Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-03
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Items of Interest About the Great
 Exposition-Conne Skill.
 A prominent feature in the international exposition of 1889 at Paris was the ar in Machinery hall of two over lead travelling cranes spanning the two central bays, and arranged during the period of the exposition to carry passen- yers back and forth, thus giving them a oird's-eye view of the great hall and ensb- ling them to see many of the larger exhib- its more favorably than from the floor. The worlds Columbian exposition au- thorities have arranged to incorporate this | feature in the exhibition of 1893, but on g l larger scale. To carry out this project a contract has been recently entered into with the Yale & Towne Manufacturing company of Stamford, Conn.,, William Sellers & Go. of Philadelphia, the Morgan Engineering company of Alliance, Ohio, and the Edge Moore ibridge works of Wilmington, Del. The first three of the associated companies are crane-builders and will each furnish one of the three twenty-ton electric travel ing cranes, the Edge Moore bridge works
 
 or series of longitudinal girders and posts supporting the cranes and forming the tracks upon which they will move. The will be used to carry the lines of shafting by which power will be distributed to op- crate the moving machinery of the exhib- it's throughout the building. On top of each line of longitudinal girders will be placed steel rail forming the track for one end Of the crane, the other end of which is being seventy five feet apart. The length of the runway r for each crane is approximately l,4oo 4,eO0 feet, or about four-ffths of mile. The length of individual posts and girders is, of ifths niles % Each ii crane is to have a carrying and lifting capacity of 10000 pounds divided es for the completion Of the cranes and runways in psGe h before November 1892 in 9Eder & shat they tion in place of the machinery composing the heavier exhibits. In like manner the cranes will ing down and reshippine the same exhibits.
 During the six months of the exposition the latter covered with broad platforms, providing accommodations for the carrying of passengers of whom several hundred nd can be easily trans- ported at each trip This service will be under the management and control of the exposition authorities, and will contribute greatly to the in. them in seeing the wonders gathered on the floor spanned by the cranes The cranes are to nisbed from large s generators near the building. Each crane will be capable of travelling at 1 GI b per mi ute ein fes when carrying passengers, in order to afford better opportunity to see objects of interest In will constitute an interesting feature Of the ex- position.
 Afro Columbian Auxiliary club, has been formed for the purpose of aiding the colored people of Kansas. Colorado and Missouri to attend the worlds fair and obtain reduced rates and good A. $50, ,ooo monument to Columbus, designed by Sculptor Howard Kretschmar of Chicago, will be termed the Gateway to the Exposition It | mounting a granite pedestal thirty feet high The monument will form the design for souvenirs General J. H. Brinker. one of the alternate national commissioners from Mississippi, has in his possession and will exhibit at the exposition five bales of cotton that was raised by slave labor in 1se2-63.
 Visitors to the exposition will be able to go comfortably and expeditiousy from one part Of | the grounds to another and obtain advantageous | views of the buildings. They may do this either in electric boats through the lagoons. or by the | intramural elevated electric railway. The con ! tract for the latter has been awarded. There will be five miles of double track and stations at runs from one end to the other Of the | grounds in sinuous course. The fare will be M five s cents and the capacity of the road about
 Insurance aggregating more than Ss ,ooo, 900 Is l now carried on the worlds fair buildings. l At the special request of the empress of Ger ! many the Princess Frederick Karl, aunt of the emperor has accepted the the pr presidency of ;1 the womens exhibit at the fair. The committee ! many includes a number of women of the highest social position and will prove a most valuable
 The state board of commerce of Idaho has as ! sumed the responsibility of raising S4O,OOO with l which to supplement the states world fair ap
 propraton Of $2o 900. It is reported that the peo
 pie of the state are greatly interested in having
 it well represented at the exposition, and that
 Great Britaln's building at the exposition vii
 be typical specimien of picturesque, half
 perod waeh the Will
 rate It will be ninety feet square, two stories
 high, apd built of red brick, heavy timber ant m
 roof '-'' '' ~ "''N
 The New York worlds fair board has visited
 buildings and inquired carefully into the prog
 eess of the work of preNpa.atioa N for the grea ai
 astonishgent % and enthusiasm M n t over the magni | cent buildings and the vast amount Of work tha
 has been accomplishsdi; They said that tn rda;t MeN
 ably and splendidly represented, and that here
 after there will be no ground for accusing the | Chili will be represented at the fair, regardless I of the fact that it's government made no appro ! priation. Leading manufacturers of that repub l lie have organized and appointed A. Thompson
 Ref to represent them as commissioner to Chica ! go. Mr. Ref was at headquarters recently secur
 ing space. He said the prospects for creditabl
 exhibit are good: In his application Tor spac | hibit.
 Swiss women now arranging to be repre-
 sented in the women's building at Chicago. On l of the professors of the university at Geneva ! commissioned by the board of lady managers fo
 the purpose of organizing g Swiss committee according to Mrs. Potter Palmer's instructions has convoked meeting fer this purpose Q
 Berne. The idea of taking part in the expostio has been welcomed, and 8 committee is now be | ing formed with Miss Gabrielle Neville of Genev | as president. Miss Neville is particularly we | qualified for such task. She is a sister of tn ! celebrated Egy biologist of Geneva.
 ACTIVE ATHLETES.