Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-11-04
THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Continued from last 1reek.

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ii The electricity building is q very
Handsome and commodious structure.
Eht is $50 by 500 feet and no pains were
#spared in the endeavor to so decorate
he building as TO make it most at
tractive to the eye of the visitor. The
#towers over the main entrances rise
to heights varying from 125 to $50
feet and are decorated in a most
elaborate manner. In this building
Mcould be seen practical illustrations
#of the various uses to which modern
Science has made it possible to apply
#electrical power. In it was the ma
/. .chinery and apparatus for generating
#electricity, the methods of lighting by
#electricity, its value in the telegraph
hnd telephone Office, and electro
zchemistry, together with many other
Demonstration of its use. Thomas
Ia. Edison made use of a part of the
(. space in exhibiting some of his latest
y hnd most wonderful discoveries, his
w new storage battery and his latest
monographs. The General Electric
Company showed a model of their
Factories, lighted and in working or
her. a model of the great electric
plant at Niagara Falls, which fur
nished power for the exposition, was
also shown, and attracted consid-
erable attention. The Westinghouse
Electric Company made a large ex-
hibition of their supplies. This build
ng was usually we'll filed with inter
ested spectators. The Bell telephone
company exhibited a "model office"
It which messages were peing con-
tantly sent and received. During
" ne yacht races the returns were re
eived there and Immediately posted
IN the bulletin board, affording much
pleasure TO the visitors.
We next visited the Machinery and
Transportation building, VIII ich was
me of the largest on the grounds.
This building is $50 by 500 feet and is
NJ nade to resemble marble, giving it q
cry substantial appearance. 1t is so
roken with pillars and arches as to
N bake the effect very pleasing one.
each corner is q tower, while at
be two main entrances towers rise
a height of nearly two hundred
M bet. The south entrance is about
Dx7O feet. In this building could be
e een models of our railway trains;
ehicles for use on the highway,
pine for horse power, others operated
h steam, gasoline, compressed air or
ectricity, machines for wood and
etal work, apparatus for control
ng, conveying and measuring gases
nd liquids, machinery in use in the
reats cities for controlling fires, and
any other machines for miscellane-
IS uses. Several yachts were shown,
be methods of propulsion being in
bme cases foot power, and in others
cam and gas. The exhibits Of
living carriages and automobiles
as worthy of special mention, as the
manufacturers II these lines made
ery creditable display. 4 safe made
Manganese steel attracted con-
herabie attention. This as said to
burglar proof, as the steel could
i be easily drilled and the door is
ade TO fit air tight so that glycer-
can not be run into the crack to
able them TO blow the door off.
lis building was an immense affair
the different departments were so
Rssified as to enable visitors to get
best possible results in passing
rough it. The large machines were
hssed together at one end while the
aIler machines and miscellaneous
ticles were placed together in
her parts. \ visit 10 this building
8 especially interesting as it
'pught TO the mind OF the visitor the
nderful mechanical inventions of
past century, and caused him 70
nix OF the energy which must have
Pn expended in bringing the great
Fentions OF the age 20 a practical
rking basis.
The Graphic Arts building next at
cted our attention. The exhibits
re in two buildings, one a beauti
building about $50 feet square,
Eth nj rounded with lovely flower gar