Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-01

| telephone that aponderous piece Of mechanism
or block of wood in some part OF the building
needs hoist or carry" A few gangs of
men are still at work putting up highly polished
hand rails around numerous sections. Others
are unpacking a tardv arrival of exhibits
Managers and messengers are moving hurriedly
through the building. giving orders and gain
ing intelligence of affairs. and the show in ma
chlnery hall. while not complete, may be said
to invite inspection.
LIKE THREE TRAIN SHEDS.
The building and its annex. which combined
measure 492 by SAC feet much resemble three
train sheds with glass roofs. placed side by side
the whole having a glass capped dome for ORA
ment. The exterior OF the building is enriched
by colonnades from designs following closely
the renaissance of Seville and other Spanish
towns as being appropriate for a Columbian
exposition. The structure is one OF the beau
ties of the Jackson Park collection ard its
style is distinct from that Of any other build
ing.
FOREIGN EXHIBITS.
In this department America has houored her
foreign guests by allotting them the most con-
| spicuous portion of the hall England, France,
Germany, Austria, Russia, Spain, Sweden. Bel
GUM and New South Wales occupy three
fourths of the main floor section, while the
United States sets forth her exhibit in the other
however, has three-quarters as much exhibit
room as all the Others combined. Germany's
show Is magnificent. and embraces every fea-
ture of machinery, from a simple lathe to the
mammoth krupp gun, the latter. however, hav-
ing pavilion to itself In another part of the
grounds. France has a splendid exhibit, and
its directors were the recipients of many con-
CALCULATIONS during tie day. England is fur
Their behind with her display than any other
country.
The exhibitors we're delayed by the nom
arrival of their goods for ten days after men
were here to work on them, and their exhibit is
far from completion. The other countries
show results of their resources and ingenuity
In various forms. but are not quite ready to
have verdict passed upon them. Their dis
plays will be ready for inspection in every de-
tail in few days.
The American section is a wonder and a de-
light to all visitors. Everything is in splendid
| shape, and when the doors were thrown open
today the machinery was moving with perfec-
ton attainable only by two weeks of prelimi-
nary running.
A DAILY NEWSPAPER.
Printing and perfecting presses grace the
head Of the department. Here is issued daily
q newspaper, of which each Chicago daily con-
tributes page. All information pertaining to
the worlds fair, such as announcements, meet
ings, official news of all kinds and time tables
news and intelligence from all parts of the
world. All manner Of engines are shown. and
never before was seen such display of high
speed engines. ami all power used in generating
electricity and heavy engines used in factories.
Fifty great boilers are banked in an oblong
power house Immediately adjoining the hall on
the south and running its entire length. Tubu-
lar safety boilers only are used and coal for
fuel has been replaced by crude petroleum,
which, in being forced under the boilers by
steam, is atomized. making the best heat known.
FAR AHEAD OF THE CENTENNIAL.
The exhibit in machinery hall. taken collect
lively, is far ahead of the centennial while Paris
cannot be compared to it. A large number of
American exhibitors and foreign countries
which were not represented at the Paris expo
sition here in force, and the scope of
exhibits is much larger. Germany, which was
practically barred from Paris. is here, and by
direct orders Of Emperor William Is given a
display second to none in the great structure.
England's show here is as large at Paris,
while France has done nobiy. As a natural
result of an exhibition in a country where all
are permitted to place Their productions before
visitors from every quarter of the globe, the work
manship and ingenuity displayed in the manu-
facture and application of all mechanical appli-
ances reaches a high order. Its equal being
unknown to the nineteenth century.
TRANSPORTATION.