The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-15
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
Details of the Fair Promise Great
Results-Its Scope.

The preparations for the great
Cotton States and International
Exposition at Atlanta, Ga, which
will be opened September Is, are
still being conducted in manner
70 raise the highest expectations of
intending visitors. The New York
state commissioners have establish
ed headquarters ct the Gilsey
House, New York. The commits
sioners have just returned from At
lanta. The intended Exposition,
they say, will undoubtedly rank
next to the Worlds Fair In Chicago
in Importance, size and attendance.
The indications are that it will ex-
ceed the Centennial Exposition.
Nearly every other state has taken
more space than New York state.
The commissioners are satisfied
that no such opportunity has ever
been presented to the Northern
people to reach a class of Southern
trade and to establish commercial
and social relations with the South.
The Exposition will be in Pied
mont Park, located two miles from
the centre of the city of Atlanta.
This park contains 189 acres, and
more, that 100000 has already
been expended in frightening the
picturesque features of the land
scape, and about 100000 in all
will be expended to make the fair.
There are twelve principal struc-
lures: The manufacturers and lib
eral arts, fine arts, agriculture, au-
ditorium, administration, fire, ma
chinery, minerals and forestry,
negro, transportation, electricity
and woman's. The leading idea
is a Romanesque, and the build
ings are designed with an idea OF
stability.
AS in both the Columbian Expo.
sition and the California midwinter
fair, the amusement features have
not been neglected. The terraces
between Piedmont avenue and
Jackson street will be devoted TO
them. The street curves along a
slope with continuous succession
of picturesque structures; the
adobe houses and bamboo huts OF
the Mexican and Guatemalan vii
lagos and the wigwams of the In
dian are in striking contrast with
the antique designs of the oriental
villages and the quaint and Curl
GUS architecture of the Japanese
and Esquimaux, the German and
Chinese villages. Prominent
among other structures will be
Hagenbeck's arena of trained wild
animals, the Vaudeville Theatre,
the Palace of Illusion, the Mystic
Maze, and the Scenic Railway,
while at the end of the street will
be Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.
The officers of the Exposition are
Charles A. Collier, president and
general director; Walter 6. Cooper,
chief of the department of publicity
and promotion; Grant Wilkins,
chief of construction and landscape
engineer. Atlanta is city OF no.
600 people, and the committee In
charge of public comfort, after care
full consideration, have decided to
adopt the system winch was oPoi-
ated with success at Philadelphia
during the centennial. The con-
troll of this business will be held by
the Exposition Company, and all
of the available rooms in hotels,
boarding houses and private resi-
dences will be registered. The same
work will be carried on through the
outlying towns, so that this Will
materially expand Atlanta's capa-
city for accommodating visitors;
This information will be tabulated
and sent broadcast over the coun-
try, and visitors from a distance
will be encouraged to engage quar-
ters i'm advance. In short, the
nublic comfort bureau will run the
citv very much as a hotel is run,
and bicycle messengers will take
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