The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-22
GREAT THINGS At THE FAIR
Some Of The Giants Of the Giant Of
EKpOSiliOnS.

weighs Ton, a $4,000 Nugget Of
Gold, a Plank Sixteen Feet Wide
Some Of the Fakes Of the Fair-odd
and Interesting Incidents.
"a Chicago letter, speaking Of the ex-
position says:
The love Of things enormous with which
Americans are credited should find salts
faction if not surfeit at the Fair. Abnormal
size seems TO be the central idea of the
whole conception, and almost every bull
ding contains besides exhibits collectively
great single objects eclipsing all others of
the kind yet known In structures them
selves, this type is shown by the Manu-
features and Liberal Arts Building, which
possesses dimensions hitherto unapproa-
ched in the history of architecture.
1t is 1857 feet, or nearly one-third of a
mile in length, by 7S7 feet in width; the
ground floor has an area of over thirty
acres; the central hall is l $50 feet by $50
feet, and this space is covered by one ire
mendous roof 237 feet high in the middle
and wholly independent of central sup
port. The great trusses sustaining it have
a span of 382 feet. The building is three
times as large as St. Peters in Rome, the
pyramid of Cheops could be piled up in
liz
which seated 0,000 persons, would occupy
but one-sixth of its space. To look even
casually at half the exhibits such placeis
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 but pigmies
moving in and out of toy bazars. Upon
the roof is the great promenade, half a
mile 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, O00, 900 candles.
1t throws its light upon Mil
waukee, ninety miles to the north,
and to Lincoln Park, but fifteen miles
distant. 1t 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 a rat before a monster cheese
weighing $4,000 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 en-
route, and bears upon its outer case the
autographs and affectionate godspeed of
thousands of Ontario farmers who went
to see it's triumphal progress. From Chi
Cago it goes to the great English house of
Upton Il Co., and will then travel over
the British Isles, the wonder of wonders
to the English yokel 1t is rather re-
markable, considering its size, that its
quality should grade up as it does, with
the best fancy cheese. In the Dominion
there are over 1900 successful cooperative
factories. The government has five large
experimental stations and does much to
advance the industry. Perhaps that ac-
counts for the fact of Canada's exporting
EAan nrafs rsa it'd
States.
A little distance on is another enorrnity
This is temple 3S feet high, made of
5000 pounds of chocolate. Under the dome
sits finely executed figure of Germania
after the famous bronze statue at the
Niederwald on the Rhine.
Near to one entrance in the Transpor-
tation Building is the model, to all appear
ance real, of the largest steam hammer in
the world. 1t represents the one used by
the Bethlehem SteelCompany of Pensylva-
mia. The falling part of the hammer alone
weighs 1875 tons and has drop of 1879 feet.
With this hammer the largest armor plates
are made, exceeding in size, probably,
any manufactured by rolling.
Further on in the Baldwin Locomotive
Works exhibit is the last and greatest of
railway engines. This is a kind known as
a descapod, and is several sizes above the
big engines called moguls. 1t has five con-
Meeting driving-wheelS on either and
weighs 100 tons. After the fair il will be
used on the Erie road.
In the Mining Building may be seen the
largest nugget of gold in existence, the.
Maitland Bar nugget, which weighs 344
rs ounces, contains 313 ounces of fine gold
and has value of SC, 000 Several larger
nuggets have been found and are shown
by model, but this is the real metal. In
the same building is the largest piece of
coal ever taken out. The block weighs
twelve tons and has been shipped here
from Wigan, England where it was
mined.
In the Machinery Hall is the enormous
Westinghouse electric lighting plant.
This is the largest single installation in
the world, and consists of twelve dyn-
amos, each supplying electricity for TO-
600 lights of 16-candle power, or for 10, 600
when forced to the utmost capacity. The
Westinghouse Company has also the larg-
est and most perfect switchboard ever
used. This is made up Of 20 dynamo
panels and 40 feeder panels.
Near by is a marvel in the way of a belt.
1t is of three-ply oak-tanned leather, So
feet wide by 203 feet long. One can scarce
ly imagine what giant machinery such
a belt is to turn, yet it has its use as with
few exceptions these great things are ma
de under contract, and not primarily for
exhibition.
They represent the growing needs and
powers of. the times.
In the Shoe and Leather Building the OBJ |
jects most notable for size are three hides. |
One, that of bullock, contains $50 square
feet of leather II is split into four layers,
but left joined at the neck, and while so
intact each layer has been beautifully
dressed in a different color The whole
may be fairly considered the higest point |
yet attained in tanning and dressing.
Another is that ola walrns, and weighs,
tanned, 300 pounds. On account of its
great thickness of one and half inches
the tanning required three years. The
third and largest hide tanned is that |
of an enormous elephant. This weighs !
500 pounds is 90 feet from trunk to tail |
and 10 feet at its greatest width. These |
extremely thick hides are used by such |
companies as the Meriden Britannia for |
polishing plate. In the same building is
the largest piece of bark ever scaled, a |
piece of hemlock bark II feet inches by |
6 feet inches.
In the Forestry Building is a mahogany |
log from Mexico forty-two inches square |
and forty-one feet in length which, consid- |
ering both length and thickness, is very |
remarkable. If the wood were figured in
stead of havinga straight grain the one log |
would have value of over $50 600.
The largest plank in existence is that OF |