The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-28
THE FAIRS @BIG THINGS
ExHIsr96HQF ENORMOUS SIZE AT
Hxrosrr1oN.
a Cheese Weighing %, 900 Pounds,
Gold Nugget Worth 10000.
Three Enormous Hides, Etc.

i / LIZ INV Va bhthHo ChOIhOuc
with which Americans are
credited should find satisfac.
tion if not surfeit at the Fair.
Abnormal size seems to be the central
idea of the whole conception, and al
most every building contains, besides
exhibits collectively great, single OBJ
jects eclipsing all others of the kind
yet known. In structures themselves,
this type is shown by the Manufactures
and Liberal Arts Building, which pos.
sesses dimensions hitherto unap-
preached in the history of architec.
ture.
1t is 1857 feet. or nearly one-third
of mile, in length, by 7S7 feet in
width; the ground floor has an area of
over thirty acres; the central hall is
1880 feet by $50 feet, and this space is
covered by one tremendous roof 237
feet high in the middle and wholly in
dependent of central support. The
great trusses sustaining it have span
of 3S2 feet. The building is three
times as large as st. Peters in Rome.
The pyramid of Cheops could be piled
up inside its walle, and the Roman
Colosseum, which Seated $4,000 per-
| sons, would occupy but one-sixth ofits
| space. To look even casually at half
the exhibits in such place is out of
the question; both mind and body are
unequal to it. The roof is reached by
elevators, naturally of the worlds
greatest. AS one ascends, the throng
below is no longer Of human beings,
| bat pigmies moving in and out of toy
bs-aars. Upon the roof is the great
promenade, half milo in length. At
the corners are the four largest search
lights yet made, one of which has an
illuminating power equal to that OF
1874 900, 600 candles. 1t throws it's
light upon Milwaukee, ninety miles
to the north, and for Lincoln Park,
but fifteen miles distant, it is almost
MONDAY sun.
Everything is immense -fearfully
and wonderfully immense. Over in
the Agricultural Building, across the
| Grand Basin, one is reduced relatively
to about the size of rat before u
monster cheese weighing 1000
| pounds This was made at one of the
| Government experimental dairy
stations in the Dominion of Canada
1t was brought to Chicago On special
train, timed to stop at various places
Ell route, and bear upon its outer case
the autographs and alfectionate god
speed of thousands of farmers who went
to see its triumphal progress. From
Chicago it goes to the great house of
Upton e Co., end will then travel over
the British Isles, the wonder of won
ders to the English yokel. 1t is rather
remarkable, considering its size, that
its quality should grade up, as it does,
with the best fancy cheese. In the
Dominion there are over 1900 success
full cooperative factories. The Gov,
ernment has five large experimental
stations, and does ,nucI. &c advance
the industry. Perhaps that accounts
for the fact of Canada 3 exporting more
cheese than the United States.
A little distance on is another
enormity. This is temple, thirty
eight feet high, made of 80, 900 pounds
finely executed figure of Germania after
the famous bronze statue at the Me
derwald. on the Rhine.
Near one entrance inthe Transpor-
tation Building is the model, to all ap-
pearance real, Of the largest steam ham.
mer in the world. 1t represents the
one used by the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany of Pennsylvania. The falling part
of the hammer alone weighs 125 ton.
and has drop of 16t feet. With thii
hammer the largest armor plates are
made, exceeding in size, probably, any
manufactured by rolling.
Further on in the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works exhibit is the last and great
est of railway engines. This is kint
known as n decapod, and is severa
sizes above the big engines called mo
guls. 1t has five connecting driving
wheels on either side and weighs 10(
tons. After the Fair it will be used OF
the Erie Road.
In the Mining Building may be seer
the largest nugget of gold in existence
the Maitland Bar nugget, which weighs
344. 7S ounces, contains 313 ounces o.
fine gold, and has value of $600o
Several larger nuggets have been fount
and are shown by model, but this il
the real metal. In the same building
is the largest piece of coal ever taker
out. The block weighs twelve tom
and has been shipped here from Wigan
England, where it was mined.
In the Machinery Hall is the enor
nous Westinghouse electric lighting
plant. This is the largest installation
in the world, and consists of twelv,
dynamos, each supplying electricity
for 10, 900 lights of 16-candle power
or for 10, 900 when forced to the ut
most capacity. The Westinghouse
Company has also the largest and mos
perfect switchboard ever usod. Thi
is made up of 26 dynamo panels ant
40 feeder panels.
Near by is n marvel in the way Of
belt. 1t is of three-ply, oak-tannet
leather, 81 feet wide by 2O3 feet long
One can scarcely imagine what gian
machinery such belt is to turn, yet j
has it's use, as with few exception
these great things arc made unde
contract, and not primarily for exhi
bition.
They represent the growing need
and powers of the times.
In the Shoe and Leather Buildin