Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-07-25

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was going 10 write your something
about New York City tonight but
think maybe you are more interested
in the Exposition. In my first letter
1 referred 10 the electrical features Of
the Fair.
At no previous exposition has cleo
tricity played such important parts as
at the Pan-American. II is the very
life Of the big show, not only by night
but also by day. At night the pres
ence Of the transmitted energy of
Niagara is made manifest in the
beautiful illumination which has won
for the PaE-American the name of
the City of Golden Light. This name
is well deserved, for it is not only re-
Elective Of the hope Of humanity, but
it also defines the nature OF the
brilliancy that is winning such un-
stinted praise from every person who
sees it,
In the day time, when there isnOneed
the electric current for the illumina-
tion Of the grounds and buildings dur
ing the period when Old Sol reigns su-
preme, electricity is everywhere pres
ent about the buildings and grounds,
and it is doing its part TO make the
Exposition a truly grand success.
The fish in the Fishers exhibit are
supplied with water by a motor that is
electrically operated. Part way up
the electric tower there lisa restaurant
and an electric pump furnishes the
water for use there. In the Machine
~ Building there is a 10-horse power
motor operatiyely connected to a
Deane steam pump known as a finch
by s-inch triplex single acting pump,
delivering 40 gallons per minute
against 1s9 pound pressure.
There are other motors at work
about the grounds, and the current
that operates them comes from Nigga
IA Falls. There is work by day as
well Is by night for the energy Of
Niagara, and thus it is demonstrated
that the power supply Of Niagara is.
ever constant. There is no eight or
twelve hour shift with the force Of
this wonderful river, but hour after
hour, day after day, week after week,
month after month, and year after
year, as unceasing as has been the
flow Of the current Of the river, this
modern power Of Niagara is always on
top. Centuries will roll on, and
generation after generation will find
the same response from throwing the
switch that controls Niagara's force
as is found and enjoyed to-day in the
grounds and building Of the Pam
American Exposition.
Just now the greatest spectacle
ever created by the electric energy OF
the Falls Of Niagara is being praised
and applanded in Buffalo, but there is
no telling where next a similar fea-
ture will demand as much If not
greater admiration, for electrical
science has successfully operated a
power transmission line a distance Of
40 miles. Buffalo is % miles distant
from the generating station at Niaga-
"a, but the results achieTec by the ap-
piicatiOn Of the electric force are
such that midday visitors 70 Niagara
hasten back to Buffalo 10 be present
on the Exposition grounds when the
illumination is turned on.
The site Of the Pan-American Ex-
position is an ideal one. 1t is on high
ground and includes many acres Of i'm
proved park lands. 1t would be dini-
cult though, for a stranger 10 distin-
guish the division line, so perfect is
the blending Of the parts. There is a
wealth Of foliage and hundreds Of beds
of lovely flowers, intercepted with
grassy glades and graveled walks
The buildings, of which there are
some twenty very large ones for ex-
hibits and about one hundred smaller
ones, including state and foreign
buildings etc, are radiant with color.
This Is a distinct departure from the
custom which obtained with the
earliest expositions and has been
followed up to this time. At nearly
all the expositions the buildings have
been white. The idea OF the color
scheme for expositiOns is not a new
one. 1t has been attempted a num-
Der Of times and Is often abandoned.
1t has remained for the creators Of
the Pan-American Exposition to carry
out the scheme successfully. The va
riety Of colors adds wondorOus beauty
to the scene and relieves the eye Of
that strain which solid white walls
gave.
In the midst Of these buildings Is a
tower 40 feet high, most beautiful in
design and graceful in proportions.
This is the electric tower, pictures
and descriptions OF which have made
many thousands Of people eager to.
visit the Exposition. Every visitor
pauses in wonder and admiration be-
fore this splendid structure. From a
niche in the face Of the tower pours a
great volume Of water which is broken
into spray by a dehector and falls
upon broad Lodges from which it
flows into an immense basin, In which
are several fountains, jets Of which
rise TO a great height. BY day the
scene here is grand and inspiring. By
night, when thousands Of incandes-
cent lights and q hundred search
lights illuminate the tower and its
surroundings. the grandure and in
spiratl0n are increased a thousand
fold. II is a picture that must linger
forever In the memory. While one
stands entranced by the sight. the
color everywhere changes b purple
and from that 10 red, and 10 blue, to
violet, and 20 green. The magma
ton is too feeble to couture upa true
picture Of the scene. One must see
these changing col0n upon the tower
and water In order TO appreciate the
splendot. But the brilliant day and
night scenes are not confined 10 the
Electric Tower and is basin. one
has but 10 turn half around to yiew
another splendid sight in the Court
OF the Fountains. with It's profnsion
Il sculpture and fountains. Here the
water projected into the air assumes
various beautiful forms, and al night
al ara uuder The nlaT n v~arf-enlarad