Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-09

Do you know anybody in Iowa
who makes sedan chairs?
| OF course you don't.
Do you know anybody in lowe
who manufactures locomotives?
Be careful in answering that sec
ond question because there is firm
in Iowa, located in Davenport, that
manufactures all kinds of locomo-
tives.
The members of the Iowa com
mission of the Panama-Pacific inter
national exposition are looking
around the state trying to get rep
resentative lot of exhibits to fill the
1000 square feet of space which
the commission has secured in the
Transportation Palace next year
Commissioner, George E. Wilson,
Sr., Of Clinton, Is chairman of this
particular department.
Great Progress shown.
Iowa can make much better
showing in the Transportation Pal
ace than most folks might believe
said Mr.. Wilson today. The last ten
years shows greater progress in
transportation facilities than any
ten years in the history of the world,
and this is all going to be depict
ed at the Panama Pacific exposition.
The transportation building has been
planned to take care of exhibits not
only of railways, horse-driven vehi-
cles, automobiles and aeroplanes, but
also models of ocean vessels.
Railway exhibits will consist of
locomotives, cars and all railway
supplies, and will occupy one section
of the building. The locomotive ex-
hibit will be along the lines of the
greatest and latest Developments in
locomotive construction and the
car exhibit will show the most mo-
dern methods for the accommodation
of the public, both in railway and
street cars. These will include all
the new inventions and appliances
used for the protection of life and
property in this connection.
Auto Industry Grows.
1.-THE automobile and allied indus
tries have increased enormously since
the st. Louis exposition, and the ex-
hibit of this method of transporta-
ton will be the most extensive and
carefully proportional Of any exhi-
bit ever shown. The commercial ve-
hicle has invaded the domain Of the
delivery wagon and heavy truck,
and this type of transportation will
have its recognition. Adequate ar
rangements will be made for those
exhibitors who wish to assemble
cars or manufacture part, and ar
langements will also be made for
demonstrating machines. These will
be provided for in a separate Motor
Transportation Palace, which is of
about the same dimensions as the
main exhibit palaces.
MOtOr-BOat Industry.
1.-The great advance in the method
of power generation and application
has extended into the agency OF
transportation, and the motOr-boat
industry is now only second to that
of the automobile. The fact that
this exposition celebrates the opening
of the Panama canal-an engineering
achievement that mainly affects
maritime Commensurate the fea-
turing of a marine exhibit of the
greatest interest There will be a
complete exhibit of models Of the
ships of the early English, Dutch
French and Spanish navigators, as
we'll as documents bearing on the
voyages of these courageous explor.
ers who braved the dangers of the
oceans in what would now be consid
cred imperfectly built and equipped
vessels.
There will be room for carriages
sleighs, sedan chairs, carts, wagons
of all kinds, bicycles. saddlery and
harness, street cars. marine engines
and a host of other articles along
these lines
The Iowa commission is very anx-
ious to have Iowa represented in this
department and as the reservation
for space will expire August first the
secretary Office in Clinton is get
ting busy.