The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22


get much information out of the
naughty colored porters who stand
about among the American trains and
cars, and freeze one with their awful
dignity.
The Golden Door, of this Transpor-
tation edifice is celebrated-iust as u
black sheep is--because it is so differ
ent from its fellows. This palace is
unlike all the others in color and gem
eral design. 1t is nearly n Thousand
feet long, and one quarter as wide, and
is surmounted by cupola 1876 feet
high, in which eight elevators are con-
stantly running.
The grand portal, or Golden Door,"
faces the lagoon and the shores of
"Wooded Island" 1t consists of Il
series of receding arches entirely
overlaid with gold leaf As contrast
to the eternal white of the fair, it is
pleasant, and 1T maketh the jays to
wonder. But its general effect is gor-
geous and not harmonious. Along the
stairways which lead from the en-
trance are typical statues-n brake
man, n helmsman, Stephenson, Fulton,
Watt, the apostles of Progress, the
Aristocracy of Invention.
A very interesting exhibit is the old
locomotive Samson" one of the first
engines ever introduced into America.
This engine was built in 1886, at New
Sheldon, Durham, England, and
brought to this country about the
same time.
twas used in the Albion coal mine,
near Stellarton, Nova Scotia, until u
few years ago.
Accompanying the locomotive is the
passenger car. 1t is n clumsy affair,
containing two seats, with room for
about four or five passengers. The
doors open on the sides, the. same us
many English coaches of to-day. The
engine and coach are in pretty fair
state of preservation. The tender in
those days went ahead of the loco
motive, while the engineer stood on
the rear. The engine is standard
guage, inverted direct-acting, with
four-foot drivers.
Two other ancient locomotives are
also among the exhibits, the albion"
and "Old Ironsides." Both of these
are more primitive in their construc-
tion than the Samson" and are not
quite so large.
The original "John Bull" is standing
on the New York Central tracks, and
the Dewitt Clinton, with it's historic
train of coaches, is also here in its
counterfeit.
One of the gigantic exhibits in the
south end of this Transportation
Building is the model of the great %
ton steam hammer of the Bethlchcm
Pa.) Iron Works. The original ham
mer weighs l,3sG tons. The model is
of staff and wood.
1t is exhibited here because the
Bethlehem hammer forges steamship
shafts and cranls, as well as guns and
nrmor plates. 1t is shaped like Il let
te, A. Its highest point stands 80 feet
above the floor line, and is 3S feet
wide. The supports are each COM
posed of two parts, the lower ONES
weighing II tones each and the upper
ones As tones each. The Bethlehem
hammer is onc-quarter larger than the
100-ton hammer used in an Italian
dock yard.
In the southern section of the Annex
there are fine displays by the Phila-
delphia & Reading, the Old Colony, and
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads.
The latter exhibits the ''Pioneer." II
little pulling billy-goat of an engine,
the first ever sent into Chicago. The
Pennsylvania Railroad is richly repre-.
sented
The marine exhibit of America is
good; / can but briefly alludo to it.
Perhaps the most striking thing is the
section of an Atlantic liner showing
the interior arrangements; 1t is so
realistic that it fairly makes You sea-
sick. Here is an exquisite model of