The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-31
BERLIN INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
VIII be Ready for Opening on the
First of Next May.
Magnificent Scale Upon Which Ger
many's Products VIII be Dis
played to the World.

Great progress has been made lately
in the preparatory work for the Berlin
Industrial Exposition of 1896. Cues
lions of principle very important for
visitors have been decided, viz: the
hour of the day until when the expo
sition buildings are to be illuminated
and the price of admission. The wishes
OF the public have been largely consid-
cred in the settlement of these ques-
lions. The entire exposition grounds,
including all parts devoted to entertain
| ment as we'll as the great halls of the
main building, will be radiant with light
to late hour at night, and uniform
rate of admission of fifty pfennig will
be charged; only on one day of the
week an admittance fee of one mark
will be charged up to o'clock in the
afternoon.
AS the grounds are of vast extent,
it was deemed Of great Importance to
provide for rapid transit on the same,
and so a railway will be built just out
side of the fence surrounding the
grounds, with about ten stations at the
most prominent points
The favorable weather prevailing this
fall has enabled the builders to bring
nearly all the buildings under roof be-
fore the cold season set in, so that the
part of the work which will not be inn
peded by the cold weather can be fin
ished in the coming months. This in
sures the completion of the structures
at an early day, and the fact that the
exposition will be quite ready on the
opening day, the LIST of May. next.
The question of the transit to and
from the exposition has been satisfact-
orily settled. The Stadtbahn and Ring
balm will expedite trains every three
minutes, carrying vast masses of Wis
itOrS from the center of the city in a
few minutes to the grounds, and three
new lines of electrical tramways will
connect all parts of Berlin directly with
the exposition. In addition to these
many horse car and omnibus lines will
be running there, while a great num-
Der of steamers will ply in the same
direction on the River Spree.
The fisheries exhibit, which will COM
prise all Germany, will contain dis
plays of everything appertaining to the
fish industry, from the breeding and
catching of the denzens of the deep to
vote itself to the object of promoting
the consumption of fish food by the
people to more extended degree than
has been the case heretofore. And not
only this exhibit, but all the other main
exhibits viii be on a grand scale, as
care will be taken to display not only
the finished products, but to show the
process of manufacture, so that the be-
holder can watch the articles as they
grow from the raw material until they
are ready for use.
The Colonial Exposition, which Is un-
der the especial patronage Of the irnpe-
rial authorities and is supported by all
Germans who have done good service
in the exploration of Africa, is de-
voted to the purpose of increasing the
enthusiasm for colonial enterprises in
Germany. The exhibition, as it is
planned, will not only display all which
the fauna and fora of the German col
onies possess that is worth seeing, but
it is the intention to bring natives Of
different parts of Africa to Berlin and
show them in their household occupa-
tions, not in the form of a mere idle
entertaining spectacle, but to demon
strate their adaptability for culture
and civilization.
In the chemical department popular
scientific lectures will be arranged,
and particular attention will be de-
voted in a separate pavilion to the
struggle between electrical light and
the incandescent gas burners, so that
the visitors can get an idea of the true
'inwardness" of the mysterious work
ings of some of the greatest industries
of the day, who try to cover their manu-
features by innumerable patents.
In the clothing exhibit the history of
fashions will be elucidated in a mu-
scum of costumes in which the visitors
can study on hundreds of artistic fig
ures how our ancestors used to dress on
all possible occasions.
The horticultural exhibition, prepar-
arations for which had to be made on
an area of about ten acres year ago,
in order to be enabled to make a cred
liable display, will doubtless demon
strate that the gardeners of Berlin keep
even pace with their townsmen de-
voted to other pursuits and to their col
leagues in other countries.
In short, thousands of skillful hands
are busily engaged in the effort to pre-
sent on the LIST of May next an exposi-
ton to the world, which will be ready
and finished in all it's parts.