The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-04
Great Exposition and
Government Park
in the Making

concerted with regard to the ulti-
mate finish. While we are doing
all we can to destroy autocracy and
promote worldwide democracy and
freedom our "after-thewar" army
is already busy preparing for the
great industrial struggle that is to
come. With the gigantic Merchant
Marine now in the making it will
eclipse all others and our flag will
flutter in the breeze of every sea
port in the world.
But to obtain all this foreign
trade we must needs have some
way of inducing the buyers to see
our goods and products in such a
way that they will be impressed
With this ultimate point in view
there is today being erected and
soon to be thrown open to the gen.
eral public, one of the largest in
dustrial expositions ever seen east
of the Mississippi.
1t is to be a permanent enter
prise on the general style of Shep-
herds Bush and EarIs Court in
London. 1t is destined to be a clear
ing house of industrial ideas, eff
forts and inventions and real ac-
cOmplishments.
A central market place where the
manufa cturers of America can
show to the buyers of foreign lands
the triumph of American Industrial
genius.
1t is to be vast educational in
stitution for the instruction of the
people along scientific, hygienic,
and artistic lines.
And withal, huge recreation
center and playground where 250,-
600 persons can be accommodated
each day.
This vast enterprise is backed
and under the guidance of some of
the most prominent men of the
commercial world in the United
States. They believe that the
struggle for commercial suprema-
cy will naturally center in New
York, hence this location for the
Exposition.
The plans for the New York In
ternational Exposition are the
most stupendous yet conceived
from beginning to end. OF the
twenty-five buildings some will be
devoted to the display of scientific,
artistic and industrial triumphs of
the world, others to entertainments !
of the better class.
The exhibit buildings will be |
known as the Palace of American
Achievements, Palace of Pan
American Exhibits, Palace of Fine
Arts, Palace of Manufactures and
Liberal Arts, Palace of Varied In
dustries, Horticultural and Agricul-
tural Hall, Machinery Hall and Au-
tomobile Salon. In each Of these
will be displayed exhibits in keep
ing with the name of the building.
That these displays will be most
interesting is evidenced by the fact
that already the United States
has announced its in
tention of pa rticipating with an ex-
hibit by the Bureau of Mines OF the
of the Interior. and by
exhibits from the Army and Navy
Biggest and best of all will be
the amusement features that will
be the delight of the kiddies and
make the grown-ups feel like little
tots again. First will be the great
est inland pool ever made with real
salt water from the Atlantic ocean!
It will be three hundred by three
and fifty feet and will
have sand beach three hundred
feet long by fifty feet wide, where
In one may acquire a beautiful coat {
of tan or make sand houses or some
equally non-called-for feat which I
serves to amuse. In
addition to the beach there will be
4 gigantic wave motion machine
operating automatically by means 6
Of big plungers. These plungers
ire kept in constant motion by spe- '
,ial gears and huge electric mo- a
ors, producing rolling, foaming |
breakers that bid fair to rival any t
hat his majesty, Father Neptune, b
yer splashed Coney's bathers with. g
The pool proper will contain some S
hing like 100000 gallons of water Il
nd gradually slopes down from the C
evel to four foot depth, at which