Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-07
Transporta-
ton Display

ing ready 10 daSn al an instant .
the great building, but held in one
spot by a system OF counter acting
wheels beneath. And while this loco
motive Is turning on the table an cleo
trio s~earchlight flashes rays around
the circle, bringing out everything
touched with startling brilliancy.
Although the railroad exhibits will
be the mos. impressive, vet the thou.
sands Of other displays promise to
create equal interest. In this space are
hobby cutters and sleighs.. in that are
8 sedan chairs. This section is de-
voted to automobiles, and you can
study the growth Of this modern We
hicle Of pleasure and commerce from
the primitive steam road engine to the
storage battery a OF the tourist. BIZ
cycles stand in long rows and with
them the motorcycle. Brakes, tally
hos and all other horse vehicles used
for pleasure or profit are represented
BY the best of the kind.
Transportation Of the dead is exem.
plified by the side Of transportation OF
the living, in funeral ears and hearses.
War transportation is shown as well
as peace. You see a complete armor-
ed train with wickedlooking gun mlz-
zles peering from Sits cut in the steel
protection. You inspect a little ship
that dives, then crawls upon the bed
of the sea, to rise again under the hull
of an enemy and fasten a torpedo to
her side.
Marine engines are in operation, and
you learn how power Is conveyed to
the propeller of the liner, the side
wheels of lake craft and the stern
wheels of river boats. In like manner
is exhibited the new force in water
propulsion, the turbine screw.
Now for a visit to the western part
OF the Worlds fair grounds. where the
balloon and air ship is 10.
Gated.
Although a special committee was
appointed to arrange the prizes for ex.
hibitors in this Twentieth century dis
play, and to formulate rules for govern
ing contests, the executive work in
connection with the installing Of ma
chimes and the planning Of the differ
ent events fell to the department of
Transportation.
The grand prize in the air ship con-
test, which is open to any a%eronaut
who proves that he has sailed n mile
over a straightaway course, is 100000.
Over two score entries for this event
are matters Of record, but who will
participate and what ann OF ma
chimes they will use are subjects that
have not yet been made public, It be-
ing one of the conditions of the expo
sition that such information will be
withheld until the gates are open.
The prize Of this grand air tourna-
ment will go to the person who makes
the best time oyer an L-shaped course
fifteen miles long. He will be given
as many. trials as he may desire, pro-
viding. OF course, that any one COM
petitor does not interfere with the
work of the others.
Additional prizes are offered for
~aeroplanes that mount In the face OF
the wind and proceed a certain dis
lance before touching the earth again,
and also prizes for the best motor to
be used in an airship.
Several prizes are offered balloon
lists. One for the aerial traveller who
lands nearest the Washington monu-
ment, starting from st. Louis, another
for the longest voyage made In any
direction. starting from the Worlds
fair grounds.
Kite flyers also have an opportunity
to win substantial sums OF money,
awards being offered for the kites that
attain the greatest height with the
shortest string, and for those that
reach the greatest altitude with any
amount Of string. These latter will
be made the vehicle for interesting
observations with instruments in the
upper regions.
Thus transportation, III all is RANT
fications at the Louisiana Purease ex'
position, will bring into evidence crea.
lures Of man that move upon the earth,
beneath the surface and above the snr.
FACE.
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