Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-26
Mechanics Fair, San Francisco.
REPoRroRs' BoUDnIR.
MECHANICS FAIR.

ihECHANICS FAIR.
SAN FNAHCIsco, Aug. s, 1881.
EDIroE STANDARD:
The great annual event Of Sau
Francisco, is her Mechanics Fair,
and it is just low vel un,.cr way,
ha"inS been opened last 'iu":aiay
;he - lust Oh couIso. : u.i 10
. he supposed that ] can ,;.Na, iii 4
Letter Of tLis kind, much urrt ihru
few III the more rrUln.neil: poin. :
Of tie great exhibition. The mon
Ser pavilion eXt~rds from Market T.
Mission Street, and about a quarter
of the way from Eighth 10 Seventh
street, beng about 400 feet long By
1S5 feet wide. The exhibition will
close Oh Friday, September ID.
Under the auspices of the Publish
ing House of Dewey II Co., the
) N,htanjr'S Far Daily, ii respectable
PAPER of II columns is published in
the Pavilion every week day evening
at s o'clock, and distributed by the
thousand without money and with
out price. Your npondent has
been daily mustered into the ranks
of the great army of reporters, and l
can assure YOU we arc kept busily
engaged from early till late.
| think it is Z fact which all old
residents Of the Pacific Coast will
readily understand, that the displays
of California productions are noted
for their magnitude rather than for
their fine quality. Such is especial
ly the character of the present dis
play. For example. there are peach
es on the tables measuring eleven
and twelve inches in circumference,
and yet they fall for short of Oregon
aud Washington Territory produc-
tons as to flavor and other valued
qualities. l might sleak of many
other kinds of fruits, as we'll as veg
etables in similar terms. Speaking
of magnitude. Messrs. Sloss e. Co.
have on exhibition an ox's hide,
tanned as sole leather, which meas
uies IA feet in length, II feet in
width, aud weighing 1873 pounds.
TIE display of machinery is mag
nificent, prominent among which are
agricultural implements and quartz
mills. These are all in operation,
producing u deafcning roar. The
motive power for all work is vested
in q monster steam engine, made by
Hiuckley & Co., which might be
cousin german to the great Corliss
motor of Centennial fame. Two
generators, run Ly small engine
for that purpose, maintain ten cleo
trio lamps duly disposed about the
premises.
This is the sixteenth exhibition,
and taken as o whole, it exceeds any
of its predecessors. BY actual count,
the gross attendance on other oc :
oasions has reached COO, 900 persons
during the season, and it will be
fully as great this year. Grand and
imposing as the Pavilion now is, it
is to be sold after the present fair,
and q new one erected on the lot
lately purchased by the Institute.
This lot lies between Polk, Laguna,
Hayes and Grove Streets, measures
1921 by 2S5 feet. and cost SITS 900.
The conservatory of the fair con.
sists of rea' garden, housed on the
four sides to proper hight and then
rooted by an arched structure of
canvass. The display here COM
prises an immense variety of native
plants and rare exotics. The great
majority of these were sent in from
Woodlands Garden. One feature of
this exhibition may be said to be
perfect, aud that is the general
management. Burly policemen pre-
vent anything approaching to hood
lumism about the ENTRANCES while
the strictest order is maintained
throughout the vast interior by po-
lite marshals in uniform. Shultz's
silver AMI string band of twenty
pieces makes its music. The Fair
opens OF ten A. NJ, closes at FIVE P.
NJ, opens again at seven and closes
for the night at ten. No announce
ment is made by the marshals at the
time of closing; but when the clock
points at the proper hour, the band
plays few bars of "H ONE, Sweet
Home" and everybody scampers for
the broad exits of Market aud Mis-
sion streets.
The opening exercises OF the Fair
were conducted in the Grand Opera
House, and consisted of speeches,
music, poem, etc., and there will
be some sort of demonstration at the
final close. But I only started out
to give you few of the most i'm
portant points OF the exhibition, so
please let this suffice. VIAToR.
| Nh. J. S. Nealy writes us from
Winlock that tue it. m published in
the STANDARD last week, that there
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