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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13

Then Il was, too, that her people en-
couraged improvements in streets,
public buildings, and q love for the
handsome and beautiful in design and
architecture, which brought forth the
highest attainments of civilization by
developing schools of training in art and
musical discipline, until the city was
unanimously accorded the nom dc
plume, "Paris of America" This cog
nomen is one OF her most worthy titles,
as the sciences, arts, etc., flourish to
degree of hberality unexoe!led on the
Continent. Not yet satisfied to lay
down the scepter Of worthy achieve
ments, the enterprise Of Cincinnatians,
in 1869, invented the Exposition, an un-
heard OF project, but which by series
of annual triumphs and SUCCESSES, won
such popular favor that other oitiss
adopted the plan, and the industrial con-
tagion spread far and remote, until now
the inhabitants of every part OF the globe
have an opportunity of testitying 10 its
magnificent results. The Mother of
Expositions" Is the Last, and yet one of
the most brilliant stars that twinkle in
the circulation OF CincinnatPs superb
tiara. The Exposition idea was born
ana has grown TO full vigor and matur-
ity, and the people who have hesn iden-
titled by long experience with ita
plans and workings, thoroughly
understand what Is necessary
TO insure complete SUCCESS Naturally,
with the splendid growth of the city, and
the surrounding developments, the re-
sources 10 draw from in this immediate
vicinity for the one hundredth Rnnivsr-
sary of the State of Ohio are Immense.
No other city in Ohio enjoys such ad-
vantages, neither is there another city of
like magnitude at the very center Of the
population of the United Staten. Thase
elcne speak volumes in favor of the
Centennial Exposition in Cincinnati.
Railroads and rivers furnish every
means of rapid communication and
transit to and from every point of the
compass, TO tho greatest number OF
States and Territories. Cincinnati takes
pride in her ample hotel aocommods-
dations. They are unsurpassed. Then,
too, millions of people and billions OF
wealth are in close proximity. In short,
no other city can show so many advan-
tages and Inducements of location.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
THE REASON WHY
A Centennial Celebration is Appro-
pirate at Cincinnati,
The Home Of tho Arts, Science and
Culture, aud the Center OF
Population OF tho Unit
ted States.

Tho position and growth Of cinoin-
matt has given her proud distinction in
history such rs no other city IN the
Wost has enjoyed. Soon after the COM
msnoement of the settlement OF the
Northwest Territory, October, 17ss,
fourteen ysern before the great State OF
Ohio was carved out Of the wilderness,
Cincinnati became tina aest of com morcs
for this section, outstripping In growth
all other Occidental towns. Reaching
southward, by the entSrprise of her citi-
IONS, she grasped tho commerce OF that
region, and for long time was styled
"King of the Cotton Trade" the ship
rnents of that Artiole 10 the North being
made exclusively through this port.
Next her citizens turned their attention
TO dealing in swins, and soon, about
1890, Cincinnati developed into the grsat
pork emporium Of America. About this
time also, she had rlBen to such pro-
eminenoe In rank, wealth, population
and importance, that her sister rivals
dubbed her the "Queen City of theWest."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
.ieuce and manufaotures, rbisC,ncin.

riencs and manufactures. This Cincia,
All men have done cheerfully and I'D.
rally, and the Guarantee Fund
toots up the enormous sum Q;
sl,05O,00o This large amount has been
absolutely placed at the disposal c{
the Commissioners having charge of the
enterprise, and furnishes the "sinewE Of
war" destined to bring the project to q
zafe and profitable conoluslon. Thia
trusting faith in tho energy, foresight
and management OF tho msn at the halru
shows that the experience OF Cincinnati
In the past, in connection with industrial
displays, of which she In regarded tho
mother in this country, has but whetted
the appetite Of her people for something
Brander and more omprehenalve.
The Exposition now in hand, Ia con-
tinuo one hundred days and nlghta, sra-
braces not only Cincinnati, bat the sistos
States OF Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ten nesses, w eSt
Virginia, Missouri, Kansas aud Iowa
From each OF the States have been ap.
pointed ave Honorary Commissioner,
exclusive of the Governors, who are ALAG
membera- These associates have beeB
for months past cryatallising u sonn.
ment and laying a foundation for not
only cooperation on the part OF the
States they represent, but for displays
and exhibits from their sections OF Jhg
country. With such held to Gull from,
It is no wonder that the promoters, pro-
jectors and active members Of the par
ent organization are Rangutns OF suO-
cess.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
A RETROSPECT.
The First International Exposition
Was Held at London.
A Review of the Greatess We Have
Known, the Centennial NJ
PhilAdelphtn in 135a

International Expeditions wsrs inau-
gursted with that of 1881, in London,
followed by those of New York, 1888
Paris, 1855; London, 1852; Paris, 1855;
Vienna, 1873; Philadelphia Centennial,
1876. Since that time such Expositious
have become more general all over the
civilized world.
Facils prinoeps was the Philadelphia
Centepn nisl, and of instruction and an
ticipation this year it will not be nmiss
TO refer TO Its magnitude. The State Of
Pennsylvania appropriated N,o15,Oo ;
Philadelphia gave Sl,5oo,ooo There
were gifts, concessions and interest
amounting to $500, 900; stock subscrip-
tons by citizens of Pennsylvsnia,S2,5o ,5o0,-
900, and a National appropriation Of ST.
100000. About $500, 200 was derived from
the sale of privileges, and from royalties
and percentages. The receipts from ad-
missions amounted to S3,slS, 100; and the
total expenses TO 81, $3.50, 900. Thus there
was q surplus of about s2,0Oo,000
The Philsdelphia Centennial Exposi-
ton was open 159 days, and the admiE-
sions numbered e,7S9,392, a daily aver
ago OF 6l ,56s. The average of paid ad-
missions was b0,a4l per day, and the
average daily receipts s23,9S6. There
wsro so,s54 exhibitors from fifty differ
ent countries.
The Philadelphia Centennial was
opened on May 10, 1876, with imposing
cersm monies, including speech from
President Grant; and was closed No.
vem Der 10, with fitting congratulations.
The greatest dayA at the Philadelphia
Exposition were Psnsylvania Day, Sep
tenn Der ~, 2T4,el9 admissions: Delaware
and Maryland Day, October Is, 176, ,407
admission; and Ohio Day, October %,
lS6,66I admission. The cash receipts on
Ohio Day were sel, 30 so, and it Is esti-
mated that 100000 ohioans were present
was accorded grand reception.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13

feet door space for machinery. Bridges
apan the canal at Madison, Twelfth, and
Fourteenth streeta. At Madison, Grant,
and Fourteenth streets there will he six
teen-ioot wide openings, and engines and
hose reels will be constantly near At
hand in case OF hre.
Along the aides OF the canal will run
the towpath, and no overworked tow
mule ever trod so Aristocratic a walk as
wiz the Miami and Erie motive animal
during the hundred days of the EXPOSE
ton. The tOwpath for its entire length
OF ono-fourth OF u mile through the
building has been plauked and is rallied
in at the side from the water. A dozen
or fifteen feet above the level of the tow
path is the hOor. A pretty fence pro-
vidos an easy resting place for the visit
or's elbows as he looks downward upon
ths passing canal boeta. 1t may safely
be- ssId that the naVigators OF the
Miami and Erio will avail themselves to
the tsn sStsnt OF she privilege of passing
free through ons Of the main buildings
OF the Exposition. Another feature of
the canal during the Exposition viii he
the gondolss, - Venice, propelled by
saily eostumed gondohers, song, dslib-
crate molten, and oil. OF course a small
sum Will be charged, but no ono will
mind that, for rido in a 1ondola below
the level OF tho floor will be Q welcome
reliot when tho visitor has tired of the
whir and bum o! machinery.
The eng!ue-hous0 to supply the poWoF
to this building is located at the corner
OF Madison and Plum streets. Lines of
xhGftiag will extend the entiro / 200 feet
Of tina building. Power Hall is almost
completed.
AT the Twelfth and at the Fifteenth
Etrest ends of this long building the
canal for q considerable Distance will be
nr-tA 49,
A2 feet by liz. At the four corners will
bo towers In which exhibitors or others
Will have Office room. There will be two
public entrances to thia building, one
from Twelfth and the other from Fiji
teenth street. In addition, there will
also be three entrances from tho main
Exposition building directly across Elm
street, one from old Power Hall and the
other two from the north and south
corridors.
1t Is bssutiful sight standing at Ell
ther end Of this vast hall and looking
through OF the perspective of graceful
eurving arches, W hich spring from either
side upward and over the canal and
support tho roof. The roof is in two
sections, tho better TO admit light. That
part over the canal Is placed about ten
feet higher up thau the shed-like roofs,
sloping downward over the sides. This
ten feet space has been utilized for win
dow purposes and an unhroksn line
of glass extends down on both
sides the entire length. A similar
line of windows just under the caves OF
the side room, also admits light, 80 that
there is not dark spot anywhere In tho
whole building.
A curious freak In architecture may be
Witnessed Mt ono point along the east
Aido of this new building. Here, IL the
roof had been put on ia the usual way.
il would have shut out the light and air
from portion OF Music Hall. Tho In
GsHuity ef the carpenter here sugGestsd
An lnveraod roef, and SO Is was hunt-a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
MACHlN ERY HALL.
The Particular Domain OF tho In
Eenioua Mechanic.
A Quarter of . Mile Long and a
wide as the Great Northern
Lakes are Deep.

This is the domain Of the "horny hand
ed son OF toll" Its dimenEions are a
quarter Of mile long, and wider
than the average depths of tho
Great Lakes by laIge ma
jority. The engineer, with his hand
on the valve and throttle controls every
wheel and pulley aud bolt that carries
motion Gnd power through this vast
area. Forward he moves tho throttla,
and Santly he turns the vslVo, The end
less chatting and pulleys rsSvo, tha heltS
atr1iEhten, deep-mouthed grosn and
puf, a little more strengthening and
Slapping of belts, an increasing hum and
roar and now every wheel goes sa-isvio'
wi ratslin' gloe."
The enginery of peace 10 ssound on
every side. There ts no device or wills
of man in labor machinery which Is not
included in the divaraihsd category.
Look around and you will
and evOry invention from the
locomotive to wooden nutmeg, To at
tempt any description in d0tail of this
comprehensive department would be
only an act of injusticoi 1t can only be
said that here are the proudest achieve
ments OF the present age. With these
ready instruments OF peaos the earth has
DSen 2lrCLeu WIN An olocLrlO pGlB, ana
the continent covered with !abyrinths of
railways. Massive structures have reared
their lefty heads above the busy scenes
of life, and tho bowels OF the earth
have been penetrated; mountains have
been pierced, valleys and rivers spanned,
tho natives housed, fed and clothed, and
happiness and prosperity made to pre-
vail.
"American engineering" said the
eminent French engineer, De Lesseps,
is not only daring, but audacious." So
great distinction has never been
allotted to the engineers of any other ma
tion, aad while the remark applied only
to that department of this practical
sciences which has for its work the con-
struction OF public ways, of bridges and
tunnels, and the improvement of har-
bors and rivers, IL may equally and
Justly be claimed that the mechanical
engineer, in his several spheres of actiy-
ity, has not unequally earned his right
and title to the distinction. Who can
look upon the powerful, ponderors,
complete engines which force through
out tho length and breadth of this city
its water supply, that contsmplatss tho
extensive sewerage systems and oil
those devices by which night Is turned
tnto day, without acknowledging this
TRUTH And 10 not the intricate and
com plete machinery of every factory ot
all manner of textile fabrics in tho Land
worthy of nots7 The success OF our sg-
rinultural industries nou ust Got bs neg
Looted, and there in Ia truth no AedtiOn
tn thu broad realm of the irOn-worker
which Is not deserving OF praise
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
Al 1854
CINCINNATI
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.

Over three million feet OF lumber,
thirty car loads of glass and many topa
Of iron, and dozens OF barrels OF paint
will be consumed in tho entire nonstruo-
ton. Never before In Cincinnati
has such an immense amount OF
work beon done IN so short q timo,
OF course the interior decorations will
consume considerable more time, but one
can safely say the Centennial Exposition
buildings will prove to be one of the
quickest Jobs on record.
The new buildings will have sbous
twenty-thres acres OF floor space. This,
with the floor space OF Music Hail aud
the permanent Exposition Buildings,
will make an aggregate Of almost forty
acrea.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
EXPOSITION HISTORY.
Cincinnati the Pioneer in Such In
dustrial Expositions.
Fifty Years Ago Sha Held One Un-
der tho Auspices OF the Mo-
ohanio's Institute.

A bali century sgo tbs nrst public
Exposition in Cincinnati, or poasib ly the
In the country, was hold under the au-
spices of the Ohio Mechanics Institute,
A brief glance at the times and their
characters may be Of interest Cincin-
natl then had a population of 10000.
Martin Van Buren, was President OF tho
United States. Henry Clay, John G.
Calhoun, Thoa. Bonton and others of
that galaxy of lluStrieus atatesm en-
were in the Senate. Salmon p. Chase
was praoticing law on Third street, be-
tween Main and Sycamore. Robert
Lucas was Governor of the State, Sla-
very was sXtane, postage was from 61S
Is cents, according to distance. Amer.
lean arts aud industries were In their
infancy and any amount of American
history had yet TO happen.
Space and time being limited, only n
brief glance can bo taken st this first
fair, so auspicious in its rise; 80 mo-
mentous in its consequences. Home In
dustry was the watchword, and to dem
onstrate the progress made the attention
was called to three facts: The carpeting
on exhibition WAS manufactured in Gin
cinnati-"was good enough for any faun-
lily and sold in the shops without the
puECHhstEs huOWlnR bnhL IL WAS uOLnca-
tic manufacture again tho JGpanned
ware exhibited was OF excellent quality
and beautiful finish, and twas manufAo-
Lured in q small alley in q remote part of
this city, which We generally suppose
came from the iAlanGa of the Pacific
Ocean" of course the advertiser an
nouncing that it was the Japanned
ware and not the remote alley that
came from tho Pacific Ocean. And fin-
ally an award, A bathing tub, by John
A. Rowan, ISIS q ssrvioeable article. II
Ia composed of wood outside, and 30
lined with Zino as TO be elastic, which
makes 1t much moro easy and service
able to those who uso H."
Agricultural implements seom not to
have been exhibited until ton years Ia
tsr, excepting an apple parer and q
corn shelter. In 1858 the last of the Me-
ohanics' Institutes prosperous fairs was
held. Twelve years later the
Mechanics Institute Directory rallied
10 its aid the Board OF Trade eId the
Chamber of Commerce. The success
which has attended this 1nanoisi trinity
Ia too well known TO be repeated. They
hEve drawn from the utmost parts of
the Garth, as the limit of their resources.
No art, no industry, no sciencea, no
learning had beon neglected, and today,
looking down the long vista OK hfty
years, the venerable members of the old
Mechanics' Institute can look with honor
upon this elimination Of their primitive
labors al one of tho not to be forgotten
oouqGestE OF peRos.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13

The city itself IL peculiarly adapted
for Just such q celebration M this 10 dsa.
tined to be--s celebration commence
rating tho one hundredth anniversary %
the settlement of the Ohio Valley, the
Northwestern Territory, the State a
Ohio and the City of Cincinnati. Situ-
geographical center Of the United Statea
at the confluence of the Ohio, tho MI
ami snd the Licking Rivers, she natur.
ally controls the srade ct the rich and
productive Ohio Valley and all of ita
vast wealth. She Is IN easy access to the
richest mineral region In all thig land,
while timber IN almost tnexhaustihla
quantities is within convenient reach.
Her rivers furnish the cheapest trans.
portation for the raw materials 70 hcH
factories, and thence back, in the shape
of manufactured goods, TO the army ot
consumers that draHs tts suppliEs from
this region.
Cincinnati'a manufacturing interests
Ere colossal. There are today within her
borders nearly ak thousand industrial
Embellishments engaged in three hum
dred different nneg OF work, having IN
invested capital Of over sos, 200, 600, oo-
cupying real estate valued at s72, ,0Oo, COO,
mploying ninety-eight thousand hands
and turning out in one year products
valued at 500, 600, 900. Including the
thriving cities of COvington and New
port, on tho Kentucky shore, aud whiuA
are really part OF Cincinnati, tho total
value OF products would foot UP several
million dollars mor0.-ChicagS IntOs
% oaan
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13

feet space Intervening between hrst and
second floors, In overcome by massive
stairs ascending on an easy grade and
relieved by wide landings. The whole
of this building, excepting a few small
corners and the restaurant, will be used
for exhibiting purposes. At the furth-
est end OF the north wing will be To-
Gated the electric light plant as the on
sro Exposition Buildings will be lllu-
minated by electricity. Besides the
stairways there will be four large eleva-
tors connecting the upper floors with
the lower, and providing easy and rapid
transit for the hurried visito These
elevators will be handsomely uphols-
tered and in charge of careful sttend-
ants.
The interior Of this vast osntral build
Ing, with Its hundreds of columns, arches
and springing ioists, affords tho decorator
q world of Opportunity for Displaying hls
art. The style OF decoration will be
very ornate. No plans have vet
beon decided upon, but one NAV be in
sured from what has AlrsRdy been done,
that tho beauty OF the Interior will be in
harmony with the magnlficsnce of the
outer building. John Rottig, the artist,
Will have charge OF the ornGmentation.
The Power Hall" as it is called, ex-
tends from Twelfth street "a Fifteenth
street, distance OF l,2i7 feet, aud is lie
feet wide, Forty feat of this space Is
open, and aEposes the canal, through
which the boats can pass unobstructed.
On either side of the canal IL thirty-six
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
THE PRESS CLUB.


what vAs1sing Newspaper Rsp<szSR-
tasiVss VIII Meet
Tho Cincinnati Press Club, an Assoats-
tion of newspaper men of this city sEa
vicinity, haa entered into close relations
with the Centennial Commissioner, GnS
will prove a valuable aid in the work az
making the Exposition = success. Ths
Club will have rooms ad Joining the
headquarters of the Com missioner
neatly and elegantly fitted up. Hers
will congregats the local aud visiting
representatives of the press, for social
and professional intercourse, to which
one apartment will be exclusively do
voted. Another room will be httsd uP
with all the conveniences for writing
letters or kilograms, and telegraph and
post Offices closo at hand will offer the
best facilities for the rapid dispatch Of
news all over the country. A telephous
for the exclusive use of the Club and itA
guests will give ready communications
with any part OF the city and with tbs
many surrounding towns reached by
the extensive telephone system here
carried on
The Press Club, through its EAtsrtain-
ment Committees, will taEs special
painA to make everything easy and
pleasant for visiting newspaper men,
whatoVeH their nationality, politics o.
cread and in this laudable work "a has
tho ASSURANCE of all the aid Laat tks
Commissioners can give. In matters
pertaining 10 its particular and tmporS
ant function IL 10 instructed 70 coma,
nlandi and "A far ~ natural pswBpApoS
nodesty Will admit, u will exercise khas
great boon ~ the AnaEican peapl0--tAs
liberty OF ths praRA-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13

Ohio had q fine building Of stone and
wood, the materials and furnishings of
which were contributed by Ohio firms.
This building occupied one end OF State
Centennial grounds, and it was well
supplied with Buckeye relics of historic
interest, reading room with Ohio news
papers, Gso.
-Four years were occupied IA prepar-
Ing for the Philsdelphia Centennial Ex-
positioni but one year for that to DO
held here this year, but in proportion to
the time, er1ort aud money Apent there
IL reason for the con tidens hope that the
Cinoinnati Centennial will DO propor-
ttsnatSly aS sNOcssSful a. was lis great
prOtstyR@
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ture met in Cincinnati September 10,
1893. On September 3 William Henry
Harriaou was allotted delegate to Con-
gress.
government to Chillicothe, where the
constitution of the State of Ohio was
framed in 1902, by convention, Noven-
ber 20 %. Ohio became q State by act
of Congress approved by the Prsident In
February, 1903.
The early settlements in Ohio suffered
much from Indian depredstions, which
continued till the treaty with the abo-
riginal tribes st Grssnville, August Q,
1898.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13

S1nofauAtrs Grent CeAeennloA AZ.
traotins Attention Throushsus ths
Country.
Cincinnati, in 1888, ike Philadelphia
Ia 1875, is full Of the Centennial that
opens its doorB on the 4th OF next July
Quo can 500, here and there cropping
out, places Of business that are being
coached for the prospective tide of tran
silent travel st that time, and "Conten-
nial" besr-shops and "CenteEniAl" eat
ing-houses, are not uncommon. The air
is full OF "Csntsnnial" notes, just az the
City OF Brotherly Love was in 1879.
There Was uevor, perhaps, better IL
Iuatration of the affection and confidence
that people sometimes have for their
homes aud their institutions than that
afforded by the spectacle Of q large and
public-spIrited conpauuity Of business
men voluntarily taxing thenselves-
going down into thOlr safes for col
lateral, as is wer=--to inauGurRts . csls-
brstion 70. the purpose OF dsmonRtratin z
- tho UoTL4 tha progEasa made In arr
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13

in 1888 the Judges woro all appointed:
Samuel Parsons, John Cleves symmes
and James Mitchell varnum. The pres
ent year, 1898, is, therefore, the Centen-
nial OF tho completion of the government
OF the Northwest Territory.
March l, l7s6, the Ohio company was
formed in Boston OF persons entitled to
military lands. That year Major
Doughty built Fort Harmer at tho
mouth ofthe MuAkingum. on April 7,
1888, Marietta, tho first town in Ohio,
wns founded, where the hrst court was
held in September, 1888, though there
was no fixed seat OF government for the
territory. The tirst territorial LegislR-