Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-03

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hIbit lhese 10 two novelties that
'ers Mways Tie csnler Of a1miring
EeycWdA. One III these II II one cor
snssfo 4 IN General Electric COM
spNnys booth. n u 1 series Of In
sSeladsscent Tampa arranged IN the
tpfm u The three letters u. II. Co.
EE4cla lettcs u composed Of different
dol0rsd latnre, red, white and blue.
81 I'M ~ The back traces tile let
fsfs. mud q tbs end VI this arm
passes each lamp the lamp is lighted
md continues 10 burn until the last
jetter ID dnislled. Az soon as the
latter Il finished the arm follows tile
letters back and earthquakes each
lump a. Il passes.
Nearer tile corner ID 4 still greater
curiosity III the shape Of electric
uoyelties. This is q round column
shout thirty feet high covered with
scoiored lamps. From the top Of
this floor arms radiate in four differ
ent directions, each terminates with
alarge ball covered with humps the
same AZ the column.
The lights burn for q space Of
about two feet wide up the column
and follows The arm out 10 the balls
which show the three colors alter
nate.
Iii the British section Of this
building Lord Kelvin has a machine
that will produce an electric spark
sixty four inches long. TO produce
this spark It is estimated that a cur
rent 81 ne lenst 2,U00,OOO volts is re-
qnired.
Leaving the electricity building
you pass into through the admins
trntiOn building aud OH to the palace
OF mechanic art. Once made this
palace YOU are hardly able to leave
ii and when yon do it is with a feel.
ing that you viii return for y more
look before you leave the fair.
When you enter this building it's
with the ayowed pupose Of using q
system in viewing the exhibits.
You may start all right but before
you 90 very fnr down n isle you
SEQ q few people round a machine on
the other side and before you are
conscious Of il you are crowding
your way through them and watch
ing the machine making screws.
bolts or whatever else it may be.
Your resolution is gone and you
forget where you were SO you make
u break for whatever happens to
strike your eve. In whatever line of
machinery you are interested, in this
building you car find an exhibit
that will be interesting and instruc-
tive. The machinery that is used to
make up a newspaper shows the
growth and progress Of the country
as well ms any exhibit in the fair.
There ID n press here that is over
one hundred and fifty years old and
still in working order. A few sec
tions from this is shown ore Of Hoes
presses, which can print and fold for
ty-eight thousand, eight page paper
per hour. Tho linotypes are the
most wonderful macl,ines in the
building. 10 nee one working you
would think the operator was work
ing q typewriter. These ma
chimes make the type that is used 10
print the Daily Columbion. Each
letter OH the keyboard il connected
with a tube that holds a matrix or
responding To the letter. When the
KEY is pressed a matrix is released
ana drops down into a receiver and
held until a line il completed.
When the line is completed the hot
metal Is let loose and runs down in
10 the matrix and is pressed into
place. As soon as the pressure is re-
iieved the line dropped into y frame
and there held until a column is
finished. These lines are then
gathered up and placed in a form
and IRE ready for the press. When
the edition ia run of the type is re-
melted and used to make new type
for the next edition Of the paper.
MerGentAaisr Linotype. Worlds Fair. Chica.
The line shown here was made by
ono Of these machines. In the Puck
building the photographic presses
can be seen to the best advantage.
In connection With this you can see
the processes that I gone through
with III order to prepare "Puck" for
the public. The exhibit Of weaving
and ct0th-working machinery is
very interesting and aside from the
noise one can spend day here en-
ioying himself. One set 81 machines
are making souvenirs for all. One
81 the prattiest Of these ID in the
shape 81 4 badge with a picture OF a
|log-cabin and under It 4 verse Of
Home Sweet Home with the
music. The whole thing is woven
III the ribbon that makes up the base
cf the souvenir. Nearly every kind
Of power generating machinery is
shown in the main building and an
mex. One machine that is used TO
run two Westinghouse dynamos is
|capabie Of generating twenty five
hundred horse power. This engine
a 4 ar the wonders Of the fair. In
the intramural power house there is
large engine whose whole power
was used TO run one dynamo. In
the boiler shed several large firms
are useing their boilers to supply
ateam for the engines. Oil is used