Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-03
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Brief Description of Some of the Interest,"
Ing Live Exhibits.
Among the 1900 or 1900 exhibits
at the Transmississippi exposition prob
ably the class that will attract the great
est attention is the live exhibits, show
ing machinery in motion or showing
the actual process of manufacture of
well known articles. This, at any rate,
has been the experience of previous ex-
positions.
The Manufactures, the Machinery
and Electricity, the Liberal Arts and
the Transportation and Agricultural
Implements buildings will each have
q number of these live exhibits and
others will he found in other buildings
or in tho open air.
The Avery Planter company, the
Kingman Implement company and the
j. l. Case company have exhibits of
agricultural machinery in operation,
and the Dompster Mill Manufacturing
company of Beatrice, Neb., has wind
mills in the Transportation and Agri.
cultural Implements building. In this
building also there is shown u locomo-
tive, suspended above the rails and
running as If on regular schedule over
the prairie. This is part of the Bald
win Locomotive works exhibit. Other
methods of locomOtion are illustrated
by the Pope Manufacturing company,
with suspended bicycle driven by IA
motor and by the American Electric
Vehicle company, which has motor cars
and horseless carriages.
One of the most startling Of the live
exhibits is that of u man, who has lost
both his legs, riding bicycle and roller
skating. Both limbs were cut OIL ia.
above the knee and he performs for the
amusement of the public and the adver.
tisement of the Winkley Artificial
Limb company in the Liberal Arts
Building In contrast to the pruesome-
ness of this exhibit, Mrs. A. c. Conrad
shows in the same building the process
of pressing aud mounting flowers with
the view to preserving as much as pos.
sible of their natural beauty and form.
The American Self Toning Paper COM
pany and the Neperara Chemical COM
pany have exhibits of Photographic ma
terials and demonstrate the uses and adj
tages of their wares Chickens will be
produced in the Liberal Arts Building
by the Reliable Incubator company and
also by the Des MONIES Incubator COM
pany. A. Schleiter of Sweden has an
embroidering machine in this building
and the American Graphophone com.
pany of New York also has stana
where they exhibit their Instruments
In the Electricity and Machinery
building one Of the most instructive of
the live exhibits Is that of tho Nebraska
Telephone company showing the old
and new systems of carrying the hui
man voice over the wires. @. II.
Mears of Silver City. Ia, has a curios-
ity in the way of the smallest horizontal
steam engine in the world. The con-
struction of every part is In full accord
with mechanical rules, and the engine
may be operated either by steam or air
1t has been run with 10 drops of water
for some time. There are ms pieces III
the engine, every one of which hes
been made by Mr.. Mears himself, The
cyhuder of this tiny engine is Il of an
inch long and the diameter of the fly
wheel is "a of an inch. Engines of
larger size are shown by the Otto Gas
Engine worfs and by the Sintz Gas
Engine works. The St Joseph Pump
Manufacturing company has pump in
operation in this building. The Self
Lifting Elevator company has elevators
in which man may raise himself to
the upper stories of building without
the assistance of hydraulic or other
power other than his own efforts. The
Western Electric oompany's exhibit in
cludes an illustration Of the X-Rays
and the General Electric company has
al extensive exhibit of many otker of the
latest inventions in electricity. The
Handmade Saw company shows saws
in operation; j. j. Mannion will grind
lenses to show how it is done the Win
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