Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
GEORGIA ATTHE BIG FAIR
HOW THE SAVANNAH EXHIBIT
WILL BE MADE.

What the Cotton Exchange and Board
of Trade are DOing-HOw the City's
Industries, Trades and Institutions
will he IIIustrated-Georgi las Space
and How it is Located.
Two weeks from Tuesday the New Or
leans Exposition will be formally opened.
The Georgia exhibit is being put in shape
and that part of it from Savannah will be
shipped the first ofnext week. The Cot
ton Exchange exhibit is nearly completed
and only the minor details yet
remain to be attended to. 1t will include
16 cases of type samples of upland and
Florida cotton, with seeds of upland,
Florida and sea island and
cotton in the open boil. The
cases will be of polished black wal
nut, about IS by 20 inches in dimensions,
with plate-glass tops arranged on 4
roof-shaped stand, 10 feet in length,
handsomely furnished and sup
ported by heavy-tuIned legs. over
the cases will be an arch with an inscrip-
ton in letters of cotton indicating the au-
thOrship of the exhibit. In connection
the models OF the steamship Sa-
vannah, the first steam vessel that
ever crossed the Atlanticgand Of the pres
ent steamship City Of Savannah, Of the
Ocean Steamship fleet. now in the rooms
Of the Georgia Historical Society,
will he placed adjoining the stand and
side by side. This Will be one OF the most
interesting features of the entire expOsi-
ton. Supt. Bryan is engaged upon a
pamphlet descriptive of the trades, indus
tries and institutions of Savannah. her
leading lines of transportation, showing
her immense resources, and setting forth
the inducements she offers to the capital
list, manufacturer and skilled me-
/ chanic as a field for investment.
Prominence will be given to her vast
shipping interests. and to the fact that
Savannah is the first port from which a
| steam vessel ever crossed the Atlantic.
The extent of her naval stores trade will
also be shown, and the strides that are
being made in all branches of trade. The
| pamphlet is about 30 pages, and has been
carefully prepared and the statistics &C
| curatelY compiled. An edition Of 10000
will be printed, and Will be distributed at
the rate of $50 per day during the con-
I tinuance of the exposition.
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
The Board Of Trade exhibit Is not 50 far
advanced, but will be complete and ready
TO be shipped with that of the Cotton Elk
change. The resins display Will be made
in separate glass cases arranged on a
stand handsomely finished in native GeOr-
gia woods. The turpentine will be ex-
hlbited in bottles. The rice and
lumber exhibits will also form an
attractive feature. The lumber ex-
hibit particularly will be one of the
finest in the whole display and Will show
the various woods which the forests of
Georgia throw upon the worlds market.
One of the novel features of the naval
stores department will be a turpentine
still with section of the natural tree,
showing the box from which the crude
product is taken, the tools used, and by
the side of the still the manufactured pro-
duct. The committees having the differ
ent features of the exhibit in charge are
actively at work, and by the last of the
week everything will be ready to be for
warded.
GEORGIA'S SPACE.
One Of the haudsOmest features of the
entire State exhibit will be the railing of
native woods surrounding the space
which 1t will occupy. The location of the
space covering 5000 square feet fronting
on the main aisle in the centre of the
building, with the surrounding displays
is shown in the cut below: