The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-19

big Frick engine was In readiness and
a row OF batteries rested near the enel-
neer. just al 5:54.20 the President touched
the button. the whistle sounded, the en-
slne moved on at lively gait and all
the machinery followed suit
The great crowd sent up a shout that
shook the roof. Almost simul taneOuSiy.
hundreds OF arc lights mashed out on the
plaza and myriads OF incandescent lights
CLEANED and sc!ntillated from the cornices
and d0mes of the Womans building and
the government building. IL was just
dusk and in the gathering darkness. the
shouts OF the crowds, the hash OF the
lights and the noise of The bombs Of the
presidential salute emphasized the formal
opening of the exposition.
The transportation facilities proved
equal to the occasion and tnere was no
confusion. With double tracks on the
Southern railway to Atlanta, and six lines
OF street railways, the crowds suffered no
Inconvenience The terminal facilities
were fully adequate and so was every ia
cility for ingress and egress az the
grounds.
Tomorrow will be Georgia editors day at
the exposition. President Caoannlss has
called them TO meet at noon al the Hotel
Oriental. From there they VIII be taken
IN body over the Southern railway 10
the exposition grounds where they Will
be received at the auditorium and well
coined by President Collier Mr.. Caban-
Mss VIII respond to the welcome address,
and then the editors will see the sights OF
the midway and dispense through the
grounds. They viii be given reception
In the afternoon at the womans building
by the ladies of the womans board.
The following is a sketch Of the grounds
and buildings:
The area covered by the Cotton States
and International Exposition is about
eighty acres. As compared to the white
city in Jackson park, ii is almost insig
nincant. or disportionate, probably, as
the cost of the two exposition. the one
spending thirty millions to less than a
million and a half by the other, but for
beauty of landscape and symmetry of ar
chltectural arrangement the southern eX-
position is to its rivals as her orange
blossoms TO the daisies of the western
helds. As visitors pour through the main
gateway, structure In itself unique and
striking, the whole exposition is spread
out before him like vast panorama. AT
a single glance, il is all taken in like "a
great picture put in a frame of living TO
lage. In every direction, one enters,
tt he decent is gradual toward the placid
grassy banks and arched bridges while
on the rim of this basin the buildings are
stretched out, each a distinctive picture
in itself, yet all combinding TO make one
harmOnius whole.
To the right, the great high Phoenix
wheel, the GROWING feature of the MID
way, as it was at Chicago, looms up like a
great spider web, slowly moving around to
catch the wary flies. The big wheel in
the beacon light of Midway, just as II was
at Chicago. while to the left as you enter
standing on a high slope half mile across
the little valley where clara Nicer is
queen, approached by an immense stair
case that suggests the marvels of an
cient centuries in the bOldness of its con-
ception, the great building that houses
the treasures and curios of the govern
ment, is the magnet that attracts the
crowd to the solids Of the past, the Mid
way, being the froth.
IN the center of the circular chain or
buildings, not set upon HILL but nest
ling close down to the banks of the ia
Just as plainly as If mounted upon the
highest summit, Is the womans building.
enthusiastically, the most admired OF the
whole exposition, except possibly the fine
arts building, which, with its tall Cor
inthlan columns, and bias relief settings in
stan appeals TO the very highest tastes
Ia architectural beauty. These two build-
ings, the Womens and the fine arts, are
the distinctive features In the architcc-
ture OF the exposition. Miss Elise Mer-
Ger OF Plttsburg designed ana superintend-
ed the construction of the one, the amount
OF money spent upon 1t being greater than,
the cost of any other on the grounds,
while Walter T. Downing, one young arch
ltect OIL this city, conceived the plan OF
the other; All the other principal builc-
ings, which are on the same general
pan and scheme Of colorlng All the work
of Bradford l.. Gilbert of New York They
are angular frame structures, covered
sides, and the roof with shingles and
| painted a dull iron gray that harmonize
Well with the wooded setting of the
Another building that aae sonee catches
the eye is that erected by the enterprise
of the Manufacturers Association of
Georgia and filled with the products of
Georgia looms and shops. 1T stands be-
tween the negro building on one side and
the transportation and Southern railway
on the other. The building has an indivld-
uality of its own, standing out as boldly
from the Gilbert plan as do the fine arts
and women's buildings lit is such a
structure as will Immediately prompt the
visitor to make inquiry and to investi-
gate the good that IL will accomplish
for the state can only be estimated In
comparison with the beneficial results
of everything else in the exposition com
bined. 1t will be a revelation to the man.
Iufa9,cturlng east, as the Georgia state
fruit growing west.
OF course the exposition is yet too
young TO judge accurately of its effect or
to single out the features that will be
tie doubt that 1t will be largely a bust
ness matter with the visitors. The
amusements on the midway will have
their full share of patronage, but the
great bulk of those who come to see
the exposition will come with a deeper
purpose than sightseeing. or amusement,
especially those from the north and
west. The spirit that infused the under
taking was to show the world the riches
of the south and the progress of south
ern Industrial development. With Ghis
motive as the genius of the enterprise,
ii is the natural consequence that prac-
tical results should be the end striven
for Throughout the country the exbosi-
ton is so understood, and 10 the thou
sands who have their eyes upon this
section as the place of future homes, or
as a field for investment and develop
ment,. it will be like a guide book to the
traveller.
All of the southern states represented
have viewed the purpose of the under
taking in this light. They have made
their exhibits to attract the homeseeker
and the capitalist while the eastern
states have built their state buildings as
conveniences for their citizens. and made
their exhibits to please the eye.
The southern exhibitors have come to
the exposition in earnest reaching out
their hands to the world and inviting all
who will TO come in. and the magnificent
showing made by Georgia. with her state
building filed with the pro-
ducts of fields, mines and forests, her
building filed with the output of factories
and mills, Florida with display of fruits
and phosphates unrivalled. and Caro-
lima, Arkansas and Alabama. each with
their displays from field and factory
place them in the front ranks of their
new development. That they will all reap
rich return from their enterprise there can
be no doubt
THE START At BUZZARD's BAY.
Buzzard's Bay, Mass, Sept. ls-The
vast machinery of the Atlanta exposition
was successfully set in motion to-day
from the Presidents summer home. Gray
Gables. IA IS