Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-16

ling and revolving the $l00, 900 diamonds which will be delivered November lst to the purchaser, MT. YeTxes of Chicago. In the Gorham section can be seen the silver statue of Columbus standing six feet six inohes in height. Its cost was S50.0O0. The MeTiden Britannia Co. has $4o0, 900 worth of exhibits in this build ing. and the Waterbury Watch Co. exhIbi, their $sO, 900 century clock, upon which ten years of labor were expended. Going now to the Mining building we find ths, here, too, money has not been withheld in making magnificent displays We come to the silver ststus of Jusiics in the eX- hihit of Montsns. The statue of ailTsr is valued at SCI GOO, and the base of sold upon which 1t is placed At $230, ,000. Penn sylvsnia exhibits solid pillar of snthrs- cite coal sixty feet in height. Stumm of Germany presents remarkable display of iron. It is said that it cost him siOO GOO 10 make this exhibit, and that it was TOT that led hiu to do 1t. New South Wales shows gold nuggets worth $50, 0O0 also silver sts;us of Atlas.
 In the German exhibit in the Electrical building there is search light powerful enough to light up lawn party seventy five miles distant.
 In the Transportation building there is superb s'elgh worth $2 500, and hearse worth s12,0O0.
 h the Government building there Is on exhibition in the treasury department a $l0,000 gold certificate snd 6 Sl0,O00 silver certificate; also & section of ihs trunk of California redwood tree. The diameter of this tree is twenty-three feet and its height was four hundred feet Imagine S tree one hundred feet higher har Nla E-k h-FT L., A- world, the Masonic Temple of Chicago
 The Forestry building has on exhibit the largest plank In the world: its width Is sixteen feet five inches. The California redwood tree from which 1t was taken was supposed to be fifteen hundred years old.
 In the Agricultural building the Men nier chocolate have 8 tower of their chocolate. l. required fifty tone of ohoc- olste to build 1t and its cost in material is $40. GOO. In the Ceylon exhibit there Is tea valued at $l15 per pound. In the Canadian section one can see the largest cheese in the world. It weighs 22, ,000 pounds, and is made from the milk of TO- GOO cows that were milked by 1,668 dairy maids.
 Ia the stock exhibit there is a horse weighing 2 500 pounds. This Is the laTges; horse at the fair. Many teams do not weigh as much as this one horse. The Czar of Russia sent from his stable twen. ty-one horses, some of which srs alElos, priceless. The Enpsror William of Ger. many also ssnt some horses from his sta bles.
 Krupp's gun exhibit has excited greal interest. Tbe entire display Is valued s sl ,000. 900. It contains the greatest can non ever cast, which cost $50, GOO. | weighs 24S,000 pounds, or more than twice as much as the large cannon in thu | Government building. It Is forty eight feet long snd will carry sixteen milss, fir iog an explosive shelI of 2,300 pounds Sixteen shots have been fired since it hsl been made. The expense of esch dis charge is S1 ,250. In addition to this man moth cannon are five others of the largest cannon that gre made.
 Some of the features outside of the buildings have been of interest to the wri ter
 The electrical fountains, with their wonderfully beautiful showers of spray constantly changing in form and tint, sTt s great attraction al night. They were made in Paris and cost the exposition $50. 900 each. The model of the ba;tle-ship Illinois cost Sl0O, 600. The cliff d~ellers, the reproduction of which cost SS0, 900, is an interesting exhibit of the earliest rep resentstives of civilization in America. One should not miss the Wooded Island. The rose garden contains 50, GOO roses, q. 900 varieties
 The movable sidewalk on the pier g fl ord | an opportunity for rest and view ci | the lake and lake front uf the grounds | Sitting down on one of the ssttess, tb' movable sidewalk will carry one a thiTC | of & mIle. The one fare is live ents. and ! one can take as many trips az desired fol the one fare. The cost of er-c;ionEas eight, five thousand dollars. Fifty thousand tickets were fold during the first four days of September.
 The fleet of go9dnlas or electric launch es will give one four mile trip through the lagoons for fifty cents, or a trip on tht l steam lauoch along the lake front tol twenty five cents.
 The Mid way PlsissncA is s mile long AnC i.s buildings cost sl .500. GOO. Here W, have the bag 4sr of all nations. One thou sand foreigners, representing twenty seven nations, each endesvor to entertain you to their full extent The center of stirsc ton from it's location. prominence and in terest Ia the Ferris wheel. The width O ! the wheel is thirty feet aud its Insight tws hundred and fifty feet, nearly twice tb distance that the Brooklyn bridge is above the water. It carries thirty six cars, escl | ty-seven feet long by seventeen feet wide The wheel will accommodate 2, ,l60 psopl at one time. The c ost of the wheel va S400, 900. It carries II 900 people a day
 bringing in daily revenus of 1000. A that rate the receipts would amount | over Sl.000, ,OOo for the season. IL ha
 been sold for the sun of SiOO, 900 and wi
 be removed to Consy IsisOd al the close c
 the fair. The fare is fifty cents and in
 oiudes two continuous trips.
 The les railway ayerag@s 1000 passsn
 gers daily. Fare ten cents.
 In conclusion. no one can hffOrd to mis
 seeing the X position If they can st all ST
 range to go. The total admissions bsv
 been over IS. 900 GOO. the number of New
 Haven people attending having been ? 'SO(
 The EcGu sl eIp-nses of a rouad trip c
 two thousand miles snd week al th
 worlds fair need not exc sed forty dollars Round trip via steamboat to and excursion