New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION.
A GLANCE AT THE EXHIBITS.
INCREASING ATTKSDANCE-MUcH WORK YET fo
DONE PROMISING OUTLOOK.

| NEW-ORIEANS, Dec. 2I.-lne atteuu'hOo w W.
Exposition is growing larger each day, pu' 10
doubtful If the average of the gate recelp'S up ~
this time has been sufficient to pay the current ex-
penses The people Of this city have not beeh
liberia, in their attendance. as they are WAITING
until the exhibits are all in place. The same rea-
SON no doubt keeps away intending visitors from
distant part the country. But as soon as every!
thing is in order, and the pleasant weather DC
comes continuous hext month, there viii prooapiy
be as many people present here as the city can
accommodates
The absence of O crowd has disposed hotel and
boarding-house keepers to reduce theH
rates for rooms and board III nae
also enabled tho managers Of the Exposition 10
hasten the work of arranging exhibits ana OF pre-
pairing for the accommodation of visitors raii-
road from the business part of the city TO the Ex-
position grounds will be running, according to the
present outlook early i'll January, and tho walks
on the grounds will be completed at the same time.
IL is not likely that all of the exhibits Will be IN
place for a week or two yet. Much depends upon
the railroads They refuse to discriminate IN favor
of the Exposition, as against regular shlppHs' ana
this causes delay. The manager Of the Smithsonian
collection says that seven carloads of his exhibits
have beou III q railroad yard here for two weeks,
and he has been unable TO get the cars switched to
the Exposition grounds
The only state now without any part Of its ex-
bibit is New-York. But Special Commissioners
Truman promises good dsplay-Including the
$50, 900 Cleveland diamond which was cut
in New-York--whcn the goods arrive.
The fact that every State has sent something here.
and also six Territories tells of the really nationar
character of the Exposition. At Philadelphia only
twenty-four states were represented. The South
ern States did not make much Of display there as
few of them were in a financial condition and had
the disposition TO do so. They all have far dis
plavs here. but the South does not prodominatc.
The best State and Territorial exhibits are made by
California, Nebraska, Dakota, Ohio, Minnesota,
Iowa. North Carolina, Texas aud Louisiana. New
Jersey has u line collection but il Il yet incomplete
pagoda has been erected for the Yorktown vase,
but 1t Is not yet on exhibition.
TIE GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS.
A good deal of work remains To he donc in the
Government and State building Not one of the
Government departments has its exhibit in order.
The Navy Department ~ in the hest shape and its
exhibit of guns tOrpedoes search lights. models of
the new cruisers, and similar articles IS highly
interesting but not much so to the general pub
lie as the outfit of the Greey Relief Expedition.
Wax figures are clad in the fur garments
of the re- If party and the boats sleds provisions
slccping-bags huntng-arms tools for breaking the
Ice and other equipments are inclnded III the cx-
hbt. There Is fc-size figure of an Eskimo girl
| In native garb and a large collection Of photo
graphs taken In the Arctic regions. Nearly all the
objects of interest attached 10 Arctic expedition
are shown. Among the relics is part OF a seaskin.
winch Jack Tar in charge explains rs the remains
! of he one which Greelys men atc. The Navy De-
! partmeut also shows an interesting collection OF
! guns including the first broech-loadcr which was
| cast in 1890 old guns captured from The Spanards.
| and modern guns. including ono that fires l,3OO
| balls minute and 6inch brecch loading cannon.
| recently completed at the Washiugt on Navy Yard,
and said 10 be the most powerful gun or Its size in
the world. 1t is to be mounted On one OF the new
| hydraulic gun carriages The Naval Observatory
is to have in operation a complete SGT Of the
| instruments used of the transit of Venus
expeditions and the photolcliosat will br
ranged Us 10 cast image Of the sun 50 that it's
snots and other OF It's pecuarltics may be seen.
The bureaus ofNavigatIon Equipment, Medicine and
Surgery and OF Naval Intelligence have all oon-
tribuIed TO the Naval Department display. which
when complete will speak well for It's directors
Whether or not II will convince the sceptics that
there is such thing United States Navy is for
the future 10 develop.
TIE STATE DEPARTMENTS INGrNrfTY
An immense globe made Of glass arrests tho at
tention OF visitors who seek the collection Of the
Department of State II is designed by the depart
men to bring the results Of the official correspond
cnce with over / 900 consulatcs and agencies
quickly before the oye The exterior of this sphere
Is intended 10 repre- sent the world IN miniature
with the centre probably IN NeW-OIleans The
productions, manufactures. resources nnd
commercial relations OF the various na'
tons arc thus exhibited From the
interior OF the globe the visitor secs
cooIed statistical maps on transparent glass, ON
bracing statements of facts concerning the re-
lgious social civil aud commercial life of the poo
pie ifc-size portrait of the Secretary Is also
TO adorn this wonderful globe II is not yet CON-
pleto Many other things are 10 bo shown IN the
collection OF the State Department. including
lumber Of foreign articles. such as cotton.
lie Interior Department is represented by
large collection OF patent models. and by InieTeht-
ing displays from the Bureau of Agriculture. Land
and Indian Offices. The Post Office Department
among other Things, has n regular building for
branch post office III operation for tho accommoda-
tOn of the Exposition and so arranged as 10 show
all the mail operations OF the department.. The
other Government departments also have interest
ing exhibits. The Smithsonian collection is pcr-
haps, the most interesting Of all, MAX
ing a museum of Itself. The Fish Com
mission, Lighthouse Board. etc. show their
work by models and photographs and IN other
ways. Altogether the Government dipay viii be
remarkably complete and much more cOmprchen-
sve than that at Philadelphia. Its present disor-
ganized state will not, II Is to DO hoped continue
much longer.
The Woman's Department has only few things
in ii now the carpenters have not finished their
work. Mrs. Howe and her assistants have been
growing impatient with the delay. but another
week ill enable them to display their collection
II includes a great deal of needle work and dccora-
tive painting and scientific. educational and art
exhibits. The Exposition managers appropriated
$50, 900 for the expense of collecting and arrang-
ing this display and IL will no doubt be complete.
Mrs. Walker las brought large collection from
Ncw-York, but none Of it Is in order. Ii in
cludes specimens from tho Art Students
League Industrial Schools literature, silk
work, etc. model of a strect-sweeper
invented bya New-York woman. surgical instrn,,