St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-03-30
HANDSOME SCALES.
The Exhibit Which p. DE- r. Fairbanks
ee Co. Send out to the Worlds Fair.


te Co. Send out to the worlds Fair.
The force of workmen at The scale
shops have been fairly hustling for a
month past, to get out the special
work designed for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair. To be sure, a little
something in that line has been Sin
the air" down there for four or five
months, but special effort has been
made during the past four weeks to
get the exhibit ready. Tasty design
ers, painters, workers in wood and |
iron and steel and brass and nickel
and gold have been busily and en-
Enthusiastically engaged in preparing
an exhibit that would do honor to
this famous concern, such a display
as the whole world might look upon
and admire. In getting out these
goods the idea has been to secure
not only the finely finished exterior,
but soldity durability and accuracy
in mechanisnl--in fact, to show Just
what sort OF scales the company are
making every day in the year, with
Of course an added attractiveness for
this special occasion
The initial carload was shipped on
Saturday last, and by next Saturday
it is designed to have the exhibit
completed and the balance OF it
shipped. To that end the shops are
now busy day and night.
Three thousand square feet is the
space allotted for this EXHIBIT,
which will include every sort OF scale
made here-from the heavy track
scale down to the delicate balances
used by the apothecary in his dis
penslng of mysterious and powerful
drugs. The timber used, in the
main, is native birch finely finished
in the natural wood. Besides this,
birds-eye maple, mahogany, oak and
cherry are called into requisition,
with excellent effect. The workman
ship in this regard is very artistic,
and some remarkably handsome re-
suits have been secured. In the
decoration of the platforms, caps
columns, beams and other parts OF
the scales, the colors blend in delight.
full harmony; many specially appro'
pirate conceits have been wrought
out skilully, and the particular use
for which the scale is designed has
been in many cases strikingly sug-
gested. The lettering, too, has been
done in attractive tints, with nc
hint of gaudiness or overriding, On
one side of a compound suspension
scale appears a fine view in oil, OF
the compauy's shops, while on the
reverse is the name "Falrbanks" in
an easy, graceful ribbon design.
The men have all manifested great
; interest in the preparation of this eX-
hibit, and the several departments
have entered mo friendly rivalry
in the execution of the most artistic
work
Aside from the showing of scales
set up and ready for use, there will
be a fine display Of the various
standard weights and measures, as
we'll as beams and other details
in show eases specially prepared
for this purpose In still an
other case, on a Shield whose
background will be black velvet, will
be shown the medals and prize
awarded the Fairbanks scales at
previous expositions i'll this and
other countries.
A special exhibit of this World S
Fair work was made at the compa-
ny's office on Tuesday, when large
number of our townspeopIe took
occasion to inspect it, and many an
e. admirng comment was bestowed ON
this revelation OF fine Workmanship
The finished specimens III copper,
brass aud steel evidenced a degree OF
skill OF which the artisans at the
scale shops may justly be proud
A number OF the complete scales, for
mercantile and domestic use, were
also shown, and the combinations
of finelv-wrought woods and metals
; well repaid the attention given them.
The special designs for the fish, bar
rel, bagging, compound suspension
and silk scales are works of art.
The exhibit which the Fairbanks
company will make comprises over
200 varieties. The central figure OF
the display will be the dormant ware
house scale; the cap of this machine
is to be surmounted by small globe
of solid mahogany on either end,
while in the center is larger globe
of the same material, on which stands
statue of Justice. About this the
rest Of the exhibit will be grouped
and it goes without saying that the
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