The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-12-14
The Valley Virginian.
VIRCINlA'S AWARDS.
HER PRIZE EXHIBITS AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.

HER PRIZE EXHIBITS AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.
Report of the Executive Business Commits
sioner-Dr. Apperson-S Some Prac-
teal Suggestions.
DIR. John S. Apperson, executive bust
ness Commissioner of the Board OF
Worlds Fair Managers for Virginia has
submitted his report to the Governor.
The paper, after giving history of the
organization and work of the Board, set
4 ting forth the difficulties with which it
had to contend, owing to the limited ap-
| preparation at its commandsand enumer-
ating the articles in the Virginia exhibit,
says
THE AWARDEs RECEIVED.
In the matter Of awards considerable
confusion has existed from the begin
ming. This is readily explained by the
statement that it was difficult to adopt
plan or system whereby satisfaction
would be given to each OF the many
thousand exhibitors, both foreign and
domestic, who were asking that each in
dividual exhibit be examined for award.
States were at first considered as having
| collective exhibits, and as such only
would be entitled to awards Individuals
whose exhibits We're displayed in the
4 space allotted to States complained, and
/ all were admitted for examination This
swelled the scope of the work to be done
| by the Juries of Awards beyond their
ability to do it in the time allotted, and
! the result is, at the time of making up
this report. though but few days of the
Fair remain, many questions are yet IN
settled.
/ Exhibits in State Buildings are not ac.
/ mltted for examination but the build
ings themselves, under the head Of
isolated exhibits, were admitted and
examined for award.
In the plan adopted by the commission
no classification indicating comparative
degrees of superiority in exhibits was
| provided for Awards are granted only
/ upon specific points OF excellence or adj
vancement formulated in words by a
Board of Judges or Examiners The
awards are represented by medals, diplo-
mas and certificates.
Up to the tilne of making this report
the following awards have been pub
lished:
Isolated Exhibits Mount Vernon,
Home of Washington, Virginia Board of
Managers.
Forestry. Collective exhibits of tree
trunks: boards, scantling, and polished
| pieces, Virginia Board of Managers.
(, SIINEs AND MINING.
T Building and Ornamental Stone: Mar
| bic and marble onyx, dressed and pol,
| ished, Marion Marble and Mineral Co,
Mariou Va.
| Alberine soapstone from AlbeInarle
county, Va, Alberine Stone Company,
! New York; London Marble Company,
Mountsville, Va.
Granite, James Netherwood, Rich
lnond, Va; John c. Griffin, Petersburg,
| Virginia
Slate, rough, sawed, and dressed, Jno.
Il.
Collective exhibit of clay and fire
bricks, Buenf, Vista, Va.
| Iron and Ores: Specimens of lemonite
iron ore, Potts Valley Mining Comps
Charleston.
Typical basis steel ore, brown Hema>
tite iron ore, Charles Catlett, Stanton,
Virginia
/ Specimens of needle iron ore, Bnena
Vista Development Co.
Specimens of red helnatite iron ore,
William Tilson, Chatham Hill, Va:
! specimens of lemonite ores, Salem Fur
mace Company, Salem, Va; Buena Vista
Development Company Pulaski and
Bnena Vista Iron Co., Pulaski, Va;
brown hematite ores, Mount Vernon Iron
| Company
Manganese: Collective exhibit of man
ganese ores, Virginia.
Coal and Coke: Gas coal and coke,
Big Stone Gap Improvement Company;
steam and cooking coal and coke, Poca-
hontas Coal Company. Roanoke.
Zinc: Zinc ores, spelter, zinc wire and
foil, and other metalurgical forms, Der
| tina Zinc Company, Pulaski, Va.
Lime; Burnt lime, Crown Lime Conn
/ pany, Riverton, Va; limestone and lime,
Warner Moore " Co., Richmond, Va.
Barytes: Sulphate of barium, crude
and ground, FL. p Copenhagen, Marion,
Virginia.
\ ~
The report then gives an estimate of
the printed matter descriptive of the
State distributed by the Board, and con-
cludes as follows
In submitting this imperfect report,
it is needless to assume that the diyersi,
fed material resources of the State are
not as well represented at this greatest of
all fairs as they should have been. J ust at
time when her comparatively mex
haustable iron and coal fields are being
| brought into notice, and also when rich
| deposits of lead and zinc, marble and
I onyx, manganese and other minerals
and mineral substances are inviting cap
ltal for their development, when trans
| portatloh companies are pushing their
1 railroad lines in various directions
/ through the South. adding greatly to an
Immense tonnage, when Norfolk, that
"City by the Sea, with her splendid
I and capacous larbor, is beginning to
feel the quickening influence of her rail
road connections with the great West,
every one must agree that an extraordi-
nary effort should have been made to
make the State conspicuous by display
ing, and to the best advantage, these
/ evidences OF her wealth and process.
Citizens from Virginia visiting the Fair
have in some instances shown dispo
sltIon to criticise the meagre exhibit, es-
pecially il the departments of forestry
and agriculture. and we confess, as be>
fore stated. they are not what they
\ should have been, but when all the diff