The Green Forest tribune., 1893-03-30
LIGHT FOR THE FAIR.
ONTAH:O's EXHIBITION BRITISH GuiaNA'S
PICTURESQUE EXai6T.
Nevada VIII Have Fine OispIay-The Government
Fish Commission Exhibit.
Special Correspondence OF The ThnrNE


Special Correspondence OF The TRRrNE
CuicAGo March Pit will require
fourteen special cars to transport the
! huge piece of machinery which the Gen
eral Electric Company will ship to the
Fair this week. This exhibit, which
will also furnish power, has q capacity
of about $500 danpers and 80 volts.
The enormous generator Will supply
light for the entire park. The engine
and dynamo which have TWO armitures
and their fields are loaded on six cars.
| Their net weight IS 5000 pounds.
When the engines are placed in posi-
! ton in machinery hall. they, with their
armitures, will be twenty five feet high.
, One hundred and ten revolutions per
minute will be made, causing resis-
tance of750 house power from the twelve
magnates arranged in the field TO
persons interested in electric liyhting
this will be fine sight, showing the
wonderful progress in electricity.
the Province of Ontario, Cai@da, is III
the city, and will take immediate steps
to have the nstai.ation OF the exhibits
from this place commenced. Under
his guidance the Ontario exhibit is sure
to be decided success. The Canadian
building has sections for each province
of the Dominion, called courts.
! The Ontario court will contain COM
| plete exhibits of stock, grains,
minerals, fruits, timber, honey, wool,
and educational displays. During the
season fruits and berries Will be brought
here by express every second dav from
Ontario, SO that there may be a eout}n-
uous fresh display Of these articles as
they ripen. Over 5000 samples of grain
are already here. The mineral exhibit
will consist Of 500 samples of ore from
all parts OF the province.
British Guiana will not make large
exhibit but a very unique one. 1t will
be in the form of garden, and will be
called "The Promenade, - This garden
will be laid out in beds, bordered by
rough stones and paths strewn With
broken shells, all radiating from cen
/ tral octagonal pavilion. Shrubs ana
Flowers will be so closely setin the beds
and plats that they will represent the
luxuriance Of tropical growth. Palms
and Orchids will be plentiful. A cir
cular path covered with fine pebbles
will enclose this garden, while around
the outside Of the path, which will be
seven feet wide. will run a narrow Ia
goon filled with water-lillies of the Vic
tor;a Regia variety. These famous Ill
lies are truly wonderful. Without the
| slightest exageration the dark q, cen
leaves average five feet across, with
curling rims four inches high, and the
flowers are not less than a foot in di-
ameter and weigh from one to three
pounds, shaped liked a rose, the outer
petals creamy white, pale pink within,
exnibi, will no doubt attract many Wis
itors.
Activity has begun in Navada TO-
wards making an exhibition at the
Word IS Fair. Ten thousand dollars
has been appropriated to defray the
expense of shipment and care of the
displays. Many wealthy Nevadans
will contribute more to the amount now
appropriated. For SO thnly populated
tated Nevada will make very
good showing. Agricultural and min
ing products will be the chef displays.
I Taken as a whole the Government Fish
commission will be the most complete
Of its kind ever male. There is no
building at the park that presents such
complete story of what will be its
contents than the fish and fisheries
building. Every column, every cor
nice, and every capital is covered with
orniments that are lifelike productions
of fish. reptiles and other creatures
that live in the waters Of the sea. In
the main hnildng will be exhibited fish
products and the commercial clements
of the fish industry In the east wing
will he displayed the live fish. tine
western pavilion will be devoted 10 col
leclions of angling apparatus of all
kinds. This portion Of the hnilding
will be a iisherman's paradise. There
are ten aquariums for the i've iish