The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-10-25
CENTENNIAL NOTES.

CENTENNIAL NOTES.
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition
viii be another White City, All the
buildings arr to fbe constructed of
stan.
A Centennial Club of colored men has
been organized at Nashville, and has
issued an address tB the colored peo=
pie OF Tennessee, calling Upon them to
gather exhibits to illustrate the deyef-
opment of their race at next years
Exposition.
The basin of the two lakes on the
Centennial grounds have been hol.
lowed out; and the earth removed
placed on the terrace. One lake is to
be fifteen acres in extent and the other
two. At the lower end OF the smaller
one an old-fashioned ovefshot waters
wheel will operate mill where Cen.
tei1hial souvenirs will be made
The marble producers of East Tens
nessee will erect over the principal
thoroughfare leading to the Centen-
hia1 Exposition an arch of native mar
bic sixty feet high aid 5f sixty feet
span. The arch is to be PERMANENT
to stand a monument to enterprise and
resource many a long year after the
Exposition has passed into history.
Tennessee architecs are now compel.
Ing for four of the main buildings of
the Tennessee Centennial Exposition
The Commerce; or Liberal Arts, Ma
chinery, Electricity and Transports
tion buildings. The designs will be
selected Nov is, and the work of efecs
ton will begin Immediately, the heav-
iPr work tn d1a CfNynnlAfpd Ian
The terrace and foundation of the
Fine Arts Building Of the Tennessee
Centennial have been completed and
the ediffce will be finished by Christ.
mas. The grounds are now in the hands
of the Chairman of the Committee
on Buildings and Grounds, who is
laying out the walks and directing
the tef'racing Of the sites of the four
main buildings now in the hands ct
the architects.
The fountains at Tennessee's Ex-
position are to be made special fea-
lures. The most important one Will be
operated by electricity in the middle
of the large lake. Another is being de-
signed by Miss Yandell. the Louisville
artist, to occupy place near the Fine
Arts Building. A third win beautify
a garden in front of the Agriculture
Building, and there will be several 9TH
ers.
A striking feature OF the Centennial
will be a crown of incandescent lights
sixteen feet in diameter placed upon a
steel tower 500 feet high, and revolving
SO as to spell the words, Tennessee
Centennial 1885, The working model
of this novelty Is now in the hands
OF the Director General. 1t was de-
vised by DIR. J. C. Wharton, of Nash
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solicited by the management. Ad-
dress the Director General.
Campbell County is arranging to build
a house at the Centennial entirely of
coal, trimmed with sandstone and onyx
and covered with slate. Grundy County
Is also at work at her exhibit, ana
those in charge report that 1t will be
elaborate and striking. Other counties
are falling into line and those that have
not should get to work without delay.
Another such opportunity will not be
offered for many a year, perhaps,
never.
Among the latest applications for
space at the Tennessee Centennial EX-
position are those from the Kentucky
Wagon Company, the Fairbank Cotto-
lene Lard Company, of st. Louis,an the
Hub Gore Company, of Boston. Each
of these concerns will make big dis
plays, especially the wagon firm, which
proposes to erect a model of its factory
and show fifteen styles Of wagons made
there.
The Centennial Directory Tuesday
decided that the Exposition shall open
Sept l, 1896, and remain open one hum
dred days. The Board also decided
positively that all buildings shall be
completed and thrown open to exhibi-
tors on Aug. 1, a full month before the
beginning of the fair. This decision
will be strictly adhered to in order to
avoid the delay experienced at Chi
cago and Atlanta. Tennessee intends
to be ready for full criticism the first
day.
The Centennial mana cement will not
handle or control in any way any
money that may be appropriated by
the county courts or individuals In
Tennessee for county exhibits. 1t is
only desired that the display of Ten
nessee's resources and thrift at the Ex-
position may be as complete as possi-
BILE, and to that end commissioners
have been appointed in each county
for the purpose of working up interest
and county pride. County exhibits are
desired more than any other feature,
and the management will assist com
ties in every way possible to properly
display their exhibits.
The laying of the cornerstone OF
the Fine Arts building and the dedica-
tion of the Tennessee Centennial Ex-
position is conceded to have been the
most enthusiastic public demonstra-
ton Nashville ever witnessed. Be-
tween 10000 and so, 900 people wit
messed the street parade and the cere-
monies. Two days afterward the city
of Nashville by a vote of thirteen to
one subscribed 100000 to the Centen-
niaI. thus making the grand sum of
$3.50, 900 that Nashville alone has given.
With this fund the twelve immense
main buildings of the Exposition will
be erected.
AS soon as the official map OF the
grounds of the Tennessee Centennial |
is completed eight more main build |
ings will be located. Advertisements |
Will then be given out calling on Ten |
nessee architects to compete for de- |
signs As soon as selections are made |
the construction will begin, and by |
that time the other main edifices and |
the Fine Arts Building will be Wei |
along toward completion. Work Will |
proceed slowly, as the weather per- |
mits during the winter SO that by |
March the twelve, or rather thirteen, |
main structures will be either ready |
for the finishing touches or weI1 under |
construction. The style OF all build |
ings is to be either Colonial or Greek, |
and the material is confined to wood |
and staff. as was the case at the |
Worlds Fair. The walks are to be |
Of asphalt. This much has been posi- |
lively determined upon Dy the man. |
asement. How many more buildings |
will be added to these thirteen II Is |
i'm possible even for the management |
to say. The cities and counties OF the |