The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-20
THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL.
The Governor Will Appoint a Conn
mission to Represent This State.

Col. F. ]. Newton, member of the Ten
nessee centennial commission is in the city
endeavoring TO create feeling favorable
to the enterprise he represents. He is maxi
ing trip through Indiana. Ohio, Michigan.
Illinois and the Western States, calling upon
the Governors and leading business men at
the State capitals. His main object is 10
secure the appointment Of commissioners to
represent the interests of the various States
in connection with the Tennessee centennial.
Yesterday Colonel Newton called upon Gov
ernor Matthews and through the Governor
met Colonel Lilly, William Fortune and sew
eral other leading members of the Com
mercial Club several members of the Board
of Trade and other prominent citizens.
II am delighted with the result OF my
visit here" said Colonel Newton last night.
81 found Governor Matthews 10 be clever
gentleman and he took an enthusiastic in
terest In the proposed Tennessee centennial.
He agreed to appoint commission TO repre-
sent Indiana and will probably announce the
names of the members in few days.
hope that the next Legislature will make
an appropriation sufficient to properly ex-
hibit Indana's vast resources and industries.
The Governor called in number or gentle
men TO confer with him regarding the COM
mission: All were tavoraoie TO ana II
of thirteen members representing the thir-
teen districts of the State
Regarding the centennial exposition,
wish to say that It will be the largest ever
held in the country barring only the Co
lumbar exposition. 1t will open May i,
1897, and continue six months. TX was at
first planned that Ii should open next Sep
TENDER, but there were several reasons for
changing the time. 1t was probably little
too soon after the Atlanta exposition and
would possibly be affected by the hard times,
which will doubtless disappear largely be-
fore next May. Then we did not want 10
follow the footsteps of other similar exposi-
tons and have an opening two or three
weeks before we were really ready TO re-
ceive the public. To make sure that We,
would be ready We decided TO make the
ings are we'll under way. Seven OF them
will be finished by Sept l of this year. The
grounds were graded and Scdded last year.
The walks are all ready for the cement and
the shrubbery and flowers are being set
now There will be no such robbery OF ex
hibitors as there has been some other
exposifions have visited. There are seven
railroads running TO the grounds and side
the very door OF each building These tracks
will be at the service OF the exhibitors. The
railroad tracks will be covered during the
progress of the exposition and they viii be
ready for service at It's close. Eleven hum
dred men are now at work on the buildings
and grounds.
II was asked to-day II We expected every
State that made an exhibit to go TO the
expense OF erecting a building for the pur-
pose. We have a novel idea which will re-
duce the expenses OF outside States 10 the
minimum One large building, the size and
shape of which will be governed by the de-
states vii be given ali the space they need
free of cost. The exposition commissioners
have all the money they need for the pur-
pose OF getting ready for the exposition"