The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-17

Inc Paris EXPOSITION OF 1900 Is likely
TO surpass all previous worlds fairs, IL
reports OF the outlook arc to be credited.
It Is stated by q correspondent from
Paris that "of all who exhibited attheex-
position Of 1850. not one has failed to APP
ply at this time. and all for from four to
ten times as much space as they had be-
fore" In this connection It Is stated
tina. the United States will get the same
allotment Of space as Germany. for the
reason that the French" while anxious
to be polite and oonclllatory TO Germany,
still periodically want to see the Ger
mans eclipsed at the exposition. and
know that the United States alone, with
Its wonderful and mechanical
abilities, can surpass Germany In the
lines in which the latter excels." Not
withdrawing the United States has had
granted to 1t 10000 feet, the commits
,sioner from this country expects to OBJ
tain more. and believes there Will be
enough space demanded by American
exhibitors to utilize all that can be Sc
cured.
This Is due to the fact that American
manufactures are gaining ground in
Europe. and II manufacturers are
reaching out after European trade to a
greater extent than ever before. The
opportunities that are now being offered
are not being neglected by them. The
space already allotted to this country
is distributed among the sections as fol-
lows: First, the liberal arts: second.
machinery, electricity and appliances;
third. transportation; fourth. agr!cul-
ture and food products: fifth, mines and
mining; sixth, manufactures OF all
kinds. The commissionerfromtheU United
States desires additional space for the
fine arts, horticulture. forestry, fisher
les and sanitation. For these purposes
he expects to be allotted 10000 feet In
addition to the ground already granted.
This will insure q c%redltable exhibI.
from America, and is expected to sur
pass that OF any OF the European coun-
tries.
The exposition will be upon a tremen-
dous scale. indeed. The acreage OF
ground to be devoted to 1t will be great
er than that of any preceding worlds
fair. Ground mas been added to the site
of the exposition of 1889, which will be
used, and the beauty and cossliness OF
the buildings and their surroundings
will excel any before. Some OF the
buildings. especially two great art struc-
lures, are being built with a view to
permanently, n to be devoted to
French artists and the other to the art
lists OF the world. The fact that the city
has appropriated an amount Of money
for the exposition equal TO that given by
the government. 100000 0 francs. or
about "a. 0 600. gives the people of Paris
practical control OF the exposition.
Unless the events which are now &C.
curing in France, growing out OF the
Dreyfus affair, result in a revolution, as
many fear they will.,or a general over
turning OF all calculations. the Paris
exposition will be n OF the create: and
most successful enterprises of its nature
ever undertaken. with the single exccp-
ton. perhaps, of the Columbian exposi-
ton at Chicago, and will excel that in
some particulars. Its magnitude may be
imagined when It is stated that fifty
five governments will be represented.