New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-12
THE COMING WORLUS FAIR.
PREPARATIONS IN THE CRESCENT CITY.

| SCOPE AND FEATURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL tx
HIBIION ABOUT TO OPEN.
IRON An OCCASIONAL CO RREsPoNDENT OF THE TRBUSE.l
NEw-ORLEANs, Nov. 1O.-Next after the
Presidential election, nothing excited so much attention
among intelligent business men as the Worlds Fair in
this city for which preparations are going forward Win
remarkable energy and which bears important rcla
tion to the manufacturing industries ana the domestic
and foreign trade Of the United 1t originally
designed TO have the exhibition. which will last sN
months opcncd on December but I'm orderto accoIno
date Presidents Arthur and Da7 both of whom are eX-
peced present ut the initial ceremonies aud to suit
the convenience Of exhibitors who have been slow in re
azimg The value OF this opportunity, this has been de
fcrred until December &c. FIVE weeks from this week
Tuesday; and the time limited for applications for space
has been extended 10 NOycmher25. The advanced con
dltIon OF the buildings and other convcnenccs for
display, and the rapid rate at which exhibits
are already arriving, affords for believing that on
the opening day preliminary arrangements Will have
rea he'd greater stage Of advancement than usual at
that point in the history OF worlds fairs The recent
rapid development of interest. however led Director
General Burke to say, few days ago. to the manage
mcnt that If they would roof the whole grounds over
2i7 acres and give him sixty days. the applicants for
space would III 1t all.
This exposition IS not local. sectional nor national.
butincruatioua In certain important respects II tie
expectations Of tho managers are realized, IL VIII De
unique II certain others will resemble. but sirpass
other famous worlds fairs The main building. for In
stance will thirty acres, vhch Is ten or
twelve more than the corresponding cdiice at fhadei-
pba and several thousand feet more than the famous
CRYSTAL Palace London The manufacturing, agricul-
tura and mineral resources OF this country especially 81
the rapidly growing West and South. will be represented
rs never before. The progress OF the South since TIC
war will he particularly evident from it, display
here this winter. And the exhibit OF the
the colorcd people will have peculiar social and eth
biological value The remarkable strides made by Ger
tain branches of industry. notably applied electrical
science In the last eight years. will impart special Ia
tcrost IN the New orleans Exposition.
TO EXTEND srANisn-AMrEicW COMMERCE..
One great aim of The management of this fair has bcrh
TO mako II a Of greater commercial intercourse 10
this country and the other nations OF Cent" ana
South America. These have all been encouraged To
make large displays OF their cabinet and dye WOODS
precious metals. other minerals jewels, fruits, drag
nearest and among tho largest OF these ncghborlng
states. has entered into the scheme WIN pc,,uhnt
ruthusiahIn, and will take important share IN ~
Next after the United states her display WI Dc III.
finest 10 he seen She has one large Moorish pnus ,
her hcaduuartcrs. already nearly finished, ana hhocl
one the mineraloical display well under way. Inc
Mexican Government contributed S2oO,ooo towaIn ln'
enterprise President Diah and members oi tne r -,
Congress expected To no present. a dri"chnchi VI
60 Mexican soldiers have already arrived herr, az
PARTY mechanics and large number Of wlid hesr
And magnificent horticultural collection Il 90 Io''
facturers want access, and which American capila,
want 10 develop, VIII ne represented ~ hsn'l and
south Americans. official. commercial and othcl III
luental circles will he present ia large numbers Al we
same ;ime Europe will also make fairly excellent uls
play
NEW THING FOR THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Another salient feature Of this exhibition Is tat
held in the South Ii Philadelphia has failed to rival 'he
worlds fair OF 1881 much more have Louisville ~
Iuis and Atlanta, whose scope not even Natloha
This is the time in history that anything OF the Su
has been held the land Of the cotton and the cane i
hotter exhibit OF Southern resources and enterprise vi"
not b.. the only uencc ofchoOsng this site H'fN
after markets viii gather much precious iniorna'oh
INTELLIGENT observers viii learn OF the manncs'c'
inc condii interests, scenery, ana other icai ~
The south than they learned before. There "" VIC
continental AID picturesque sides 10 inc th.'a
me .tot where Bicnve set up the Fleur LIS o' i'
,un.e Than century and half and then gay" pm,
-, f,. naughty Cadiac whose daughter, onrr'd III l"
rlarr he had rejected; the large creole element "ho
a,r. try came over" with these daring lcf'c. '.'l
wh..e life nnd legends Cable has so chaflhi-h pc
tlrrl the fragrant and secluded gardens th M ~. ~,
las palms ard orange gloves. stately and tropical ~
their suggestion; the mourntuI expresses aa"
venerable. Inosshung live oaks; the balmy climate
ths battlefield where Jackson won the ' iI
ing victory OF the war Of lsl2-li; the whitc"as"ey
Tree trunks that thread In long procession me mst u
the Crescent Ctys avenues; the quaint solid sepucHr
built above ground from necessity. and resembling he
eIhuIned necropo Of cyprus the Archbishop ~ a
rsce and modern specimen OF hfcn'''''',
and of