The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-14

and our party had to accept this as a sort
OF substitute or honor by proxy of sliak-
ing hands with the descendant of Colum
bus.
While society is celebrating the great
| event which brought fame to his ancestor,
by series of splendid receptions IN has
honor, a rival celebration is being kept
up at jackson park in welcoming the
relics and mementos connected with the
history OF the great man, TO whose genius
the present occasion is due, and the more
modern articles which make perfect the
memory of the occasion and contribute
to the glory of the fair.
Every day sees the arrival OF great
consignment OF cases for the exposition
and from the rapidity and extent of their
increase one would imagine that their
display was to last not for six months
only but for hundred years. The
mournful fact is that up to the present
time these unopened cases make up the
greater part of the display and were it
not for the beauty OF the buildings, and
grounds and the result of a few indlyld-
ual efforts scattered throughout the
different buildings the sight seer who
visits the exposition at the present time
would feel slightly disappointed in his
expectation.
As it is, however, there is certainly
enough completed to make a splendid
and wonderful showing, and the early
visitors can console himself by the re-
Election that not SO much as is even at
present accomplished was ever gathered
together in one spot before, and that iC
is something to gain even glimpses of the
wonders that shall be recalled to human
vision before the close of the exposition.
At present one wanders through the
great buildings in q maze of unfinished
booths, empty and unopened cases and
heaps of exhibits piled in confusion in
corners, vet once in while comes upon
some oasis in the confusion in the shape
OF complete display. and the general eX
cellence and wonder of it, no matter what
line II may represent, comforts him for
all that isilacl1ing, at least in way. and
makes him feel that the trip made for the
advantage OF ''Hberal education" prom
ised by view of the exposition is not all
in vain. The mining building especially
is an example where one of the
alternate impressions of disappointment
and qualification are to a great extent
experienced. Entering the vast struc-
ture, one beholds a beWildedering vista
OF booths, iron and steel towers, huge
engines illustrative OF mining science,
cases partially unpacked OF their speci-
mems of ore, and a thousand curious OBJ
iects and structures in course of erection,
hIbition of mineral resources of county
or state. And high up under the ceilings
and through all the vast space of the
buildings reverDerate the sounds of ham,
mers and saws, and the hauling CT pom
oerous machinery through the hall,
picture almost dreary in its chaotic con-
fusion and tumult. Yet presently we
come upon an artistic booth set off in
and arches and neatly decorated
walls and see the resources of the locality
it honors represented In large blocks
and columns of metals, cleaning and
ponderOus fragments of ore, cases
with rich specimens almost priceless in
value, all setting forth the wealth that
lies stored in the secret places of the earth
and ready to yield its resources to the in
dustry and ingenuity of man. These to-
gether with the wonderful appliances
that have been devised for making this
natural wealth serve as a factor in the
of the world, make the sight
impressive enough to stand for all the
disorder and confusion for the rest OF the
Two of the most wonderful displays in
the mining building are that of Germany
and New South Wales, the former being
IN vast structure designed
to show the mineral resources of the
Two towers thirty feet in hight
are at separate ends OF the booth, and a
pyramid of iron and steel holds the center
piece, making one of the most striking
displays in the building. New South
Wales, however, may perhaps claim pre-
emlnence, the unique arrangement of the
exhibits figuring much in making its dis
play conspicuous. The entrance to its
space is a series OF arches set up on col
umns formed of immense blocks of coal,
and the inside space holds a collection of
the ores found within her bounds, max
ing a truly splendid display. New Mexico
has a booth inside of which is set up
cabin made of ores and shows a reproduce
ton of a coal mine with wax figure rep
a miner at work in the tunnel.
GUtah is as far advanced as many of the
states, the booth being finished and ready
for the arrangement of the exhibits, but
some delay in forwarding or transporta-
lion, | understand, has so far interfered
with its completion. Mr.. Don Mcguire
IS busy night and day in attending to
Utah's interests in this department, and
the result of his labors viii be showing
hat will rebound materially to the inter
EST and credit of the territory.
One of the great marvels OF the expo
sition is the superb transportation build
ng, and the exhibits contained in it, and
though the latter, like those in ali the
other buildings, is still incomplete, yet
he wonderful variety OF objects illus
'rative of the great science of transporta-
ion IS in reality a thing that makes up
or all other present deficiencies of the
air. Every appliance for loComotion
lnder the sun is here represented; sail
boats and steamships, ancient and new,
Engines and carriages, old and modern;
built from designs that fig
Ired long centuries ago, and the latest
iesign in the modern palace steamer and
ileeper are all here, furnishing an inter-
sting study for those who measure the
steps of civilization by the improvement
# facilities for travel and the exchange
If commerce.
One of the interesting exhibits in the
-ailway display is duplicate OF first
lass passenger car built in 1886.
1t is a narrow, box-like structure, not
more than fifteen feet in length-its row
# straight backed seats upholstered in
ray mohair, with a clumsy and old
ashioned stove set up iii a corner, with
tove pipe protruding fro-s the roof, an
'biect that can only be described as lack
sh compared with the splendid and pala-
ial sleepers that stand by its side.
The Pullman exhibit on the fair !
rounds constitutes one of the most in |
eresting displays in the whole building.
line Of four new sleepers and dining |
ars stand upon the track that runs in to |
IS department, the furnishings and APP
'ointments of which can only be de- |
cribed as princely, and whose view is a |
tting illustration of the marvels of com |
ort that are being accomplished in ap- |
liances for travel. Not only are the trav- |
ling cars shown with their splendid an !
olntments, but the Northwestern rail |
ray has fitted up also a number of car
iages in the style of Utah's triumphal
ar which was sent out on tour of the
asst, with exhibits representing the re-
ources of the states through which it's
ne extends. The cars are fitted up with
asses filled with ores, fruit, cereals, etc..
be central decoration of each car being
cabinet heaDed with small siIlan snnlrS |