The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-16
Industrial Exhibit in the
Fuller Building.
One Hundred and Sixty One
Industries Represented.
Value OF the Articles Displayed
Over a Million Dollars.

At s o'clock this evening the delegation
Of distinguished business men from
Mexico, Central and South America will
arrive in Providence from Boston and
shortly afterward will be informally re-
ceiyed In the parlors Of the Narraganett
Hotel and introduced TO the business men
of the city, who are cordially invited to be
present.
1t was in anticipation Of this brief visit
TO the city that the Providence Board of
Trade through its efficient secretary Mr.
George III. Webb. have done all i'm its
power TO bring the industrial Importance
OF the city and state 10 the notice of the
Southern visitors as we'll as to entertain
them with as much of the good old
fashioned New England hospitality as
can be crowded into the few short hours
OF their stay. AT the Fuller building
situated at the junction of Sabip and
West Exchange streets can be found the
fruits of labor Over million dollars
worth of machinery, jewelry, silverware
textiles and miscellaneous goods manu-
factured here are massed together in the
building in an impressive manner. Even
To the average citizen this display is re-
markable. IL opens his eyes TO the magni-
tude his city has reached i'm the industrial
world and there is every reason TO believe
IL will impress our visitors likewise.
Many Industries Represented.
One hundred and sixty-one manufac-
turers all houses of more or less national
repute, are represented with exhibits
typical OF their manufacturing and
throughout the length and breadth of the
Eastern seaboard and New England states
the first industrial exhibition OF Provi-
dence Is being treated as "a topic of general
interest. For the past 10 days gangs of
men have been working hard and steady
putting the building into shape and as
the idea of the exhibition grew and bore
fruit and it became apparent that instead
OF two rooms the entire available space
soIDo 40, 600 feet would TO required, more
men were put to work. more time spent
until today the final day of decorating
and arranging found the place veritable
bee hive OF industry.
Here, there and everywhere men were
working while above the incessant tap
ping of the hammer and the din of NOV
Ing machinery the hum OF many voices
could DO heard distinctly, as orders were
shouted and directions given. Bunting
forms prominent part of the decorations
and for the major part consists of the
red, white and blue of tEe United States
arranged in different combinations with
Boliyias green and an occasional bit of
yellow.
Tastefu Decorations.
The drapory has been tastefully ar
ranged and incidentally forms a special
feature of the exhibition, especially when
one remembers that the manufacturing
and dyeing OF the bunting can be pro-
duced within the borders of the state.
The exhibits have also been arranged i'm
excellent manner. On the first floor front
Is the heavy machinery and III the rear
The lighter running machinery. Then on
tho floor above are the textiles and rub
ber goods. while above jewelry and silver
Il..x.
featured
On entering the building one is con
fronted by the mass of heavy machinery.
Directly facing tho door are the baby
and mammoth safes of the Mosler Safe
Company. To the right the exhibit of
the Providence Beeling Company and
the American Screw Company
while the safes are fanked on the
left by the Thomas Phillips. Company.
Further back in the room Is the massive
machinery Of the Corliss Steam Engine
Company. the Phoenix Foundry, the
Granger Foundry and Machine Company.
the American Ship Windlass Company,
and then near the bureau of information
is the booth of that excellent industrial
paper, the Providence Journal of Com
merce. Passing In to the room in the rear
one finds the lighter branches OF
machinery manufactured here. some
of it running, some at rest
structive bit of machinery here is the
long cotton speeder of the Providence
Machine Company, running mt full
power. Then there Is the striking and
artistic exhibit of the General Fire Extin-
guisher Company the small milling
machines of the Granville Manufacturing
Company, Brown a Sharpe's tool exhibit,
the bolts and nuts of the pawtucket
Manufacturing Company, the loom and
some of the work IL can do as exhibited
by the Crompton u Knowles Loom
Works, the largest house of its kind i'm
the world BesideI these there are many
other booths in which are shown interest
ing specimens of machinery and work,
but IL would be useless TO attempt i'm this
place description of them.
On the floor above are the textiles and
mill furnishings as shown by Brown
Brothers n Co.. the Campbell Machine
Company and others. Tho next floor is
devoted tn iewelry, silverware and mis-.
collaneous goods, The principal attrac-
tion here is the $50. 600 exhibit OF the
Gorham Manufacturing Company. IL is
on this floor that the governors stand
and grand stand have been erected and
from there Gov. Dyer will open the ex-
hibtion ut 80 o'clock tomorrow morn.
ing.
(Continup1 on DaOo ol