Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-09-01
WONDERFUL CLOCK.
One Mans Life Work ON View in
New York City.

One Mans Life Work ON View in
New York City.
At the hotel st. Regis in New Ye-k, .
unique and remarkable clock is exhibit ed
in the main drawing room OF the hotel.
The clock was made in little Ohio town
by crippled workman, who spent four
years in its construction and whose only
tools were scroll saw, jackknife and 9
file.
Manager Gus r. Schmidt, OF the st.
Regis, who heard OF tine clock IN the West,
where he inspected it, said:
.sThe clock is q wonder. 1t is twelve
feet four inches high, four feet four inches
wide aud twenty nine inches deep. Ono
large dial gives the standard time, while
directly beneath it is a dial which shows
the changes OF the moon and gives the
government weather indications for
twenty four hours In advance.
s.By watching the clock one sees hand :
acme pictures OF the ships in the United
States navy pass behind . glass. The
history OF Christ il shown from nativity
to the ascension by pictures painted by
the maker.
San interesting feature OF the clock is q
miniature NiAgsra falls, with real water,
the color OF which appears to change.
Just below are an electric fountain and On
arch. Flags appear on STATS in front OF the
dial and indicate the kind OF weather ex-
pected twenty four hours in advance. The
weather reports Are produced by . Their
momster, q barometer, hydrometer, a
spirit level and compass arranged on the
front OF the clock.
1.-THE front OF the clock Is lighted By fifty
small electric lights, th;-ty-five OF which
arc arranged around the Niagara falls md
electric arch. The history OF the United
States from the landing Of Columbus to
the present time 10 shown by ninety -six
paintings, attached to q ribbon 100 feet
long which q moved BY electricity. When
the clock strikes the hour the figures OF
Uncle Sam ard the Goddess OF Liberty
pass out OF an electric elevator on one
side, down . stairway, around the bass OF
the miniature cataract and electric foun-
tain TO the other side, where they ascend
another stairway and enter another ele-
vator. A minute after the hour strikes
fifty lights appear around the dial, and .
musical attachment Il brought into play.
sending forth delightful airs. Al the half
hour the cathedral gong strikes once, and
the musical attachment 10 started again.
IAN illuminated picture on ono side Of
the dial shows Washington crossing the
Delaware with his army. Three boats arr
portrayed. with Washington standing in
the 6rst one. This scene 10 rspssted every
hour ana forty minutes. Other nlumi-
mated pictures, which appear periodically,
show the old battlsship Maine both before
and after the explosion in havana harbor.
ION the back Of the clock 10 displayed
the Lords Prayer, inlaid with 312 pieces
Of wood. Pictures OF American poets,
musicians and the presidents also appear
on the back. All OF these portraits are in
motion and travel ct the rate OF twenty
i've feet minute. Pictures Of Presidents
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley arc
shown, and at the hour OF their death q
light appears on the face OF the clock,
while . photograph announces the
occasion.
"The face OF the clock contains . piece
OF wood from every state and territory in
the Union, including the island possess
sions, and it took three years for the
maker OF the clock to collect them.
"Al the mechanism for running the
clock is in the base and includes $40 feet OF
electric wire and Az electrical connec-
fions. The current is obtained from an
ordinary electric light connection"