Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-08
LAST NIGHTS DISPLAY.

An Enormous Irradiatiou by the Use Of
Natural Gas Strikes the Visitors With
Awe-Au Idea That the Liquid Fuel is
IN Uncanny Product Given Ex.
preston by n Sourhron.
The show last night of Pittsburg's indus
tries as exhibited in Machinery Hall was an
astounding revelation to the visitors from
South America. The welcome given by the
citizens along the route from the Mononga-
hela House to the Exposition building was
cordial and glaring through the amount of
lights thrown upon the subject from the side
walks the Court House tower and other
points where the light had any chance.
Headed by the Great Western Band and
escorted by Company G, Of the Eighteenth
Regiment, commanded by Captain Penny,
they proceeded along Smithfeld street to
Sixth street to Penn avenue and to Mecban-
ical Hall. The militia formed phslanx at
the entrance, and the committee and their
guests passed between the files of soldiers
and into the building.
The reception of the foreigners was strictly
conducted on a business basis. They were
shown around the Mechanical Hall for
about an hour and enjoyed the display re-
markably. There were several peculiar
occurrences throughout the evening which
showed the feeling of the visitors. The first
was the introduction of a reporter to Senor
Pulvano, of the delegation, in his official
capacity about 9 P. M. The visitor said on
being introduced:
Now please don't ask me what think of the
country or what 1 think of Pittsburg. The
first is too large subject, and of the second 1
have had only one days experience SO that it
would be impossible for me to say anything
so1,r
upon my experience.
This, spoken in good United States, was a
damper upon the seeker after opinions, more
especially as the Spanish gentleman went
on to say that he had been asked his opinion
of the country in every city, town, borough,
village and hamlet since he had left Wash
ington on this trip, and having seen so many
things which would cause surprise to any
stranger, was not prepared to give any
opinion.
Another incident of the evening was the
advent of Senior J. NJ. P. Caamano, ex-
President of Ecuador, at the stand of the
American Advertising Company. The man
in charge of the exhibit, which consisted of
dropping cards in railroad trains on arrival
of the cars at the stations instead of having
the name shouted in Choctaw bv the brake
man, seemed to know the right time to drop
the proper card, and when Ecuador"
showed down on the arrival of the ex-
President, who by the way has served
third term, the official visitor felt so COM
plimented that he removed his hat and
eclipsed the bows of the decapitated man
to 10 10 by bowing six times with true
Spanish politeness in acknowledgment of
the compliment implied.
THE SHOW COMMENCING.
Just then the men running the Exposition
boilers, hearing the band wrestling with
the national anthem of England, turned
loose their whistles. This was followed by
the h. K. Porter miniature engine with its
whistle, and general strike declared upon
its bell. This was delicate intlmation re-
ceived through the medium of handker-
chiefs, gloves and other stufing placed in
the ears of the visitors that the great show
of the evening was about to commence. A
general rush of the 1000 people in and
about the hall took place out to the plst-
form at the upper end.
Captain Dan Sylvus and his six uniformed
officers, with the aid of five others in plain
clothes, got the crowd into order while
awaiting the coming pyrotechnics. There
were four standpipes, each about AZ inches
in diameter, and the gas was turned on.
The roar of the escaping gas was interrupted
by the sharp swish" of the Roman
candles aimed at the vents. The Roman
candles proved their American origin BY
catching on, and soon a blaze rose so feet
into the air from each of the four standpipes,
with general scurrying OF the people who
were perched on wood piles in the vicinity.
The heat of the four great blazes was intense,
and the light showed for miles up the Allie
gheny river, revealing the greatest assem-
blage of people on the banks ever congre-
gated.
To say the visiting statesmen were as
tonished is simply drawing it very mild. One
of them suggested that the gas must be of
the manufactured kind and an extra pressure
brought to bear, but when the river display
commenced, and the flashes of flame 80 feet
in length and 80 feet broad broke from un-
der the water, a number of the guests put
their heads together, and although they did
not use the Scotch dialect, evidently
thought there was something "uncannv'
about gaseous fuel drawn from the bowels of
the earth. The effect was heightened by
chemical experiments on a line of pipe lying
along the wharf by which the colors were
charged from white to green, yellow, blue,
red nd every tint Of the rainbow, including
several which are not included in the arc of
promise.
LOTS OF NOISE FORTHCOMING.
line military conIlnRenL, consisting OF
20 men of Battery B., contributed its share
to the general noise and rejoicings. They
fired 100 ronnds, including five volleys BY
battery. Captain Hunt, who was in COM
mand, said the boys did excellent work and
showed proficiency in gun service which
was deserving of commendation. Company
G of the Eighteenth Regiment also con-
tri6uted its need of noise and other ad-
juncts of the general rejoicing. 1t fred in
volleys, by file, and in skirmish lines, de-
ployed over the wharf, but the work
of the infantry was rather ham,
pered through the great number of
people who crowded around to see the sights. |
During the whole display the Court House
tower looked down on the proceedings,
partly on account of its typographical eleVa- |
tion and fully on account of the calm and |
quiet refulgence which CLEANED from the |
incandescents, showing that Allegheny |
county made the brightest exhibition with |
the least noise of any YET given to welcome |
the nations guests.
While the guns were booming and the gas
pipes roaring, the river display flashing |
iorth the evidences of the wonderful natural |
resources of Pittsburg, number of the dele |
gates sauntered back into the building to |
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