The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-05-16

A new booklet, just issued for the
Exposition, tells very charming atory
of its history and creation and describes
the beautiful city in which the festival
has been developed and brought to COM
pletion. The booklet is embellished with
many Illustrations, including twelve
colored plates of Exposition buildings
and views. These will be sent free to
applicants by the Bureau of Publicity
so long as the edition lasts. All the
principal buildings of the Exposition
have been completed for some time.
The installation of exhibits began many
weeks ago, and there is every reason
to expect that the Exposition will have
a sand-paper finish on the first of May
a remarkable achievement; indeed, con-
sidering the unfavorable weather and
the history of other expositions in this
regard. Some of the afterthoughts, such
as State buildings, will not be done till
about May 20, which is to be Dedication
Day.
Everyone who has visited the grounds
of the Pan-Amercian Exposition during
the list few months has been astonished
beyond expression upon beholding the
magnitude and the exceptional beauty
and novelty of the enterprise 1t is very
much larger than people generally have
supposed, and it is apparent that the
S10,000,000, which is the approximate
cost of the Exposition as whole, has
been expended most wisely and with
the happiest results. The particular
novelty that is to be noted in this EX-
position is discovered in the fact that in
its exterior aspect it is radical de-
parture from former expositions. The
buildings are arranged upon harmo-
NOUS and well-developed plan, produc-
ing court settings and vistas of very
charming character. The use of mold
ed staff work and decorative sculpture
upon the buildings and at all salient
points within the courts, the liberal en-
ployment of hydraulic and fountain
features, the floral and garden effects,
the exquisite colorings of buildings and
architectural ornaments, and the illu-
mination of the whole with more than
100000 electric lamps, combine to make
a picture Of unsurpassed loneliness. The
musical features are also of great i'm
portance ard interest. The exhibit di-
visions are very complete and embrace
the gamut Of industrial, scientific and
artistic activities of the people of the
Western Hemisphere. The Midway,
claimed to be the greatest in the world,
has more than mile of frontage. The
restaurant features are perfect and the
Exposition, SO far as human ingenuity
and the wise expenditure of money can
accomplish such work, is complete to
the last detail.
Buffalo, too, is an ideal city for an ex-
position, having a summer climate that
is tempered by the breeZes from Lake
Erie and, therefore, the most comforta-
bic in which one may enjoy his summer
outing. The people of the city have
prepared themselves in a most ample
way to entertain millions of guests dur
ing the Exposition. The private dwell
ings throughout the city have been
thrown open to the public and, in view
of the ample Accommodations, very moder-
ate rates will prevail so that every vlsi-
tor may have such accommodations as
he is willing to pay for He may have the
palatial quarters of the fine hotels, or
hequiet restfulness of pheasant home
The average rate for accommodations
s1.00 per night for lodging, with csc. to
SOC. added for breakfast, it being expect
ed that guests will take their other
meals upon the Exposition grounds. A
number of responsible companies have
organized to find accommodations for
visitors at any price they may desire to
pay. The offices of these companies
are centrally located and this system of
management promises to bring very
satisfactory results to all concerned.