White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-04
THE LIBERTY BELL.

The Southern Pacific company has
handled many shipments of extra
ordinary value since the last spike
was driven in it's transcontinental line
in 1869, but none quite SO valuable
as the Liberty Bell, which it will
bring into California and to the Pana-
~ra-Pacifc International Exposition
at San Francisco this month. Con-
sequently the most elaborate pre-.
caution is being taken to insure the
safe transportation of the priceless
relic.
The bell will be handled on a
special train. 1t will be under guard
every moment from the time it
leaves Philadelphia until It is return
ed there. 1t will be carried on a
special gondola freight car equipped
with all the safety appliances neces-
sary to enable it to move in a pasen-
ger train. The gondola will occupy
the same position as an observation
ear, at the rear of the train, that the
residents of the cities and towns
through which ii passes may view the
bell. There are six other cars
sleeper, diner. etc.-these to be oc-
cupied by the exposition dignitaries,
Philadelphia officials and others max
ing up the escort committee of sixty
or seventy persons.
The bell will leave Philadelphia on
July Z. Safety of transportation and
the population of the country travers-
ed by the railroad determined the
route. 1t will pass through Chicago
and Kansas City, and thence be trans
ported 20 Omaha, where 1t be taken
in charge by the Union Pacific. The
latter road will carry it through Den
yer and Salt Lake City to Ogden,
where the Oregon Short Line will as
sumo charge and take 1t to Boise.
From Boise, ii will go to Portland;
and after being on exhibition there
six hours, the Southern Pacific be-
comes its guardian. This will be on
July Is. On that day, the Southern
Pacific will begin its transportation
TO San Francisco via the Shasta Route
an opportunity to view the historical
reminder of the War of Independ-
ence. The bell will leave Portland
at noon, July Is. 1t will reach Sa-
lem, Ore, at 2 p. m. of the same day,
be exhibited until 2:30 and will then
be moved to Eugene Ore, arriving
there at > p. m. The people of Eu-
gene will have Is minutes in which
to view 1t. Arriving at Roseburg, it
will be on display the same length of
time. arriving there at S:15 p. m.
On Friday. July 16. the bell will be
in California. 1t will reach Marys-
vile, at 1915 and be on exhibition
fifteen minutes. At 2 p. m, IL will
be in Sacramento, where ii will re-
main for one hour and then be moved
to Oakland and San Francisco. July
II will be Liberty Bell Day at the
Exposition and the people from every
corner of the state are expected to
visit the fair on the day.
Every precaution will be taken by
the Southern Pacific In transferring
the bell across the bay from Oakland
to San Francisco. A special barge will
deliver it to the San Francisco freight
slip, where a special freight car and
switch engine will be waiting to take
it to Third and Townsend streets.
Here it will be placed on a truck and
carried through the streets of the
city to the fair grounds.
The total milage covered by the
Liberty Bells westward journey is
1924. The average speed per hour
will be 2s miles, the railroads ham
ding the movement hayinug decided
that to haul it faster might endanger
its safety. The bell already has one
large crack in 1t. The itinerary for
the return movement has not yet been
decided upon.