Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-22
A DEMAND FOR SPACE.
The Pan-American Delegates Will be
AstOnished With the Display
OF PITTSBURG'S INDUSTRIES.
1t Will be a Great Mechanical Exhibition
Hard to Surpass.
COMMITTEES MAKING PREPARATIONS

If the Pan-American delegates who will
arrive in this city "Wednesday evening, No
vember 6, do not have their eyes opened
concerning the industries of Pittsburg, it
will not be because the Mechanical Exhibit
Committee is not trying to make the stay of
the distinguished visitors an interesting
one. If they see everything that is being
prepared for them they will have to stay in
Pittsburg longer than two days. The first
meeting of the Mechanical Committee was
held Yesterday at the Exposition buildings.
The following named well-known gentle
men were present: Chairman D. c. Rip
lev, John Bindley, Captain Hunt. A. j.
Logan and Colonel I. P. Roberts. They
walked through the buildings and around
the grounds and took preliminary retro
speet OF what they intended to do.
APPLYING FOR SPACE.
Chairman Ripley has about 40 applica-
tions from manufacturers asking for space in
the special exhibit. They represent nearly
every industry in the city, and the exhibits
will be novel and unique to the visitors.
Among the principal applications is
that of the Westinghouse Company. They
want a space 80 by IS feet, and will
exhibit their combined interests in il. The
exhibition will include the products of
electric light plant and gas interests. The
Thomson Houston Electric Company,
through their agents, Gawthrop & Hughes,
of this city, will make large display of
their alternating system of electric lighting.
They will also put in their electric welding
apparatus and will have a circular railroad
track built to make a practical demonstra-
tion of their electric railway system. Mr..
+. Gawthrop will leave for Boston to-day
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and make arrangements for the transporta-
tion of the exhibit to this city.
The Oliver and Roberts Wire Company
will also have a large space upon which
they will have a miniature barbed wire
plant in operation. They will take out their
nail machines now in Mechanical Hail and
put in the wire plant.
THE WIRE EXHIBIT.
The company sells hundreds of tons of
their product annually to the South Ameri- |
can jobbers and they will make a special |
effort to have the display interesting. Rip |
lev & Co. will also add considerable fancy |
glassware to their exhibit, which will be al |
lowed to stand. The timed plate plant will /
also be Of especial interest to the visitors.
After viewing the grounds and making |
notes, the committee visited the offices of |
the Philadelphia Company to make ar
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old stand pipes used along the Allegheny |
river during the County Centennial cele-
bration will be put into service. The chem
icals will be mixed at the wind-tower house
at the entrance to floral ball. and the wide
veranda in the rear OF the cafe will afford |
the visitors an excellent vantage ground 10
witness the display of many colored gas
lights.
While in this city the visitors will be
taken to all the principal manufacturing
plants in this vicinity. The visit will in
clude the plate glass works on the West
Penn, Homestead, Bessemer, Jeanette and
other places. The distinguished party will
leave for the East Saturday morning, the !
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