The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-01-03
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. December 22d,

! New ORLEANS, December 22d, 1884.
Messrs. Longaecker Bros:-I am, as you will
| see by the heading, at New Orleans came down
here week ago in the interest of the Carroll Dec
orative Plate Glass Company. We are going to
make fine display of our marbleized glass by
erecting fancy pavilion and covering the entire
| inside with the goods. L write the following
thinking it may interest your readers.
We arrived in New Orleans on the evening OF
the 18th inst. After spending the night at hote
we started early in the morning for the EXPOSE
] ton grounds. They are the Mississippi river
Lney are reached by several lines OF street rail-
ways and by the boats on the river. On reaching
the grounds the appearance of vastness is striking
| They are not yet completed but are daily being
| improved. The four principal buildings, viz: the
Main, Horticultural, Art and the Government and
State buildings, are situated at quite a distance
from each other. All are complete except the Art
| Gallery which will be finished shortly. The
Main building is huge covering thirty three acres
of ground. In this building is Music Hall, con-
tanning large organ and with seating capacity
of at least 10000. 1t is to be lighted by the Ed
son system of electricity the balance of the build
| ing by the Brush system. Machinery of all de-
scription is located in one section of the Main
| building, agricultural products in another, and
the exhibits of private individuals occupy the
mainder.
Among the Baltimore exhibitors are j. REGISTER
& Sons, bell and brass works. Smyser & Co., va
riety iron works; Vog eler & Co., St. Jacobs Oil,
and others. The latter have a handsome pavilion
and make good show. REGISTER & Sons have
the finest exhibit of brass work here. Their bells
are also the best, and their two largest ones,
weighing respectively twenty-one and thirteen
hundred pounds, have been engaged by the man.
ayers to announce the opening and closing of the
Exposition each day.
There is great demand for space, there being
over five hundred applications after all the avail
able space had been allotted.
The Exposition, as your readers all know, was
formally opened on the 10th in the presence of
about fifty thousand persons. The exercises were
conducted in Music Hall amid much demonstra-
ton, the most noticeable being when Major Gen.
E. A. Burke, director general stood up to make
the presentation speech. He was received with
round after round of applause. The President of
the United States, at Washington, touched the
telegraphic instrument, giving the signal for the
machinery to start, and simultaneously with this
the large bell pealed forth the announcement to
the public that the great Worlds Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition was open. 1t was
rung by Mr.. Robert A. REGISTER, of ]. REGISTER
& Sons, assisted by Miss Eloise Huff, the daugh-
ter of our hostess, your correspondent having the
pleasure to assist in giving the signal to Mr..
REGISTER. The occasion enlivened by fine
music from band engaged at a cost of SO, 900 per
month They give concerts every afternoon
the best of music.
The Government and State building is the second
largest in the grounds and the states are making
a fine display. The Government has space ex-
tending from end to end of the hall and has erect
ed a neat, pretty postofice, from which mail will
be delivered twice daily to the different exhibitors
at their places in the buildings. The Greedy Re-
lief Expedition exhibit is attracting much atten-
ton. Maryland has made very creditable dis
play, due greatly to the energies of COL j. Thos.
Scarf. He has been here and has given it his per-
soaal attention. Tho baltimore and Ohio II. Il.
has handsome display in the Maryland depart
ment. 1t has been arranged under the supervi-
sion of Major Pangborn. About the finest state
display, as well as novel, is that of Nebraska
Nearly all their decorations are made with corn,
and one has no idea that such pretty things could
be made out of corn until they see this display
Their motto is acorn is King" They also have
a map of the United States, showing each State
and Territory formed by different coored seeds
also the globe, showing land and water made in
the same way. A fine display is made by the
Cincinnati, Milwaukee and st. Paul R. r. They
have pavilion covered with grains and a train
of cars made entirely of wheat and oats. 1t con-
tains engine, tender, baggage and passenger
coaches. The "bggest thing" is model of an
elephant, found about one hundred years ago
frozen in the Arctic regions 1t is from the museum
of Wards, from Rochester, N. Y, and is 40 feet
in length.
The exhibitors have formed an association for
the promotion of the Exposition. There are
about 1000 exhibitors, and to give an idea of the
vastness of the Exposition they represent about
$40, 0O0, 900 worth of exhibits.
Accommodations can be found here from $50
per month in private families up to $3.50 per day
at the st. Charles Hotel. W. III. RIDDLE.