The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-08
SEEING IHH SIGHTS,
The Pan-Americau Congress
Visit Lawrence and Lowell,
THE GREAT WoOLEN MILLS
Witnessed in Full opeFation'-ohio
Products First and MichIgan's
NeIt--The South Americans
- Pleased with Their Trip.

BosToN, Oct, 7,-The delegates to the
Pan,American Congress entered car
rlages at the Vendome this morning at
$3.50 o'clock and were driven to the Bos'
ton & Maine railroad station, Hence
forth the party will live on the tram
secured for them by the United States
Government, This marvel Of railway
equipment was admired by large mum,
Of persons in the depot this morning,
At 9:l6 o'clock the train leit.the station
on It's way to Lawrence and Lowell,
where the delegates spent the day,
At the Lawrence station the party was
met by Mr.. Saltonstall and the treasurer
Of the Pacific mills and Mayor Mack,
who seated them In carriages and led
them to the mills, where Mi. saltonstall
explained the magnitude. They took
the deepest interest In everything they
saw, clipped samples from the stutts, and
asked many questions about prices,
capacity, etc, The paper mills OF W, A.
Russell 4 Co, were next visited, and the
delegates saw blocks OF spruce wood
ground and beaten and hammered into
pulp, which was mashed and secured
and treated with acids aud finally run
into continuous sheets, which grew
thinner and thinner and whittier until 1t
was resled up In shape for the printing
press, or cut into sheets and ruled and
backed As writing paper.
AT $50 the party started for Lowell,
under the escort Of Mayor Palmer and
President Adams, Of the Lowell Board Of
Trade. The party returned here IN the
early evening. They visited three con-
Germs in Lowell, and saw 5000 operatives
at work. They had seen processes Of
manufacture representing Si,250,0 900 OF
capital, They had Witnessed In opera
tiUn 4,l2l looms weaving carpets and
clothing fabrics and 10000 spindles,
driven by an aggregate OF 5000 horse
power, supplemented by the weight Of
the Merrinlac river water, which Is en.
ployed repeatedly as motive power, but
which Is not sufficient alone for the pur.
pose. AT the carpet mills otthe Lowell
Manufacturing Company the visitors saw
800 looms weaving about 40 yards each
per day, or about $4,000 yards all to.
gether, weekly OF American wool, and
1000, LOO pounds Of foreign wool, chiefly
Australian wool.
(which section produces the best
American woolsP" asked American Del.
egate Flint. "0hio's product first,
Michigan's next" was the response.
Other inquiries in like direction were
made and promptly met. Mr.. VIM. L.
Curtis, who, under direction OF the
State Department, Is in charge Of this
international expedition, has received a
great number Of kilograms from cities
which are importunate that the train
and its occupants shall stop for ipspec.
tion and entertainment. While these
evidences OF national interest are deemed
gratifying, Mr.. Curtis desires, through
the Associated Press dispatches, TO all-
swer all these cities speedily, that the
route has been carefully laid out and
that every moment Of tho time allotted
is so utterly filled that no possible devi.
alton can be made from the already an.
nouuced itineracy. This is definite.
The party dinel aboard the train while
returning to Boston from Lowell and
upon arrival here were driven to thea
ire, where the evening was spent.