The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-28
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 10. 1881

NEW OhLhANSt NoN. lOt 1000
Special Correspondence of the Echo;
The first two weeks of the American
Exposition has closed auspiciously and
promisingly. No more ideal weather
could be imagined than has attended
it throughout-a prolonged Indian
summer, fresh and inpigerating, with
clear, azEre skies, and balmy breezes
that filed strangers with enthusiasm
and delight The work of getting
the exhibits in order has progressed
rapidly, and the Board of Manage
ment and Commissioners have been
encouraged to issue proclamation to
the world, announcing that everything
will be in its position in December;
and earlier, if the tardy exhibitors,
who are causing all the delay, will
but hurry up their goods.
From day to day an average of
twenty-five to thirty exhibits are in
stalled daily in the Main Building;
but its vast space of thirty-three acres
is almost as difficult TO fill as the sieve
in which the Danaides poured their
urns of water; and it will require fully
five thousand carloads of exhibits to
give it proper appearance.
The largest numbers of the new ex-
hibits arriving are from Missouri,
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Massachusetts,, although the other
States are represented. The joint or
collective display made by the manu-
faeturers of New Orleans is finally in
position; that made by Chicago will
soon be. A good deal of machinery
has lately come in, including some
from Great Britain.
The progress in the Government
Building is even more marked than
in the Main Building, for here nearly
every one of the thirty-seven Com
missioners is at work separating and
putting things in order. The Iowa,
New Jersey, Tennessee and Arkansas
displays are complete, but will receive
many additions from time to time.
The building is running to rurality
and model farms. Nothing could be
more popuIarly instructive and inter-
esting than these reproductions of
farm life in the several States; and
when Iowa started off in this line she
was quickly followed by Colorado,
Kentucky and Illinois. These farms
are really transplanted from their
homes, for the grass growing on them
and the very soil was brought here
from these several States. The
scenery which serves as background
is the only thing produced in New
Orleans, and is an exact reproduction
Of home scenery from paintings and
photographs.
The Colorado, Kansas and Utah ex-
bibits.arriyed during the week, and
are being arranged. Among the |
States and territories that have made |
argc additions to their displays are |
New Mexico, Texas--to which the ex-
llbit of the Texas Pacific Railway |
has been added-Louisiana, Arizona, |
Nevada, Kentucky and Mississippi,
and Alabama2-which has received the
,ity collective exhibits of Mobile and
Admission. Of the New England
States, Maine is in the van in the mat
,er of preparations.
The Louisiana display stands in
he same place as last year, but has
'een enlarged by the addition of some
5000 square feet taking in portion
If the building formerly occupied by
be United States Government. The
ize Of the exhibit is very wide, in
;Iuding all the resources Of the State.
I will be especially strong in minerals,
md in this respect will equal the
erritories and surprise all visitors,
while its forest and lumber exhibits
viii be equal if not superior to any
'tate represented here. A large amount
+ ore aud stone from western Louis
ana was shipped to the State Com
1issioners some days ago, but was
etained by the low water in the Red.
hey will arrive within the week, and
18th the specimens already here, will
how that Louisiana contains nearly
very variety of minerals known.
The timber display contains over
90 varieties of lumber arranged in
yramids according to the parishes
ON which it comes.
The agricultural products of the
tate are being rapidly collected and
ranged by an expert agriculturist.
his will be supplemented by the
andsome collection of grasses and
otanical specimens of the University
Louisiana which will give the /
tate a complete exhibit Of all its
atnral resources. II