St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-29

stakeholder. Major Pangborn claims it will
make Chicago, which is now the railway
centre of the world, the Mecca of railroad
men the world over, insure its pre-eminence
as railway centre for century to come,
and make it the seat of authority in railway
matters. There is no other railway museum
anywhere, in spite of the fact that the railway
interest is the largest in the world. One
tenth Of the labor employed in America is on
the pay-rolls of the railway companies, and
another tenth on the pay-rolls of the manu-
facturers and producers of articles used only
or chiefly by railways.
A feature which Major Pangborn regards
as one OF the highest Importance to railway
men is that shop in which all kinds of new
railway appliances and inventions will be
tested as they come along, and when the
museums stamp is put upon thing it will
mean that it has passed q test backed by
such knowledge and facilities that nothing
more can be said. In the same way there
will be a laboratory for testing metals for use
in construction, and the result of all expert
ments in all departments will be printed in
reports and disseminated among those inter-
ested. There will also be a hall seating
three or four hundred people, which will be
used for meetings of practical railway men.
At all times the whole museum will be Access
sible to railway employees who desire to
know causes where they now know effects.
Once in possession of these object lessons
an engine driver will no longer be a mere
machine. He will see before him the fore
manship of roundhouse, the foremanship
of o shop, superintendency of motive
power. The lives of passengers will be
safer, and the property of shippers will be
transported with less danger of impairment
OF destruction.
In the marine transportation department
are shown boats of all nations of the world,
with originals or models. There is COM
piete history of the development of the ship.
Beginning with the raft, there is the bmba of
Africa, the straw boats of South America, the
dugouts and canoes of the American Indians
to the boarded boats with sails. From this
it is but step, although long one, to the
modern steamship. This evolution is de-
picted by series of models. The caraveIs
and viking ships occupy places of honor.
The department of land transportation shows
all methods of human carriage and all the
animals of transportation, from the goat and
donkey to the camel and the elephant. There
are sedan chairs, jin-rickshas yolanthes and
other queer vehicles, as well as those used in
this country to-day.
The chronological Museum is on the east
side of the building. The habits and customs
of ancient and modern races are here illus
trated by specimens of their implements,
clothing and utensils. From Nubia, New
Zealand and the Congo basins come the huts,
shields, saddles and toys, which seem strange
to us. In the Asiatic collection are Javanese
mariorettes, musical instruments pagoda,
and many other odd things which were
shown On the Midway. The Siberian group
is very complete. From the South Sea
Islands the museum has some fine specimens,
a whole room being devoted to this collection
which is the best OF its kind in the world.
New Caledonia and New Hebrides contribute
mummies, carvings and stone axes.
The department of North American arch
eology contains many important collections.
Messrs. Wiman of Chicago and Hazen of Wis
consin have made liberal gifts There are
over 100000 specimens in this department.
Prehistoric America is well represented. The
glacial period is illustrated by several ethno-
logical collections, mainly from the Ohio val
ley. These specimens were dug out of the
ground and include implements and utensils
used in remote periods The archaeology of
Delaware is shown in great detail and that
representing California is admittedly the best
in the world. Much space is devoted to
Assyria, Babylon and South America respect
lively. There are full size South American
figures showing the costumes Of the natives,
and the British Guiana and Venezuela groups
are noteworthy for their detail
President Ayers collection of pottery is in
teresting. These are shown of all the early
races which inhabited this continent. He
has also contributed rich specimens of bead
work and California basket work. The
Alaskan Esquimaux collection is one of the
best known, the habits of this race being
shown from early ages to the present day.
Unusual-but not an unnatural outcome of
an exposition which held worlds parlia-
ment of religions-is the monographs exhi-
bit of religions. Here are shown the deyo-
ticnal customs of the world There are
scores OF ideas from every land and cline.
The collection of articles relating to Budd-
hism is remarkable for its Completeness. :
Puruvian ethnology is we'll represented,
there being many nlummies Of men and
women who died before Peru ever heard of
Cortes and an excellent collection of pottery,
gold and silver ornaments. The Anthro-
biological Museum has one collection which
has not its like anywhere. 1t is the exhibit
OF Yucatan ruins.
In the geological section, which occupies
seven rooms, are shown all forms OF life.
Most Of them are the animals themselves
preserved by taxidermy or by spirits, but
some are models or plaster casts, as OF the
giant squid, a big cuttlefsh twenty feet long.
ne collection Of the lower forms of sea life,
as sDonges, anemones, star fish and sea ferns
is X..,y rc,n rs is TINT OF ra.1t;es OF cn1lrsa