The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-28
THE FAIRS 4BIG THINGS"
EXHIBITS or ENORMOUS SIZE AT
THE ExPosITION.
A Cheese wei~hin- 90. .non pc..-.-
Gold Nugget worth 10000.
Three Enormous Hides, Etc.

THE love Of things enormous
with which Americans are
credited should find satisfac.
tion IL not mrfeit ut the Fair.
Abnormal size seemsto 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 structnrcs 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 1887 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 382 feet. The building is three
times as large rs st. Peters in Rome.
The pyramid Of Cheops could be piled
| up inside its walIe, and the Roman
Colosseum, which seated go, 900 per-
sons, would occupy but one-sixth ofits
space. TO lock 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
elevatorr, naturally of tho worlds
greatest. AS one ascends, the throng
below is no longer of human beings,
bTt pi9mics moving in and out Of toy
| ba-aars Upon the roof il the great
| promenade, half mile il lcngth. At
the corners are the four largest search
| lights yet made, one of which has an
| illuminating power equal to that OF
| 1874 900, 900 candles. 1t throws its
light upon Milwaukee, ninety miles
to tho north, and for Lincoln Park,
but fiItec:. miles distant, it is almost u
MONDAY sun.
Everything is immense fearfully
9n1 wonderfully immense. Over in
tho Agricultural Building, across the
Grand Basin, one is reduced relatively
to about the size of rat before IL
monster cheese weighing 22, 900
pounds. This was made at one of the
Government experimental dairy
stations in the Dominion of Canada.
1t wns brought to Chicago Oh special
train, timed to stop Mt various places
cn route, and bear upon its outer case
the autographs and u(lrctionatc god
speed Of thousands of farmers who went
to sec it's triumphal progress. From
Chicago it goes to the great house OF
Upton & Co., end will then travel over
the British Isles, the wonder of won
dcrs to the English yokcl. 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
crnmcnt has five large experiments
stations, and does much to advance
the industry. Perhaps that accounts
for the fact of Canada 3 exporting moro
cheese than tho United States
a little distance on is another
enormity. This is temple, thirty
eight feet high made of 30, 600 pounds
finely executed figure of Gcrmania after
the famous bronze statue at the Me
derwald. on the Rhine.
Near one entrance in tho Transpor
tation Building is the model, to AL up
, pearance real, Of the largest steam ham
/ mcr in the world. 1t represents th
one used by the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany of Pennsylvania. The falling par
, of tho hammer alone weighs 125 ton
and has drop Of 1Ga feet. With thi
, hammer the largest armor plates ar,
, made, exceeding in size, probably, an,
= manufactured by rolling.
Further on in the Baldwin Locomo
! tive Works exhibit is the last aud great
/ est of railway engines. This is kim
, known as n decapod, and is sevcrs
: 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 O.
the Erie Road.
. In the Mining Building may be sec
/ the largest nugget of gold in existence
, the Maitland Bar nugget, which weigh
344. rs ounces, contains 3l3 ounces G
fine gold, and has a value of $500,
Several larger nuggets have been foun
: and are shown by model, but this
1 the rcnl metal. III The same huiiiin
is the largest piece of coal ever take
out. The block weighs twelve tor
and has bocn shipped here from Wigal
England, where it was mined.
n In the Machinery Hall is the enol
b nous Westinghouse electric lightin
9 plant. This is the largest installatio
}. in the world, and consists of twcly
y dynamos. each supplying elcctricit
y for 10, 900 lights of 1G-candlc power
I or for Is, 600 when forced to the II
r most capacity. The Westinghous
I Company has also the largest and mos
q perfect switchboard ever used. Tn
. is made mp of 26 dynamo panels an
n 40 feeder panels.
Il Near Ivy is marvel in the way of
y belt. 1t is of three-ply, oak-tannc
II leather, 81 feet wide by 203 feet lon,
a One can scarcely imagine what giar
+ machinery such belt liz to turn, yet
2, has its use, as with few exception
s these great things nro mado und
'e contract, and not primarily for exh
III bition.
% They represent the growing nee,
q and powers of the times
70 In the Shoe and Leather BuildiT