The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-12
CHARLEOTON'S BIG SHOW
Interest in the Approaching Expo
siti0n on the Increase.

Many states and Cities Preparing
Elaborate DispIays-The Beautif-
! cation of the Grounds Progresses.
4 Fine Live stock Exhibit.
! CHARLESTON, s. c. June 12-Interest
| in the approaching Charleston Exposition
( IS growing throughout the country. There
never has been a time in the history Of
/ South Carolina when so many States and
/ communities and countries were interest
J ed in the South. and the attendance at the
! exposition in Charleston will be far great
! er than has ever been contemplated by
/ the widest dream. All of the visitors to
/ Charleston VIII want to see the rest of
/ the State. Naturally prospectors and
/ spectators and hOme-seekers viii go to
: the counties which make the bravesf show
/ at the exposition. As indicative of the in
/ terest taken in the success of the great
! undertaking at Charleston, it will interest
/ the public to know that the State of New
! York has appropriated $4,000 for a State
Building and State exhibit at Charleston:
/ the State Of Missouri has appropriated
$4,000 for the same purpose; the State of
/ Pennsylvania $35, 900; the city of PhiIa-
! delphia $4,000. and the State of Maryland
/ SIS, 600: North Carolina Kansas. Nebras-
!
! Connecticut Rhode Island. and Florida
( have all made provision for representation
/ at Charleston. either State Buildings OF in
! collective exhibits. which will be housed
( in the principal structures Of the EXPOSE
ton Company In addition t. these States
/ Michigan. Colorado. Utah. Minnesota,
( Tennessee. Alabama. Texas California,
! and Washington will all be represented
! either by collective State exhibits or by
I exhibits collected and maintained through
! commercial organizations or corporate
! and Individual enterprise.
! NORTH CAROLINA AT THE SHOW
/ The State Board Of Agriculture of North
! Carolina has appropriated 5000 in cash
/ tor the exhibit from that State, and has
placed at the service Of the Exposition
/ Commission the entire resources of the
/ State Museum If the exhibit which North
| Carolina will make at Charleston We're to
/ be collected in the new building it would
! cost from $4,000 to 100000.
! louisiana has asked for 400 square
! feet of space at CharIeston; the State of
/ Georgia has asked for 400 square feet:
! the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia
! has filed its application for $50 square feet.
mainly devoted to an exhibit of the com
mercial possibilities of Porto Rico. The
| special commissioner of the Exposition
/ Company has been making an active can
vass Of the islands of Cuba and Porto
! Rico for the last two months or more and
/ has obtained the sanction Of the Govern
ment Of Cuba and the assurance Of a large
! exhibit collected under the direction of
! the agents for the Cuban Government.
THE LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT.
one of the most important and interest
! ing exhibits here will be that in the
/ Live Stock Department. which has been
placed under the management Of George
/ F. Weston. Of the Vanderbilt stock farms,
( Mr. Weston has already secured for ex-
/ fibit in this department $50 head Of cattle,
( Of beef and dairy breeds, 325 head Of swine
/ and 80 sheep The premiums offered by
/ the Exposition Company to the successful
! competitors in this department amount
to $1,000, and these premiums are
being re-cnforced by the great stock
/ breeders associations OF the United
States, so widely spread has become the
interest in the success of this feature Of
the show ut Charleston. The Jersey Cat
/ tie Club has appropriated 1900 as an ex-
ira prize for cattle in this class; the Here
ford Association has appropriated 500 for
special premiums for cattle in this class,
I and the -Friesian Association has
appropriated 500 for Special premiums for
cattle in this class.
Among the special features of the Live
! Stock Department VIII be a working
dairy. which will be operated from the
. beginning to the end Of the exposition
This exhibit VIII be under the manage
Tent Of one of the most distinguished ex-
perts in the dairy business in the United
States. So important is this exhibit re-
garded from practical point Of view
he provided in connection with it for all
those who are particularly interested in
the development Of a dairy business in
this State and the South.
One of the other particularly attractive
exhibits in the Live Stock Department
VIII be the poultry show. and TO the sue
cess Of this show the cooperation Of the
great poultry associations in the United
States has been pledged.
The exposition grounds contain 100 acres
and twenty-five acres have been set apart
for the Midway attractions Every foot
Of this large area will De occupied by va
rious aggregations Of talent. Thirty-five
amusement concessions which have al
ready been favOrabIy considered by the
board Of managers call for 42S. 40 square
feet Of space in the Midway and aItogeth-
ct over one-haIf Of the Midway frontage
has been engaged six months before the
/ exposition opens
The main buildings of the exposition will
/ number eleven: The Cotton and Com
merce Pa4aces, the Palace of Agriculture
the Minerals and Forestry Building Ad-
miuistratiOn Building. Auditorium Won
| ans Art, Negro, Transportation and Ma
! chinery buildings.
The great court Of palaces contains l.
I $4,000 square feet a larger area than that
contained in the grand court of the OTna-
Ia. Paris, Chicago or Pan-American ex-
! positions. Twenty-Five acres have been
set aside for the Midway attractions.
~"F EXPOSITION GROUNDS.
The exposition grounds are irregular in
| shape. forming two distinct sections
which lend themselves readily to the
treatment desired by the architect. ac-
cordiHg to whose designs the southern
park viii be treated from the standpoint
OF art and the northern park with an eye
to purely natural effects. The southern
which is also the eastern pert of the
grounds. was formerly the old Washing
ton race course, and was entirely level
before work was begun upon it 1t is
here that the two pyIous forming the en-
trance to the Midway viii stand. At the
| southern extremity OF this park tbs
great court of palaces takes the form OF
| a horseshoe In the centre stands the
| Cotton Palace, erected by the city OF
| Charleston which will no tho y1oct IN,