cclx GENERAL SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND 



The number of applications for space by intending Amer- 

 ican exhibitors is very large, and the indications concerning 

 the active participation of foreign nations are such as to 

 warrant the belief that the success of the Exhibition is as- 

 sured beyond peradventure. No fears are entertained that 

 the entire amount of space available for various exhibits, 

 enormous as it is, will not be fully occupied. The prepa- 

 rations being made by the various railroad companies cen- 

 tring in Philadelphia for the transportation of goods and pas- 

 sengers are of a very complete character, involving the erec- 

 tion upon the grounds of several commodious depots. The 

 passenger depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will 

 be 650 by 100 feet, opposite to which will be a large hotel. 

 The tracks will be in a new yard adjoining the Exhibition 

 grounds, and will be laid in a circle 1000 feet in diameter, 

 flattened on one side. Trains will discharge and proceed 

 around the circle to the rear of the depot, where some four- 

 teen large sidings will be arranged. There will be over 

 seven miles of tracks in this yard, which will connect with 

 the freight tracks through the Centennial Buildings ; and 

 the facilities for the transportation of passengers are very 

 complete. A large depot for the Reading Company is like- 

 wise in course of erection near the Memorial Hall, while a 

 number of other companies have effected, or design to ef- 

 fect, arrangements for the same purpose. On the score 

 of steam railway facilities to and from the grounds, there 

 will be little room for complaint ; while the large number 

 of city passenger railways, for which Philadelphia has been 

 noted, have made or are making extensive arrangements 

 for the accommodation of the enormous local traffic that 

 will be thrown upon them. 



In addition to the five Exhibition buildings proper, viz. : 



Main building covering 21.47 acres 



Art Gallery (Memorial Hall) " 1.5 



Machinery Hall " 14. " 



Horticultural Hall " 1.5 " 



Agricultural Hall " 10.15 " 



there will be a government building devoted to an exhibit 

 of the operation of the several national Executive Depart- 

 ments, and of the Smithsonian Institution ; a Women's Pa- 

 vilion, for the exclusive exhibition of articles of women's 



