The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-03-01
THE EXPOSITION.

Responsive to the communication from
the President and Board Of Management
of the World rs Industrial and Cotton Con-
tennial Exposition, to which reference was
made in the CH1Er of Feb. Is, Gov. Nc
Emery has issued the following circular to
the Presidents Of the various Police Juries
Of the State:
Dear Sir-In accordance with the advice and
request of the President and Board of Manage
men ment OF the Worlds Industrial and Cotton
quest that the Police Jury of your parish, at q
called or regular meeting, take immediate
measures to form permanent local organ1za-
transporting and displaying q thorough exhibit
OF the resources of your parish and the dlstrl-
button of information.
Such parish association should comprise all
prise, the Importance of which to Louisiana
and the South is inestimable.
For the sake Of uniformity and to avoid con-
fusion, it is recommended by the Board of
called the - Parish Worlds Exposition
Association and that it elect q chairman and
such officers as it may require. the name of the
chairman to be forwarded to the Governor and
by him to the Director General. to be commits
stoned by the President Of the Exposition.
1t q regular meeting of your Police Jury is
not near at hand you are advised and requested
to call an extra meeting at an early day for the
purpose above stated, in order that the agricul-
tural. industrial. mineral and other products Of
the parish may be duly represented in the Ex-
position, and that proper measures be taken
without unnecessary delay,
Through the partially Of the Congress of the
United States, the place OF the Exposition has
been assigned to Louisiana, and for the further
reason that she is to be one OF the principal
benefciaries, State pride and patriotic duty
should prompt her citizens to employ their best
efforts to promote it's success.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
8. d. MGENERY,
Governor of Louisiana.
The Police Jury of East Feliciana WAS
probably the fest in the State to take &C.
ton upon the Governors suggestion. The
President of that body was authorized to
name committee of forty citizens, with
authority to form local Exposition Asso-
citation in the manner and for the purposes
set forth in the circulars of the Board of
Management and of the Governor. The
committee has been appointed and was to
meet this week for organization. Every
Police Jury in Louisiana would do well to
follow this example, and the action taken
by our parochial legislators at their last
session indicates that Ascension will not be
the last psrish to fall into line.
Preparations for the work of construct
ing the buildings for the Exposition are
progressing fayorably. The contract for
fencing the park has been awarded to
Roberts & Co. of New Orleans, and the
sanction of the City Council will be at once
asked to a proposition from the Jackson
and Mississippi Valley railroads to lay q
track to the Exposition grounds at their
own expense, provided it be allowed to re-
main permanently. Applications for space
in which to display exhibits are coming in
from every direction, and it will require
vigorous effort on the part'.of the parishes
and people of Louisiana to prevent their
State from being outstripped by many of
her sisters in the Worlds Fair to be held
upon our own soil.