The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-09
B. & O. EXHIBIT AT MARTINSBURG.
Exhibit At ST. Louis Fair Being Placed
In Old Roundhouse There.

of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
now engaged in a task which is only
a little less in magnitude to the as
sembling of those exhibits at the ex-
position, namely, the storing of the
thousands of the component parts of
those exhibits in the vast brick build
ings of the Baltimore and Ohio nhAE
the depot in Martinsburg, w. Va.
Mr.. Renner has been there for sew
eral days experimenting the con-
struction of stalls and the fitting up
OF the buildings for this purpose, and
has force of men busily engaged in
the big undertaking. After the ex-
position at st. Louis was closed the
problem of caring for the wonderful
exhibits of the Baltimore and Ohio
was solved by the determination to
ship the whole to the city for safe
keeping until the proposed building
IN Chicago shall he ready for them,
and as work on this building has not
yet been commenced it is probable
that that the exhibit will remain here
for at least year 1t is expected that
the city of Chicago will appropriate
the sum of 100000 for the erection
of building suitable for this big mu-
scum illustrating the progress of rail
road travel and traffic, and when it is
completed the exhibit will be erected
therein as a permanent affair.
Through the courtesy of Superin-
tendent Mack, of the Baltimore and
Ohio shops The Evening World
man was enabled to take a survey of
the work now in progress and form
some idea OF the magnitude of the
affair when it shall have been COM
pleted. The whole exhibit fills SO cars
and comprises every imaginable
appliance of railroad construction and
operation, from the first rail used by
the first railroad and the imperfect
switches, engines, etc, to the latest
and most perfect locomotive used on
the Baltimore and Ohio at the pres
ent time. The development of the
railroad is illustrated in such manner
as to Instantly impress one with the
/ tremendous strides made in this di-
rectiOn.
| AS an illustration of the different
modes of travel and transportation in
different countries, and the superb
GRITTY of American methods, there will
be shown side by side the team of
oxen from Mexico, the pack mule
from Palestine, the mule and burro
from the United States of Colombia,
the diminutive mule from Turkey
and the llama from Peru, South
America, contrasting lrdicrously witt9
the monster freight engine and st
car Of this country. These aniInag
haYe been mounted by skillful tax
idermist, and are startlingly life-like.
Among the exhibits is 15,foot Sec.
ton of the first ''T'' rail ever made,
this piece having cost 800, while
other items include rails, switches,
crossties, ballast, spikes, wheels, ETC.,
| from every country on the globe,
! showing the different methods of con-
| struction in the different countries.
| There will also be fac-similes of the
| smokestacks used ON the earliest
types of locomotives, huge unwieldly
/ q G inn in CI, -
with the dimin utive affairs now used
by the highest type of locomotive.
| From Brazil there was sent a cross
| tie of solid mahogany, showing how
| cheaplv that precious wood is held
! there.
One branch of the exhibit will con
tain a number of enormous pictures
of scenes along the line of the Balti-
more and Ohio. among them being
Harper sFerry and Washington, 25x10
feet, the Potomac between Bruins
wick and Point of Rocks, Locust
Point, the Cheat river, and dozens of
other picturesque sections. Other
pictures will be those showing all the
! locomotives in use on the Baltimore
and Ohio from the first ancient affair
to the latest monster with twelve
driving wheels at the Sand Patch
grade.
One interesting feature will be miss
ing, however, the model of the new
union. station at Washington, which
| the visitors to the st. Louis exposi-
ton will remember as forming one of
the most pleasing features of the ex-
hibit. This model is 40 feet long, and
was torn down and stored in boxes,
and will not be erected here owing TO
lack of room and the danger of injury.
1t cost $4,000, and is a beautiful
piece.of work.
The lighter portion of the exhibit
will be placed on the second floor of
the west shop while the heavy Dor
ton, such as models, engines, etc,
will be stored in the east roundhouse.
1t will take about six weeks to get