8 assurance that the prospects for the Centennial Exposition are highly favorable, and that the preparations are advancing rapidly. Under the stimulus of the Lexington, Bunker Hill, and other Centennial Anniversaries occurring the pre-font "year, patriotic feeling has been strongly enlisted in the project, which bromizes to be an important agent in re-aforing good feeling between the North and South. It is certain, now, that the Star formerly at war with the Union will ticipate heartily. Reports from Foreign nations are all very favorable. Mr. Cunliff Owen, England's Commissioner to all International Fairs yet held, and also to that which will be held next year in Philadelp! says the Americans will successful one yet known. Bngland wants have the most beautiful, and
more apace in it than is allowed the United States; hence Mr. Owen has contracted for four independent buildings for English use. Germany, France and Sweden will each erect two separate buildings; the States of Kansas and [illinois one each.
When itis rememero/ that the Centennial Managers had planned for buildings already to cover an aggregate roofed space of forty-four acres, some idea may be formed of the great demand for space beyond the original estimates, The Managers also find themselves obliged to provide another large building for the separate display of vehicles, carriages, &e-Other works which they have undertaken are as follows:—A newly devised pump and engine, ealenlated to pump 5,000,000 gallons of water daily for the Exposition Anarrow-yuaye railroad four miles around the grounds and buildings, for visitors, equipped with eight locomotives and sixty palace cars; hydrants, or fire-plugs, within 33 feet of every part of the structures, In the south end of the Machinery Hall there will be a water-fall 35 feet high and 40 feet wide. This Hall will take 5,000,000 feet of lumber, 500,000 Ibs. of cast and 750,000 Ibs, wrought iron, 20,000 lbs, of and spikes, 700,000 square feet of tin roofing, 175,000 square fest of double thick glass, in panes 24432 feet; 6,000 perch of stone, weighing 19,000,000 pounds, is 1,402 foot long, and 360 feet wid with two avenues 203 and 210 feet wide, and a total fiver space of 14 acres, Ti main building, as originally planned, gives space of 21,4, acres, Its central avenue is 1,832 fest long by 120 feet wide, and the roof and galleries are reed by 627 iron columns, ranging in height from 23 feet to 125 feet. All the build-auch a state of forwardness it completion in ample time is assured. An aggregate of 48 acres of tin roof is going on at the rate of 2 acres a week. The statue of Culumbia was unveiled on the dome of the Art Gallery—a permanent building of red granite and of elegant design—on the Sth of July. About 6,000 men are employed about the grounds and buildings. These few facts will in dicate the grand scale on which the Ameri-ion is projected. It is to he of a worthy presentation among the nations, at this mammoth fair.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.