The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-10-31
WHOLE NO. Si2.
SOME LARGEST" THINGS.
The United States Have Their share of
the World's Big AnaIrs.

'he w orlu's Zig Affairs.
So many claims are made by diff
ferent cities and countries that it may
be interesting to know where the
largest" things really are situated
The largest locomotive works in the
world are III Philadelphia. The
largest car manufacturing plant in the
world is in Pittsburgh. The largest
drug house in the world is in st.
Louis. The largest wholesale dry
goods house in the world is in New
York. The largest gun works IN the
world are in Essen. Tho largest
brewery is in St Louis. The largest
tobacco factory is in st. Louis.
The largest wooden ware mauufac-
tory is III St. Louis. The largest
steel works are in P:ttsburg. The
largest drop hammer in tho world is
the property of the Bethlehem Iron
Company. The largest bottle manu-
factory is i'll Pittsburg. The largest
spring works are in Pittsburg. The
largest bank is in London. The
largest church is in Rome. The
largest beef and pork packing house
Is in Chicago. The largest starch
business is in OsweSo. The largest
copper mine is in Michigan. The
largest pumping engine in tho world.
is in the Calumet & Hecla mine.
The largest match factory in the
world is at Barberton, Ohio. It's
capacity is 100, 600, 0O0 a day. The
greatest railroad In the world Is in
the United States. Needn't mention
its name. The greatest hotel is in
New York. The greatest newspaper
(most jnhuentia) is in London. The
greatest marble quarry is in Vermont.
The greatest -four mill is in Min
nesota. The greatest copper and
brass mill is in Waterbury. The
greatest stove factory is in Detroit.
The greatest whisky industry is in the
United States, the output being more
than so, 900, 600 gallons year The
largest sewing machine works in tho
world are at Elizabethport.
The largest boot and shoe industry
is at Lynn. The largest grocery
house in the world is in New York.
The largest hardware house in the
world is in st. Louis. The largest
State is Texas The largest financier
in the world is in New York. The
largest broker is in New York The
largest stock exchange is in New
York. The largest city (the area is
New York. The largest life insurance
companies are in New York. The
largest buildings are III New York.
The largest corporation in the world
is In Pennsylvania-the Carnegie
Steel Company, capital stock. $3.50
600, 200. Next comes the Federal
Steel Company, Of New Jersey, CAPT.
tai authorized, 5000, 600, 600
The largest monument in the world
is in Washingt on-largest in the
sense of tallest and cost. The oftiest
structure in the world is in Paris
the Eif'el Tower. The largest steam
boat runs in Long Island Sound, he
tween New York and Fall River. The
largest steamship piles between New
York, Southampton and Bremen. The
largest locomotive is on n short limo
in Pittsburg. The largest college or
university is Harvard, considering
the greatest number Of students. Her
undergraduates exceed in number
those of Oxford. The greatest ship
building plant in the world is at elias
gov. The largest suspension bridge
in the world is IN New York. The
largest metal spans in the world are
in New York the Washington Bridge.
The largest public gardens are in
Paris. The largest number of theatres
is in London. The largest hospital
in the world is in Parasitic Hotel
DIES Inyalides. The largest stone
structure is in Egypt. The largest
falls are in New York. The largest
river is in South America.