PRICE, lO CENTS. Copyright, 187b, by WM. HARRIS PHILADELPHIA: \ ^old by THE CENTRAL NEWS COMPAN' wsinui St f lion BuildV ^3- K-maerKan 2. racinor ,11 nalUArl (.al). « public Comfort Stttion, 4' PhotoVripbic Galiery 36. Cifar Sand. 5 Carr.att Building 37 |""'t PW^ I Cuilcnnlal Nat Sank 38 French C. 7 Pub Comfort (cl 8 Swe hsh School House Penn Educa 1 Depart -m Stamed Glass Vienna Bakei Iducal Depart 4i Bankers Exhibit Se-. Ma Bug 4= Empire Transpor Co . o»ctai,r.nni 4.3 Ccntsn Fite Pat No Lanyette Restaurant oM D c_ ,p.„ 47 Pub Comfort (cl ,5 ?uH,cC..ni4t 18 Police Station - PhilT Municipal H ciqrs 49 Po'' SodiWiltr ''5^ " . ^ Moorish Villi 49B French Cci Ccrnnn (_ ov Building cmiTH wR^ix ^iRrxioM IJrazilhn ( ov Buildrnt. SOUTH west bECTiON KittredLC & Co (Corn ») 50 Machinery Hall Sod-i'\Viter 51 Shoe & Leather Duikl g 23 Phil-i Times Build g 52 British Boil. " riiss Factory 51 fio>'' " Cii,-irbtinl 54 Corli ick Drilling Mach'ry_86- Uenard's Relief Plai --- _, 89. New York ''Ttibune.' TiiTan> b Gas Macnine. 90. French Restaurant. Pennsylvania Railroad. 91. Sons of Teiiip. Fountain 1 . Colossal Arm of Indep. . Bishop Allen's Momim.iw. Block House. Soda \Vat(.r lig. Fire Patrol. 141. Rhode Island. North-bast section. . Spanish Building. "»5o. Agricultural Building. . W. Va. St.ite BuTUHnir. »5'- Agri. Annex (Wagons). . Spanish Hov Huilding.«Sa. ^' " (Poinorogy). ,1.. I, 153. Brewers' Building. 1 ! inifc^. 154- Butter JV Cheese Fftfy M ii miil'g.iSS- Tea&Cof. Prc-isBuikl <. ;i,:, ur.t.iur 15*- American Rrstiiiiranl. ' '111- nil, M.lr Ilnild. 157 '■' " ■■ ■ - N. V. Slate ni.ilding. > British <^ov. Buildings.' . Public Comfort Stotlon. . Tunisian Camp. -- .- - - - .,.. — » ., . Centon. Fire Pat. No. i.»^- P«P Corn. . Ohio State Building. ^H- Cigar Stand. . Indiana Stat« BuiVding.'^. " " "" -■ '"■-•r Ruildinsr. '*?• Sotla Water. Hiiihi. 168. Bee Hives. Miilld*g."S9. School House, iiild. i7«- German Rcataumnt. Hull. »7>- Virginia Building. MAP OF CENTENNIAL GROUNDS FAIRMOUNT PARK PHILADELPHIA. NEW JERSEY. THE STRANGER'S POCKET-GUIDE TO AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. PHILADELPHIA, the City of Brotherly Love, is situated on the west side of the Delaware River, 96 miles from the sea and 98 miles from New York. As settled by William Penn, in 1682, it comprised only that portion of the city lying between South and Vine streets, and the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Since then it has grown to be one of the largest manufacturing cities in the world— second only to London,— and now contains a population of nearly 820,000 inhabitants, and an area of 82,700 acres or 129| square miles. The first Congress of the United States met here, on September 4th, 1774, in Carpenters' Hall. In this city the formation of the Constitution of the United States was accomplished in the year 1787, and here, also, the first president resided. The Declaration of Independence having been proclaimed here, no better place could have been selected than Philadelphia in which to observe a national celebra- tion of its hundredth anniversary. That the preparations for this grand event might be suitable to the occasion, early steps were taken towards its accomplishment. In the year 1870, a Memorial was presented to Congress, signed by the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia, the Committee of the Franklin Institute, and the Committee of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, asking them to take action towards 'c celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of the Independence of the United States. In the following year an act was passed authorizing the holding of an Exhibition of American and foreign arts, products, and manufactures, in Philadelphia, in 1876. Two executive bodies were appointed to carry out the details and procure the funds necessary for so vast an undertaking,— the Women's Centennial Commission also rendering invaluable aid towards its success. How well and satisfactorily their work has been done may be judged by the grand and imposing structures now erected in Fairmount Park— the estimated cost of which is $6,724,000. THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA II. Manufactures. — Chemical Manufactures ; Ceramics, Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, etc. ; Furniture, etc. ; Yarns and Woven goods of Vegetable or Mineral Materials ; Woven and Felted Goods of Wool, etc. ; Silk and Silk Fabrics ; Clothing, Jewelry, etc. ; Paper, Blank Books, Stationery ; Weapons, etc. ; Medicine, Surgery, Prothesis ; Hardware, Edge Tools, Cutlery, and Metallic Products ; Fabrics of Vegetable, Ani- mal, or Mineral Materials ; Carriages, Vehicles, and Accessories. III. Education and Science. — Educational Systems, Methods, and Libraries ; In- stitutions and Organizations; Scientific and Philosophical Instruments and Methods; Engineering, Architecture, Maps, etc. ; Physical, Social, and Moral Condition of Man, The foreign countries exhibiting in this building are 34 in number, and comprise the following : — Germany, Great Britain and colonies, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Orange Free State, Great Britain and her colonies occupy 148,057 square feet ; France and her col- onies, 43,314; Germany, 27,975; Austria, 24,070; Japan, 16,566; Netherlands, 15,509; Belgium, 15,358 ; Sweden, 15,358 ; and Russia, 11,002 ; all the other countries occu- pying less than 10,000 square feet. The United States has 187,705 square feet in this building. The countries are geographically located, from north to south. Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chili, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, ; France and colonies, Peru, Portugal and colonies, Russia, San Salvador, Sandwich Islands, Siam, Spain and colonies, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunis, Turkey and Venezuela. SMALL BUILDINGS ERECTED NEAR THE MAIN BUILDING. Centennial National Bank. — This bank receives deposits and deals in domestic and foreign coin. The Wagon and Carriage Building, an annex of the Main Building, has a fine display of wagons, etc. The U. S. Centennial Commission and Board of Finance have their ofiEices near the main entrance of this building, on Elm avenue. Ho-w to distinguish each class of Building*.— Over each class of building a colored flag is [displayed — those erected by the Centennial Commission having a hlue one; United States' and State buildings, red; Foreign buildings, white; Res- taurants and Places of Amusement, yellow • Miscellaneous, green. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. THE ART OALLERY, {MEMORIAL HALL). On Lansdowne Plateau, 300 feet north of the Main Exhibition Building, is the Art Gallery, designed as a perpetual memorial of the Centennial Exhibition, and a repository for paintings, statuary, and other works of art. It was erected by R. J. Dobbins, at a cost of $1,500,000, the expense being borne by the State of Pennsyl- vania and the City of Philadelphia. It is fire-proof— built of granite, glass, and iron,— and is 365 feet in length, 210 feet in width, 59 feet in height, covering an area of IJ acres. It has a spacious basement, and is surmounted by a dome, rising 150 feet from the ground, on the top of which is a large figure of Columbia. At each corner are figures typifying the four quarters of the globe. The doors are of iron, with bronze panels in relief, ha^dng the coat-of-arms of all the States and Territo- ries. Between the arches of the doorways are numbers of columns, terminating in emblematic designs illustrative of science and art. The entrance is by three arched doorways, each forty feet high and fifteen feet wide, opening into a large space, which, with the galleries, forms one grand hall, 286 feet long and 85 feet wide. THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA In the department which is in this building the following is exhibited, — IV. Art. — Sculpture ; Painting ; Engraving and Lithography ; Photography ; In- dustrial and Agricultural Designs, etc. ; Ceramic Decorations, Mosaics, etc. The art culture of nearly all the fcountries of the Old World is represented here, and many of our own eminent artists exhibit some beautiful specimens of painting and sculpture. Special collections from home and abroad are on exhibition, and prove highly in- teresting. Works of art purchased in this building can not be removed until after the clos- ing of the Exhibition. When any work is for sale, it will be so indicated in the Oificial Catalogue. In the annex to this building will be found the Historical Department of the Centennial Exhibition, illustrating the colonial epochs. Each of the thirteen original states have sent collections of articles illustrating their history and customs, that of Massachusetts being particularly interesting. Among the many historical pictures shown here is the '' Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth," the " Settlement of the Puritans at Salem," " Roger AVilliams' Chapel," portraits, etc. The Witchcraft Delusion, original writs and war- rants of arrest and execution, also instruments of torture and modes of punishing witches. Copies of the first newspaper printed at Cambridge, etc. ; Paul Revere's original sketches of events leading to the Revolution ; Eliot's Indian Bible ; original portraits of Benjamin Franklin, by Duplessis, West, and Martin ; also Mr. Mellin Chamberlain's private collection, and Poore's Indian Hill collection. SMALL BUILDINGS ERECTED NEAR THE ART GALLERY. The Photographic Art Gallery, which is an annex to the Art Gallery, is 260 feet long by 75 feet wide, its cost being $26,000. It contains a complete exhibition of American and foreign photographic art. The Vienna Bakery and Coffee-Hotjse, erected by Gafi", Fleischmann & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, is 142 feet long by 105 feet wide. Here can be obtained tea, coffee, and all kinds of pastry, etc. The Empire Transportation Company's Building is also near at hand, contain- ing an exhibition of models showing the American system of freight transportation by railroad and steam propellers on the great lakes, and the way in which the oil is conducted through pipes from the oil fields. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. MAY 10" TO XOVSmBeR 10™^1876 XeimsniJisr M^i^^- MACHINERY HALL. This very attractive building was erected by Philip Quigley, of Wilmington, Del., at a cost of $792,000, and is located 542 feet west of the Main Building. It is 1402 feet long and 360 feet wide, its two principal avenues running the entire length of the building, with smaller ones across and at the sides. It has fourteen acres of floor space. There is an annex on the south side, 208 feet long by 210 feet wide, which contains a tank 144 feet long, 60 feet wide, and a depth of 8 feet of water. At one end ot this tank will be a waterfall. On the south side are the boiler-houses and small buildings for special kinds of machinery. The west entrance is in direct communication with George's Hill, and affords the finest view of the whole of the grounds. The Department in this building is, — ■ Y. Machinery.— Machines, Tools, etc., of Mining, Chemistry, etc.; Machines and Tools for working Metal, Wood, and Stone ; Machines and Implements of Spinning, Weaving, etc. ; Machines, etc., used in Sewing, making Clothing, etc. ; Machines for Drinting, making Books, Paper Working, etc. ; Motors, Power Generators, etc ;^ Hy- draulic and Pneumatic Apparatus ; Railway Plant, RoUing Stock, etc. ; Machinery used in preparing Agricultural Products ; Aerial, Pneumatic and Water Transporta- tion, THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA In this building the visitor can see the machinery of all nations in operation, and will be able to purchase samples of any goods manufactured there, which will include all kinds of carpets, cloths, needles, pins, etc. The great Corliss engine, which is the motive power for Machinery Hall, consists of two large beam engines, erected in the centre of the building, which distributes the driving power from that point. The main shaft is 252 feet long, with four con- necting shafts, each 108 feet long. At each end of these are the main pulleys, eight in number, which are directly under the ends of a main shaft above, with which it is connected by a double belt, each being capable of driving a straight line of shaft- ing 635 feet long, that is, a separate section of machinery, each section running the whole length and one-fourth of the width of one wing of the building. The main shaft extends underneath the transept 100 feet or more, furnishing power for ma- chinery in that section. The main belts pass through the hall in out-of-the-way places, being enclosed in glass compartments, thus making a separate exhibit of the belts, which were furnished by George H. Corliss and A. Burgess & Son, of Provi- dence, R. I,, and James Davis & Son and George S. Fales, of Pawtucket, R. I. The engine is nominally of 1400-horse power, but can be increased to 2500 should it be required. The gear fly-wheel is 30 feet in diameter, two feet across its face, weighing 56 tons, and is said to be the heaviest cut wheel ever made. It has 216 teeth, finished with such accuracy that, although the wheel makes 36 revolutions per minute, it runs noiselessly. The height of the engine from the main floor is 39 feet, every part of which is accessible by means of iron staircases and balconies. The total amount of material used in the construction of the engine and appur- tenances aggregated nearly 3000 tons in weight, and filled 60 cars. SMALL BUILDINGS ERECTED NEAR MACHINERY HALL. The small buildings erected near Machinery Hall are : — The Shoe and Leather Exhibition Building, 300 feet long by 160 feet wide, having a fine display of shoe and leather materials, with machinery in full opera- tion, showing the manufacture of those articles. The Loiseau Pressed Fuel Co.mpany exhibit stoves and furnaces burning this fuel. The World's Ticket Office is also near at hand, managed by Cook, Son & Jenkins, containing offices for the sale of tickets, hotel coupons, etc. They have here an exhibition of articles from the Holy Land, and also show the manner in which they conduct their tourist parties. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. ACRICXJLTURAL HALL. This building is north of Horticultural Hall, on the^e^'-ern side of Belmont avenue. It was built b}^ Philip Quigley, of AVilmingtq^jis-^^., the materials used being glass and iron. It is built in the form of a para^e%gr^m, 826 leet long by 540 feet wide, covering a space of lO^ acres. It consists ^ a nave running the whole length of the building, and crossed by three trang. Itin the Gothic style of archi- tecture. The centre transept is 75 feet high amals u feet wide, the end transepts being 70 feet high and 80 feet wide. I'er it t The department to be exhibited here will be, VI. Agriculture.— Arboriculture and Forest Products ; Pomology ; Agricultural Products ; Land Animals ; Marine Animals, Fish Culture and Apparatus ; Animal and Vegetable Products ; Textile Substances of A^egetable or Animal Origin ; Ma- chines, Implements, and Processes of Manufacture ; Agricultural Engineering and Administration ; Tillage and General Management. The articles exhibited are in classes, those of the same class from all countries being together, thus making comparison both easy and interesting, as all the States and over twenty foreign countries exhibit here. 10 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA The space reserved for fish, fish culture, and fishing-tackle display, is on the west side of this building. It is 40 feet wide, and extends the entire length of the hall about 800 feet, half the space being occupied by the United States. The aquaria and hatching apparatus are on the side next the lights, the fishing tackle, etc., on the opposite side. The Agricultural Bureau has made provision for the exhibition of agricultural machines in active operation, a section of this hall being set aside for the purpose. Steam power is provided. SMALL BUILDINGS ERECTED NEAR AGRICULTURAL HALL. The Building for the Exhibition of Live Stock, etc., is near Agricultural Hall, and will hold the following exhibitions, — Horses, Mules, and Asses, . . September 1 to September 15 ; Horned Cattle, .... September 20 to October 5 ; Sheep, Swine, Goats, and Dogs, . October 10 to October 25 ; Poultry, , . . . . October 28 to November 10. These exhibitions will be the most complete that have ever been held in this country. The Great American Eestaurant, erected by Messrs. Tobiason & Heilbrun, of Philadelphia, Pa., is a beautiful building, with verandahs and pavilions. It is two storeys in height, and contains a banqueting-hall, 115 feet long by 50 feet wide. It has special rooms for ladies, private parlors, reading-room, bath-rooms, smoking- rooms, etc. Meals will be served here at specified charges. French and German waiters will be in attendance to wait on foreign visitors. Every article in this build- ing is of American manufacture. There is a beautiful garden surrounding this res- taurant, filled with choice flowers and shrubberies, in which there are fountains, statues, etc., and also a beer-: ''en in which there will be music. The German Restaurant ds between this building and Horticultural Hall. It was erected by P. J. Laube Ms city, the cost, fncluding the privilege, being $30,000. It has a front of 2i .t, and at each end is an ornamental pavilion, between which there is a beautiml arcade, 86 by 24 feet. In the centre is an open space, 77 by 120 feet. It stands on a hill, surrounded by delightful scenery. The dining-room is 84 by 24 feet, and has large seating capacity. Meals are served at a general table or may be ordered from the bill of fare. The wine-house contains the choicest brands of foreign wines, in the rear of which is the ice-cream saloon. Musical entertainments for the amusement of visitors are held in the garden which surrounds the restaurant. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 11 HORTICULTURAL HALL. This building is located on Lansdowne Plateau, north of the Main Building, and commands a splendid view of the Schuylkill River and part of the city. It is 383 feet long and 193 feet wide, its height being 72 feet, and its total area U acres. It was built by J. Rice, at a cost of $251,937, the city of Philadelphia contributing liberally towards the expense of the building. It is in the Moresque style of architecture, of the twelfth century, the materials used being principally iron and glass. Its location and beauty of design render it the most attractive of the group. The department represented here is,— VII HoRTicuLTURE.-Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers ; Hot-houses, Con- servatories, Graperies; Garden Tools, Accessories of Gardening; Garden Designing, Construction, and Management. In this building is exhibited all the native trees and shrubs of this country. England, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico, have also sent specimens of plants and trees for exhibition. 12 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENT BUILDINGS. The five principal buildings, which we have illustrated and described, are known as the Exhibition Buildings proper, — there are numerous others, one of the most important being the ^ UNrrED STATES' GO^HRNMENT BUILDING. This building is directly opposite the Women's Pavilion, and was erected by the United States' Government for the exhibition of the various departments and the Smithsonian Institute. It is 500 feet long and 360 feet wide, its total area being 4 acres, and cost $60,000. The War Department have a complete historical display of the progress made in the manufacture of arms, ammunition, and accoutrements ; and there is also repre- sented figures clad in uniform, illustrating the most prominent and exciting periods in the history of the Army of the United States, from the picturesque costumes of the Revolution to the simple equipment of the present day. The manufacture of the regulation rifle and cartridge by workmen from the national arsenals is exhib- ited, and the Treasury show how our money is made. Fortification models, torpe- does, and army wagons, are shown in connection with our admirable hospital and ambulance service. A field hospital of twenty-four beds has been erected, designed to exhibit the American pavilion system of hospital architecture. The Nav}^ Department show the vast improvements made in that service within the last decade. The Interior Deparment have on exhibition many useful models from the Patent OflTice. The Indian Bureau show us everything connected with the Red Men — their manners and customs, mode of warfare, costumes, etc., and representatives of fifty- three tribes of Indians, with many of the renowned chiefs, will be there. They will encamp in wigwams, and will have their families with them. The tribes repre- sented will be the Comanche, Arrapahoe, Pawnee, Kiowat Piute, Apache, and Warm Spring Indians. The Smithsonian Institute will exhibit its vast collection of treasures of the sea and land, in every department of knowledge, and in every branch of science and art. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 1^ THE WOMEN'S PAVILION. This really handsome building, devoted to the handiwork of women of the United States, is on the east side of Belmont avenue, facing the United States' build- ing. It was erected by the voluntary subscriptions of the women of the United States, the cost being $30,000. The ladies of the State of Florida were the first to subscribe, and was soon followed by other States, the city of Cincinnati subscribing 15,000, nearly completing the sum required. It is one of the finest buildings on the ground, reflecting great credit upon the ladies who have labored so hard to make it a success. The officers of the Women's Centennial Commission . include Mrs. E. D, Gillespie, President ; Mrs. John Sanders, Vice-President; Mrs. R. P. White, Secretary; Mrs. F. M. Etting, Treasurer. ~~ THE JUDGES' HALL. This hall is near the Main Building, alongside of the House of Public Comfort. It is 152 feet long by 115 feet wide, and cost $30,000. In the centre is a large hall, where public meetings will be held. Accommodation for ladies is provided in the gallery, and a series of rooms is set apart for the use of the judges, each department having its own room, with every convenience for the transaction of business and reception of visitors. STATE BUILDINGS. The following States have put up buildings for the accommodation of their citizens, in which they can see the newspapers published in their respective cities,— Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin. RESTAURANTS, ETC. In addition to the restaurants and miscellaneous buildings noticed on pages 4, 6, 8, and 10, there are two French restaurants on the ground, also the Restaurant of the South, with its " Old Plantation Darkey Band ;" a Swiss Dairy, and a New Eng- land Log-House and Modern Kitchen at which various kinds;of refreshments can be obtained. At all the main entrances to the principal buildings there are eating- stands and restaurants. 14 THE FOCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELFHIA BUILDINGS ERECTED BY FOREIGN NATIONS. The British Buildings, which are three in number, situated in a dehghtful grove near George's Hill, are well worth seeing. Two of them present to our view the residence of an old English squire in the sixteenth century, many of which are still to be seen in the rural parts of England. Everything in the building is of British manufacture. They will be occupied by the British Commission. The Japanese Building — which attracted so much attention during its erection, from the peculiar manner in which the native workmen handled their tools and went about their work, — illustrates Japanese architecture and the interior of their houses. In the bazaar all kinds of Japanese articles are for sale. The German Buildings are three in number, the principal one being for the use of the German Commissioners and citizens, The two other buildings are devoted respectively to the German wine-growers and manufacturers of chemicals. The Swedish School-House was erected by workmen from Sweden, everything used being brought over from that country. It shows the arrangement of schools in Sweden. Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, and Turkey, have also erected buildings for special purposes. MONUMENTS, ETC. The Columbus Monument stands at the intersection of Fountain and Belmont avenues, and represents the great navigator standing — his right hand resting on a globe and the left holding a chart. At his feet is an anchor and rope. The Monument of Religious Liberty is near the Art Gallery, and represents the Genius of Liberty. On the breast-plate is the American shield, and in the left hand is the Constitution. At the base is an eagle with its talons buried in a snake. The Centennial Fountain is located at the rear of Machinery Hall. It wa., erected by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, at a cost of $50,000. The central figure is a colossal statue of Moses, and at the four corners are figures, nine feet high, of Charles Carroll, Archbishop Carroll, Theobald Mathew, and Com- modore Barry, all renowned in history. The Statue op Dr. Witherspoon, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde. pendance, is erected on a slope near the Art Gallery. The Sawyer Observatory is near Belmont Mansion, and cost $60,000. A fine view of the surrounding country can be obtained from here. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 15 LOCATIONS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS, ETC. East and "West, between Elm Avenue and Avenue of the Republic. American Boiler-House, Bartholdi Fountain, Block House, British Boiler-House, Camp^of West P't Cadets, Catholic T. A. Union Foun- tain, Centennial National Bank, Corliss Boiler-House, Glassware Manufactory, Heating Apparatus, Machine Shop, Machinery Hall, Main Building, Office Centennial B of F., Office U. S. Commission, Saw Mill, Shoe and Leather Exhibi- tion Building, Steam Elevators, Stove Works. "West of Belmont Avenue and North of Avenue of the Republic. Arkansas State Building, British Gov'nt Buildings, Canada " " Columbus Monument, Connecticut State Building, Delaware " " Illinois Indiana " " Japanese Dwelling, Massachusetts State B'ng, Michigan " " Minnesota " " Missouri State Building, Music Pavilion, N. Hampshire State Build- ing, New York New York Tribune Office, Ohio State Building, Penn'a " Pressed Fuel Company, Relief Plans, Switzerland, Jerusalem, Italy, Naples, and Paris ; Restaurant, Trois Frerea Provencaux, Spanish Gov't Building, U. S. Gov't Building, U. S. Hospital, U. S. Hospital Tent, U. S. Laboratory, U. S. Signal Office, West Virginia State Build- ing, AVisconsin " World's Ticket Office. North and South, between Belmont and Agricultural Avenues. Brazilian Building, Centennial Photographic Company, German Gov't Buildings, House of Public Comfort, Japanese Bazaar, Judges' Hall, Kansas State Building, New England Log-House and Modern Kitchen, New Jersey State Building, Restaurant of the South, Self-Coiling Shutters, Women's Pavilion, Women's School-House. North and South, betvreen Agricultural Avenue and Lansdowne Drive. Agricultural Hall, American Restaurant, Art Gallery, Art Gallery Extension, Dairy, Empire Transportation Co. French Gov't Building, German Restaurant, Horticultural Hall, IM^onument of Religious Liberty, Photographic Art B'ng, Restaurant Sudreau, Swedish Gov't Building, Vienna Bakery and CofFee- House, Wagon and Carriage Exhi- bition Building. 16 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA THE CENTENNIAL MEDAL AND THE AWARDS. The system of awarding prizes that has been adopted is most satisfactory. Two hundred judges will be appointed, one half to be foreigners and the other half Americans. Every award will be based on merit, and will consist of a diploma and a bronze medal, also a special report of the judges which exhibitors have the right to publish. Each judge will receive |1000 for his expenses. The above medallions are exact fac-similes of the Centennial medals struck at the United States' Mint. They bear appropriate designs, executed with great taste — a distinguishing characteristic of the United States' Mint. The Centennial Exhibition Compared with Former Exhibitions. The Centennial Exhibition is the largest of the kind that has ever been held, the Vienna Exhibition ranking next, the area of which was 56J acres. The London Crystal Palace covers 31 acres. The number of visitors to the Great Exhibition of 1851 was nearly 7,000,000, and the Paris Exhibition, of 1867, 10,000,000; from those figures it is estimated that the last mentioned number will visit this. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. THE OLD STATE-HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, with a population of 817,448 inhabitants, is one of the healthiest cities in the world, having 142,836 dwelling-houses, or about one house to every six persons. There are 465 public schools and 108,631 pupils. Besides these there are numerous colleges, the most important of which is Girard College, the gift of Stephen Girard for the education of orphan children. There are many places of interest and old landmarks to be seen in this city but none have so much historic interest attached to them as the old State-House. It is a neat and unpretending-looking building, erected in 1734. Independence Hall, in which the Declaration of Independence was signed, is on the first floor — the chairs, tables, etc., still remaining as they were occupied on that memorable occa- sion. Portraits of Revolutionary heroes adorn the walls, and the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, by Thomas Jefierson, may be seen here. In the vestibule is the Old Liberty Bell which rang out on the first celebration of inde- pendence on July 8, 1776. 18 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA The dwelling-houses of Philadelphia are worth noticing. They are neat and comfortable, and their fresh, clean exteriors give them a pleasant appearance. The number of rooms they contain varies from four to twenty, and they are generally supplied with gas, hot and cold water, heaters, and bath-rooms"; small yards and gardens are attached to each house, and alleyways lead from the yards to the street. Many of the working population own their own houses, having purchased them by the help of building societies, which are quite an " institution " in this city. It well deserves its title — the " City of Homes." The dwellings of the working classes are situated principally in the north-eastern and southern parts of the city, those of the wealthier classes being in the west or north-west. The business portion of the city extends (east and west) from the Dela- ware River to Broad street, and (north and south) from Vine to Walnut streets. Large manufacturing works are scattered over the city, a great number being on Broad and on Spring Garden streets. The principal thoroughfares are Chestnut, Market, Walnut, Arch, Broad, and Eighth. Chestnut Street is the Broadway of Philadelphia, containing many hand- some business structures and public buildings, including the Old State-House or In- dependence Hall, the Post OflSce and the new Post Office (now being erected), the United States' Mint and Custom House, the "Ledger" building, the Continental hotel, Girard House, the new buildings of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and numbers of elegant and showy stores Chestnut street runs east and west from the Delaware River to West Philadelphia. Market Street is one of the oldest streets in the city, and is the dividing line between the northern and southern sections. It runs parallel with Chestnut street, and contains a large number of business houses, including Hood, Bonbright & Co.'s wholesale dry-goods' store, between Eighth and Ninth streets, and John Wana- maker's large Clothing Hall, at the S. E. corner of Sixth street. The place in w^hich Messrs. Moody and Sankey held their meetings while in this city, is on the S. W. corner of Thirteenth street, in the old Pennsylvania freight depot, and the new Public Buildings, now being erected, are on the site of Penn square, at Broad and Market. Walnut and Arch Streets contain many handsome stores and residences, and several churches. Broad Street runs north and south, and is considered to be the finest street in the city. Within the last few years many beautiful residences and churches have been erected. At the corner of Broad and Filbert streets is the new Masonic Temple, near which is the Academy of Fine Arts, The Baldwin Locomotive Works are on this street, near Spring Garden. Eighth Street contains a great number of retail dry -goods and notion stores, and is a favorite resort for ladies purchasing those articles. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 19 FAIRMOUNT PARK Fairmount Park is situated on the banks of the Schuylkill River. It is nearly 3000 acres in extent, and, with one exception (Windsor Park, England), is the largest in the world. It is richly endowed by nature, and, for picturesque beauty and grandeur of scenery, is unsurpassed. It is divided into several parts or sections, each known by different names, — they include Fairmount, Lemon Hill, West Park, East Park, and the Wissahickon. Faiemount is the nearest point from the city, and is noted for the waterworks which are erected here. A little above the waterworks are the steamboat landings, from which you can ride to the Zoological Gardens, to Belmont, Rockland, or Falls of Schuylkill. Near here is the monument to Abraham Lincoln. The cars on Fair- mount avenue, Vine, Callowhill, Arch and Pine streets, and the Reading Railroad, take you direct to this part of the Park. Lemon Hill is north of Fairmount. At the foot of the hill are the boat-houses of the Schuylkill Navy, and on the plateau above is the Mansion-House, once the residence of Robert Morris (sometimes called the '* Financier of the Revolution"), who died in poverty. It is now used for the sale of refreshments. A short dis- tance from the Mansion is Grant's log cabin, which was his headquarters at City Point, Virginia, during the siege of Petersburg. Splendid views of the river and Park can be obtained from the rocks that crown the hill. The cars of the Union line and the Reading Railroad are the most direct for Lemon Hill. West Park, on which the Centennial Exhibition Buildings are erected, is on the west side of the Schuylkill River, and embraces the Zoological Gardens, near Girard avenue Bridge, Belmont, Chamouni, George's Hill, and Lansdowne. From George's Hill a fine view of the city can be obtained. Tom Moore, the poet, is said to have lived in a cottage near Belmont, and Judge Peters, of Revolutionary fame, lived in Belmont Mansion. You can reach West Park by the Girard avenue, and Walnut, Market, Arch, and Vine street cars, and by the Reading and Pennsylvania railroads. East Park is situated on the east bank of the Schuylkill, and is celebrated for its delightful shady walks. Rockland and Strawberry Mansion are great resorts in summer. From Rockland you can reach Strawberry Mansion by a pleasant shady walk beside the river, and, ascending the rocks which rise almost perpendicularly to the mansion above, a fine view of the river and country can be obtained. Near here is Laurel Hill Cemetery, containing the famous "Old Mortalitj'-" group and the graves of Hugh Mercer, who fell at Princeton, Stephen Decatur Lavalette, and Dr. Kane, the great Arctic explorer. The Falls of Schuylkill, a pretty village, is a little above Laurel Hill, and is celebrated for its "catfish and coffee " suppers. This part of the park can be reached by the little steamers from Fairmount, by the Ridge ave- nue cars, or by the Reading Railroad. 20 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA The Wissahickon Ckeek — on which a portion of the Battle of Germantown was fought, and where onc^ hved David Rittenhouse, well-known in connection with the adjustment of '' Mason and Dixon's line" — is near the Falls of Schuylkill. It is five miles long, and is remarkable for its solitary grandeur and picturesque beauty. There are many lovely spots here, but the great resort for picnic parties and pleasure seek- ers is the " Devil's Pool," on account of its beauty and isolation. A little distance above the old bridge is ''Indian Rock," where the chieftains of bygone days held their councils of war. GUIDE TO THE STREETS. The streets of Philadelphia are laid out in squares, 100 numbers being allotted to each side of a square. The numbering of houses on streets running east and west commences at the Delaware River, — the even numbers being on the south side, and the odd numbers on the north. Thus, on the north side of Market street, be- ginning at Fourth street, and going west, the numbers are 401, 403, 405, etc.; on the south side, 400, 402, 404, etc. ; at Fifth street the numbers in 500 commence, at Sixth street, 600, and so on. A glance at the following diagram will show plainly the po- sition of the streets and the system of numbering the houses, — TVEST. T H. ^ 1 ^ 1 2 1 J^. I F T « 101 1 < H. N. FOURTH. 1^ (S> Xtl EAST. Market street is the dividing line between north and south for numbering houses on streets running in those directions. The even numbers are on the west side, and the odd numbers on the east side. No. 1 North and No. 1 South begin at Market AND Tim CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 21 street. No. 100 North begins at Arch street, the principal street north of Market ; No. 100 South begins at Chestnut street, the principal street south of Market. The following are the names of principal streets running parallel to Market. The figures at the side denote the numbers of the houses on the numeral streets running north and south, — for example : Arch street has 100 before it ; therefore, the first house on the west side of Fifth street, north of Arch, is 100, the second house, 102 and on the opposite side of the street^ 101, 103, etc., — No. North of Market Street. No. South of Market Street. 1 Market. 1 Market. 100 Arch. 100 Chestnut. 200 Race. 200 Walnut. 300 Vine. 300 Spruce. 400 Callowhill. 400 Pine. 438 Noble. 500 Lombard. 500 Buttonwood. 600 South. 520 Spring Garden. 700 Bainbridge. 600 Green. 740 Fitzwater. 700 Fairmount avenue. 800 Catharine. 800 Brown. 900 Christian. 836 Parrish. 1000 Carpenter. 900 Poplar. 1100 Washington avenue 1200 Girard avenue. 1200 Federal. 1300 Thompson. 1300 Wharton. 1400 Master. 1400 Reed. 1500 Jefferson. 1500 Dickinson. 1600 Oxford. 1600 Tasker. 1700 Columbia avenue. 1700 Morris. 1800 Montgomery avenue. 1800 Moore. 1900 Berks. 1900 Mifflin. 2000 Norris. 2000 McKean. 2100 Diamond. 2100 Snyder. 2200 Susquehanna. 2200 Jackson. PUBLIC SQUARES. Franklin Square is bounded by Sixth, Franklin, Race, and Vine streets. Independence Square, on which stands Independence Hall and other public build- ings, is bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Chestnut, and Walnut streets. Jefferson Square is bounded by Washington avenue, and Third, Fourth, and Federal streets. Logan Square is bounded by Race, Vine, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth streets. NoRRis Square is bounded by Susquehanna avenue, and Hancock, Diamond, and Howard streets. Rittenhouse Square is bounded by Walnut, Locust, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth sts. Washington Square is bounded by Sixth, Seventh, Walnut, and Locust streets. 22 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA AI.PHABETICAL LIST OF HOTELS. PRICE PER DAY. Alleghany, 814 Market street, south side, . . . . $2 to $3. Allen House, 1220 Market street, ..... Reasonable. American, Chestnut street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, . $3 to $3.50. Arch Street House, 1 Arch street, ..... $2.50 to $3. Atlas, Ehn avenue, opposite Machinery Hall (Centennial Grounds^, $1 to $3. Aubrey, Thirty-third and Walnut streets, south side, . Bald Eagle, 416 North Third street, . . . . Barley Sheaf, 257 North Second street, . Binder's Hotel, 312 Race street, .... Bingham House, S. E. corner Eleventh and Market streets. Black Bear, 425 North Third street, .... Black Horse, 352 North Third street, . . Bull's Head, 1025 Market street, .... Central Avenue, 831 Market street, north side, Clarendon Hotel, Eighth street, below Chestnut, . Clinton House, 1608 Ridge avenue, . . Colonnade, S. W. corner Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, Columbia House, 111 North Broad street, Commercial, 826 Market street, south side, . Continental, S. E. corner Ninth and Chestnut streets, . Davis Hotel, 6 and 8 South Delaware avenuue, Eagle, 227 North Third street, . . . . Fairmount Avenue, 701 North Fourth street, GiRARD House, N. E, corner Ninth and Chestnut streets, Globe Hotel, Belmont avenue, near Centennial Buildings, Grand Exposition Hotel, Girard and Lancaster avenues. Grand Union, corner Eleventh and Somerset streets, Great Western, 1311 Market street, north side, Guys, N. E. corner Seventh and Chestnut streets . Howard House, 2001 Chestnut street, Irving House, 915 Walnut street, north side, Johnson's Hotel, 1115 Market street, Kemble House, S. E. corner Thirty-ninth and Market streets La Pierre, Broad street, below Chestnut, west side, Lincoln House, 319 North Fourth street, London, 15 and 17 Darby road, . . . . , Mansion House, 621 and 623 Arch street, north side, Marble Terrace Hotel, Thirty-third and Chestnut streets, INIarkoe House, 919 Chestnut street, .... Mercantile House, 23 South Tenth street, European plan. $1.75 to $2.25. . $1.75 to $2. Reasonable. $3 to $5. $2. $2. Reasonable. . • . $2. . $1 to $2. $2 to $3. 13.50 to 15. . 12.50. 12 to $2.50. $5. Reasonable. . 12.50. Reasonable. $4. - $5. Special terms. Reasonable. . " . $2. . European plan. $1.75 to $2.50. . $3 to $5. $1.75 to $2.50. 5, . $1.75 to $2.50. . $3.50 to $5. $1.75 to $2.50. European plan. $3. European plan. $1.50 to $4. European plan. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 23 Merchants' House, 413 North Third street, east side, Merchants' Hotel, Fourth street, below Arch, west side, Montgomery, S. E. corner Sixth an'd Willow streets, New Market Hotel, 1619 Market street, Penn Manor, S. W. corner Eighth and Spring Garden streets, Pennsylvania Farmers', 346 North Third street, Petry's, N. W. corner Broad and Walnut streets, Philip Hohl's Hotel. Callowhill street, below Fifth, north side. Red Lion, 472 North Second Street, . Revere House, 923 Chestnut street, north side . RiDGWAY House, 1 Market street, north side, Schneck's European House, 315 Arch street, north side, Smedley House, 1227 Filbert street. Sorrel House, 268 North Fourth street, . St. Charles Hotel, Third street, below Arch, St. Cloud, Arch street, above Seventh, north side, St. Elmo, Arch street, above Third, north side, St. George, S. W. corner Broad and Walnut streets, St. James, 304 Race street, south side, St. Stephens, Chesnut street, above Tenth, south side, The Forrest Mansion Hotel, Broad and Master streets, Tiger, 325 Vine street, Trans-Continental, Elm and Belmont avenues, Union, 1314 Arch street, ...... United States, N. AV. corner Forty-second street and Columbia Washington House, Chestnut street, above Seventh, north side, Washington House, Thirty-ninth and Market streets. West End, 1524 Chestnut street, ..... White Bear, Fifth and Race streets, .... White Horse, 316 North Third street, . AViLLiAM Penn, 3817 Market street, . . , Zeiss, 820 and 822 Walnut street, . . Reasonable $3 to $4 $2.50, . Reasonable $1.75 to $2.50 . European plan European plan $2 to $2.50, $2 to $3 i . $2 to $3, . * $2.50' . Reasonable European plan . $3 to $3.50 $2.50 to $3 . $2 to $3 . $3.50 to $5 European plan . $3.50 avenue, $4 . $3 to $3.50 Reasonable European plan Reasonable $1.75 to $2.50, Reasonable . Reasonable HOTEL CUSTOMS. Some of the hotels, as seen by the above list, are conducted on the American and others on the European plan : the diflerence between them is, that the first- named charge a fixed rate per day, which pays for everything, whilst, by the Euro- pean plan, the visitor pays for his room and lodging only and dines in a restaurant connected with the hotel— the bill of fare being given him, he orders what he re- quires, and pays only for that. No fees should be given to servants or waiters. Physicians can be obtained on application to the clerk of the hotel. The visitors name should be registered on his arrival at an hotel. Most of the hotels given above have over fifty rooms and accommodation for one hundred to four thousand persons. 26 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA School of Design for Women, S. W. corner Merrick and Filbert streets. United States' Arsenals, Gray's Ferry road and Bridesburg. United States' Mint, Chestnut street, above Thirteenth. Open, free, every day, from 9 to 12. University of Pennsylvania, Thirty-sixth street and Woodland avenue. Wagner Free Institute, corner Seventeenth street and Montgomery avenue. Wills' Eye Hospital, Race street, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth. Young Men's Christian Association, Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. OBJECTS OF INTEREST. Callowhill Street Bridge is situated near the entrance to the Park. It is a sub- stantial structure, erected in the place of the old wire one which formerly spanned the river at this point. A fine view of Fairmount and the waterworks can be obtained from this bridge. Fairmount Waterworks are situated at the Callowhill street entrance to the Park. They were designed by Fred. Graeff, whose statue is erected near them. At the top of the hill are four reservoirs capable of holding 30,000,000 gallons of water. Franklin's Grave, S. E. corner Fifth and Arch streets. GiRARD Avenue Bridge is a haixlsome structure, erected by Clarke, Reeves & Co. at a cost of $1,500,000. It spans the Schuylkill River between Girard avenue and West Park. Lincoln Monument, Fairmount Park, was erected by the 'citizens of Philadelphia, at a cost of $33,000. It is a bronze statue of the great emancipator, nine feet six inches in height, the work of Randolph Rogers. The martyr President's well-known lines are inscribed on the pedestal : — " I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the States in rebellion are, and henceforth shall be, Free ! With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in." Old Swede's Church, Swanson street, below Christian, erected in 1700 in place of the one built in 1677, is the oldest church in Philadelphia. Penn's Cottage, Letitia street, near Market, between Front and Second streets. Penn Treaty Monument, Beach and Hanover streets. Schuylkill Waterworks is situated a little beyond Girard avenue Bridge. It has a pumping capacity of 22,000,000 gallons per day. Its reservoirs contain 10,000,000 gallons of water. The Old Liberty Bell can be seen in the vestibule of the Old State-House. This was the bell that "proclaimed Liberty throughout all the land," on July 8, 1776. It was cracked on the morning of July 8, 1835, whilst being tolled in memory of Chief-Justice Marshall. It was previously used, in 1828, upon the emancipation of the Catholics, and also on the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's birth- day, in 1832. On the opposite page we present a fac-simile of the old bell, con- taining the " Declaration of Independence." Washington's Statue stands in front of Independence Hall. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 27 THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE." ^ WHEN. IN ■so of hun •Tentf), it becomeH necessiir)' foi people to dis.>olTa the cal band swliich he nected th and to aa « powei^ separattt nth uothc tnon^' ih of the e nrth the andequ alKtation tholawft ot'natur « and of nature's Oodenti tlothem.A decent r espect to the opiuioDi of mankind requireK that tliey iihouM declare tlie causes which impel them to the separation. — W« hold these truths to be self-evideot. that all men are created equal; that tbev are en dowed bv thoir Creator with certain unalienable rights; that amorig these are life. Ubertv, and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.— THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS. GOVERNMENTS are instituted amon*^ men, deriving their just po>vers from the consent OF THE GOVERNED. -THAT WHENEVETC ANY VURM OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND TO ALL DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS. IT 13 THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OK to abolish it, :ind to institute n new Government, laying its foundatiun on such princiuleH, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their SAFETY AND HAPPINESS. -PRUDENCE. INDEED. WILL DICTATE THAT GOVERN ments Ions establislied, sliould not be ebiing;ed for light and transient CAUSES- \ND, ACCORDINGLY, ALL EXPERIENCE HATH SHOWN, THAT MANKIND ARE BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNS MORE DISPOSED TO SUFFER, WHILE EVILS ARE SUFFEEABLE. THAN TO RIGHT THEM Bclves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same olject, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw oft' such Government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient Bufleranre of these colonies and such is now the necessity which coa p IJ I i A r\ a strains them' to alter their foimer system- -^ of Government repeated injurii absolute tyrann world.— He has forbidden his G operation till hi totliem.- H ■ people would aidahlu to t>' history of the pra "^ ■"• • fc.n ly^ gent king of Great Britain is a history of and u.'Jurpations, all har untf^/^l III ing.iu direct object, the ehtablishment of ^m .Ter these Stales. To pro IflUVyLfUlil to thin, let fadts be submitted to a candid fused his a.'jseut to laws the most wholesome and necessftry for the public good.— He has mmediate and pressing importance, unless BU'r-jiended in their sent should be obtained; and. when bo suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend fused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those linquish the right of Repreaentation in the Legislature; a right inestimable its only.— He has cal led together legislatWe bodies at places unusual. tautfrom the depository oftheirpublic records, for the sole purpose of futiguing thi repeatedly, foi fcitaUe, and dia npliance with his Ted Repre8e_ ^ j.-- ., _.. therightsofthepeople.- Hehanrefu sed for a long time after such dissolutioi.s, to cause others to be elected whereby the legislative powers, incapa ble of annihilation, have returneLE OF THESE COLONIES, SOLEMNLY PUBLIbH oucht to be. Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from em and the State of Great Britain, is, and ought to be. totally dissolved: ""V ^I'd^'nt Stlt^ alliances establish commerce, and to de all other AcU and things which Independent State. may of rig htdo. And for the sup port of this :laration nth firm utually pU dge to each other ofDi the " OLD LIBERTY BELL. 28 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA THEATRES, OPERA-HOUSES, VARIETIES, ETC. Academy of Music. Broad and Locust streets. Operatic. Arch Street Opera-House, Arch street, above Tenth. Minstrels. Prices, 25c. to 75c. Arch Street Theatre, 609 Arch street. Dramatic. Prices, 50c. to $1.50. Chestnut Street Theatre, 1218 Chestnut street. Dramatic. Prices, 50c. to $1.50. Eleventh Street Opera-House, Eleventh street, below Market. Minstrels. Prices^ 25c., 50c., and 75c. Enoch's Variety Theatre, Seventh street, below Arch. Prices, 25c. to $1.00. Fox's New American Theatre, Chestnut st. above Tenth. Variety. Prices, 25c. to $1.50. Grand Central Theatre, Walnut street, above Eighth. Variety. Prices, 25c. to $1.00. Kiralfy's Alhambra Palace Garden, Broad street, below Locust. New National Theatre, Tenth and Callowhill streets. Theodore Thomas's Orchestra, Broad and Master streets. Prices, 50c. to $1.50. Walnut Street Theatre, Ninth and Walnut streets. Dramatic. Prices, 25c. to $1.50. Wood's Museum, Ninth and Arch streets. Miscellaneous. Prices, 25c. to $1.00. Zoological Gardens, Fairmount Park. Admission, 25c. CONCERT HALLS. Concert Hall, 1221 Chestnut street. Continental Hall, 806 Girard avenue. Horticultural Hall, Broad street, near Locust. Handel and Haydn Hall, 533 N. 8th st. M^NNERCHOR HaLL AND GARDENS, 717 Fairmount avenue. Musical Fund Hall, 808 Locust street. National Guards' Hall, 520 Race street. Washington Hall, 810 Spring Garden st. PRINCIPAL LIBRARIES. American Mechanics', Fourth and George streets. Apprentices', 500 Arch street. Athen^um, Sixth and Adelphi streets. Friends', 301 Arch street. German, 24 South Seventh street. Law, 532 Walnut street. Mechanics' Institute, 1110 South Fifth st. Medical, Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth and Pine streets. Mercantile, Tenth st., above Chestnut. Odd Fellows', 806 North Third street. Pennsylvania Historical, 820 Spruce street. Philadelphia, Fifth and Library streets. Ridgway, Broad and Christian streets. PRINCIPAL CLUB-HOUSES. ' German Society, 24 South Seventh street. Merchants', 246 South Third street. Penn, 233 South Eighth street. Philadelphia, Thirteenth and Walnut sts. Press, 505 Chestnut street. Reform, 1520 Cnestnut street. Sketch, 10 Merrick street. Social Art, 1525 Chestnut street. St. George, 1300 Arch street. Union League, Broad st., above Walnut. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 29 GUIDE TO THE CITY PASSENGER RAILWAYS. strangers to the city should read the following carefully, — Nearly all the street-car lines will take you, either direct or by exchange, to the Centennial Grounds, those that run direct being on Girard avenue, and Vine, Arch, Walnut, and Market streets. Cars run northward on Third, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Fifteenth, Six- teenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and southward on Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth streets. Cars run eastward on Columbia avenue, and on Chestnut, Spruce, Lombard, Fil- bert, Eace, Green and Wallace streets, and westward on Fairmount avenue, and on Walnut, Sansom, Pine, South, Vine, Poplar and Master streets. Cars run eastward and westward on Girard avenue, and on Market, Arch, Cal- lowhill, and Spring Garden streets, and north and south on Twenty-third street. Cars run from Second and Arch streets, up Ninth street and Ridge avenue, to Manayunk, and the yellow cars on Eighth street run to Germantown. A single fare for an adult is 7 cents, or four tickets for 25 cents. These are sold by the Conductor and are good on all the cars. Children's fare is 4 cents. The companies running more than one line of cars give passes over their con- necting lines for a single fare. Exchange tickets are sold by all Conductors for 9 cents, excepting the Ridge ave- nue and Union lines, who never sell or receive exchange tickets. Cars run all night on most of the lines, the fare being 10 cents. Exchange tickets, children's fare, and fare on night lines, must be paid in cash. HACKNEY-COACH PARES. One passenger, with trunk or carpet-bag, any distance not exceeding one mile, 50 cents; one mile, and not exceeding two miles, 75 cents; over two miles, each additional mile or part of a mile, 25 cents. Each additional passenger, 25 cents per mile extra. Children under 5 years of age, to the number of one to each grown, person, carried free, above 5 and under 14, half fare. Ten squares is the average number to a mile. If engaged by the hour, with the privilege of going from place to place and stop- ping if required, $1 per hour. S^" In case of dispute, apply at the Mayor's office. The Exhibition Transfer Company run a number of light wagonettes, holding 10 persons, between the city and Centennial Grounds, for 50 cents each passenger. FERRIES. Camden and Philadelphia, foot of Market street, to Federal street, Camden. Cooper's Point, from foot of Vine street, to Cooper's Point. Gloucester, New Jersey, from foot of South street, to Gloucester. Kaighn's Point, from foot of South street, to South Camden or Kaighn's Point. Kensington and New Jersey, from foot of Shackamaxon street, to Cooper's Point. Smith's Island, from Pier 7, South Wharves, Delaware River. West Jersey, from foot of Market street, Philadelphia, to Market street, Camden. 30 THE POCKET-GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. RAILROAD DEPOTS AND TICKET OFFICES. Information as to arrival and departure of trains, tourists' trips, etc., can be obtained from the daily papers or at any of the railroad ticket offices. Camden and Atlantic. — Depot, Vine street ferry, for Atlantic City, N. J. Ticket offices, 838 and 13-18 Chestnut street, and Exhibition Grounds. New Jersey Southern. — Depot, Market street ferry, for New York, Long Branch, and Ocean Grove. Ticket offices, 700 and 838 Chestnut street. North Pennsylvania. — Depot, Berks and America streets, for Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, Niagara Falls, North and West. Ticket offices, 434 and 732 Chestnut st. Pennsylvania. — Depot, Thirty -second and Market streets and Kensington, for Exhi- bition Grounds, New York and the East, Pittsburg and the West, Erie, Niagara Falls, and the Lakes. Market street ferry for New Jersey and Amboy. Ticket offices, 838 and 1348 Chestnut street, 116 Market street, and Exhibition Grounds. Philadelphia and Reading. — Depot, Thirteenth and Callowhill streets, for Exhi- bition Grounds, Reading, Coal Regions, and points on Germantow^n and Norris- town branches. Ninth and Green streets, for points on Germantown and Norris- town branches. Ticket offices, 624, 732, and 838 Chestnut street, 317 Arch street. Exhibition Grounds, and at depots. Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore. — Depot, Broad street and Washington avenue, for Exhibition Grounds, Baltimore, Washington, the South and West. Ticket offices, 700 and 838 Chestnut street, and Exhibition Grounds. West Chester. — Depot, Thirty-first and Chestnut streets, for West Chester. Ticket office, 3100 Chestnut street. West Jersey. — Depot, Market steet ferry, for Cape May, N. J. Ticket offices, 838 and 1348 Chestnut street. PRINCIPAL TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. American District, N. E. cor. Third and Dock sts. ; S. W. cor. Seventh and Chestnut sts. ; 1343 Chestnut st. ; Thirty-sixth st. and Lancaster ave. ; Centennial Grounds ; Twentieth st. and De Lancy place ; Fortieth and Locust sts.. West Philadelphia ; cor. Eighth and Wood sts. ; 1405 Callowhill st. ; N. Y. depot, 31st and Market sts. Western Union and Philadelphia Local. — Principal offices, N. W. cor. Tenth and Chestnut sts. ; S. E. cor. Third and Chestnut sts., and 107 S. Third st. Stations are situated at all the first-class hotels and principal railroad depots. FAVORITE SEASIDE RESORTS IN NEW JERSEY. Atlantic City, by Camden and Atlantic Railroad. Fare, $2.00. Cape May, by AVest Jersey Railroad. Fare, $2.50. Long Branch, by Pennsylvania Railroad. Fare, $2.25. PLEASANT STEAMBOAT TRIPS ON THE DELAWARE RIVER. EVERY DA Y, FROM ARCH STREET WHARF. Bombay Hook, Del., by the steamboat "Ariel." Fare, 75 cents. Bristol, Pa., by the steamboat " John A. Warner," at 2 and 6 p. m. Fare, 25 cents. Chester, Pa., by the steamboat *' Sarah K. Taggart," at 3 p. m. Fare, 25 cents. Trenton, N. J., by the steamboat " Edwin Forrest." Fare, 40 cents. PENNSYLVANIA. JAPANESE. THE "DECLARATION OP INDl ¥ -K*?^ WHEN. IN course of human necessary Ibro til they nhould declare hold these truths to be self- dowed by tlieir Creator the «T«nts, it b' iwopleto cal band Bected th ftnd to as • powers separate to which e and of tie them, a e opinions of mankind requires that tlie causes which impel them to the separation.— We dent, that all men are created equal; that thev a ertain unalienable riplits^ that among these are life, liberty, and of the e and equ mongth arth the til station of natur God enti espect to THE PURSaiT OF H.\PPINESS.-THAT TO SECURE THESE KltJHTS Go'VEUNMENTS are instituted amon? men, deriving their just poirers from the consent OF THE 00VEBNED.-TH.\T WHENEVER ANY FORM 5f GOVERNMENT BECOMES PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND TO ALL DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS. IT iS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO \LTER OR to abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laving Its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall'seem most likelv to eflect their SAFHTY AND HAPPINESS.-PRUDENCE, INDEED. WILL DICTATE THAT GOVERN ments long established, should not be changed for lltht and transient CAUSES: AND, ACCORDINGLY, ALL EXPERIENCE HAt'h SHOWN, THAT MANKIND ARE BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNS MORE DISPOSED TO SUFFER, WHILE EVILS ARE SUFFERABLE, THAN TO RIGHT THEM selves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpationa, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their dutv, to throw off such Government and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient suflerance of these colonies and such 1, now the necessity which <=■>■> D Li I I A DA "'''''';' """" '"> """ »•■«" f""" systems of Government. The history of the pre r n I UAl U« ge„t king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all bar Mnm Id '"B.""'ir«' object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States. To pro IVIUOCLI!! ve this, ht facts be submitted to a candid world.— He has refused hii assent to laws the most wholesome and necessarv for tlie public good.— He ha-s forbidden his Governors to piws laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless su-rended in their operation till his assent should he obtained; and, when so suspended, be has utterlv neglected to attend to them. -He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts if people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature; a right inestimable to them, and for midable to tyrants only. -Ho has cal led together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and dis tantfrom the depository of theirpublic records, for the sole purpose of thtiguing them into compliance with his measures -He has dissolved Represen tative Houses repeatedlv, for opposing, with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of thepeople.-Ue has refu sed for a long time after such dissolutions, to ciuse others to be elected whereby the legislative powers, incapa bio of annihilation, have returne»'" •-• been wanti b, their legislature to extend an unwnr-.„tahle iurisdlction over us. iVJ.V' "PP''«'«-'' t" their native justice and magna -Vn^ii ^itv'" w" "•? T'-T''""'- ^-Wch would inevitably in.erru^our fJiend, - tvrlh^rT"' ^i'^'J""'- '"■■t"'-"" in the necessity which denoun TLTDP OP nrlu r»n'',?-v,'if %P'-«»''Dtatives of the United States of Ameri mnd rf»M..i.^ lU^'i'i^'"''?/ ^°- '^ THE NAME. AND BY THE A i?aii»„T ?' J**?* **•<'*'' ^"'t»'» Colonies are, and of right IndepSent ai.t« it'''''i ^"7",! "'"' """ "" P'''"'^''' <:»""""!»•■ between th iojependent Slates, they have full power to lev, war, conclude peace, contract I to be tried for pretended offences. — For abolirhing the free rbitrary Government, and enlarging its boundaiies.so atten ,rv.-For transport ing us heyo..,. _. gliboring Province establishing the ent lor introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies.— For takii _ and altering, fundamentally, the powers of our Governments. — For suspending our power to legishate for us in all cases whatsoever.— He has abdicated Govern ^ ing war against us. — He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of tances of cruelty and perfldv scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and trained our fellow-citizens taken captive on the high seas, to lie.ir arms against their hren. or to fall themselves by their hands.— He has excited domestic insurrections our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undis stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms; our prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is nnflt tion to our British brethren.— We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts made We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here nimity, and we have conjured them, by the ties of our common kin connections and correspondence. — They, too. have been deaf to the voice of justice and coa ces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace ca, in General Congress assembled. appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the recti DTHORITY OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THESE COLONIES. SOLEMNLY PUBLISH ought to be. Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from em and the State of Great Brit.ain, is. and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that, as Free and alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other Acts and things which lodepeAdsBt StatM may of rig htdo. And for the sup port of this De claration, with Tsrpographical Fac-slmile of flr; relii on the protection of Divine Providenc •, we mutually pla dge to each other the " OLD LIBERTY BELL.