Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-04

PHILADELPHIA, September 2.-Haviug had
Only about seven hours on the grounds, will
not attempt anything but disconnected noting
of things that think ", uld be interesting. The
nun Der Of pay visitors is increasing every day /;
about a, co.. yesterday, and probably as many
to-day. 1t will give some idea of the immense
szo of the buildings to say that, though with
this large number and some 80 0U compliment.
AIRY visitors and employees added to it, no place
seem; crowded. Perfect order is preserved
lion, umbering some 700. enlisted Tor this par
tculsr ,!u.y. They are neatly uniformed and
are very polite and always ready to give IN tor
nation. Half Of the battalion is on duty during
the day and one fourth 1T night. The experl.
ment OF making the admission rs cents on Sat
urdays is decided success. Over lob, 900 took
advantage OF it last Saturday There is mar.
row gauge railroad running around the grounds,
"A miles long, connecting sl the buildings. Ola
this road eight trains, OF five cars each, are run
ming all the time For five cents you can ride
all day, if yvu choose to stay on the train. The
experience Of all is that a month could be put in
here and then leave much uasCanned for want
of time SO that it can only be as drop in the
ocean that call attention to It 10 the limits of
this letter. The main building has exhibits from
the whole word-manufactories geological spe-
cinens, &c,-and is ndescribsble altogether.
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looking on both sides as l walked through, but
there is so much to :ee that it most makes you
dizzy. | noticed two p ates of French gsss.
the largest ever imported. They are about Y
feet high-abCut four times the height OF AL sv-
ersge mainland 10 feet wide-as wide as any
plate of glass in Alexandria is high A section
of the East river bridge cable. to connect New
York and Brooklyn, give some idea of The mag
nitude OF this enterprise It takes 600 wires !
inch in diameter to make one cable, and these
wires have to be Wrspt one at time across the
river to make each cable AS there are large
number of them necessary, some idea of the un-
dertsking can be gathered. A water tank, to
test the different force pumps, attracts much
attention. 1t is about lG0 by 10 feet and feet
deep. Every conceivable variety Of pump is at
work throwing streams varying from small
let to solid column of II inches in diameter
We counted 48 streams playing al once, ard
there was very large number not at work. At
one end of the tank beautiful sheet OF water 4O
feet wide is failing from an eevatlon of 80 fe"t.
This is supplied by one force pump with 50 600
gallons of water q minute The manufacture OF
most everything you could think of is going on
here You can have pair of susp"nders woven
with your namein them by paying S3and leaving
your order. Guinet has q silk loom at work
making black silk He has notice up that his
silks are woven at the weavers' homes on hand
LOOMS which may acc, unit for his silks always
wearing well. The envelope machines are very
interesting The paper goes in IN strips the
width of an envelope opened and comes cut
complete, counted in packs of Is, at the rate Of
10 minute Tsck.msking machines are &C.
tive little chaps, six small machines, which are
attended by one man and boy, making "a, 0)0
minute They just eat up the wire in regular
gormsnd style. Printing and folding machines
are the most wonderful of all. The Philadelphia
Times was being printed on Hoe press. An
immense roll OF paper just as it comes from the
mill feeds itself in ut the top OF the press and is
turned u folded and ready to be distributed at
the rate or 80 0C0 an hCu'. folding machine
WAS at work on 80 page book. The printed
sheets were fed in ut the tip, and came out i'ld-
ed backed and bound, at the rate of one every
two seconds. he man who invented it lost his
mind over it, and l don't wonder. l was
glad to learn be regsined it again. GUY.