The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-10-17
TIE CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
One Hundred Thousand People Present
Lyon County Fully Represented.

Lyon COanty Fully Represented.
CHICAGO, October 9th, 1873.
This day being the second ami
versary of the great fire, the mayor
has proclaimed one half of it a hol-
iday, aud it is expected to to be the
great day of the exposition. To
add to the inducement, the mana
gers have given notice that the pro-
ceeds of to-day shall go to relieve
the suffers of Memphis.
1t would be useless for me to at
tempt to give anything like a de-
scription of the exposition. The
building alone is a great sight. 1t
is 500 feet in length, $50 in width,
and a broad gallery extends entire
ly around it above the main floor.
There were thirty-five thousand
people in the hall yesterday, and
yet the arrangement is such that
there was no place in which the
visitors were at all crowded at any
time. Each department is separa-
ted from all others by broad isles,
and if the visitors see many ahead
they can turn either to the right or
left through these avenues, which
are twenty-five to fifty feet apart.
The display embraces everything
the mind could imagine, and the
articles are the finest the world can
produce. One hardly knows when
to stop looking, for it would take a
whole day to glance at all of the
things on exhibition while thous-
ands of them cannot be appreciated
without giving them q lengthy ex-
animation. For instance, the Elgin
Watch Company has a department
where scores of girls with intricate
and delicate machinery are constant
ly making all the little wheels and
parts of that celebrated watch. A
person could find entertainment
for hours watching this process
alone.
One end of the immense hall is
allotted to machinery, where mon
ster engines are turning shafts that
keep all the thousands of machines
constantly in motion. Many of
these are turning out finished arti-
cles of their respective manufacture,
and the beholder can witness all the
different stages they pass through,
from the raw material to beautiful
specimens of mechanism.
The cabinets of minerals, jewels,
ETC., are extensive. Birds, floricul-
ture, small animals from all coun-
tries, and toy and fancy articles &C.
cupy considerable space.
One entire end of the building,
surrounding the gallery, is allotted
to the West to show her produc-
tons. Kansas is well represented.
No western State or territory makes
so complete an exhibition as she.
The few Kansans l have met have
all expressed astonishment at the
extent and quality of the Kansas
department. The first space was
secured by a combination consis-
ting of the Safe of Kansas, by its
agent appointed by the Governor,
the Missouri, Kansas s. Texas, and
the Leavenworth, Lawrence Sc Cal
weston r. r. Companies. These
three interests have united and filled
about seventy-fiVe feet by fifteen,
along the gallery. Lyon county is
very nicely represented here Many
of her products occupy conspicuous
places, and the cards attached give
her full credit. This department
certainly excels all others in the
display of cereals, vegetables and
fruits.
The X. p. II. r., U. T.. and Iowa
roads come next, and present the
mineral products of the mountains
and plains in prOfuse varieties.
The Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fe
has q very fine collection, artistic
ally arranged, and here also Lyon
county contributes her full share.
Kansas and Nebraska have done
q creditable thing in bringing such
bountiful productions here, and the
result cannot but be highly bene-
fetal TO those States. Hundreds of
people every day admit to us that
this display has entirely changed
their minds in regard to Kansas.
Especially are they surprised on
seeing her fruits on exhibition
here and in fact any Kansan would
feel proud of them. No other
State approaches us in this line.
Further descriptions are reserved
for my next. IL. w. X