Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-10

Trans Mississippi Exposltion--is all I
need TO say.
Thanks TO those In charge ~ the Utah
exhibit for their courtesy In our be-
half
The stop over In chicago was but
short but the scenery along the ihuIe
" Lake Michigan waf.tu aay the leh.'
beautiful. Some of the party went va
Niagara Falls and the rest " ms
through Washington whore We spent
one day. II would take ne many cole
umns AZ I am writing lines 90 tell you
all We saw and heard that day.
80 much has been said u the sights
In that great city that u would De
useless to reprint tho words. one or
two features however. might BE- mem
toned hcrc We went into n building
the treasury where ~ deposited
enough gold and silver 20 load string
% wagons thnt would reach ubii) NJ
teen and o half miles and each wagvn
carrying four th1urnud pounds. We
looked from the Washington monument
fss feot high. etc. We rode from
Washington 10 Philadelphia over the
Baltimore 2 ohio railroad. one u the
fastest trains Ia the world.
Tho conductor permitted me 90 ride
through the great tunnel under the
city ~ baltimore on the rear end Of
the cor 20 could see the structure rs
We passed through. There II no
smoke 40 the trains are pulled through
the tunnel With electric motors. II ia
one ana one-clghth miles long and u
ere ui the remarkable pieces ~ en-
cheering u this century. We were
told by the conductor ~ "timc" u
while ginnr down one ~ those slopes
into Philadelphia. We ala. II was
wonderful ] timed" It by holding
my breath" md ~ my aatonishment
We nngrcd just two and four-seventha
miles without the least respiration.
We were Joined by the rest ~ our
party nj the Green hotel IN Philndel-
rhil whore We visited few u the Old
historic spots and then started Tor this
ncn-furina NE u which We are Just
nov nearing he close
England " In sight On the one hand
and ireland on the other with writ.
inr aud talking and sishi-secing and
eating, " has now grown dark. We
viii be In Liverpool IN few hours.
August slth.-Wo came Into Liverpool
at I .. m. Too much noise 10 sleep.
Took breakfast on board aud were met
by Elder DcorHc a. Carpenter, who
conducted % a. the old mission house
on ~ fslinrton. Farewell 10 the "Wacs-
land" Iuat another word about her.
on Monday evening last the Elders
were allowed the privilege ~ going
through the ship and being conducted
~ nu nnicar ~ tunh uH through the
machinery halls. That was ruvela-
ton. u told what had pushed us
against the wind and the wave al the
rate NJ 100 miles Yer day. ~ near ne
We could learn tnev consumed about
% o. 20 tons N coal Every twenty four
hours. There ARE twelve furnaces.
The SHAFT which turns the proIsiicr. H.
solid steel a. inches In circumference
and running half the length ~ the
ship which l. t12 feet long This Inn
mcnne bar weighs about 800 tons. and
yet the sailors consider Il small
nnnlf' whTn imucrfd with some 81
the great ocean steamers ~ more
modern type. our ship sailed along
with about 2, feet under and 20 above
the surface ~ the water n would rc.
qulrc more than 5000 tons 60 sink her
10 'hn deck
Wen. this h enough. We nre horc
and all wen. Among the great things
which have already come uafer our Oh
Hcrvntion was tho broad smiles on the
faces NJ Elder McMufrin and the broth
ron N tho ONCE They were really
American IN dimensions both tho
men and ne smiles,
J. W BOOTH