Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-14
ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE.

ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE.
me Last Day OF aho Grsas Fafr-A
view OF the Cisy's Masntncens
wafeEworks and aR Inspection az
she Great Bridge ever the Ezfss1s-
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TO she Union and American;
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 10.-We left you on the
eve Of the aati climax of the great Fairs
success. Thursday has passed and proved
all that vas exT ected Of Il. The weather
was verv fine which IF course tended to in
crease the crowd. Early morning found
every avenue out Of the city leading to the
grounds filed with old and young, huFrying
along, either decided to walk, or seeking
| some mode of conveyance. Long strings
| Of street cars on the several different lines,
were crowded TO OVERLOOKING, and every
conceivable style of conveyance, that could
be made avsilable MIGHT have been seen
ladened with their living casgoes, endeavor-
ing to effect q passage through The jam in
order that the clamors of their passengers
should he quieted and that they might hurry
back for another load. GAN aboard now,
right for the Fair grounds, only twenty
five cents.o Alter vainiy endeavor.ng to
find standing room In the cars, your coz
respondent recklessly chartered furniture
wagon Carriages are $40 to the grounds)
and was finally jutting away to the fair.
When we got there we were well settled,
and ready for another meal. The whole
place was one surgiDg mass of human be-
ings, and to the spectator presented rare
and animated scene. 1t is said that haf
or two thirds of the large crowd were visi- |
tors. The amphitheaser having capacity |
FOR seating eighty thoDsand, was crowded |
at the same time, the crowd on the grounds |
did not seem diminished. Il is estimated |
that fully one hundred and fifty thousond |
people were there az one tins, while many |
visited and left before noon. The natural |
inference would be that such large crowd |
would create some disturbance, or become
disorderly; not so however, as excellent o.
der was preserved with very few arrests. |
The police force Of this city Is very large |
and efficient. The show in the amphthe- |
ater was for horses for all work and match /
ed horses, the premiums being such as to |
effect very large and fine competition. |
The day was one of incidents, The most |
trying to your correspondent was his search |
for lunch. After vsinly storming around |
In the crowd at ninety-nine booths. an en- |
tranee was finally effected In the one hum
dredth, when in wee small, well high ex- |
haused voice he managed to articulate his |
order; but even then despsired of convey
ing anything to lis mouth because of the |
crowds that booth well merited. Josh Bill. |
lings' saying, alt was packed full, &c was |
jam full, and IL he were to do the subject |
justice, be would say il was did tullo |
The entries in the various classes and de- |
partments are far too numerous to enumer-
ate. There was on exhibition the largest
and finest collection of minerals, geological
formations and specimens, of quartz crystals
ever displayed in single collection.
The growing feature of the day was the /
race between Goldsmith Maid and Glouces-
ter, for premium of 81 900. Long ere the
horses were out of their stables, an inn
mense crowd lined the track all around; ev-
Judges stand was SO crowded that it gave
way, precipitsting all to the ground. A few
ladies were on it, at the time, but fortunately
and almost miracnIously none were serious
ly injured. As 'the Maid" appeared on the
track an eager crowd assembled around her
to admire her beauty. The horses trotted
finely, Goldsmith Maid winning the race in
three straight heats, the trottiDg was rather
informed, part of it being done IN the am
phitheatre and not on the eouse. Her time for
the heat on the course was 2:29k. The pro-
grsmme for Friday was "roadspels In bar
ness" closing with race for purse of six 1
hundred dollars, two mile heats, for thoro-
BREEDS 1871 StEa5 tb slkHt
This will close our imperfect
attempt at reporting this great exhibition.
1t was too large for Us. The large smount
of premiums offered by the Association
attracted fine displays of stock, cattle,
sheep and hogs, together with agricultural
fine floral and fine arts dis
play, machinery, mechanics, produce and
of every kind, also large
and fine display OF poultry--every depart.
ment full and complete. 1t was, upon the
whole, the finest Fair ever held in the
southwest.
Deserving the Fair, your correspondent
visi. ed several places Of interest in the city,
prominent among which, is the
ST. LOUIS WATER WORKS,
The erection Of these works was inaugu-
rated in May, 1860, and finished in May, +
1871. The engine room and offices ara I'M
der the roof of q large and magnificent
structure of brick and stone, resting upon
natural rock. The engines, two in number,
costing one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars each, also find themselves secured on
this natural and firm foundation. There is
in course of erection another engine, at a
cost of two hundred and eighty thousand
dollars. With twelve hundred horsepower
each, these engines r Use the water that SUP
plies the city, in stream three feet, in d.
ameier, three. fourths of mile to tower,
tn an elevation of two hundred feet at 81 e
rate of Two hundred and twenty-five feet 8
minute, against pressure of one hundred
pounds to the square inch. There are four
large reservoirs, two for settling and one for
storage. Last year the city used capacity
of only one engine, now one and one-third,
and has consumed during this summer
twenty million gallons of water. Another
point Of inter sst is the
GREAT BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI.
1t is a magnificent and extensive work,
serving for Lhe railroads and having carriage
and f0otwsys. It will be completed alb put
the LIST of January next, and has cost, up to
this time, over six million dollars. The /
railroad Is tunneled through the city, under
the streets, a very extensive and lsborious
now nearly complete. The
COURTHOUSE
is very fine and ancient-looking structure,
having dome which makes it look as if it
had been transferred from Rome. Upon
reaching the highest point it affords fine
birds eye view of the city.
Home is the word tomorrow, after very
vis't tn the LARGE and stiIl growing |