The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
PARIS EXPOSITION.
Worcester Engine
Will Drive Ameri-
can Machinery.
LOCAL EXHIBITS.
jerome Wheelock Home
From European
Tour.

Jerome Wheelock of Worcester has
been asked to have one of his engines
run all the machinery in the Ameri-
can section of the Paris exposition.
He will undoubtedly grant the re-
quest.
He has just returned from an eight
weeks trip to Europe and had many
enthusiastic things 70 say to Spy
man yesterday concerning. the Journey
the places he visited. and the results
obtained Mr.. Wheelock took in Lon
don, Paris, Naples and Rome in the
| few weeks he was there, and also While
at Paris made quite study of the ex-
position.
He sailed from Boston on the New
England, one of the boats of the Do
minion line, March /. Reaching Lon
don, Mr.. Wheelock stayed there some
days, and he had much to say con-
corning the cordial entente between the
| two great English speaking nations
He said that the Englishmen were ex-
| travagant in the praise of their Amer
lean cousins, and declared that they
met the problems of the recent war
| with great degree of common sense.
From London he crossed over to the
French capital and spent most of his
time at the exposition grounds. He
says the amount of money that is he
| ing spent by the French people is sim
| ply marvellous.
Mr. Wheelock went into the details
of the exposition, and gave very in
| teresting description of the buildings
now in process of erection. Thousands
of men are working night and day, and
every effort is being made to have the
gates thrown open at the appointed
time.
From Paris, Mr.. Wheelock went to
Naples, where he stayed two weeks
He was entertained by big ship
i building concern of that city, which
4 uses the Wheelock engine in its plants.
i Mr. Wheelock visited Pompeii and
made somewhat of a study of the
i work that is going on there at the
present time. There are over 200 men
i excavating and on the day he was
Il there skeleton and some
valuable paintings were dug up
During his stay in Naples, he also
j made a visit to Vesuvius and had the
i unusual opportunity of getting
i glimpse of the interior of the crater. A
rock as large as water pail was
thrown UP from the interior while he
was there, and molten lava was con
stantly coming out At Rome trips
1 were taken to the CO1Seum anu liz
! Temple of Mercury.
In reference to the Paris exposition
and the part that the manufacturers OF
the United States would take, MT
Wheelock said: "Of course, there are
always certain articles like sewing ma
chimes. wood working machines, etc.
that are always on exhibition, but as
for a. general endeavor to be largely
l do not think one viii be
made. We have had several fairs II
this country, following one after an
| other. and the profitableness OF sucn
| things is perhaps not what 1T used
| TO be. Paris will have no more exhibit
1 tions for many years, as the colonies
Of France complain of the great cost to
| them without any commensurate re-
turns. Those who have special articles
that can stand the fire of criticism,
would advise to show their goods al
Paris in 1900, otherwise not. The peo-
pie are very critical. and unless the
| manufacturer has something really
worth it, he had better keep away.
The different countries in Europe
manufacturing the Wheelock engine
will be represented.
Asked if other Worcester firms Woulo
be represented, Mr.. Wheelock said that
he understood that one or two nfms
were considering the matter and prop
/ ABLY would at the last moment decide
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