New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
Great Pictorial Display To
Be Made of City's
Resources.
INTENDED TO AID SALE
OF BONDS IN EUROPE
Controller Prendergast Sure Ex-
position Will Broaden Sc
curity Market.

Under direction of Mortimer L. bouquet
assistant engineer of the Borough Fresl-
dents office in Brooklyn, slice OF Ne"
York is being transplanted TO Lyons
France where the Lyons international
Urban Exposition opens on May l. New
York is Joining with other great cities OF
tho world in the exposition, whose purpose
is educational.
Incidentally. education may not pc All
that New York will get out OF IL Inc
work of preparing the exhibits Is uhuer
the supervision of Controller Prendergast'
and there is lurking notion In MS NINA
that such an advertisement, showing the
tremendous projects and INSTITUTIONS
which form the basis OF New YORK
bonded Indebtedness, may broaden the
market for municipal bonds and result IN
raising their value. II a Europeon market
uere found and the price jumped so much
as an eighth OF point in consequence al
the expenses of preparing the eAHiOi''
would be covered four times over.
The announcement OF the New YORK
exhihit. which. of course, like all otner
descriptive matter in the exhibit Is III
French, says: THE plan has been deVe'-
oped so as to emphasize the credlt OF the
CITY. The bonds and revenue DIS OF the
CITY of New York are growing popular
with the investors of Europe, and IL IL
therefore desirable in this graphic form
20 shoy rho immense assets, revenues ana
business which support the funded ana
current debt OF what is now nearly the
largest municipality In the world
Exhibit To Be Pictorial.
New York's exhibit will be entirely PCT
orial. Every department in the municlpdI
government will he covered photograph
callv. The collection of photographs Is re-
carded by Mr. Fouquet, whose cXperience
I'm such matters goes back TO the "or'u
Fair at Chicago. as the best in the "orlu'
both as 10 quantity and quality.
The exposition grounds cover siNty-hVe
acros and face the confluence of the
Phone and the Saone New York city
quarters occupy building ~ ieet os
100 facing on the Avenue of Nations
Francis Y. Purcell. assistant engineer
in the Controllers office, and Julian hlch'
mond, assistant engineer of the boaru
OF Water supply have already saied io'
France 30 take charge OF the arrange
ment OF the exhibits.
They have duplicates OF a complete SET
OF plans for the arrangement OF every
thing in the building. The originals are
held by Mr.. Fouquet. The space TO DC
occupied by every picture is marked on
the plans. and a similar mark is placed
on each picture as il is packed. y dCph-
cate OF a list OF exhibits kept by Fouquet
Is sent to Purcell and Richmond page D!
page. Three and one-half tons OF eNhlolts
have already been sent, although, owing
10 a delay in appropriating money foi
the purpose the committee in charge mas
been at work not much more than three
weeks.
As one enters the New York City build
ing at Lyons he will be confronted oy a
large painting representing the harnof
Of New York and the skyline as seel
from a liner entering the haroor IL Is
one of four paintings OF river and har-
Dor views which decorate the base OF a
central pedestal at the juncture OF the
four corridors OF the building. The
pedestal itself is TO be reproduction OF
the tower of New York's city Hall, the
dial on one side showing New York time,
while the reverse shows Lyons time.
Views Of Typical Scenes.
Panels on the walls OF the four cor
rdors will contain paintings and pho-
tographs OF typical New York scenes.
1,barn urIIJ ha ytews from the towers of