh Regi- !
ment band will give daily concerts at the |
exhibition, and at AleXander's formerly |
Willard's) Hotel on Jefferson street. For
the last fifty days GilmOre's band will
furnish the instrumental music. Presi-
dent Arthur is expected to open the
He will be welcomed bv
a chorus of five hundred voices. with
''See the COnquering Hero Comes" They
will also sing during the opening
services HandePs "Halleluiah ChOrus.1
''The lnflammatus, " ''Tune Your Harps,"
and Sullivan's ''SOng of Peace" Among
the Organists engaged for the recItaIs is |
Professor Jarvis Butler, of Baltimore. a |
musician of great prominence in church |
circles. There will be two very large
organs-one by Hook & Hastings, of BOs- !
ton, and the other by local organ bull |
der, who is not disposed that the honors
OF superiority shall be carried off without |
a struggle.
The programme for the first day calls !
for procession to the fair grounds. Busi-
ness Will be suspended, the city will be
decorated. and at night many will iIlumi |
nate. On the following day Thursday |
there will be brilliant pyrotechnic dis |
play, which will be repeated every Thurs |
day for eight weeks. On every Saturday |
there will be a horticultural display when |
the fruits of all climates will be arranged |
side by side. Wednesday, September 10, !
will be Knights of PYthias day, for which |
an appropriation of 1000 has been made. |
The knights will come in uniform from |
different sections of the country and will |
trill upon the exposition grounds. Sep |
5ember "a and % have been set apart as |
lays when the receipts will 90 to the |
Public Charity Association of the United !
States