New-York tribune., 1873-07-26
THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.
THE MACHINERY Han.

AUSTRIAN sECTIONS-A NOVEL GOVERNOR-UIII-
IzAToN OF AMERICAN INVENTIONS.
IFRoM sPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRBUNEl
VIENNA, June 1S.-A careful review of the
array OF mechanism IN this intermnable structure
leaves the first impression confirmed, that. with an
enormous mass OF material, and IN sin
gularly supcrfuous consumption off iron. there
~ very little that is novel, and in most
cases the exhibits are so old and well known
as scarcely 10 justify mention. The machines
the public however where they do not put their
limbs peril aud wherever there is anything IN motion
crowd gathers at once, attracted more 10y the noise
than by any OF fitness or mechanical excellence
The and planning machines receive special atten
ton. aud the throng rushes from one machine to
another the buzz catter announces that 1t begins
10 work But the lame arrangements OF the Austrian
engineers make all enjoyment Of the machines even
IN this poor way, utterly uncertain II only WITHIN
few days that they have succeeded ia making their
steam connection with tho English, American ana
French Departments; and, though the exhibiting en-
gneers are all ready and have been in our case and
that OF the English, for many days, the engines are
never running long without accident 20 the steam
or escape pipes, which stops everything and sets the
Austrans repairing again. Whenone pipe is mended
a new one gives ont. ana IL so happens that, up TO
this time the machinery Is running only exceptionally
II Is Just as well In the MAN, for the exhibition OF me
chanical appliances is, as whole simply an enormous
bazaar intended to advertise the manufacturers rather
than instruct the world IhOSe OF CthtId Europe stci
have consigned all Of their stock on hand 10 the EXh
biion as 10 a place Of sale. Imagine huge machine
shop over half mile long, filed with close masses Of
locomotives, railway cars lathes plaDingmachnes, and
looms covering space OF nearly quite 100000 square
Rect aud Of which Austria and Germany occupy about
half OF the whole, without, lar have yet been able
10 discover more than single novelty in invention or
construction. Many OF the articles are, Of iQrms
abandoned in America, and even England, years
AGO Here is sohd battalion Of lathes,
iron planes, and borinGmachnes, through which one
can hardly work his way; there unbrOken columns
Of railway vehicles double file Of carriages hauked on
each side by escort line Of locomotives, four long, In
another place Is regiment Of pumps OF all kinds and
sizes, with a squadron of nimble sewngmachiues gay
with gliding and bright coors and the futerng head
dresses Of the pretty girls VINO work them.
1 DEFY any living TO walk through the hall,
making Of all the contents, ana arrive at the fur
ther end with any very definite ideas There about
~ locomotives, 100 stationary engines and sewing
machines iunumerable, beside numerous other ma
chimes tending give the impression that the hugeness
of the machine was the dominant consideration in the
value Of the exhibit The great majority of the
articles are not IN motion, the department. at the
eastern end that Of Russia, being entirely silent here
are a par of sold-lOOkng pumping engines occupying
the extreme end; there locomotive, whose mechan-
teal arrangements are the American model, though
there Is no b0gy which VIC TO enable the locomotive
to turn sharp feature in which almost the
whole European exhibit differs from our practice,
as their railways do in the principle OF construction,
10 tins respect. Then come third and first
class railway carriage and second locomotive, the
hrstcass clrriase differing from ours in having the
platform ucOsed that forms sort Of lobby at the
end OF the carriage Il furnished with door for the
communications along the train, evidently to per-
mt Tie conductor, and at the same time to pre-
vent passengers from passing from carriage to carriage
aprccaut0u probably much against accident rs
the chance OF passengers going from class Of TO
another Besides these there is a collection OF models OF
railway vehicles locomotives, and cars with other ap-
paratus beautifully made At the south hauk OF the
Russian machinery is a collection OF carriages some OF
which in their luxurious arrangements. are very nota
bic especially single seated carriage by Markoit Of
Moscow.
In the Hungarian section. which comes next. the dis
play Of machinery proper is also largely mixed with
carriages. circular planns-maciue IS notable as OF
good workmanship and solid construction, and loco
motive from BUDAPEST, with frame Of carwheels and
other railway appliances, esaes that Hungary IS ready
70 make her own railways.
Austria opens with an array Of locomotives OF
average excellence in the body OF the building
fauked in one gallery by a section OF sew
inguachiucs. neither the style nor variety OF
which justify their presence in such quantities In the
other gallery medley of irOnworkng machines pof-
uou machines andof engines while the space between
engines filled with passenger and freight cars,
destined perhaps to be- like those collections OF WINE
bottles IN the agricultural halls and tasting house,
opened for the urcs but for either in private or
Journalistic capacity Speaking Of machinery, may
as well note here the utter neglect, [ might say
contempt which the Austrian administrative mechan
ism shows for the diffusion of intelligence. IL Is with
The creates, difficulty, and by his enterprise, that
correspondent can ascertain in advance anything
which is about 10 happen II he l.
"A diHccut reader OF the Vienna papers
he NAV find some hint and then OF q ceremony or
q
whatever OF informing the representatives Of foreign
Journals here OF any coming events likely interest the
outside world; and 10 takes day TO find out who is the
right person to 20 to for any required information
have come to the conclusion that things drift
here and take place without any special
direction by a kind Of inherent mechanism
If Won ask n shred Of information concerning
q piece Of mechanism the chances are that you get
bit Of impertnenco for reply, and If you try to take
any notes you custodian Jogging your elbow TO
tell YOU that no drawing permitted in the Exhibition
rave by process Of applications which would only ena
bic you 70 get your sketch in ten days with an average
expenditure OF a letter day. The anxiety which some
OF the prOprictOrs Of old machinery manifest at any
thing resembling sketching from the Hungarian section
10 the English is really comical The custodian OF an
old and commonly known sawsharpening machine
p the English section sharply and even rudey warned
me that no cOpying was allowed" whom he perceived
me making memorandum, though there was no point
about IL in any way The engineer OF the Ehgsh
urivng engine austerely gave me the same inforna
ton as he saw me enter his domain, pencil and notebook
in hand aud If had stopped 70 tell him how many OF
his points are borrowed from American engines be would
nave been quite as indignant he was in his mistaken
suppOsiuon that had come 70 recopy his copy.
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