The Mineral argus., 1884-08-28
NEW ORLEANS oRL FAIR
A Brief Description Of It's location .rS
What vii 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 bv rail.
roads and by steamboats,, from st. PauI
will be placed at the lowest living rate
and thousands will avail themselves of
the opportunity of spending a month in
a warm climate. A letter from New
Orleans to the New York Evening Post
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 n mile wide, and over a hun
dred feet deep, makes a majestic sweep
at this point, nearly describing a 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 1,400 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 oe-
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 a hor-
ticultural exhibition the equal of which
has never been seer in this world be-
fore. The proposed display here is to
be of the fora of the entire earth, and
the tropical or semi-tropical exhibits
will be very remarkable. The coun-
tries south of us, all Spanish or Latin
America, are aroused upon the sub
ject, and are very enthusiastic. Mexi-
co alone has appropriated 500, 900 for
the erection of a 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 inc
sures the success of their ~enterprise!s
The Exposition has so far ~outgrown all
ment that the urgent necessity of more
house room soon became apparent.
So it 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-
gross upon the bill granting a loan Of
81 ,OOO,O 600 to the enterprise. Now that
that loan is an assured fact, the addi-
building, sufficiently large to sc-
commodate both the agricultural dis
play and also the elaborate display in
by the United States Govern
ment, will be Immediately erected.
This structure will be 1000 feet in
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
70 the grounds from Canal street, in the
,enter of the city. st. Charles avenue,
magnificent boulevard 200 feet in
width and about six miles long, lined
its entire length with the
residences in the city, is being
laid with asphaltum pavement,
md will, when completed, form n OF
he finest drives in the country.
Extensive wharves will be constructed
lpon the river front. A railway is also
building, which will connect with and
)e operated as a trunk line for all the
always centering in New Orleans. AS
his great enterprise unfolds itself 1t
ompels admiration of the man who
onceived the idea of it, and to whose
of organization, fertility OF re-
ource, %unfiagging energy and industry,
nd administrative ability almost alone
due the present assured success of the
Undertaking.