River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-28

sugar, rice and tobacco are here ar
rayed as they have never been before
and undreamed possibilities are re-
vealed to inquiring minds. Such dairy
display was never attempted and such
collection of farm machinery and
tools was never placed on exhibition.
The Palace of Transportation is next
in size, covering Is acres. One may
only hint at the wonders it contains
The historical exhibit of locomotives is
one of the features. 1t shows the de-
velopment of Is years in locomotive
construction. Strange indeed is the
person who is not yet impressed with
these evidences of mans long struggle
with the problem of rail transportation,
the most civilizing of modern infiu-
ences, next to the newspaper, which
must always stand first. To describe in
detail this exhibit would be long story
in itself. The exhibit is made com
plete by the installation of the largest
locomotive ever built and by some
magnificent imported locomotives We
cannot leave the Palace of Transporta-
ton without reference to the great
automobile show, the motor boats and
other water craft, and the great car
riage display.
Now let us cross the flower gardens
to the Palace of Machinery Just south
of transportation The huge power
generators are the first things to arrest
the eye-the Allis-C Chalmers engine of
5,000-horse power, the Curtis steam tur-
bine of S,000-horse power, the Parsons
steam turbine of 5000 kilowatts, the
four Westinghouse generators of 5000
horse power each. and each as high as
a house. And then other generators
great and small of all kinds-the most
wonderful display of engines ever as
sembled. But these are not ALL Think
Of ten acres of glistening machines of
every kind and you have some idea of
the contents of the Palace of Machin-
cry
We cross the lagoon to the eastward
and come to the beautiful Palace of
Electricity, with eight acres of exhib-
it's from many countries which show
the marvellous development of cleo
trical science. To the north again over
one of the arched bridges we approach
the Palace of Varied Industries, view
ing its wonderful grace and splendor
as we go. Here are IA acres of ex-
hibits from all over the world. The
Palace of Manufactures is the same
size and stands on the opposite side of
the Plaza of st. Louis. 1t is equally
Interesting in the variety and newness
of it's contents. Here again the nations
of the world and the manufacturers
from all parts of the United States dis
play their best products.
Opposite the Palace of Manufacture
to the southwark is the Palace of Edu-
cation, this being the first time that
education has been allotted great
building all its own. variety of
schools in daily session are the feature
of this eight-acre display. The two ex-
hibit buildings in the eastern part of
the main group are Mines and Metal
lurgy and Liberal Arts. The Depart
ment of Mines and Metallurgy has a
12-acre outdoor display in addition to
the nine acres under roof.
The United States Government
building is on broad terrace half way
up the hill in the extreme eastern part
of the grounds. Uncle Sam never had
such a large exhibit building at an ex-
position before. 1t is nearly 800 feet
long and $50 feet wide. Another build
ing devoted to fisheries built in the