The Portland daily press., 1900-02-12
FOR THE FAIR.
Portland Steamers Laden With the
Canadian Exhibits.


to this city from points TO Gar a'a TO he
shipped across 10 the other side Of the
water on the big ocsan liners There are
always during the winter season many
articles brought from Car ada to Portland
but this year the number has far tx-
ceeded ii at OF all past yeas as many OF
these Orioles are being sent direct to the
grest Paris exIos tioa All of the eobds
which are being ssrt OFT fEoa Portland
this win er 10 Paris are being transport
ed on the steamers Ct the Leylard line
which run TO Antwerp On reaching
Antwerp t.. articles are then transported
by rail- TO Paris. 1t hes teen .sversl dsys
since any Of the boas OF the Lcylaod
company have rallied from Portland aud
every day vita this period the articles
hs We tten coming riRht on to Portland
and being torsd TO- t1e time until they
shall he taSes away These articles have
been frst accumu' asing In tie In few
days. All of them rave been tered away
In Grand Trunk shed numte- i've and CO
,upy big sya,e tsere. Upon eaob OF the
articles 10 nailed q red, white and blue
tag wbioh der o,es thst the destiraHon
which all OF these aIt!eles are addressed
ISL Y Perrauit.
Now Of the articles are sent o1t by the
Cangd'aa RovernmeT and tlsir p'ase OF
thipment Is Ottswa. Nearly al Of thsse
government exhibits are marked forestry
products aud when ths renowned exhibit
tion opens in the up-t;-1sta city Of the
old world this sunni er 1t viii be found
that the Dominion Of Canada will lie we'll
rspr ssntsd by some fine sTe1inens o.
tees end shrubs. These are teing shipped
In large hunters from this rort.
Tho u tic'e3 which has attracted the
widest at ention OF all among the throngs
Of people wto have psiset through tie
big shed during the last week Is a section
of an immense tree This produ Of
the fore, t Is certainly q magnificent spec
linen and all of tte officials of the steam
ship lines and of the governm ent strvife
who have daily inspected tte oesn
whsrtes In this city ior many yexs past
unite IN declaring that this is by far the
largest piece OF lunter that has ever
passei through this clty. On Saturday
afternoon group Of overnment iusI cot
ors gs tAeIei al out this ties and sIent
several minutel in examining It, After
a number OF gu9sses fa1 bsen made
measurement las taken. Tie tree Il
just ssvea feet lacking one inch in dam
ctr ana from the floor it stands few
inof es more ttan four feet. 1t Weighs at
least ton. The sides are covered with
burlsp and boarding is nailed all about
its top. Thus being SO well covered
those wko eIamired 1t on Saturday Were
unable to tall whether IL was maple or
hard pine. One OF the officials who had
charge of receiving the tree after 1t han
resohe this city sa'd that the copy of the
bill statsi that the TIE, was fir and that
it bad b, en- grown in Canada 1t was
at first thought that IL was y part OF one
of TIE famous treeI Of Califoro'a 1t Is
surely an unusual tres for the east1rn
part Of the cont.nznt After 1t bad
reached this olty On freight car the Ia
bore-s on the Grand Trunk whsryes eK-
perlenced the hardest time that they
nave had this teason when they rolled 1t
out of tie nar, onto the wharf and then
down into the shed.
There are ALTO some two dozen OF small
trees and shrubs which are in tie stei
and which ara ssnt out BY the Canadian
goverpment to Re shown at Psrls. The
sams careful precautions have been taken
in preparing them for shipment as has
bean taken with the big tree.
Stacked up along side Of the shed Ia
ca Sc Of about eight feet in lensta and
which is Tiled with violins This case is
very light although there ara hbont two
dozen violins In 1t These tuneful in'tIu-
mertI are OF the bes; make and they are
sent ont by parties in Toronto.
Several cases of leather come from Mon
treal, there being from individuals or bus
iness touses, There are also many agr.-
cultural implements. including plows and
heavy substantial wheels for truck tsam S.
Then there is let of ornamental jsweiry
which is carefully packed into boxes.
One OF the steamers Of the Leyland line
will arrive at this port within q few
days and all OF thess articles will then be
put aboard. Rsoentiy IL has been In
tensely cold about the Grand Trunk sheds
but the officials say that none of the ar
t'cles will te in even the slightest degree
antCUo Ny Oolu WSatucEs 4sO
age will be caused to the violins by being
left In this bleak shed for several days
and nights.
One Of the leading steamer officials said
on saturday afterno noon that every Ley
land boat that had sailed from this port
to Antwerp had averaged at least 100
packages which were consigned to the ex-
hibit!on In Paris. More articles Of this
dessrip tion are teing expected every day
and the bu s!uess of taking these exhibits
will be continued until the opening OF
the summer sssson when the Leylard
toats will sail fiom Montreal instead OF
from Portland.
. This srtiolfs have attracted q great
deal OF attention since they have been
brought TO Portland.
1t Is authoritatiye'y stated that ex-Con-
sal MAcrum brought DO Communication
70 thfc onvarnn ont fra,,, Kan