River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-14
NEwoRLEANs WORLDS FAIR.
a Brief Description of Its location and
what win be Exhibited.

A Brief Description of It's location and
| What win be Exhibited.
The great fair at New Orleans, which
will open in December and continue
until May following, will attract a great
number of visitors from the Northwest
| during the winter. The fare by rail-
roads and by steamboats,, from st. Paul
viii be placed at the lowest living rate,
and thousands will avail themselves OF
| the opportunity of spending month ip
warm climate. A letter from NeF
Orleans to the New York Evening Pos
gives the following interesting informa
ton concerning the exhibition:
The great body of this community is
now deeply and enthusiastically en-
crossed in the preparations for the com,
ing Worlds Industrial Exposition and
Cotton CENTENNIAL to be held here
next winter and spring. The location
selected for the show is one of the finest
obtainable in this vicinage. The
grounds are situated upon the Missis-
sippi, within the corporate limits of the
city, distant from the center of it about
five miles. The site is naturally EN-
bellished by groves of magnificent live
oak trees, the wide-spreading branches
of which are heavily draped with Span
ish moss The river. which here is
about one mile wide, and over a hun
dred feet deep, makes majestic sweep
at this point, nearly describing semi
circle about the grounds. The main
building of the Exposition is substan-
TALLY complete. The immense struc-
ture, which is 800 feet in width, by
something over /, 400 feet in length,
is built entirely Of yellow
pine timber. Considering the
number of men employed, aver
aging from 400 to 500 hands, the prog
ress of the work has been very rapid.
and should no unforeseen disaster oc-
cur, everything will doubtless be in
readiness to receive exhibitors in the
early fall. Situated upon the river
front, at the end of an avenue of beau
tiful oaks, and surrounded by superb
specimens of the same noble tree, is a
building to be known as Horticultural
Hall. This structure, which is to be
nearly all of glass. will contain hor-
ticultural exhibition the equal of which
has never been seen in this world be-
fore. The proposed display here is to
be of the fora of the entire earth, and
the tropical or mi-tropieal exhibits
will be very remarkable. The coun-
tries south of us, all Spanish or Latin
America, are aroused upon the sub
iect, and are very enthusiastic. Mexi-
co alone has appropriated 100000 for
the erection of suitable building for
the display of her exhibits. South
America, Central America. all, from
the present outlook, propose to enter
into friendly efforts to Guido each other
in this department, and the climate
and soil of Louisiana and the proximity
of Sanish America to New Orleans in
sures the success of their enterprise
The Exposition has so far outgrown all
the preconceiyed ideas of its manage
ment that the urgent necessity of more
house room soon became apparent.
Soft was recently decided by the man
agement to erect an additional
building solely for the display
of agricultural implements, machinery.
etc. but operations were delayed APP
parently awaiting the action of con-
gress upon the bill granting lofn of
81 600, 900 to the enterprise. Now that
that loan is an assured fact, the addi-
tional building, sufficiently large to ac-
commodate both the agricultural dis
play and also the elaborate display in
tended by the United States Govern
ment, will be Immediately erected.
This structure will be 200 feet in
length by 400 in width, and would with
its contents, form quite a respectable
exposition" in itself.
Facilities for reaching the Exposition
grounds will be ample. There are sew
eral lines of street cars already running
to the grounds from Canal street, in the
center of the city. st. Charles avenue,
magnificent boulevard 200 feet in
width and about six miles long, lined
throughout its entire length with the
finest residences in the city, is being
rapidly laid with asphaltum pavement,
and will, when completed, form one of
the finest drives in the country.
Extensive wharves will be constructed
upon the river front. A railway is also
building, which will connect with and
be operated as trunk line for all the
railways centering in New Orleans. AS
this great enterprise unfolds itself it
compels admiration of the man who
conceived the idea of it, and to whose
powers of organization, fertility of re-
source, unfagging energy and industry,
and administrative ability almost alone
is due the present assured success of the
undertaking.