Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-28
WONDERFUL CLOCK.
The Ingenious Timepiece Made
by Connecticut Men.
1t is Sixteen Feet High and
Took IL Years to Finish.

held in Waterbury, Conn.,, at which
one of the most wonderful, if not
the most wonderful contrivances of
mechanical art in this country was
exhibited for the first time. Those
who were present saw a work repre-
senting twelve years skilled labor ex-
pended in original design and appli-
cation upon clock which is said to
rival that of the famous Strasburg
Cathedral, and is said to have no equal
in America.
1u 1881 q. A. Locke, conceived the
idea of constructing the clock, and
work upon it was Immediately begun.
1t was the original intention 10 have it
finished and placed OH exhibition at
the Paris Exposition in 1889, but the
scope of the undertaking assumed
greater proportions as the work pro-
gressed, and it has been completed on
ly a week.
The timepiece stands 16 feet in
height, with six-foot base. 1t is
made of black walnut, highly polished,
and handsomely carved with scenes
representing American history from
the landing of Columbus to the pres
ent time. AT the lower part of the
clock and on each side is an allegor-
ical scene representing mechanical
progress during the last century,
every figure in each group being i'll
motion.
The largest scene is in the centre of
the clock. 1t represents the "train
room" of the Waterbury Clock Com
pany, with all the shafting land ma
chinery in operation and twenty-five
operatives at work. The figures 60
through every motion of work in that
department.
-Four scenes are represented on the
sides of the clock. The subjects are,
first, cotton gin in full operation in
cotton field, with the negroes carry
ing the cotton in from the fields and
placing it on the cotton gin, while Eli
Whitney, who stands by, is explaining
the workings of the machinery to a
planter. A second scene shows the
old method of manufacturing cloth.
The operatives are at work beating the
flax and preparing it for the looms and
spinning wheels. A third scene re-
presents coal mine with the cage
working and the miners digging the
banks of coal.
In fourth scene is a representation
of the improvement in sewing ma
chimes. Elias Howe is watching the
work of one of his machines, while
close by modern machines are plying,
and in another adjacent group are a
number of women laboriously, sewing
by hand. The fifth group indicates
The advance in the electrical world.
Electrician Daft is represented operat-
ing dynamo. The sixth shows the
interior of telephone and telegraph
office with operators at work and mes
senger boys running in and out.
Scene z contrasts the old and the
watches, showing the improved fac
tories of the present day and kitchen
in Switzerland where watches We're
made by hand a century ago. The
last is an old fashioned sawmill with
the saw running, logs moving, and
children playing near by.
The figures are all operated by an
electric motor and are constantly in
motion. The centre of the clock is
occupied by beautiful water color of
the buildings of the clock company.
while just above is the handsome dial
Of the clock. 1t is 8 feet in diameter
and indicates the days of the week,
month and year, the hours, minutes
and seconds of the day, and the moons
phases and tides. Esch figure repre-
sented is an exact likeness and the
whole is complete in every respect.
At the top of the clock is handsome
carving of tho "Declaration of Inde.
pendence," with reproduction OF
the famous old Liberty bell.
The clock will be sent to the Colum-
bian Exposition. 1t is valued at $50,
900. The work on it has been entire
ly done in secret by d. A. Buck and
F. E. HUBBARD New York Times.