Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-09

Magnificent Fireworks Planned
for the Fair.
ONE PIECE ATHOUsAND FEET LONG.

Niagara Falls, Including the Horseshoe,
To BE Represented A Bouquet of
Roses As Big as Church-'Old Glory
at Washington-A Monster Wheel with
forty-Three Satellites - Rockets Five
Thousand in = Bunch.
CHICAGO, Jan 9.-Down at Jackson park
next October will be given the finest dis
play of fireworks ever seen in the world.
That, at least, l. the promise now made by
the committee having in charge the dedi-
cation Of the Worlds fair buildings. The
committee i not hampered by money con-
siderations, for $4,000 has been reserved
TO pay the expenses Of defeating the build
ms. The first contract for fireworks has
just been made One firm gets IS. 90 for
the designs i5 viii produce. Says Mr..
SAia, agent Of this nrn: One OF the most
remarkable Vi our designs viii be a repro
dlctiou nf Niagara Falls. This piece will
b. 1863 feet long and 100 feet high. It will
be an exact reproduction Of the falls, and
IL a person standing half mile away the
piece VIII present the same appearance
that the fails would We're it possible 10 set
the water oU .ir-. The Horseshoe fall will
be included in tais design.
Gigantic Bunch of Roses.
Another remarkable production viii he
bunch Of roses. 40 by 81 feet A. these
roses apparently :,sde away. mammoth
portrait OF Queen Elizabeth in fire, will
appear. This process Is known as dis
solving views. and the piece viii he one of
our most marvellous productions. The
committee ha, also accepted a. one of the
designs a Temple of Fame This temple
will be - feet high and 80 feet long. The
Capitol Of the United States is another
notable design. 1t will be % feet high and
100 feet long, Allegorical figures repre-
sentiug Peace Prosperity and Pro
gress' are being arranged to appear just as
the outline, OF the building disappear, and
these viii be followed by portraits III fire
Of Washington. Lincoln and Harrison.
The National Ensign in NIid-Air.
The design that requires the greatest
care Is our production of the national
colors in mil-air. OF course, it Is an easy
matter to produce the flag where scatfold-
ING Is used, but we will do it in different
manner. The first thing we do Is TO fire
an immense voiley of shells and produce a
blue background away up in the air. In
stantly another yOlley J. fired. This one
makes the white stars. Then another
Vo.lcy il sent Up to ptuduce the red and
white bars. You can hardly imagine the
effect thar this design produces. The
flag suddenly appears hundreds OF feet
above tGa ground. as if by magic. This
design has never been given in public.
The Perry Battle on Lake Erie.
We now have before the committee a
study Of e remarkable aquatic design 1t is
be 6oNl10 feet. \ pyi>matic fountain sew
enty five feet high has already he
adopted, in which, rs one design fades
away Nnother. entirely different appears.
In this way ten different fountains, all Of
them spoutiHg fire, are produced one after
another. The committee has also &C
ccptcd fire wheel, in the success OF which
we feel a particular interest. The wheel
viii be eighty-four feet in diameter.
Furth-threc smaller wheels. typical OF the
states, VIII revolve around it
other Magnificent Features.
another feature Of the display viii be the
ascent Of ten gas balloons, carrying mag
nesium lights When the balloons get
1900 feet above the earth they Will explode
and the most brilliant illumination OF the
heavens imaginable follows. 4 Chinese pa
CODA j to be another feature OF the dis
play. Of course there will be rockets "a
lore. but they Will be different from the
rockets generally sent up We shall fire
them IL flights Of 100, i'll - inch shells,
each containing 5000 rockets. One OF
these flights viii consist Of 400 shclIsn