Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-07-29
WONDER WORKERS AT OMAN IA

The Transportation and Agriculture
al Implement building is located on
Twentieth street north Of the Midway,
and has the largest ground area of any
structure on the Trans Mississippi ex-
position gounds, being 432 feet long
and 800 feet wide. and is consequently
we'll adapted for the purpose for which
it was erected. Col. d. II. Elliott, The
superintendent of the building. has en-
HANGED the appearance of the interior
to a very great extent by adding bis
splendid collection of flags to the deco
rations. There are twenty-three flags,
representing the most important for
eign nations. The Spanish flag is not
displayed
The exhibits installed in this build
ing are among the most interesting
and instructive 10 be seen at the ex-
position. The transportation exhibits
are arranged along the north side OF
the building, and include every kind Of
vehicle from a plain farm wagon or
bob-sled TO a magnifcently equipped
Pullman vestibule train. The monster
freight engines and the smaller ones
used in the passenger train service are
lined up for inspection on one track,
with the old car used by Abraham Lin
coin before his death. and in which his
remains were transported from Wash
ington to Springfield. 1t is the proper
ty of the Union Pacific railway.
The vestibule train is a moving pal
ace, and is in charge of Conductor G.
O. Chenault, who has seen twenty
eight years OF service with the COM
pany and has been at most of the cx-
positions in this country where the
Pullman cars have been displayed. The
Atlantic stands first at the east end of
the track. 1t is a smoking and reading
car. upholstered in leather, and has a
bathroom and barber shop. The latter
has a canopy roof of opalescent jewel
glass. America, the dining-car, is fin
ished in handcarved vermilion wood,
and it is furnished in mahogany uphOl-
stored in embossed Russia leather The
table service is of white gold band
china, cut glass and sterling silver.
and a model kitchen is supplied with
the latest utensils. Columbia is par
lor car with a small library. The car
pets and chair covers are marine blue.
The Republica is a sleeping car with 10
sections and drawing rooms The cur
tains and berth partitions in this car
are especially beautiful, being hand
embroidered The last car in the train
at the west end is the Pacific This is
the com animation sleeping and observa
ton car with elaborate furnishings.
The carpets are mossgreen velvet and
the curtains are of rose silk damask.
The train is lighted by electricity and
steam heated. The washstands are all
| of Mexican onyx. The old style sleep
| er that stands on the next track has an
| iron stove with a box full of wood be-
| side 1t and other accessories which
| show how crude was the primitive
| sleeping car.
The bicycle exhibit is very complete,
| showing the various models Of wheels,
with chains and without them. Capt.
| Sigsbee's bicycle, which went down
with the Maine, is exhibited here in
very good condition, by the firm that
made il. A bicycle ambulance, such az
! is in use at the Chicago hospital is
| an object of much interest. 1t is built
to be propelled by two riders, and Is
equipped with covered top and sides
with windows and comfortable cot.