Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-12
CALIFORNIA AT NEW ORLEANS
The Part California Bears in the Great
International Exposition.

CALlfOhNIA Al NEW ORLEANS
The Part California Bears in the Great
International Exposition.
The New Orleans Daily States of the I'd
| instant says: The weeks of hard work that
| Commissioner G. B. Turrill has devoted to
| the arrangement of his exhibit have COM
menced to bear fruit. A glance at the vast
| space occupied. now something like 81 900
square feet, will at once show how much
care and judgment have been exercised.
| 1t is one thing to have a rich display of the
wealth of State, and it is another thing to
| dispose of each individual class OF exhibits
| that the whole harmonizes. that the eye
may wander over the tout ensemble unof-
Tended by errors III taste, by oyercrowding
| or by want of system. In these important
respects the success attained in CALIFORNIA;
| display is very striking.
At the present moment exhibits of grain,
grass. fruits, wines, etc, from the under
mentioned counties, are in position and
abutting on the main aisle, they at once
attract the attention of passers-by: Ala
| media, Butte. Napa, Solano, San Bernar-
dino, Santa Barbara, San joaquin, Sacra-
Inento, Sonoma, Fresno, Tulare, Nevada,
Placer, FL Dorado, Santa Clara, Los An
geles, San Diego Santa Cruz, Kern. The
arrangement of the products of each county
OAl SCpdi dlt Sliilu HcS d CdIitdl
Many of them occupJ handsome redwood
pyramids or octagons, and are surmounted
by pictures representing the different ma
| tural objects or industries of the county.
The agricultural products referred to are
invariably of excellent quality, and many
OF the specimens are unsurpassed by any
thing of like character even in this grand
Exposition. The show of fresh fruit from
Santa Cruz county is particularly fine. The
honey exhibit will also be an object of
much curiosity, not only to apiarists but to
the general public.
A botanical department will be found in
the neighborhood of the States office 1t
has been collected and arranged by Mr..
and Mrs. J. G. Lennon, of California,
upon whom ii reflects great credit.
The displays of timber and Of tree sec
tons have a most imposing effect. On en-
tering the main aisle from the Prytania
doors the enormous trees are Immediately
on the left, standing on edge. Each is con
spicuousiy labelled, a photograph being
also appended to 1.-The Giant" Then
there are sections of sugar pine, yellow
pine, cedar ana white fr-all remarkable
specimens, from MeSSrs. Towle Bros, of
Alta, Cal.
The redwood plank, fourteen feet i'll
length by six feet three inches in width, by
far the largest in the building, is from the
estate of II. Perry, Los Angeles, Cal. The
other redwood planks are not far behind
this in point of size and perfection.
There is also near by a notable grape
vine, from General Bidwell, of Butte, who,
it should be stated, contributed the whole
of the exceedingly representative exhibits
OF his county.
n. Heineman sends case of gloves that
will be examined with interest, by the fair
sol hn ore MOSTLY
for their own use, and daintily made of
buckskin. But shudder will pass over
many of the ladies when they note that
glove in the center of the case is made of
human skin.
wooden exhibit in large glass show
case shows that in textile fabrics the Golden
State can well hold her own. The speci-
mems of blankets are numerous and of ex-
cellent quality; they come from the San
Francisco Wooden Mills.
Two imposing, solid-looking cubes, re-
present the amount of gold and silver pro-
duced by the State, 81 100, 100000 and $780,
900, 900 in value respectively. The interiors
of the cubes are advantageously employed,
the one for the storage of the enormous
amount of printed matter that is being jul
diciously distributed, and the other for the
samples of the various wines of the State.
These form an interesting study in them
selves. The growth OF the California wine
trade is something wonderful, and at the
present rate she will soon be ahead of the
world in this respect Clarets, ports, sher-
ries, angelicas, white Wines ETC., and
brandies are here displayed in endless va
riety.
The whole California space is rich in
Photographic views. These are invariably
perfect in clearness and detail. Those
from the studio of J. w. Taber, of San
Francisco, are especially fine, and a large
view OF San Francisco bay calls for indi-
vidual mention.
Such are few only of the countless at
fractions in this space. 1t would be en-
tirely impossible to do justice to them in
the limits of this article, but one observa-
tor remains to be made. The Govern
ment building il addition to its noble ex-
hibitS contains many elegant headquarters,
where the Commissioners are in the habit
of welcoming their friends and compatriots.
Commissioner Turrill has offices and re-
ception rooms that will be, in respect of
fitting up and general completeness, in
every way in accordance with the premier
position occupied by his State, but it is to
his credit that whilst the rest of his exhibit
was being prepared for public inspection
the genial Commissioner has been busy
with Steiner matters than mere upholstery
and esthetic effects. The hard work is now
over, and Mr.. Turrill can turn his atten-
ton to his headquarters, which, if treated
with the tact and discrimination shown on
the rest of the space, will soon become one
of the most popular in the exposition.