Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-18
r CENTENNIAL
OF THR SETTLEMENT OF THg OHIO VALLEY
AND NORTHWEST TERRITORY.
What Part Shall West Virginia Play In the Gncin-
natl Exhibition ?-The Matter to be Brought
Before the Chamber Of Commerce.

Before the Chamber Of Commerce.
Upon the fourth day of the coming
month of July there will be inaugurated
in the city Of Cincinnati a great Industrial
Exhibition, international in its scope ard
characte-, designed to commemorate and
celebrate the enc hundredth anniversary
of the settlement of the Ohio Valley, and
what was known in the early history OF
the nation as the Northwest Territory.
This exposition will be upon a scale but
little less than that Of the Centennial Ex-
hibition, at Philadelphis, in 1876, and in
some respects is expected to even exceed
that great event. The city Of Cincinnati
has guaranteed one millisn and fifty thou
sand dollars to the affiir, the general gov
eminent has been asked to contribute halt
a million dollars, and a considerable num-
Der of the Central States, headed by the
State of OHIO, have, through their several
Legislatures, taken steps to actively Co
operate in the matter.
But while matters have been moving
thus around rs, West Virginia has done
nothing towards siguifyiDg her willingness
to take part in an event Of great import
ance, almost at our very door, and If a for
ward movement is not made very soon,
the prospect is very fiattering for our being
conspicuous by our absence when the
affair comes eff. Six Commissioners have
been designated to represent West Yr-
ginia at the Exposition, they being His
Excellency Governor Wilson, John A. Nc.
Gufin, of Sewell; J. c. NJ. Lowell, Of
Shrewsbury J. c. Anderson, OF this city;
A. W. WoodfJrd, of Weston, and John
Monroe, of Romney, but these gentle
men have been able to do bot little
in aid of the matter. The coming session
of the State Development Convention,
however, affords an opportunity to do
something to secure the State adequate
representation, and the Commissioners are
preparing to move energetic,lly In the
premises. The ball will De opened at the
coming session of the Chamber Of Com
merce, Mr.. Anderson having announced
his intention Of appearing before that body
and of making an address in which he will
urge the importance of the people of the
State making q move. There is not the
slightest doabt but that the Chamber will
accord him all the aid and encouragement
possible, and with the substantial backing
thus given, Major Anderson will prepare
to move upon the State Development Con-
vention, which is TO assemble here upon
the 29th inst. In q conversation yesterday
upon this subject, Msjor Anderson said:
west Virginia cannot afford to let this
thing 60 by without being creditably rep
resented. 1t is q matter of too much im-
p~ortance. States all through the central
part of the country are moving, and even
from the other side of the Mississippi come
applications for space and for permission
to erect buildings. 1t IL going to be a
gigantic affair, and We should have been
at work long ago. The enterprise is ex-
in the line of State development,
which will be the especial and particular
business before the Convention to assemble
here on the Goth. and the delegates should
be urged to give the thing the attention
its importance deserves"
The city Of Cincinnati has granted for
the purposes of the Exhibition the use Of
Washington Park, and upon this space
is now being erected an elegant
structure, cruciform in shape, 600xll0
feet one way and 400 by 10 feet in its
section, two stories in height
aud adorned with a dome 140 feet in diam
eter, towering TO an altitude of 100 feet.
In other portions of the park will be
smaller buildings for special dis
plays. Washington Park and the new
buildings will be connected with the per
Hall by an ornate bridge, twenty
five feet in width.
The permanent buildings consist of the
great Music Hall, capable Of holding eight
thousand people, Dexter Hall, AIT Halls,
Horticultural aud other halls, aud at the
Centennial will be devoted entirely to ell
tertaiuments, art, flowers and still life.
Adjoining the permanent buildings to
the west, aud connected with it, will be
Machinery Hall, a vast building now in
course Of construction, thirteen hundred
feet in length by one hundred and fifty
four feet in width, outside OF which will be
the boiler house.
Attached to the central building will be
two SPACIOUS restaurant rooms, each 100
by 200 feet. The great feature of the In
terior of the main building is the absence
Of columns; leaving a clear floor space
the whole vast area, These vast
buildings will have under roof the ian
mense exhibiting space of forty-three acres
largest connected covered area ever
used for any Exposition held on the West
ern Continent.
The Government of the United States
has established regulations by which ex-
hibits from foreign countries will be ad-
in bond, with 10 charge for import
duty unless sold in this country.
The inauguration exercises, as has been
takes place July 4, 1888, and the
will be continued day ard
night until October 81, 1888, thus giving
one hundred exhibiting days and nights
In order to secure success, Commission
ers have this a visited the great Jubilee
held at Liverpool, Manchester, |
S~altaire, New Castle on Tyne, England;
The Expeditions at Amsterdam, Vienna,
Paris; the Maritime Exhibition at Havre,
and the National Italian Exhibition at
and from all thSss have been gath
cred ideas, plans, exhibits aud mechanics
will be reproduced in the Centen-
NAL at Cincinnati.
Here is an opportunity for West Virginia
let the people of the county know Of her
Will it be improved?
A Card from Ralph Arklr.
the Editor Of the RcQista:
/ wish 10 say that / did not sue the city
,f Whselino for DAMAGES for the shuiiinp off |