Show on april 30 new york reveals the world of tomorrow to fo millions who visit her fair by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 0 western newspaper union 30 1789 ARIL george washington stands on 0 n the portico of federal hall in now new york city and takes the oath of office which makes him the first president of the united states of america no matter how farsee far see ing the father of his country may have been or any other man who witnessed that ceremony years ago it is not likely that he could have looked into the future and even dimly realized the greatness which the now new nation was to attain in te territory ari population wealth cultural and scientific scientist tift achievement social and political progress april 30 1939 it is another historic occasion in the annals of now new york city for on this day tile the gates to what now yorkers believe is the greatest international exposition of a all 11 time are being thrown open to thousands of visitors the vanguard of an estimated 20 millions who will see the new york worlds fair before it closes and significant ot df the changes that have taken in a century and a half these visitors unlike those who thronged thron ged now new yorks narrow streets for ing tons inauguration will bo be able to look forward into the future even farther than years for the theme of this fair Is the world of tomorrow one ot of the theme spectacles of the fair Is a model of damoc designed by henry D dreyfuss rey which deals in comprehensive fashion with the possibilities of improvement in design of our cities in the future in a brief space of six minutes a visitor on one of tile the two moving plat pint forms inside the can look down upon a representation 24 hours of life in the central city has a vast transportation center where ocean liners limited trains airplanes and dirigibles come to a single terminal the audience will see a central city catering to a million people with a working population of none of whom will sleep there at night homes apartment houses and hotels are built on the outer rim of the city centered in parks facing a vast green belt which surrounds the central city in the outlying satellite towns men inen will walk home from work across parks which separate the living section from the working section between the satellite towns and the central city is a 30 mile green belt devoted to agriculture suburban homes are placed upon hills or along the banks of rivers so as not to utilize land designed to produce the fresh food awl V boll to I 1 N 7 q M tile farm of the future where more than practical aepli of electricity on tile farm will be shown at the new york worlds fair wrom the painting by leon tor for the citizens ot of outside surrounding the city separated from it by a green belt of farms and parks are indus trial towns thess these decentralized factory centers where man works and lives and depends on the central metropolis only for direction in his business and in his cultural activities damoc lacity is a practical suggestion of how we should be living today in a city of light and air and green spaces stretching out in till oil directions from the central city are fine roads sweeping over broad green bolt belt areas and connecting tile the various industrial towns with the metropolis will present the general plan of the city of tomorrow details of our future american living will be cla clarified rIfled in many of the fairs individual I 1 exhibits in so far as the pros Z k n 1511 R Z n T k K 4 a VA K q ibi A view of the dread city of the future which henry dreyfus s has designed for the exhibit in the theme center of the new york worlds fair this photograph was made from 2 model less than one twelfth the size of the projected exhibit which measures feet in diameter of america always has and probably always will depend largely upon the prosperity of her farm population one of the major exhibits is the farm of the future a practical working fp fern n with a farm house an and d buildings completely equipped with cattle horses chickens in jact act every last thing one would expect to find on a farm even to the flower and vegetable garden near the house and all of it will be on less than one acrel electricity will do the work on this farm efficiently and economically more than one hundred practical applications of electricity will be shown all under working conditions the house is an attractive two story stori frame forarile structure with a tile terrace on one side is a flower and vegetable garden apple trees and elms make a picture esque setting tor for the house and maples in the pasture lot provide convenient shade for the cattle at ono one end of the plot grouped for convenience and efficiency are the silo and barn and close by the workshop and horse shed at tho the other end of tile the plot the poultry house brooder house greenhouse hotbeds hot beds community packing house and the orchard the farm house Is the hub around which practically all activity on the farm centers particularly ticul arly the form farm kitchen and what a kitchen this in it scientific planning is evident in the location of each piece of equipment designed to conserve time labor and footsteps the barn is complete and up to dato in every respect proper lighting and ventilation drinking cups the latest type stalls grinding and mixing of feed and pumping of water on one side of the barn are eight tie tic stalls for milking cows on tho the other four box stalls with a pen of calves a cow and calf and two bulls these cattle are to be do S supplied from famous herds by the breeder associations the first six weeks jerseys the second holsteins Holst elna the third in the last period of the fair the top of the barn which would ordinarily be a hay loft is a room accommodating about one hundred deop people and will be used as a meeting roam for farm organizations and others at the fair the workshop on the electrified farm is completely equipped with electric forge anvil electric drill electric saw and a portable electric welding outfit with this equipment in his workshop a broken casting or piece of machinery mean a trip to town sometimes when the farmer can least spare the time in the poultry house a complete poultry unit is shown in this poultry house some of the hens will be kept in laying batteries and some in the conventional type laying house the incubator in the service room of the poultry house will anve chicks hatching twice a week so there will always be new chicks to put in the battery brooder which is also in the service room some of these chicks will be kept inan electric hover brooder in a sep se avate brooder house just outside of the M main in poultry house to complete the installation there will bo be an egg cleaner and grader and latest type candler also scalding and waxing equipment for removing feathers in preparing broilers for m market a arket across a small court from the poultry house is tile tho community packing house in the center is a complete fruit cleaning and grading system electrically operated near the community packing house is an apple orchard with a stationary spray pump for spraying and maintaining tile the health of the trees at the end of the plot is a greenhouse so insulated that the only heat necessary in addition to that supplied by electric heating lamps controlled automatically by thermostats mo stats is the suns rays through the glass of the greenhouse which is slanted to catch every bit of sun flowers out of season and an early early start for garden plants are made possible with such a greenhouse adjacent to the greenhouse are electric hotbeds which also insure the starting of early garden plants for spring planting the soil used in plant beds is freed of weed seeds in insects etc through electric sol soil sterilization it if george washington who was one of the most progressive farmers of 0 his day could have seen this elec electrified trifled form I 1 and speaking of washington the opening of the fair on apt april 30 the date of his inauguration is not the only coincidence reflecting the association of our first president with new york city and its fair on october 10 1780 president washington wrote in n h his diary pursuant to an engagement formed on thursday last I 1 set off from now new york about nine in my barge to visit M mr r princes fruit gardens and shrub b berles at flushing on long island the vice president governor of the state mr izard colonel smith mith and major jackson accompanied me on this and a subsequent trip president washington was searching for a plot of ground on which to erect a national capital but for some quirk of circumstance grover A whalen president of the worlds fair corporation has said the site of this greatest of expositions might have love been the capital of the united states 11 dominating constitution mall the central esplanade of the fair Is the largest portrait statue fashioned by mankind since the egyptians carved the figure of rameses 11 II out of rock in the land of the nile the work of james earle earie fraser eraser noted sculptor this statue portrays washington as he arrived in new york for his inauguration dominating the trees buildings and fountains of washington square from which his figure rises 65 feet the father of our country appears to gaze across two sculptured groups by paul manship the celebrated artist one denotes the passage of time cis as it affects the human race the second group includes a gigantic sundial with an 80 foot gnomon washington seems to gaze at the 18 story Perl sphere and the 50 story arylon his back to the years of progress in the past as represented by the federal building his face toward the future as represented by the theme center standing solidly behind washington and carrying out the patri A 4 ar 2 PA R R ERR t 1 1 4 1 design of the three cent stamp commemorating the cen tennial of the inauguration of george washington as first president of the united states which will be placed on sale for the first time at the new york city post office on april 30 the opening late date of the fair otic theme are four tall figures which represent the foundation strength of the government they are freedom of the press freedom of religion freedom of assembly and freedom of speech from this group which has caige come to be known as the freedoms and which was sculptured by leo friedlander came the inspiration for the historical thread that is carried through the mall pattern to the north of the freedoms the historical theme is continued through another 1500 foot section of the mall by the grouping of the buildings and exhibits of 62 foreign nations around the parade ground or court of pence peace where the flags uniforms and costumes of all nations are shown in various drills pageants and other colorful spectacles this grouping also suggests the strength the united states has drawn from the infusion into its population of liberty seeking elements from foreign shores numerous buildings and exhibits are dedicated to george washington the state of new jersey has a replica of the barracks the general used lis as his headquarters at trenton during the stormy days of our struggle for independence motion pictures exhibited in the federal building feature washington in line with the commemorative theme of the fair a copy of oath of office a picture of his inauguration ceremony on the balcony of federal hall in now new york city a 0 bronze statue of him and wax impressions of the seals he used are locked within the cornerstone of the fairs imposing administration building washington perrine of baltimore md closest lineal descendant of the first president of the united states deposited these seals in the cornerstone |