New-York tribune., 1878-05-11

times are enormous the unloading from drays and
wagons and trucks going on simultaneously, in
narrow space with that of the cars. Some of the
packages are immensely big and heavy. | was
shown to-day an immense threshng-machine when
had been packed complete in one case at Racine.
Wis, and was just coming to light in Paris without
having broken bulk the way. HARDLY stood
two of Hernngs safes, the smaller weighing nine
tons. There remained bat one spot in tIe American
section where they could be put, the means OF
handling goods of this weight being limited. by
one of those chances which sometimes come up the
right way, the ear containing the two safes stopped
just opposite the site appointed for them.
Take one more fact "a specimen OF the distressed
confusion and hepessness which prevails. The
very floor of the American machinery section is not
completely laid mp to to-day-fve days before the
opening No fault Of ours that it is not. Ths IS one
of sc jobs the French reserved for themselves and
they have at last been set to work upon il by
requlsltion or notification from our Commissioner OF
a somewhat pressing kind. What people could
do themselves, they seem to have done, and done
promptly. The Wyoming, with the Wheelock en-
gne on board, which is TO furnish our motive
power arrived at llavre on the 23l the engine it
self w0s expected last night or this morning, and
Mr.. Pickering thinks it ought 10 be in running or
der by Monday provided the French are able to get
up steam by that time. With respect TO the cNhl-
btion of machinery and in explanation of what |
said the other day about the small numbcr of ex-
hbtorsI should add that Governor Mccormick isin
some cases directly responsible for the limitation
Where u number Of manufacturers in the same busl-
ness sent in proposals, and II impossible to lind
space for satisfactory exhibit by all of them, the
whole space has been given TO one frm as, for m
stance. to j. 4. Fay 4 Co., for wood machinery.
To have taken a machine or two from one firm. and
two or three moro from a second, and so on. would
have insured an exhibition crcditable neither to the
individual firms nor to us ~ nation Governor
Mccormick wisely decided that, in any case, the
interests of the country to be first considered.
Scores of exhibitors were necessarily excluded VINO
might well have been admitted hal Congress acted
in time to allow of getting sufficient space. The
only people who broke ia upon this wholesome rule
were the rcapiug machine makers, who would not
be denied. ard number of whom have 500 feet
apiece Among the rcgrc,gblc omissions are 10 be-
mentioned beside those formerly noted, steam
pumps and steam fire engines, IN both of which
American manufactures are very strong AT home
We have one locomotive. and one Pullman car
model.
out Of the 75O jurors. 80 have been allotted
to the United States more than we expected, and
more than or strict numerical proportion. We come
fourth after France. our three predecessors beng
England Belgium and Austria. The list Of jurors
j, not yet made up. blt there is 20 lack of candi-
dates, and Governor Mccormick, on whom thc duty
dcyolycs Will be- only embar,a ,od by the multitude
of capable applicants out Of whom the thirty-ihrec
ara 10 be lifted q. v. :.