The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-07

tureG will be a feature of the Exposition's
mackirery exhibit. This mechanical giant
Is a product of the Cockerili works at
Stearing. Belgium. It's indicated power is
3.We-horse, and the total weight Is ao
tons.
The heaviest locomotive in the world,
Weighing 1885, 600 pounds, and having twelve
DIR yirg WI tells AMI capable of drawing 100
loaGed freight cars. will be exhibited by
:te Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. 1t is believed that this is the largest
engine ever built in the United States. 1t
will be exhibited in motion in the Trans
portaiion building.
largest organ ever built in any age or
country. This huge instrument ia as large
as an office building. 1t was built in Los
Angeles. Cal. and it will require fifteen
large furniture cars to ship it to st.
Louis.
AN IMMENSE ORGAN.
1t is 60 feet long. 80 feet high and has a
depth of IS feet. 1t has 10,5e8 pipes. $40
speaking stops. five manuels, OF tiers. of
key boards and two consoles. The largest
pipe is thirty-seven and one-half feet long
and weighs $40 pounds. More than SO,90
feet of lumber were required in construct
ing the organ, exclusive of the casing.
1t has 100 miles OF electric wire and 1850
magnates, and weighs 25G.000 pounds. The
instrument is capable of producing IT,
11s. S6e. 1873 distinct tonal combinations.
The largest staff casting ever made will
occupy d place over the entrance of the
court of the Manufactures building. From
tip to tip this piece of solid plaster of
paris and hemp measures about 30 feet.
while the height Is a fraction more than
II feet. Five and one-half ions of clay
were required to mold the model The
work was done in one of the staff shops
on the Exposition rounds.
The United States Governments con-
tribut!o:, to the biggest things in the
world al the Exposition is a huge bird
Cage,. in which every variety of featherei
inhabitant OF the cir found within the
United States will be shown. The ayiary
is to be of steel truss construction, 800 feet
lnIg, 100 feet wide and 30 feet high. 1t
will be covered throughout with steJ
mesh, the supporting rrusSeS having q
clear spa or 100 feet.
In the great cage the birds will be
flight. in which they exist in their native
state. Inside the cage will be big forest
trees. artificial rockeries, waterfalls.
shruebery and fountains. This is the first
time the Government has made an exhibit
of this kind at any exposition.
-Four of the largest glass bottles ever
at Alton, III. The largest of these Titanic
flascns will hold ~forty-four gallons. or
So2 pints. 1t is more than 6 feet tall ana 5
feet in circumference After the bottles
were blown. they were baked in an oven
for four days, and taken cut in perfect
ccnCit1on. They aye shaped much like the
p1iDus potties, IN winch certain Italian
wines are sold.
When the glass workers started on the
bottles they hung the glass out of a sec
ond-story window in order TO have room
to blow it and work it into shape. because
the regular benches We're not of sufficient
length.
CLUSTER OF PEARLS.
In the English exhibit at the Exposition
will be a cluster of pearls, the largest in
the world, and valued at something more
than 800. COO. This valuable natural speci-
men consists of about $50 pearls in 4 solid
bunch, and measures one and one-half
inches in length and t~hree-quar,ers of an
inch in breadth. 1t is about an inch in
thickness, n is undoubtedly the most
valuable pearl discovery ever made.
Among jewelers. the world over the clus-
ter is well known, and many museums and
private collectors have tried to secure it.
1t is the property of the Commonwealth