Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-19
SPECIAL MENTION.

SPECIAL MENTION.
The contest between representatives of
the different hay-presses for the best hay
baler, took place at Agricultural Park on
Wednesday, in the presence of a large
number of interested spectators from diff
ferent parts of the State Some four or
| five competitors were in the field each
seeming determined to carry off the prize
The points for working were as follows
| Speed, 40; quality of work, 50 ease for
| operators, l5 ease for horses, 10. Total,
J 100. The committee was composed of
Hon. A. l.. Chandler, George A. Wiley and
/ VIM. j. King. Millers lightning hay press,
entered by J. F. Hill, of Sacramento
won the prize after vigorous contest, re-
| ceiving 80 points out of total of 100
Baling began at 7:23 A. NJ, and continued
until zoos a. NJ. Time, q hours amount
of hay baled by the Miller press
| u,676 pounds, making "a bales,
which is equal to 251 tons per dav.
This press, during the short time allowed
| for the contest, baled 2,765 pounds more
| than all competitors. AT this point it may
be well to state that the hay was very in
ferior, being first crop alfalfa, and not suit
able for the purpose, especially when the
| manufacturers desired to work the machine
up TO its highest capacity. The Miller
| lightning hay press is manufactured at the
Pacific Wheel and Carriage Works. of Sac
ramento, of which J. f. Hill is proprietor.
Circulars giving full information will be
sent to any address.
A PRACTICAL SHOWING.
On the northwest of the rotunda is the
modest but thoroughly practical exhibit
made by Guthrie Bros, of 127 ] street,
Sacramento. These gentlemen are practi-
| cal plumbers, gas filters and metal-work-
| ers, and especially devote themselves to the
construction OF sanitary appliances for
! house piping and fitting in all its lines
| The firm show great variety of pipes
hose, bibs, cocks, etc. They show traps Of
the best character kitchen boilers, bath
| tubs, porcelain-lined steam fitting and san
| itary engineering goods. They exhibit
| also steam and water gates. Upon these last
they have been awarded a diploma
and another diploma for gas and steam
| fitting and sanitary engineering. For the
best iron, porcelain-lined bath tub-most
| recent patent-they are awarded $40. These
are just awards. The firm is an old one. of
broad experience, and a reputation for
! thoroughly good work second to none They
| fit up steam appliances, and gas and water
for houses, set pumps, etc, in any part of
tiiS Nlllt III IDpSe
directions. We can confidently recommend
Guthrie Bros as capable and responsible in
all manner of work their business calls for
BELL CONSERVATORY.
There is no spot in the Pavilion more
inviting than that occupied by the Bell
| Conservatory Company. The half oval
| conservatory on the northeast is by that
company converted into.a cool grot, with a
| fountain dashing its waters over rock work,
| from which the cool, green foliage of plants
| creep to battle in the flood. There are
ferns, MOSES, all manner of potted plants,
rare cut flowers, exotics, tropical trees, or
namental shrubs, etc. The Conservatory
| Company have nurseries extending from
Ninth TO Tenth, w to y streets, and the
| largest and finest lighthouses in the interior
1t makes floral pieces to order, and to
latest designs, for any occasion, or ship
ment to any distance upon the
coast where it is possible to convey
! flowers. For artistic work it has no supe-
| riOr, and this because its florists are those
| of greatest experience, highest skill and
! cultivated tastes. 1t sells roses. garden and
! greenhouse plants and ornamental trees.
| and floral goods of every description, for
window gardening, for the greenhouse, the
| hot-beds or the open garden. 1t has and
! enjoys advantages in all the lines of its
business that are unequaled.
WHAT THEY WON.
The awards have been made on the ex-
hibit of L. L. Lewis & Co., Sacramento.
| For the best cooking stove for coal, So.
For the best parlor stove, So.
For the best gas stove, IS.
For the best warming furnace, S..
For the best cooking range, $40.
| For the best hollow ironware, So.
For the best portable range, SIS.
The firm is one of the most energetic IN
business circles of the interior. The stoves
and ranges upon which it takes premiums
are of the Garland brand "a name known now
| throughout the United States as represent
| ing cooking and heating stoves and portable
ranges of a character the very highest
among householders, and especially ap-
proved by professional cooks We have
already noticed Lewis q Co.'S display
of Garland stoves, copperware, fine
| cut and hammered brass goods mar
bleized and wood mantels etc, but
the exhibit merits personal inspection by
all adult visitors to the fair For instance.
they should examine the Garland range
stove with a view of understanding why il
is so meritorious and economic So, too
regarding the fine manteis and the articles
| of hearth-stone use and ornamentation:
everything shown is thought suggestion.
| Lewis d Co., at their store, 500 J street.
keep very large and constantly freshened
stock of crockery, crystal-ware, brass
| goods, tin-ware, zinc, mantel ornaments.
fine chinaware, etc.
WHERE THE GOLD MEDAL WENT.
In the south gallery is a beautiful dis
play that we have already referred to-that
of the California Hosiery Company, of Oak
| land. The salesrooms are at 81 Suffer
street. San Francisco. This company is
notable the coast over for the fact that il
does not, and never has, employed in its
mills any Chinese, or paid out a cent for
Chinese labor. 1t is therefore a manu-
! featuring interest wholly antagonistic
| to seryile labor, and the friend of
American workmen. The material it uses
| is wholly of best California wool We
cut one of their knit articles and proved
the fiber to be of extraordinary length and
| strength and that no Eastern or other
shoddy is an element in it. The superior
| ity of the goods of the company is evil
denced by the fact that no merchant who
ever bought OF the company has ever ceased
to take his supply of it. The goods are
guaranteed-it is point of honor
with the company, which has proven
that great and safe business is best built
up by the strictest adherence TO the honest
! principle in manufactured paws every
time, Tor the consumer is Just as keen and
discriminating as the producer. The COM
pany manufactures everything in the ho-
siery line, from an infants sock to the class
of goods generally known as underwear,
and that for ladies, men and children in all
manner of designs. The work of manu-
tacture is all by girls, women, men and
boys, and the company has proved that it
| can, as 1t does, pay the girls an average
wage of 81 % per diem as pure economy,
! because they are faithful. and do better and
more work than can be got out of Chinese
laborer at any wages. Last night the COM
pany was awarded by the Committee of
Judges the gold medal for textile fabrics
NOVEL GATE.
w j. Mitigate, ofthis county, has on ex-
| hibition in the northeast extension of the
Pavilion gate, and in Machinery Hall.
east side, near the entrance, he exhibits the
model OF another pattern both are attract
| ing merited attention, and all who have
! failed to examine either should do so at
! once. Both gates are automatic in action
A full description is not possible at this
time. Call and see for yourselves.