Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-11-15
A %LIFE-sAVING T
The Governments Exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
An Interesting Feature Of tho Great Ex-
position Which Will Become
= Permanent In
Btftution.

The life-saving bureau of the treas
ury department will be represented at
the Worlds Columbian exposition at
Chicago by n l~ife-saving station and ap-
paratus that will show to perfection
this humane feature of the federal gov
erpmcnt. The most essential feature
of the exhibit, the station itself, is rap
idly nearing completion on the lake
front within the space to be dedicated
to the exposition. The station will be
fully equipped with all the apparatus
pertaining to a first-class lake lifc-saving
station, and besides the articles used in
worl on the great lakes it will have on
exhibition boats of the styles used On
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on
the falls of the Ohio ct Louisville, with
such other apparatus as is peculiar to
the work in any part of the United
States. For instance, at Louisville two
life sl2iffS and two reels are used, this
apparatus being in use nowhere else.
The station will be manned by one of
the regular life saving crews, who will
perform Il daily drill, md it may be
hat some of the visitors will have an
opportunity to observe the work as it is
actually performed in storms, for the
station is erected on Il Of tho most
dangerous parts of the coast in the
vicinity of Chicago. The station APP
paratus and crew are there not only for
exhibition, but for business whenever
any vessel needs aG@i3tancc.
The station is 10 be u permanent one
when the exposition is over. The gov
crnmcnt was not able to &&@ure Il salts.
factory title to the site Of the present
Chicago life saving station, and in the
last sundry civil appropriation bill, con
grcss inserted q provi5o That Il new sta
ton should be erG.tcI within the
grounds set apart for The worlds fair,
on condition, however, That there
must first be coded to the Uuitcd States
the title to the site selected.
The bureau obtained Il sold medal for
its exhibit at the fish and fisheries OK
hibit in London, whereof simply showed
its apparatus aud did not attempt to
putitin operation. Superintendent KIM
ball is willing to put the American sys-
ten into n competitive test with that
used in any other country. The medals
and awards received will be placed on
exhibition and also s9mc apparatus
showing the progress of life saving in
vcntion. Side by side will be shown
Il modern Lyle gun for throwing Il sue
cOring line to the. crew Of q distressed
vessel and the old-stylc mortar which
was used when this method of saving
life was first adopted. The bureau has
in its possession the first mortar and
first ball ever used in America in life
saving work. About thirty years ago it
was used to throw q line to the crew of
the British ship Ayrshire III danger of
going on Squan Beach, n. j. The ball
struck the deck and carried the line to
the passengers and crew. by means of
the life line POI persons were saved out
of a total of 222 persons on board. The
ship sank and the ball went to tho bot
tom. About twenty years afterward.
through the working of the waves the
ball was brought to view again and
sent to the ~life-saving bureau.