Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
AT BORDEAUX, FRANCE
DETAILS OF MARITIME EXPOSE
TON TO BE HELD THERE.

The International Maritime exposition.
which is being held in Bordeaux, France,
under the auspices of the French govern
ment, is Of more than passing interest to the
United States. The exposition, which is to
continue until November, peculiarly honors
the memory and achievements of Robert
Fulton. 1t is just century since Fulton
successfully launched the steamboat Clere-
mont on the Hudson in New York. Prior
to that notable event. which the Bordeaux
exposition commentaries, Fulton, while
living In Paris, made experiments with a
submarine torpedo boat on the Seine
The International Maritime Exposition is
the most notable of its kind ever held
congress appreciated the fact by voting an
appropriation for an exhibit by the United
states and provided for the appointment of
commissioner to represent this govern
m T1eo,, The President selected Mr.. F. A.
Daudelin of Worcester. Mass, and the
state Department requested the Depa rtment
OF Commerce and Labor to take up the
matter Of an exhibit and Secretary Stratus
invited Mr.. VIM. Dec Ravenel of the Ma
tional Museum to superfntend the prepare
ton of the articles which will represent the
progress Of the United States in maritime
matters. MI Ravenel is a gentleman of
large experience in the installation of gov
eminent exhibits He sailed yesterday on
the st. Louis and will have the exhibit in
stalled at the time when the president of
TIE fehcu Tepupllc formally visits the ex
position. 1t is understood that a squadron
Will be ordered to Bordeaux in honor of
france, thus reciprocating in measure the
courtesy of the French government in send
ing its fleet to jamestown.
Exhibit of United States.
The exhibit from the United States will
include models of ships from the Navy De-
partment; models Of ships devoted to ocean
exploitation and ocean surveys, such as the
Albatross and the Blake, both of which are
famous in the annals of oceanography; re-
lief models showing the work of maritime
surveys in the United States will he ex
hibited; illustrations of the amount of sur
Vey work done in the United States: a series
of maps showing the work of surveys in
Alaska. the Philippines and the United
States, and also charts of the Philinninas
Alaska and the Atlantic and the Pacific
coasts in addition to a relief map of the
Panama canal
The collection of illustrative charts of
Alaska, the Philippines and the United
States were bound in three volumes The
work was executed in the government print
ing office, under the immediate and per
sonal supervision of Public Printer Stillings
The officials Of the Department of Com
merce and Labor pronounced the books
made for the charts as being the highest
and best specimen of the bookbinder's art
ever turned out by the government print
ing office. if indeed any work of it's kind
was ever excelled by private establish
ment
Contents of the Volumes,
Volume one contains the charts of the
Philippine Islands; volume two, charts of
the Atlantic coast. and volume three. charts
Of the Pacific coast. The books are full
bound in American Russia red, paneled
sides, depth of panels one-half inch, hand
fooled on covers and inside margins and
edges of covers. The bevels of the panels
are deeply FURNISHED In black the entire
cover being highly polished. The lettering
is in gold. Each book measures "a
inches wide by SO inches in length. the
largest in size ever turned out by the gov
eminent printing office. The covers are
three-quarters of an inch thick The books
weigh respectively thirty, forty and fifty
pounds. The fly leaves are of red, gold vein
paper The charts are mounted on muslin
swung on guards. so they can easily be de-
tached. The books are regarded as not only
credit to the public printer, but to the
skilled and finished workers that constitute
the force in the bindery division of Uncle
Sans big print shop.
1t is firmly believed by those who have
charge of the matter that the binding of
these three books will receive official recog-
milton from the officials Of the Bordeaux
exposition.