The Penn's Grove record., 1906-08-03
THE JAMESTOWN TERCENTENNlAL
Its Object and Scope First Told.
New Jerseys Building.

New Jerseys Building.
The New Jersey commission to ar
range for an exhibit at the jamestown
Tercentennial awarded the contract for
erecting the New Jersey Building to
r. G. Strahl ow & Co., of Norfolk, Va,
for ST., 797, as the lowest bidder. The
building will be of Colonial design and
similar in plan to the New Jersey
Building at the st. Louis Exposition,
which was a model of Washington's
Headquarters at Morristown. New
Jersey will spend SIS, 900 former James
town display.
AS SEEN BY A PENIS GROVE MAN.
D. P. Leonard, on his rip South last
spring made a visit to the grounds of
the Jamestown Fair and wrote the fol-
lowing comprehensive review of the
great Exposition to be held on the site
of the first English settlement made on
this continent. Circumstances have
prohibited it's previous publication.
The jamestown Teri Centennial.
as it will be called, will doubtless
prove Americas greatest historical
project. The management declare that
they will be ready to inaugurate on
May -, 1907, this great event, COM
m%emorating, the first permanent Eng
lish settlement in the New World.
The grounds upon which this exhlbi-
ton will be held comprise an area
of 800 acres situated on the east side of
Hampton Roads; about six miles from
Norfolk near Sewell's Point. The
water area will be somewhat larger
than that of the land, as extensive re-
creation piers are to be built far out
from shore, also great aquariums,
where it is said salt water fishes from
all parts of the North American con-
tinment will be exhibited.
This celebration is to emphasize
events of hi storical interest illustrative
of the principles of Religious, Social,
Political and Economic Independence
first expressed at jamestown, and later
established by the founders of our
Government, rather than to exploit to-
days industrial developments.
The scope of the expo %sition, 81 far
as the United States Governments par
ticipation will include:
LIST. Assembling its ships and sailors
during the exposition. I'd Inviting and
receiving foreign ships.
Sd Entertaining officers and men of
Navies and Armies. 4th the contests
Of skill between sailors and soldiers.
Constructing soldiers camps, barracks
etc.
9th Building for o Ulcers of navy and
army, respectively. It'll Building for
Sailors and Soldiers, respectively. 8th
Naval-Military Hospitals with Red
Cross outfit. 9th A Government Build
ing for Department Exhibit. 10th Life
Saving, Signal Service Wireless Tele-
graphy Station in operation. 18th In
sular, Alaskan and Indian Buildings
for exhibits. Policing the Exposition
grounds with u. S. soldiers. Contri-
buting by suitable appropriation, the
cost of utilities and Educational exhib.
its.
The general scope of the Exposition
Company's DEPARTING nts briefly stated
will be as follows:
All national and other important assoc.
ations will be invited to attend during
the exposition period. Large auditor.
iums will be erected for their free con-
vention use. Exhibits of important re.
lies, documents and pictures of Incl.
dents and persons associated with the
settlement of jamestown.
An Educational Exposition of the re.
suits of modern methods to be made
by lectures, meetings, illustrations.
mechanical and other products of &C.
ademic, technical and industrial
schools etc. Invitations will be extend
ed directly and through national organ
i~zations to cities and towns, associa-
tions and institutions that are work
ing for social, civil and economic better.
ments to illustrate their method and
results. Exhibit in arts and crafts.
10 embrace the equipment and proc
ucts of the fishing industry, the Gov
erment will provide large auuariums
and stock them with living fish.
A building will be erected for the
sole use of the Negro Race in which all
Inventions, and works of art as produc-
ed by the Negro Race can be exhibited
and a full opportunity to demonstra te
his progress since his emancipation.
This in itself will be highlybeneficial a $
it will enable the race to show to the
world their capabilities. There are
besides those l have enumerated scoresl
of other attractions which Won will
learn of later.
The naval display, it is said, will ex
coed anything eve produced. as
ships of war will assemble in thes G
Hampton Roads representing every
civilized nation on earth. Altogether if
will be an exhibition quite differant
from any thing ever held before.
l visited the grounds which is easily
dCCOoolDiC w a " lllluJ6S I1u6 on the
electric cars. | found the work on the
two main exhibit buildings wellin hand.
Each of these buildings will be over COG
feet in length and $50 feet in width. and
will have approximately 100, 600 feet of
floor of the galleries. These buildings
will be finished by Sept. LIST, 1906.
The Administration buildings. in
which all the principal officers will be
lodged, will be ready for occupancy by
July LIST (last) and the structures in
the arts and crafts sections will also be
completed.
There are over eight miles of sewers
and drains and the the ~bouleyards and
streets already completed, ready for
paving and grading, total twelve miles
in length. Commonwealth avenue will
be the main esplanade at the grounds.
1t connects directly with the great
boulevard to the grounds from Norfolk
City and extends in a straight-a-way
course for nearly a mile to Hampton
| Roads, which will be the soena Of AZ