With The Exhibition Buildings

There will be a general sale of all the buildings belonging to the Centeunial Board of Fmauce, saya the Philadelphia Press on Thursday, November 30, at 11 o'clock a. ui. ïhe liat comprÍ8e the niain building and oarriage annex, Agricultural Hall, with wagon and pomoiogical annexes, the art annex, photographer's exhibition building, shoe and leather building, judges' hall, butter and cheese building, guard, station housea and various other sinall buildings. Paiticulars of the sale will be furnished in paraphlet form, on ap plioation, ten days before the appointed time. The sale was authorized by the Board of Finance at its session on Monday. The expectation that most of the State buildings on the grounds would be presented to the city at the olose of the Exhibition will probably prove not well founded, as with only one exception they are of frame, and, aaide trom the danger from fire, the oontinuous expense in painting and repairing would soon equal the original cost of the structures, thus detractjng from their actual valué for park purposes. The Ohio State building, however, unlike the re8t, was erected alniost entirely of stone, and has boon so substantially built that it will for years preserve its present appearance as an ornament. The original intention was to present this structure to the city, and, at recent meetings of the Ohio State Board, the subject of its transfer to the Park Commissioners has been considered. Though no definite action has been taken in the matter, it is probable that some arrangement satisfactory to both the donors and reoipients will be made at an early day. The Germán Pavilion, a substantially built structurn, inay also in due time beoome the property of the city, as the Germán Commissioners generally favor the project of presenting it to the Park Commission. A member of the commission some time since wrote to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Berlin for instructions in regard to the proposed transfer, and an answer favorable in regard to the plan of pertnitting it to remain permanently is confidently expected. So far as at present known, it seems likely that the other minor buildings will be sold to the bighest bieder or disposed of at private sale at the close of the Exhibition. Purohasers for many of them are namerous, and fair prices will doubtless be obtained.