Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, July %, 1915
Mar dean. M. Thinner

DAN Il KANC1SCO, CAL'. q ulg %, 1o1o
Ny dear Mr. 1hayer:
NV arrival in the Golden Gate City
was co-incident with that of the dear
old liberty bell; and so L. was prlvl-
legged to see the great parade that
escorted the priceless treasure from
the railway station to the Pennsyl-
vania building on the fair grounds.
Never shall | forget that parade as
it came along Van Ness Ave, the
widest street in the city. 1t seemed
as though the Preside must have
emptied itself of all its soldiers, and
the battleships and cruisers of all
their s'iackies." And what fine
sight they made-so young and strong
and natty in their uniforms, and all
keeping step to the music of the many
bands.
Finally, after hundreds of them had
passed, came the esprit of '76'-the
three figures in blue and buff we all
know and love-piping and drumming
steadily-then the California Grays-
brisk and dapper-and then the bell
it's platform and support SO hidden in
roses and carnations that nothing
could be seen but the bell and the
flowers.
1t was mounted on a motor truck,
but no driver was viSible-and the
bell seemed to move along with a
slow, majestic volition of it's own.
Behind it in automobiles came the
men who had been it's guardians on
it's long triumphal journey of over
three thousand miles-GovernorJ Ohm
son, Mayor Rolf, Champ Clark, the
orator of the occasion, and many other
''high muck a. mucks"-all in shin
ing silk hats. Then more soldiers,
both on foot and mounted, Red Cross
ambulances, armored automobiles,
etc., etc. / never saw such military
and naval parade before, and, probab-
ly, never shall again. But it wasn't
the splendor of the naval and mill
tary pomp that impressed one most
1t was the-what shall | call it p
spirit of it all. No wild shouts, no
frenzied cheers, no friendly cries of
welcome or of laughter in all that
awe-struck crowd. The air seemed
full of kind of solemn joy.
The people stood a score deep and
thousands broad along the curb. They
crowded back upon the roofs; they
leaned silent and respectful from the
windows, and as the venerated bell
moved majeStically along, heads were
bowed and eyes filled with tears.
In that throng were many born in
a different land from ours. 1t was
wonderful to see the dark Latin faces
glow with something almost like re-
ligiouS fervor as heads were uncovered
at the passing of the bell.
1t was a proud day for "Frisco,"
and she certainly ''did herself proud. "
In passing | will say that | have
never been near the Penn. building
without noticing crowd around that
bell. 1t is one of the most interesting
exhibits. To me it looks just as it
did at St. Louis, only they tell me
that the fine crack extending from
the large crack was not in it then.
AS you know, it is afflicted with a
| lurgists say may cause it to disinte-
CRATE.
If I only had the time and facile
pen, could write you something in
teresting about this city and the great
tate to try to say anything.
| | will simply say that the EXPOSE
tion is beautiful-too beautiful for
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beauty from the brain of many archi-
tects, artists and Sculptors working
| together.
| One who hasn't seen it, can have
no idea Of the beauty of the night
illumination. 1t is so different from
anything ever attempted before-the
many search lights levelled on the
statues and towers. and to crown all,
| the scintillatOr C'SkintillatOr" 1 heard
| one man call it, throwing its vari-
| cOlOred rays over the whole. 1t is so
| beautiful that it almost pains you to
look at it and you feel lump in your
| throat.
1t gives one the chance of liberal
| education to attend such place
You can see nearly everything under
the sun being made there, even tC
| Uncle Sans money.
| Yes, had | known it in time, L need
not have visited the .. S. mint here
as money is being coined over in the
Mines and Metallurgy buildings at
the exposition.
+ | was much interested in the .. S
| government exhibits in all the build
| ingS.
Probably the thing that would have
interested you most, was The working
of the great, new Hearst color press
the largest color press in the world
and now awarded the grand prize.
1t was the first press to pass through
| the Panama Canal. Its cost was
$4,000. 1t is as large as house. To
be explicit, it is 48 feet long, 13 TT
high, and it. wide, with four pairs
of iron stairs. The full capacity OF
this press if run at top speed ano
printing in only one color, is 1,72S, 00O
newspapers pages per hour.
AS actually in use during the exposi-
ton, this press Is equipped with "a
plates, arranged to print as follows
Il yellow, II red, s blue, 2 orange and
40 black. Each plate weighs about 81
pounds. The press uses four rolls OF
| paper at time; one Sc inch, one 8
inch and two Sc Is inch. The wide
roll is divided on the press by Sitter
one half forming the outside pages OF
the magazine section, and the other
half making the comic section. The
wide rolls of paper weigh approx
mately 1000 pounds each, the narrow
about 500 poundS.N
They were printing only the colored
sections of the San Francisco Exam
liner consisting of editorial, magazine
and comic sections. A great daily
newspaper will always mean more &c
me in the future-especially the col
ored section of it. | did wish that
standing beside this giant marvel Of
newspaper making, might have beer
Frankiin'S little hand press that | saw
at the Jamestown exposition. What
an object lesson it would be on the
growth and development of the print
ing art.
That sort of an object lesson is
given in the international Harvester
exhibit, where the crude old mower is
shown that was exhibited by Cyrus
Mccormick at the first worlds fail
ever held, at London, England, 1851
1t was one of the marvelS of that ex-
position. That international Har
vester exhibit is one of the interest