Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-14
THE FLOATS IN DETAIL.
Varied Features of the Display.
THE CENTRAL X. r. AND OCEAN STEAM
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Varied Features of the Display.
THE CENTRAL r. r. AND OCEAN STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
AT tn enead of the pageant was the inn
posing display of the Central Railroad
and Ocean Steamship Company, COM
prising six handsome floats, with designs
illustrating the mechanical progress of the
last fifty years in the development of the
country and i'm the interests of commerce.
The first part Of the display was a series of
paintings handsomely executed on white
canvass and on both sides of the material
supported by the floats. The first repre-
scented the .sOld IrOnSides," the first loco
motive built at the Baldwin Locomotive
Works in Philadelphia, in 1881. The
painting on float No. represented the
magnificent locomotive of to-day, and was
a strong contrast to the rude engine of
primitive railroad days. The tremendous
strides which mechanical genius and skill
have made in the past fifty years were
strongly brought out in the comparison.
The painting on the float No.
represented Il box freight car.
appropriately numbered ,733, loaded with
cotton. The fourth painting, twenty feet
long, and by far the most artistic in con-
ceptiOn. as we'll as the most skillfully eX-
ecuted of the series, was palace passen-
ger coach, numbered $50 and named the
''TOmOchichi.' The painting reflected
credit upon the skilled painters of the
Central Railroad shops. The fifth
float was more directly the rep
resentatiYe of the Ocean Steamship
Company, and was a full model of the Sa-
Vannah, the first steamship to cross the
Atlantic. The steamer was built in New
York and sailed for Savannah March 2Sth,
1919, making the trip in six days. From
here she sailed to Liverpool, being eigh-
teen days on the passage. The model
was mounted on a raised platform and
surrounded with a painted cloth repre-
senting the sea. She resembles very
much in mould an old United
States war frigate. The hull was
surmOunted with a stack and three masts
fore. main and miZZen-and was pro-
Vided with two Side-wheels of q primitive
pattern, left wholly exposed to view, and
so arranged that they could at any time
be unshipped, and the vessel navigated
by sails only. The rigging was perfect in
every respect and the model as neat a
representation Of the old savannah as one
could wish to behold.
The sixth and last float was model of
the new ship, City of Savannah. A de
scriptiOn of this model is almost unnec-
esSary, as any one who has ever seen one
of the beautiful steamers of the Ocean
steamship Line can appreciate the re-
Semblance the model bears to the vessels
themselves. The models of these ingenious
displays were designed by Mr.. Frank
Devine, Supervising Architect of the
Ocean Steamship Company, and the rig
ging of both was performed by Captain
Fisher and Mr. Christian, of the Boston
line. This whole display was worthy of
the great corporations which it repre-
scented.
THE SAVANNAH, FLORIDA AND WESTERN
RAILWAY
was represented by a float about forty
feet in length, drawn by eight mules.
The exhibition was not only very apprO-
pirate but striking in all its features. A
locomotive, with freight train attached,
appeared passing over an iron sus-
pension bridge. The cars were
loaded with lumber, rOsin,
oranges, cotton in bales and other products
of Southwest Georgia and the adjacent
States into which the road penetrates.
The locomotive and cars are numbered
and lettered i'm imitation of those of the
regular line. The track upon which
they were supposed to be i'm motion
was of iron. In fact, the exhibit was
of a railway, with suspension bridge, the
rolling stock, and every detail in minia-
ture with the real products of the soil eX-
posed to view. 1t is perhaps unnecessary
to remark that it was noted by the thOus-
andS who had the pleasure of witnessing
the pageant that this display was the
most complete and handsomely construct
ed Of any in the line.
HI sCHREINER.
Mr.. Schreiner entered the procession
with two floats. The first one represented
his toy house, with a menagerie of wild
animals. which afforded considerable
amusement for the Juveniles. On the
second truck was display from his music
house, consisting of one foreign organ
with sixteen stops and two banks of keys
Of powerful tone, and representing an
entire orchestra. 1t was performed upon
along the entire route. The sheet music
publications of the house were distributed
TO the spectators.
JOYCE HUNT
presented an elegant display worthy of
the company they represent. The float
was surmOunted by a pavilion, under
which was seated a handsomely attired
little miss operating a sewing machine.
The transparencies surrounding the pa
vilion bore appropriate notices. On the
rear OF the float were the words ''The
Atmosphere IS Very Chilly when Joyce Il
Hunt Get Left
A. ;. NICHOLS.
Mr.. Nichols float represented Il large
shoe ~ feet in length ), very handsomely
gotten up, and presented quite an attrac-
tive appearance. The driver, with a
cOmical head, sat in the shoe and dis
tribUted hand bills to the crowd. The
sides of the float were painted with cards
setting forth Mr.. Nichols business.
APPEL BROS.
The float of Appel Bros. was ID feet
long and II feet high, drawn by Tour
mules. On each side was painted a large
apple. The occupants of the float distrib-
uted apples to the crowd along the entire
route.
L. Z. BYCK 4 son.
The display of this firm was in the
shape of a transparency, on a wagon, the
sides Of which were illustrated with
cards, enumerating the specialties OF
lLnil. L,1.i,,oe.