The Sunday globe., 1901-07-14

. the choral feature Of the afternoon
/ concert was the singing of $500 chill
/ dren selected from 2 schools. 1t is evi.
/ dent that the singers intend to follow
| in the wake of eXpositiOns since, when
/ the question Of selecting the next meet
/ ing place was up for discussion, ST.
/ Louis easily carried the day
1t is apparent that as the summer
/ advances and the public is becoming
convinced that the exposition is not
only complete in nearly every detail
but that it is well worth visiting One
has to but study, from day to day, the
published reports of the number Of
people who pass through the turnstiles
to realize that the statement made this
week by the board of directors, that
the Pan-American Exposition is a sue
| cess, financially as well as artistically,
that the statement is borne out by the
facts. Taking a few days at random
during the past week | find 1900,
/ 2S000, $4,000, 35, 600 and $1,000 people
have passed into the grounds in as
many days. This is exclusive of work
mems passes and passes to the repre-
sentatives Of the press. This is really
a great exposition; one which will re-
pay the visitor, be he bound on bust
ness or pleasure, and If the hopes and
ideas of the founders and promoters Of
this exposition are carried out it will
be the means of creating a new era Of
commercial and social prosperity for
the Pan-American republics. This is
typified most forcibly, and, / may add,
most artistically, in the official EN-.
bIem, which represents North America
as a fair-haired damsel stretching out
her hand and clasping that of her
dark haired sister-South America
in token of friendly invitation to the
establishment of more lasting and low
ing relations between the two cont.
nents. 1t is, indeed, a happy concep-
tion and one that perhaps better car
ries out the idea intended to be con
yeyed than could be done in any other
way Long after the exposition is a
matter of history, this emblem will be
referred to and made use of to further
objects and aims of the enterprise
it typifes.
Necessity is no more the mother Of
invention in mechanics than it is in
language; an instance of which is fur
nished in the word automobile The
multiplicity of self-propelled vehicles
placed inventors, as we'll as the gen
eral public, at a disadvantage in their
linguistic efforts in this direction
American inventions follow each other
in such rapid succession that new
terms and phrases must naturally fol-
low to enable us to talk intelligently
on any new mechanical subject.
At the Pan-American Exposition the
automobile is shown in all its various
details, comprising a greater range Of
class, style, design, utility and finish,
than any other vehicle or mode Of To-
comotion. The general plan of the eX-
position is to show the steady advance
ment along mechanical lines, step by
step in the development of industrial
improvement. Useful ARTICLES are
shown in a manner to represent this
growth from the crude imperfect tools
or utensils of our grandfather's time,
down through the many different
stages in the line Of progress to the
present utilitarian product.
w. Fl. Thomson, of Edinburg, invent
ed, about the year 1871, a three-wheel
steam road engine, designed for use
on common highways in India. A
number Of these engines were built for
the Indian government to travel dis
tance of about 90 miles in the Pun
jaub, This was about the first auto
matte road wagon to be fitted with
rubber tires. These tires we're section
al, being mere blocks Of rubber AZ
inches thick, extending across the face
of the drive wheels, which were l4h
inches wide. Bunkers were provided
with a capacity of one ton Of coal and
tanks sufficient to carry $40 gallons Of
water, the total weight, including coal
and water was about - tons,
/ A coach In the shape Of an omnibus
was towed behind to carry passengers.
This omnibus was balanced on two
wheels, which were large and proyld-
ed with a wide tread A great deal
( was claimed for this rig Among other
things, speed Of II miles, with the
ability to climb a grade Of one in ten
I and TO turn easily and quickly. We
might take an extra pinch Of salt and
allow part Of this statement only, that
the balance Of the account in Dragging
about the wonderful merits Of the ON
nibus with it's springs and rubber
truck tires claim that 1t ran so
smoothly even on rough road, that It
is quite possible to write, perfectly
when sitting inside"
This description was written thirty
years ago, at a time when writing IN
one OF the best railway coaches while
running on a good track at ordinary
speed was a feat difficult to accom-
pnsh.
In 1881 a threewheel motor car
riage was patented by G. II, Warning
ton. of Westchester, Pa, Illuminating
gas was the motive power, which wa'
mixed with air by means Of feedinl
attachment and exploded in the cylin
der after the manner of the ordinar!
gas engine. A weighted compression
. bellows held the gas and delivered i
, TO the engine under proper pressure
; Sufficient storage for gas must haY'
been a serious problem in this design
which was accomplished by making tn
body Of the vehicle exceedingly com
modious. As the wheels we're large
the crank formed in the rear axle an'
the shaft connected directly to the DIS
ton. the speed OF this road engine, "a
Il was styled, must have been very er
ratio at times. It was, however on
step in the evolution OF the auto
mobile.
Invention along this line was no
. confined TO any country OF nationality
We have an elaborate account Of ar
, Trishman who invented, about th'
same year. an open and shut iiange
for a car wheel, the object being tC