The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-25

BUILDING.
ter has cost more thought, labor and
money than all the others combined. On
the depot alone $4,000 has already been
expended. 1t is designed to furnish an OBJ
ject lesson in the proper care of passengers
and will include every known device for the
comfort of travellers. Upon its tracks So
distinct trains of ID cars each. with locomo-
tives and tenders, will stand side by side.
Together these will accommodate 27,300
people, and as they can be loaded and sent
off momentarily it will take but a short
time to dispatch double that number.
The transportation department has sent
out rush orders to all intending exhibitors.
1t is important that this department should
not be more overcrowded at the last mo
ment than is absolutely inevitable, and
therefore exhibitors have been asked to get
in early. Ten times the number of carloads
so far received on any one day could be
handled. The methods Of installation are
simple and flexible and yet comprehensive
enough to suit any likely emergency.
Tracks are laid from the railroad entrance
to the grounds to all the principal build
ings. Inside the structures special trans
fer tracks are provided, upon which push
cars are operated. Machinery hall has the
! only full size track inside any of the build
ings, and there the exhibits are carried di-
rectly in without transfer and handled by
immense travelling cranes capable of NOV
ing 20 tons each.
The fisheries exhibit will be one of the
most attractive in the whole exposition.
The waters of the earth will be ransacked
for representatives of their denizens, and
lake, brook, river and ocean will contribute
their quotas for the instruction of man
kind. The Fisheries building will be adj
mirably arrayed to display the finny tribes
| to the best advantage, and marine plants,
shells and artificial rockwork will add real
ism to the glass sided tanks through which
visitors will behold the watery wonders.
Adequate provision has been made for sup
plies of both salt and fresh water, and great
care has been taken to preserve the life and
health of the fish. For Illuminating the
various aquaria at night $50 incandescent
I lamps will be used. Nearly all the light
in the building will come through the water
in the tanks, and as the bulbs above the
tanks will not be visible the effect will be
beautiful.
Philadelphia has consented to lend her
most precious relic-the old Liberty bell
to the exposition and will send four police
| men with it as a guard of honor. It is a
safe prediction that few things will be more
attractive than the bell that announced the
| signing of the Declaration of Independence,
though it is now dumb and can no longer,
in the words of its motto, Proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the inhab-
itants thereof" The bell will be exhibited
in the Pennsylvania building. The last
time it left Philadelphia was when it was
taken to the New Orleans cotton exhibit
ton. 1t will be exhibited in the principal
cities along the route.
The agricultural department is attract
! ing a great deal of attention abroad, and 81
foreign countries have taken space and will
exhibit. AS a comparative study few de-
partments will be of more interest. The
various governments will display side by
| side their methods for advancing agricul-
tural interests and helping the farmer to a
better appreciation of scientific methods.
A list of the foreign nations exhibiting in
| this department, with the amount of space
in square feet assigned to each, is given be-
low: