ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION.
A MAGNIFICENT SHOW. 7 ■". ■ ■ •■' i P«-sh Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright J (Received May 3, 9.8 a.m.) . ) NEW YORK,. May 2. J Three hundred thousand visitors have <f arrived at St. Louis. ' ■ The Exliibition is considered to, be ) equal to £he combined attractions of tlie t Paris, Chicago, and Buffalo exhibitions. \ It comprises one thousand buildings, . fourteen magnificent exhibit palaces,, ens- •, cade gardens, with three huge. Waterfalls, i illuminated by electricity. _ A beautiful feature Is the replica of t the Great Trianon of Versailles. , ' v1 There is an arena. for Olympic games/ * seating twenty-five thousand people. c Fifty foreign Governments make elab- s orate displays. Great Britain, Canada, i Ceylon, and New Zealand are represen- r The greatest interest is taken m Queen i Victoria's Jubilee presents. * An exhibition excursion train wo. de- ' railed, at Kimmswick, Missouri, and fifty I people were killed and injured: ,
The Exhibition is wider iii scope 'and. , greater m size thai, any previous one m any country on earth. Its size can best be appreciated by comparison. The St. _ Louis "sliow" covers 1240 acres of ground ] as against 633 acres occupied by the , Columbian Exhibition at Chicago, and > 336 acres covered by the Paris Exposi(ion of 1900. In scope the St. Louis ! Exhibition, has many striking features. \ One of these is the large amount of at- J teiition given and space devoted to mov- ) ing, operative exhibits. In addition to * 728 acres under roof, there are 100 acres devoted tq outdoor exhibits. The mov- l his exhibits are to be driven by engines of 40,000 horse-power. Another special ; feature of the Exhibition is to be found * iv the exhibition of fac-similes of celebiated buildings. Thus, France repro- '} duces the Grand Trianon at Versailles; ' Germany, the Imperial Castle at Cliarlottenburg; Great Britain, the Orangery of * palace, at London; Japan, •the Castle of Nagoya ; China, the Palace s of Prince P*u Uun ; Belgium builds an 5 Antwerp Town Hall. Mexico lias a patio 1 or inner court mKs building. Louisiana ' reproduces the CabiWo at New Orleans, ! where the formal transfer of the Louisiana territory from France to the United States took place. To Scotsmen, a popu- j lar exhibit is an exact reproduction of the birthplace of Burns, the national poet. ' An anthropological display is one of ] tlie most extensive and important features of the Exposition. A populous assemblage of the aborigines of North and South America and. the new American colonies are shown amidst native environments, and, specimens of about a : dozen South African tribes are assembled. These include the pigmies, and m every ' ca>v the peoples shown' are engaged m such crafts arid arts as may: best express their skill m all such processes. In the domains of science and ait, the Exhibition is to embrace all that is most novel, beautiful and remarkable. Music, horology, education, printing and other arts will have, large! representation. In the Palace of Electricity all types of machines for the generation and utilisation : of electrical energy will be exhibited, including dynamos and ' motors, both for direct and alternating currents, and transformers, the use of which makes possible I lie long-distance transmission of energy now so common m tho western part of America. Under the same heading are ■ ho shown electric motors for railways, elevators, cranes, printing presses, and the like. Aerial navigation will provide one of the most marvellous and interesting of the features of the great show. Inventors, aeronauts and scientists the world over intend' to compete for the 200,000 dollars'* worth of aerostatic prizes offered by the directdrate. Out of nearly 4000 applicants for entrance into the airship contests, not more than 500 have ever made an actual ascent, and th<t» large majority of these have had no experience beyond the uses and adventures of the ordinary gas or hot-air balloon. M. Santos Dumotit will exhibit, his dirigible airship, und there are about a score of aeronauts from all parts of the world who will contestwith him for possession of the grand prize.
ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION.
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10038, 3 May 1904, Page 3
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