The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-11-08
NEW ORLEANS.
Preparations for the Great Exposition
Nearly Completed.

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exhibits are now arriving for installa
ton Machinery hall, an iron builds
ing, requires only the sash and hoor'
ing, making that hall now about l :
948 feet in length. But little space
remains in the machinery department.
The Worthington water works were
completed to day, and water placed
in the boilers, and this magnificent
plant will be ready Tuesday to supply
three million gallons of water daily.
Filtered water is furnished at the rate
of $4,000 gallons an hour. Steam
will be raised for the purpose OF test
lug boilers, engines and shattlng, Nov.
8. Horticultural hall is rapidly be-
ing filled with rare plants. Large
shipments are arriving from Central
America and Florida. Eight Lhou-
sand Northern and Southern ever
green's were purchased and cOntrlbu>
ted, and are rapidly being placed ON
! the grounds. The walks will all be
completed Nov. Is. The saw mill
building, 600 feet long, was completed
yesterday. The building for the Gov
eminent and State exhibits is the
handsomest building on the grounds,
and has as much floor space as the
main Centennial building. The Di-
rector Gen eral notifies officers aud
State Commissioners that their exhib-
its can come along at any time. The
building will receive exhibits on the
10th of November. Every State and
Territory is now represented. The
erection of stables is progressing rap
idly, stalls are being provided to shell
ter 1000 horses; also suitable cattle
aud horse barns and stock corrals
half mile from the track.
A Wisconsin dispatch says Jay, Eye.
See and Pha.las will he exhibited, and
arrangements are being made for the
noted horses. The stables are 1900
feet long, and the live stock exhibits
will be the largest ever made.
Edison's agent has arranged for
space for a splendid exhibit, and
opened an office in the new building
Six 100-horse power engines will run
their light. The agent is arranging
to run trains inside the main building
around the gallery, nearly one mile;
also, for roads in the grounds. The
Jenny Company commenced to-day
the foundations for five towers, which,
with 100 standard acrsand five &c.
000- candle power lamps, will make
the grounds appear as light AS day.
The Pullman Company have closed
arrangements for exhibiting a NINA
ture city of Pullman 100 feet long by
70 feet wide.
The splendid building Of the Mexi-
can Commission is nearly ready for
occupancy. The Mexican exhibits
LETT the city of Mexico Oct. 81, via
the Mexican Central Railroad and Ell
Paso. The Commissioners Of France,
Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Ja>
pan, Honduras and Guatemala are
here, and arranging for the installa.
ton of their exhibits.
Burke is arranging with Diaz, who
will be inaugurated Dec. /, to adjourn
the Mexican Congress on the 10th of
December, and also expects the Amer
lean Congress to adjourn the 18th of
December, SO that the exposition can
be opened in the presence of the Pres,
idents of the United States, Mexico
and the Central American Republics,
heads of departments, and foreign
representatives.
The action of the Board of Man
agement in DIFFERING the opening un>
til President Arthur can inaugurute
the exposition is warmly approved
by the community. His warm sup
port of the exposition is appreciated
all over the South, and the manage
ment declared it would be IA source of