The Washington times., 1907-03-15
EXHIBITS READY
FOR JAMESTOWN
Governments Entire Dis
play to Be on Grounds
Next Week.
Marvellous New Automatic
Scale of Mint Bureau
to Be Shown.
Government Board Officers
Go to SeWellS Point
Tomorrow.

The work OF assembling the exhibits
Of the various departments for the COM
ing jamestown Exposition has been
about completed, and shipments are go
ing rapidly forward.
Chief Clerk Ludlow and his assistants
in this work have gotten the Treasury
exhibits ready, and a portion Of the
several carloads has already gone for
ward. 1t is expected that the entire
display will be on the grounds ready
for installation in the Government
buildings by the last of next week. This
years exhibit from Uncle Sam s"
money-making institution will probably
be more extensive than at the Omaha.
Buffalo or Portland shows. and those
who have planed the work are to be
congratulated upon it's character.
Among the various bureaus under the
Treasury Department which will have
displays representing particular lines of
Government work are the following:
The Life-saving Service. Mint Bureau.
Marine Hospital Service, Bureau Of
Printing and Engraving. Office Of Reg
lister. United States Treasurers Office,
and the Revenue Cutter Service.
The Life-saving Service feature viii
consist of nOn-sinkahie. self-bailing
surf boats, motor power lifeboats, boat
wagons. and the guns used for shooting
life lines out TO stranded vessels. This
service has a special building and quar-
ters on the grounds near the waters of
Hampton Roads, and the men who are
detailed for duty at that place viii give
daily exhibitions of how the work of
saving lives is conducted. These men
will eat, sleep. and live in quarters
connected with the building used for
their apparatus.
The Mint Bureau will display the va
rious types Of coinage processes. ana
the manner of making gold coins. TO-
gether with an automatic scale. a new
feature, which is a marvellous mechani-
cal cOntrivance.
Marine Hospital will have a complete
laboratory such as is located in this
city for experimental hygieniC work,
and an operating outfit with lay figures.
which by mechanical means. are made
TO go through life-like motions of Yari-
Gus stages in all kinds of surgical
operations. There will also be a model
of the Fort Stanton (N. NJ tuberculosis
hospital of the Government. which is
doing such good work in stamping out
this dread disease.
From the Bureau OF Printing and En-
craving there viii be the usual exhibi-
ton of the machinery and finished
work shown at previous eXpOsitOns.
There will also be exhibits by the
Treasurer's office and the office of
Register Of the various bonds. etc. with
which those offices have To do. A new
feature OF the Treasury Department 10
be displayed at jamestown this year is
one relating 10 the Revenue Cutter Ser
vice, showing models of the various
types Of vessels since the inception and
the evolution up to the present time.
This branch Of the service will also
have from time TO time vessels Of the
different squadTons stationed at Hamp-
ton Roads
The offices Of the Government Com
mission in the Treasury building are
being cleared, preparatory to the depar-
ture Of those who have been in charge
OF this work for their headquarters at
the exposition grounds on SeWeus Point
for which place they expect TO leave to-
morrow Those who viii leave this
week for Norfolk are William M
Geddes, the assistant secretary TO the
Ter-Centennial Exposition: Dana w
White, Jr., stenOgrapher and clerk to
that body. and +. L. Springman. sssis-
tant to Chief Clerk Ludlow. SpeciaI
Disbursing officer Paul MacIean will
probably remain in this city for several
days longer. going 10 Norfolk some time
the latter part of this month ANY fur
ther work at Washington in the matter
of exhibits viii devolve uDon Chief
Clerk Ludlow after the departure of the
others or the Government board