Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-09
ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION.
FOR THE OPENING ON SEP.
TIMBER SECOND.
Special Correspondence.

special Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 8.-Work is
steadily progressing inside and out at
the Electrical Exhibition Buildings.
The construction of the bridge that is to
connect the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
tion with the exhibition has been de-
ferred, tho energies of the carpenters
being directed first to the work of in.
closing with q tall and substantial fence
the franklin Institutes share of the
former building. The large room once
used AZ a restaurant is to be the library,
and will be elegantly fitted up with
shelves, bookcases, tables, stands and
chairs, but nothing hes yet been done
to produce a change in the interior
aspect Of the apartment. The adjoin.
ing lecture room has had an electric
light suspended from ibe ceiling, and
its broad west wall Is adorned with two
great maps In fresco representing both
lhemispheres, with the exact position of
the ocean cables carefully laid down.
The western hemisptere as complete,
but the eastern, at which the painters
were industriously brushing away yes
| terday, contained within the circum-
ference nothing but latitude, longitude
| and the equator. The three continents
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the cables will follow. The opposite
wall, which is still dead blank, is
also TO be geographically frescoed above
the line OF exits and entrances, to avoid
the anomaly of having door opening
into the Rocks of Gibraltar, or giving
access to the depths Of the Caspian Sea.
In this hall the acoustic properties of
which are said to be good, the lectures
are to be delivered, and the lantern
microscopeisto show by electric light the
wonders Uf Am9ba Proteus and Il Q
circulation Of the blood.
| Tue Brush Electric Light Company
put twelve lights into the buildip
yesterday to enable the workmen to de-
vote the night, as well az the day, to the
labor Of preparation.
| The lamps would have been lighted
last night but for an unforeseen delay.
and it is expected that this evening the
interior will be brilliantly iilumina ed.
Two of Edison's dyDamos are on the
ground. One is in place, and the Edi.
son wires were being put up yester-
day. "Jumbo" has not arrived. When
1t comes it is to go into the northeast
corner. A retired apartment on the
secoud floor of the northwest corner
tower has been assigned to the mem
hers of The press. The Institutes plans
for fitting up this apartment are char.
acterized by an enlightened liberality,
and include a handsome carpet and an
elegant electric chandelier, with tele-
phone aud other modern Improvements.
-Four brick smoke stacks loom up in the
annex for the boilers. two of which are
TO be supplied by the Philadelphia and
Beading Railroad Company.
A fire patrol is already organized
and the men have been sworn in as
special officers. The first bits of color
scattered through the bnilding are the
extinluishers, the bright red cylinders
peeping from behind the columns
which support the arched roof of the
nave aud large two-horse electric
double.barrelled extinguishing engine
Is TO form one of the exhibits ana bt
ready for service as well. The pillar
(not to invidiously demonstrate then
posts) for the eight feet gallery exten
sion are in place, and a day or tive
more will probably see the floor lait
lover them and the railing securely
fastened, thus giving many hundreds
of square feet of additional exhibition
space, of which only three portionl
have as yet been allotted. This en-
largement of the gallery was a happy
thought that Burnand himself NIGH
be proud of and the late applicants
or those who find that they need room
pectedly, will have an opportunity
of picking out some ofthe best''stands'
in the building, for everybody will e
into the galleries to get a birds ey,
view of the nave with its illuminate cd
fountain.
/ This feature Of the exhibition viii
surpass anything ever seen in tina
line. The wide basin is now incloset
by circular wall of brick work
strengthened by buttresses. each o
which contains dwarf closet, tn,
! spaces between them to be filed will
beds OF growing plants and bloom
ing flowers. These closets contain
large pipes for throwing towards th,
centre, where the pyramidal rocker,
is already finished, the sheets o
spray that are to be illuminated witt
different colored electric lights. Th
Paris fountain had only one sucl
slant of illuminated spray. The Phila
delphia fountain is to have twelve.
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