The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-03
WORLDS FAIR.
How We Have Grown in Methods Of
Travel and Transportation Of
Materials-Big Engines, Ma
chinery and Improve
ments.

ments.
Special Correspondence of The Daily Leader.
CHICAGO, May 30.-One OF the most
attractive buildings ON the exposition
ground, because Of its exterior aspect in
color and o~rnamentation differing from
it's While ~sepulchal neighbors, is the
Transportation building. This is de-
voted to the exhibition OF all mechanical
devices for transporting animals people
included) and materials from n place
to another. 1t shows the progress OF
invention in this line from the days OF
the slave carrying his master, the pack
horse and the canoe, up to the palace
car and the air-ship. Here is to be
found the East Indian fellah, the Turk
ish pack mule, Trevithick's locomotive
Of 1903, the Racket" OF 1929 and the
queen EMPRESS" giant engine Of
Great Britain, with a drive wheel Z feet
/ inch in diameter. The onster COM
bination engine with high pressure
cylinder OF Is inches, low pressure
cylinder of 80 inches and stroke OF "a
iLches is fearfully and az admirably made.
But to our mind it 10 equaled by the
great engine Of the Northern Pacific
whose train of elegant cars far surpasses
anything OF the kind on exhibition by
her majesty's subjects. We should
think the Britisher would take q lesson
here and 60 home and remodel his en-
tire car building service. The infinite
variety OF carriages and wagons cannot
even be here outlined. Then, there are
sections of canals, locks, acqueducts and
river and harbor water courses; costly
models of wal ships, n n fifty feet
long, great plateaus or clay models OF
Notifications, reservoirs and coast de-
lenses. Elevators are continually run
ming carry ing people free to the top Of
this huge building $50 feet high and
nearly 1000 feet long. Within this
building are the representations OF
mans mightiest works.
Machinery hall and its annexes fol
power engiEes covers in all about 2(
acres. The main building is spanned
by great iron trusses, q ~stupendouf
bridge work in themselves. High
up within these is an elevated
travelling crane which rum the
entire length Of the building
and by means OF which all the heavy
machinery is picked up and carried te
any part OF the hall and placed in posi-
tion. The Power house or annex con,
tains over 40 steam engines with a com
bined power of 10000 horses. These
Operate LIT dynamos which in turn pre-
duce electric light and power for all thu
other exposition buildings. One OF these
engines lie a third larger than the grea'
Corliss engine which drove the entire
machinery Of the Centennial exposition
Corliss then was alone in the manu-.
~facture of snch engines, now over sixty
firms manufacture them. Such hat
been the progress in mechanical arts
1t would be an endless work to tell of all
the different kinds Of electric and ether
machines in this place. We noticed q
dynamo wheel 80 feet in diameter driv.
ing a leather belt 70 inches wide. The
pieces OF leather composing the bell
were glued together. This TUNED all
the machinery in the building. A bel,
on exhibition was 102 inches widei q
circular saw II feet in diameter, is the
largest in the world. At work in the
building are printing presses, all kinds
Of looms, stamping machines, etc. Very
fine exhibitions of cotton cloth woollens
silks, towelings and pictured ribbon
weaving are done right in the hall, also
Illustrations OF the old hand method
The improvement is hardly measurable
30 great is the advantage attained. The
variations in electrical motive power ID
also peferctly bewildering.
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