Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-29
AMERICA IN EUROPE.
The Great Exhibition 10 BE Held IN
London Scope Of the
Enterprise.
Description Of the Main Building The Al
Vantnge to American Mnnufactur.
ers-Intcrcsting Facts.


TO be held in London in 1856, accompa-
MED by MI. John Gilmer Speed, has re-
Gently arrived in this country, and reports
that the heavy preliminary work con-
nected with this national undertaking is
completed. The executive council in
London has had offered TO it, by several
OF the most important railway companies
In England, an excellent and eligible site I
exceeding twenty acres In extent, In the
heart of the most fashionable
and aristocratic residential por- |
ton of London, ut Earl's |
Court, Kensington. The railway COM |
panies are showing great interest in the
undertaking, aud are Offering every ia |
cility to the management. There will be |
no less than three railway stations upon
the grounds of the exhibition ITSELF com
municating with all the principal rail
ways OF Great Britain. Within one hour
by rail of the exposition grounds Is
resident population of about ten millions,
and within five minutes by rail there will
be held next year the British colonial and
Indian exhibition, at South Kensington
one excellent feature connected with the
| selection of 1866 for the holding of this,
the first exhibition ever had by the United
States beyond the limits of the national
! territory, Is the fact that the English peo-
| pie will then celebrate the jubilee of
Queen Victoria. Another, is the fact
that the British colonial and In
dian exhibition, above referred TO,
is the last OF the annual exhibitions,
which, under the able management of the
council appointed by the Prince OF Wales,
have been held during the past few years,
and had the American exhibition not been
held next year, Americans would have
been the only English-speaking race
whose exhibits would not have been
brought to the notice of Europeans, as
the Prince OF Wales exhibition at South
Kcnsington in 1856 viii represent the pro-
ducts of all other English-speaking peo-
pie. The main building of the American
exhibition will be commenced on the 10Th
of December, and completed before the
LIST of March next. 1t will be constructed
of iron and glass, with total length of
1900 feet, the superficial area covering
eight acres. The building will be divided
by sections into seven avenues, named af-
ter eminent Americans, and crossed by
fifteen streets. On each side OF the main
building there viii he garden, that on
, the east containing Il number of small
, buildings and chulets erected by the vari-
+ Gus states and territories, while that ON
the west side viii be devoted to the Art
gallery and the Historical hall. spe.
cial building viii also be provided to re-
ceiye a unique collection OF exclusively
American hunting trophies, which has
been offered to the executive council OF
the exhibition 10y committee of English
gentlemen, among whom may be named
the Earl of Mayo, the Earl of DuWaven.
Lord Walsingham, Sir Samuel Baker, A
, Z. Vivian, Esq, NJ. Pp Morton frcwen
Esq, and Mr.. Edward North Buxton, tht
I, well-known chairman OF the school boarC
tor London, and other gentlemen.
The western garden VIII contain ;
large restaurant, 40 teet long by 10 lee
{ wide, including an American bar o
greater magnitude thhn any aJ presen
existing. In front OF the restaurant vii
be an avenue, 1900 feet long, OF American
1 conliers and shrubs, with fountain u
| the center larger than the one at Yer
h sailleS and tower at the farther end 2Oi
feet high, from which extensive view'
L over the city OF London and surrounding
country can be obtained. American Gle
vators, which are as yet only PARTIAL.
known in Europe, will carry visitors t
h the top of the Washington tower, as i
will be called, and at night powerful
q electric light VIII illuminate the ground
IRON Ile Top Oh thls OBSERVATORY ~
number OF paintings which VIII be eXhib
lted by American artlsts VIII be limited
to 1900. Art committees are now beini
formed in New York, London an'
Paris in connection with this i'm
portant department OF the eX
hibition, which viii further comprise
historical hall, containing paintings o
American subjects by eminent Europeal
artists There Will also he Indian VII
lage, covering one and three-quarter
acres, devoted TO full illustration OF th
modes of life OF the red men. Rovertin
to the main building, which will eNcce
in length that OF the main building OF tn
centennial exhibition OF 1876, it may b
mentioned that one avenue VIII be dc
voted TO the products OF Americas sou
climatic sequence Entering the Unite
States, as II were, from the harDor
New York, the visitor from the Old Worl
will have the opportunity OF inspectln