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THE OMAHA DAILY MM : SUNDAY , A1MUL 30 , 38flfr-TWEXTY TAPER.
Marvelous Display in the Transportation
Building at the World's Pair.
THE PRIMITIVE AND MODERN LOCOMOTIVE
Mtuln In Mnrlnoimil Itallwny I.iuo-
niotlon Within H IVrlml of Hlxljr
Yiur Slil | > MoiM * I rum
It Is not too hard to say that the transpor
tation building is u blotch on the tuchltec-
tur.il splendor that surrounds It. This Im
portant de-par t incut of the exposition is
h mined In n laigo structuio WO foul long
The exterior decorations arc gaudy and * ul-
gar Most of the ai lists uho ha\c seen the
cxtraonilnar > liodijc podiroof tlnsuland luild
paint repnril the uliolo thing as a huge joke
The building and itsormiincntntlon arc prod
ucts of ClitcuKO No other clti In America
could originate such a laughable combination
ofuhuap pomp and ugliness But the dis-
plaj Inside of the hall Is buwllilcrlng in its
range and vnilcty. The uliolu histori of
traiibiwrlatlon , fiom bitch haik canoes to
Rtt'ainslilps , and from pack horses to palace
cirs , Is unfolded In a manner never to. bo for
gotten.
Looking down from the c llerlo upon the
ncrcs and actcs of exhibits , ono sees a
monster black steam hummer for foigliig
nrmor plates which towers abo\o the second
slori , a row of famous locomotives fating
out fiom the annex like a hcid of elephants
u full section of a colossal 01,0.111 ste unship ,
and , scatteied about here and there , thou
sands of objects that tell the stor.v of how
man has gradually annihilated spice
The Invention ami development of the lo
comotlvo and i.ulwaj sjstein Is the nine
teenth ccnturjondcr
IASS than slxtv eight \cais since the first
IMSSI mrer railway i an its Hist crude Iriln
Now the gieat ilMli/ur hus pcnetiated o\er\
lountrv
About too acres of ground door spice aio
clovotcil exi luslvcly to exhibits | ) crt ilnlnj ? to
lailua\ construction , equipment , operation.
managi-mint and iluvclopiat'iit KiMv-foiir
modern locomotives of all tjpes and S | M
fiom Iho t\\o 100 ton Deuipod tnirinis which
stand on the pedestals between the ndimnls-
tiation building and tin : nilu.i.v station , to
the Iho-ton logging loiomotHes fet use In
the foiests of Michigan
.Modern r.n .nr I'.ililhltiirs.
The exhibitors of modern engines are dls
tributed as follows HaUlwin Locomotive
vvoiks , I'hiladclplila , tlfteen engines , talseil
from the tails and showing the imuhlnci.\ .
operation bj compi fseil air , Hiooks Loco
inotivo woiks , Dunkiik N Y , nlnecMiglncs ,
Baltimore . * < Ohio railioad , tluoo eiiKines-
ono being attached to a complete "Koial
Blue line train , " Cooke Locomotives and
Machine WOIKS , Patterson , N J , two
engines Canadian I'acille railwaj. ono
cnglno with complete vostihulo tialn ot
polished mahogany coaches , London &
Koithwestein uilway , ono engine ( \Vebb
compound ) and a tiam of two coaches
Lima Locomotho wotks , Lima , O , one
Shay engine ; New Yoik Central V
Hudson rher railioad , two en
gines , each with complete passenger trains
of Wannercstilniled to.u lies , one thn "Cm-
piio State Kxpiess , ' and the othei the "Chi
cage Limited , " Old Colony lailioail , one in
Kino and coach , II K Porter & Co Pitts
umg , UNO unglncs Pullman Palace Car com
pan } , one Baldwin engines and train ofes
tibuled co.uhcs , showing the "lcnnsl\anla
Limited1 Plttshurg Ixwomotivo WOIKS
Pittsburg , Pa , Iho engines Richmond \M
cotnotivo works , liichmond , Va , one engine
Ithoilc Island locomotive woiks , 1'iovi lence ,
H I , tin co engines. Holers Lo omotho
vvoikH , Pater&on , N ,1 , thteO engines ,
Scheiiuctnitv Locomotive works , Ki heiioc
lady , N Y , four engines , Westwood i ,
Win by , London , Unijland. ono engine. ,
Fiance , four cimlncs and cais , Geimanj.
two engines , four passenger coai lies and sev
eral height cars one being equipped as an
ambulance oar oC Ihu Ue.it Ciosssocicti , with
ovcrj appll.inco Known to modern laifwaj
singer } A handsome model of the railway
station at Frankfott is also shown in the
German section.
Milnlll | < nut Co itIn-8.
Besides these cars there will be twcho
tnagnitlccntlj equipped coaches and thiitj-
flvo fieight Lais , ombiacing every vaiiety ,
by the leading builders in the countiy The
1'ennsjhanla lailioad exhibit coiibists of a
perfect ! } equipped station , U will contain a
largo number ofphotogiaphsof scenes on the
Pennsylvania lailroad ; this lompanv also
exhibits a superb coach and tluco height
cars of its own build
Among the other attiactionsaio two Leslie
iotar\ snow plows , a cuitiifugal snow e\
ea valor and a Hussell snow plow , four steam
Bho\elsandu locomotho traxeliiig ciane. a
light and licit tendoi of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & -fat Paul railioad and thoduia-
momcterof thoC'hlLago , Builington &Qulncy
road.
road.All
All this represents steam transportation
as it Is now , but the most fascinating part of
the railway show moio so even than the
mighty engines and the solid mahorany train
from Canada is the display of lellcs ,
models , old engines and eats and specimens
of the quaint loadways ofeailler dajs H Is
the Hist time that such n work has been un
dertaken , and Mr. T Hackworth of the rail
way department hus gathered a complete
histoiical collection
' For Instance , the .Baltimore. & Ohio rail
road has tor moro than a jear past been
making oxtonano piop-iratioiis for Its His
torical exhibit , which includes about thtrtj
full size wooden models of the eaUlest loco
motives built in this country and in Kng-
laml\vlth samples of otiginal tracks Thtcc
of the Orabhopper t.\po of engine , the old
locomolhes "Samson" and "Albion. " built In
England and shipiied to No\i Scotia In IMS ,
and other specimens of the very early loco
motives uro among the attractions The
models are all to bo show n w 1th machinery
Inopeiatlon That Is ono of the delightful
things about the section
Uhocompanj has seemed many valuable
oilglnal documents diawuiKs , photographs ,
pictures of the eatl.v Inventcus , w.n bills ,
time tables , tickets and passes induatlng the
method of transacting i.itlroad business
nhcnrailioads weie still In their Infan .
nine Old l.n\liiuri.
Now comes the Chicago X Not thwestein
railw.u with the Pioneer , " built in ISIS In
thollaiihyiu Locomotive w oiks , the fonith
engine built b.\ that linn The Pioneer came
to Chicago in 1Mb and \ws the thst locomotive -
tivo to penetrate so far west 'J his engine
ran on the old Cinlena toad , now a poitlun of
the Chicago & Noithwestein sjstem , audit
BCtuallj steamed into the exposition gi omuls
a few weeks ago
A llttlo fuither on the Old Colonj ralli-oad
exhlnlt their liiat engine , the "Uantel
Nason , " and the Hist to.u h th.it ran between
IlOMton and Proudcnco and these , b.v the
wayof centrist , stand alongside of the
latest Old Colon ) engine and coach
Ono of Ihu most famous objci ts in the
nclghbothood is the soenfoot gauge locomo
tlvn "Ixirtl of the Isles , " belonging to the
Gloat Wi stein It.i ilw.ij of Kngland.origlnull
hewn at the tits' gie.it exposition in IS'il in
'London Shu tan until l yJ , when thcchango
to the stainl.utl gauge laid her up She was
DUO of a class of engines designed b > Hrunell
for high speed between IxinJon and Hiistol ,
and has ni.ulo seventy -tl\o miles an hour
Knginecis will look at this glint with attec-
tlou.
tlou.Tho
The London t Noith western show Trovl-
thlck's engine of INfJ and the "Hockel ' ol
1H'"J m fulV sUcd wooden mocU'ls An op
portunity is heio otVeied tor compiilson , as
the Hal ttltioie > V Ohio exhibit models of thu
s.uuo engine
i Heio the Now Voik Central oompauj
sliows the original Do Witt Clinton' ' on the
strap rails ot IKtl , and theie the Illinois
Central shows the " "
( oinpany "Mississippi ,
built In Kngland In ISKi for the Natchez X
Mississippi , now a iHJitloii of the Illinois
Cential lailroad. The Nu'lulllc , Chatta
nooga ft hi. I.puls exhibit the historic en
gine , " ( Jcneraf , " caiHured ui the Andre wa
raldeison the \\Vstcin & Atlantic lailroad
in ISO1. ,
It wo.ild take a page of TUB BKC to
enumerate In detail thu systems of signal-
inif , methods of ti ck construction , engine
and car equipment. The Westlnghouso and
Now Yorlc Air Brakoi companies have elabo
rate exhibits. Pumps anil signaling appar
atus are shown in action. The Kclipso
\Viud liDjjino tounmuy of Racine , WU , ,
show A cnniplcto\vator station A slxt.v-foot
Iron turntablea seventi foot electric transfer
table , track ncules and pneumatic crossIng -
Ing gates are among the exhibits In oDcrr-
tion On the main floor the Haml-McNallv
company has a ticket oftlcc and Thomas Cook
& Sons a tourist oftlcc , both elaborately
gotten up.
, Itnplil TMinlt iililtilt : .
No tonic Is so wldelv discussed In Ameri
can cities todaj as the question of rapid
transit through the streets of cities and
towns , and this subject Is completely illus
trated lliero me twentv. cars by leading
builders with many varieties of motuo
bowcr horse , cable , steam , electiic , pas
and compressed air The original cable car ,
by A S llallldle of San Pram Isio , Is among
the exhibits. Street rallwav track construc
tion , Iron and steel wile i.iblcs , olecttle
motortrucks and cvei.vthlng pertaining to
street rallwajsuro piacticallj demonstrated
A dlininutlxo steam railwaj of eight inches
gauge with engines and ears complete ,
caih car Imliign capacltj of tlnee pasu-n-
gers , K shown in operation on tracks MJO feet
long outside of the liulldlng .Several models
of ele\atul railwaj striutnies with electric
tialns me seen in dlfTeient pirts of the hall
Among the raiiw.iv luidge models ate
these of the Forth bridge , near IMinbuigh ,
and the Mississippi liver In Idgeat Memphis
In fact , the rallwa.v exhibit is leplctewith
ocrappltame known to modern railroadIng -
Ing , besides being an illustrated hlstoiyof
the piogiess and d < velop'n ent of tlie railway
trom its Hist inciption to the ptescnt da\
Jn no pie\ Ions maiino exhibit has the
question of transposition mi water ever
been Heated as a subject , but In this depiit-
tneni ate shown not onlv the triumphs of
naval aichltct tine , asillliistrated b\ the mod
ern ocean rioi hound mil bittleshlp. but also
stiango and cm inns t raft fiom suml-i ivill/ed
and b.u barous ttibes , showing how the >
solved pioblems of transiMrtatlon b\ taking
ad\antago of the maten Us on hand , whether
of baik 01 logs of wood 01 skins of animals
Theio Is a complete exhibit from Alaska
and the Aleutian islands consisting nf two
hatch b.vdarka , witt complete hunting out-
tits , and from the sea co ist of Norton sound
n hatch hvdaika with the full outllt used in
both hunting and Hilling , hiu'h bark canoes
from the upper Yukon i her ; sleds , dogs , hai-
ness and ail that goes with them 'Iho Hud
son bay company shows all the methods of
water transpoitation knmvn In that countty
Fiom southwc'st Alaska or Queen Char-
lotto's Island aioatmgit cauoo and a laigo
dugout and halda canoe
An Australlnti Cnioo.
From Australia conies an interesting canoe
made from a single sheet of what is con-
monlv known as the gum topped lion bilker
or mountain ash ( Lmalvptus Sicboriana ) ,
the ends being tied up 'Iho nitives in the
Intel lor use the baik lioni the convex slclo of
a crooked tico and stop the ends with a ball
of mud instead of t.vlng them up This
canoe Is called "gieo , 'signifying' pioportj , "
and comes fiom tlio Like'I jers Abotiginal
Station niiipsland.Austialia It Is used for
both hunting and llsliing and for transporta
tion
China Is lepicsented b.i models of cvci'i
boat used on Chinese waters both sea coast
and Inland rinse bolts , although the
auhitectuio seems to be giotcsquc , ha\o
manj pcttillar points such as the movable
inddei and tlio fashion of attaching the
sheet to the s ill , making it possible to chaw
the surface vei'i Hat
'Iho Straits Settlements and Ceylon will
also bo lepiesonteil bj fantastic motels A
peculiar boil in Ce.vlon is the macliva , which
is colobiated for its speed It is the swiftest
of all Kast Indian boats It cannot tack ,
howcvei , like an onlinirvessel. . but must
weir atound to get the wind upon the op
posita side Its special feituie is the Keel ,
the shape of which is at vail inco with all
iccogiii/ed tides of naval uiihiteUnie. In
stead of being straight en ( onvov , the keel
has an aichlike form , ilsmi. in the middle
and I'uiving downward at the ends in deep ,
angular , llnliko pinjcctions , the uuwaul ono
being deepest ' 1 his cm ions Keel seives as
a double ccntei boaici llsoliiect appeuslo
bo to curv sail well foiwud so that the
whole of the eiaft aft ol amidships in.ij be
fieo for the stowage and manipulation of the
net The lig consists of a single scteo sail
bent to a long iaid that is hoisted upon a
shoitmast stepped amidships and laking
shaiplj lorwaul
A C'vjlnn Ctt im.irnn ,
Aeatamaran is shown that has earned
the mail between Ceylon and the main
land for a number of veais , as
well as ono of the iflenrated outiigger
canoes Thesu boats eairi an enoi minis sail
ami the men climb out on the outiigger to
piovc.nl the Boat fiom enpsi/mg , and its
bree/es .no known as a one m in , two m in or
tluco man biee/e , aicoidimr to the quintiti
of weight ncccss.ny to put pn the outiigger.
Mediteirancan ciaft aie leproscntcd by
the Turlvish caique , dair"ia ot Malti. gondolas
dolas of Venice and pei iiliat lateen boats , as
well as the c lilo//oto and the biainn\o \ of the
Ail i la tic And then * aie peuiliar canoes
fiom the west tpast of Afi h a as well as the
blmba , a euiious development of the cata
maran , which is use d in the interior vvatcis
From South Amcin a comes the jang.ula ,
a largo balsa shaped bjatusedin the vicinity
of Pcuiamhuco , a war canoe fiom the Amazon
zen , thecascaiia , made from a single-piece
of bark and cntin-l.v unlike all birch baik
canoes fiom the Oimoco Thoio are also
slender and swift dugouts fiom the simo
locality , blisas fnm Like Titlcaca , made of
straw and bound together b > wisps tlio
enl > method of water eonvejain.0 known to
the people of that legion Heio .vou Hnd
bungos , euiious shaped canoes lioni the
Isttimus of I'anama , and maiii others quite
as Intelesting
Of couiso , the Noith Amencan Indian and
his biichbaik canoe aie featuies not onli hi
this building but also in the south pond , with
the Indian himself piddling
fiiiiiilno M.itir Cnilt.
Primitive efforts in the dhcctionof buildIng -
Ing boats aio classltled in the follow ing order
1 Hafts , Heating logs or bundles of iceds ,
lushes or brushwood tied together.
! ! Uugouts , hollowed tiees
! ! Canoes of baik or skin stretched on
ftamo woik or inflated skins
4 Canoes or boats of pitc.es of wood
stitched or fastened with stnows or llbcis of
wood or glass
4 Vessels of planks stitched or bolted
together with tieenal's ' , with mseited ribs
and decks
C Vessels of which the framework is
Hist set up and the planking subsequently
nailed on.
All of these foims have sin vived in same
p.utof the woild Clim itlo Influences or
i.ici il pecullaiities have Impaitcd to them
special chaiacteiistKs , and with the choicn
of inatoiial necessitated bv tno pie luct of
the localitv ha\o dotoimincd the particular
t.v po in use
In thu call } da\sof the exposition Gie.it
Iltltain vvas the fiiend of Cnieago Thanks
to the energetic co operation of the Ameri
can icpiesentativcs abroad and the intciest
taken b > thoHiitish commission , the prim t-
pal ship building Jit ms have sent a inagnlll-
cent collection of modxls of all kinds Tlio
period of lion ship buddinij Is well icpio-
senteil , both in the models of passenger and
fieight steamcis as well as In the collection
of the British men of-vvai L'l foitunately
the perioil after the lestoiation of Ch.irles
II and through the Napoleonic wars is not
Included , foi with models of the great ihroo-
decked sailing untie ships , which wcro for
so man } jenis England's bulwark of
sticngth , the hlstoi } of the navj would bo
icasonahl ) conpleic At Iho same time
Spain SL'iuls the tieasuics of the roval
museum and the models of the Invincible
Aunada , so th U the ships of the tliuo of the
famous battle will be shown
The Thames lion WoiKs ami Ship Building
compan.v tiaco the development of the iron-
el id in the Biltish n iv } b.v means of models
The Wairlor was the Hist war \essel built
of lion She was ! W ) feet lung and was pto
tected with four and ono half inches of
annor , which was sulllrloat in Isiij to icslst
a slxtjeight pound solid shot the maximum
of thatda.v. Her ends weio unprotected
and consequent her steoung gear was
much exposed The Minotaur renresented
thu next ship cf the Watiior size , fully
rigged and ariiiJied The Uenbow , lO.tXK )
tons d isplueeinent,7,500-hot se pow er , draught
of water , twentj eijfht , speed , foui teen
knots ; eighteen Inches of armor , aimed with
ton-ton guns , 10 o-inch , live-ton , fifteen quick
tiring guns
B MilVV I \ < Mt . | .
Then como the Gniftnn , n Hrst-elass steel
cruiser , , , ' VM tons , twelve horse power , tWI
feet long , armament nine two inch twcnt-
two-tnn breec'h-lo tding lilli-.s , ten six-inch
quick tiring guns , twelve slf-jioimdei quick
tiring guna , four three pounder qultk tiring
guns , spoud iiiuvtreu kuo's , Sans 1'aroil ,
aruioied ship , 10.470 tons dlsplicmiiont In
dicated her o power 14,000 , draught of water
tvtentjseven foot , speed seventeen knots ,
armament laigest guns , two 111-ton breech
loading rllloB And no on through the list
The Blenheim , first-class steel cruiser , 0,000
tons , speed twcutj-tvro knots ; Theseus ,
same as former , T.IVK ) tons speed twenty
knots Superb armored shUv ver } like the
Sans Pared , though smaller.
Following these are the Water Witch ,
Serapls. Swift , Linnet , German Ironclad
Kocnlg Wllhelm , torpedo cruiser Xloten ,
Turkish armorchids Mesonrtyc , Aoml lllah ,
Portuguese war vessels Vnseo dl Gama , Al-
fonza do la Alberquerquo , Spanish frlgato
Victoria , cruisers Clravlna.VclasfO. Russian
paddle sloop Vladimir armorclad Perventcr ,
Greek Ironclad King George , Danish gun
boats Absoloni , KsDoine. Snare , Mosquito ,
Railing } ncht. screw jacht Fairy , the Sul
tan , Brazilian troop shin Purlui , tuir , mall
and other special service bo its. United
States competitive designs for armored
cruiser and aimorccl battle ship will also be
shown
The James .t George Thomson company
shows models of the Hrst-elass battleship
Kamlllles , 14IV ) tons , eighteen Inch armor ,
speed 17 5 armed with four sixty se\en-ton
biecch-loadlng lilies ten six inch quick-tiring
guns and eighteen other quick firing guns ;
second class cruiseis Terpsichore , Thetis ,
Tribune , and the torpedo c rulser Heina Ke-
trcntn. torpe.lo catcher Djstructor and screw
steamer America
The Armstiong Mitchell eompinj shows a
model one twelfth lull slo of the aunored
ship Vic torla 100 feet long. The model Is
prob ibl.v the largest and most complete that
lias ever been eonstnii'ted and shows In thu
most mtnuto detail over } lilting on board of
the magniHcent none lad
Yanovv X Co show models of torpedo boat
eaUheis speed twent-seven knots , loaded
Hist class torpedo boats , speed twent-tlueo
Knots ; loaded second class toipedo boats ,
speed eighteen knots Theio is a model of
thoOpilo , bnilt for service in Ditiomey on
Yarrow's s.vstem of tloiting sections , by
whlcti means the vessel was shipped In sec
tions and united allo it inafcwitajs , draught
eighteen inches , speed ten miles
C'uiiiird Ccilllp inj'n i ; hlllt.
In themeitliant ma tine sect Ion the Cunard
Ste.imshii | c-omp.ui } shows models of tlio
L'mbtia , litiuiia ( h.KH ( ) tons ) and the new
ships built and cngiued in 1M' ' . ' , while the
10al mail service between Kngland and
South Afilca Is shown by Donald Curile&
LeThe
The L itrd Brother s of Birkenhead exhlliit
a col'ec ' tion of models and pietuies lllustrat
Ing the pioirress of lion shipbuilding tiom
Iblltotho ] ) iescnt time paddle steamers ,
screw steamers and a full line of models
A most interesting exhibit will bo made hi
the Poninsulai andOiIental Steam Naviga
tion comp my The Atlantic Tianspoi t Line
sliows models of the si lew steamei" , Mass
achusetts , Manitoba , Mohawk and Mobile ,
finnished with all appliances for the car
nage of pissengers , live stock , dead meat
and cargo of all descriptions 1'hero ts also
an InteiestiiiLr model sent b } Furness , Withy
.VCo of a ste imer 400 feet long , foil-eight
beam , Unit } feet di.iught , built of steel on a
web ft amo sstcm , with cellular doublu bottom
tom , cap ible of c ur } Ing 0 OO tons of dead
weight
This is only an indication of what the
ma. me exhibit fiom Great Britain is to be
No such displa } has ever been attempted in
the United States , and especlall.v in' an In-
1 mil oil } hko Chicago Mmofthomolels
have Hguied in v ulous naval exhibitions in
Gieat Mutaln and aie familiir to these
especiallv inteiested in naval architecture
But the genc'ial public will be smpiiscd upon
entei ing the golden door of the tr.mspoita-
tion building to see near the entrance on the
main court a collec tion of models the like of
which his never been biought together in
this eountr.v
A sinking feature has been furnished by
the InteinationalNavigationcompinv.which
built on the main couit a section of ono of
their new stoameis Imagiuo the longitudi
nal and transveise section of a ship abaft
the smokostich sixt.v nine feet long and
, Is 0 in be mi The Intel lor Httmgs furnish
ings and decoration will be the same as
used on the magniHcent stcameis of that
line. This is the most interesting exhibit ,
showing fuil\ the facilities of these vessels
foi the comfcnt of ocean tiaveleis
The Bethlehem lion company have lepio-
duced their enormous lii'i ton hammer , and
at its base will bo displaeel minor plate ,
guns , shafting ol vessels , steel Ingots and so
on The ( ! as Lngme and Power comp mv of
New oik will show a nrmbor of beautiful
naphtha launches The Harlan iX , flol-
limisvvoith compiny of Wilmington. Del ,
will m iko an exhibit of models of different
t.v pcs of ships , steambcnts , steam and sail
ing vachts. built fiom thu commencement of
Its foundation ISM down to the present
time The } will also exhibit a working
model of a typical engine As a frieze above
the model will bo shown a m ulno piinting
on which foitv two boils are to be seen ,
showing the piopiess made in ship , } acht
and steamboat building bs this Htm
\ \ at cled VeliiclfM ( it Ktoij Itlml
B ut if railwa.vs and ships are Intel esting.
what is to be said of thu wheeled vetilcles ?
The lloor space occupied b } Una division em-
biaces UO.OIM squaio feet , and it is all litted
up with wcod iu pet in white oalc strips , laid
out in handsome patterns ami finished in oil
Laih spaiois surrounded with handsumo
omament il biass railing and posts The ex
hibit occiiDies tlio entiio north end of the
main building and the annex and about onu-
half of the north galler } in the main
building.
On the llrst floor are cxhibitc 1 carriages ,
wiirons and 'vehicles of evci } description In
the galler } arc displa } cd bicycles , carnage
and wagon hardwaio and saJdlory goods
There is a histoiical .lira } ofohlclcs , sid-
dler } goods and nieyeles An effort has been
m ido to show the evolution of these in
dustries from their prlmitlvooiiglns clov.n to
the present time
Foi this purpose a largo collection has
been made b } Chief Smith in foreign lands ,
fiom the ancient chariot that antedates
Christ to the latest thing out.
In modem cutriages thorn Is everthing
from a bib } carriige up to the finest cam-
ago that has been built Some of these
chicles cost $10,000 each and are leallj
woiksofart. Foreign countries contilbuto
to this division , Franco having sent llfty
catriagcs fiom her best builders Austria
sent eighteen carriages from six of her best
manutactuieis England and Germany also
maKe largo exhibits , so that the industry of
both continents is well represented
In the foreign collection of historical ex
hibits fiom I/jndon Is a lout major's state
roach , a diag that belonged to the punco of
Wales and an old chariot A sedan chair
from Colombia stands besi lo ono from
Turkc1 } and near b } are a Jlnrikisha fiom
Japan a carriageonco owned by President
Polk and the coich of Diniul Webster ,
bought in IMib
Inthc saddle ! v department a display ol
s uldles , bits , stirrups and trappings of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries col-
lei ted throughout Kuiopo , tin hiding a p..ir
of silver spins taken fiom the feet of Sii
Thomas Pu ton when ho w.is killed In the
battle \\ateiluo In the bicjcle division
there is piesented an extraordinai } display
The Htliiifs alone cost moie than f 100,000 ,
and some of the pavilions cost exhibitors
from * 10OJO to l'J 0 > x ) each 'llieio is dis-
pla > ed in this exhibit not enl } the finest
blccle that has over been pioduccd up to
thu present time but bicclos lepiescnting
wheels th.it date back to the Hist machlno
built , showing the complete evolution of the
industr } .
DRINK IN KANS iS.
Sumrtlilni ; Altln to r rury | Nc > cnn < Hr }
1'rcn iiro ( > nt < DOMII I lure.
While willkinir down Kith'sis nvetiuo ,
Topoku , b.ijs a writer in tire Iaoka ] )
Cull , I pushed a lurgo uiulory brllli-
nirtly lighted drug ataiu. liuinoinhcring
that the llttlo Kuitsiis dru < r store was the
homo of the jini jams , I untuted am
watched to see tlio bacteria of this affuii
got in its work. I hud not long to wait.
Soon a seedy looking individual , who
looked as though ho fc-uicd the ver }
sight of water , entered and , walking \ \ \
to u little desk in ono corner , began to
write 'Hit his "application. " When it
vvas llnislicd the druggist svvoro him to
the truthfulness of thu statement made
thetein. gave him the red liquor , took
his money , und tlio beedy individual do
parted. I then walked over to the little
desk niji-elf , and , pretending to be mat
ing an "application ' for tn &clf , I copiei :
Mb. Here it is :
State of Kansas , Shawnee county , Apr !
I'.1 No 11 1 , the undersigned , do $ olcmnl }
swear that 111 } teal name Is Phil Moers , am
that I reside at Shawnee county , State o
Kansis , that whlsnv of one-half pint Is
necessir } and actual ! } needed b.v mo to bo
used as a medlrlno fnr the disease of bath
Ing , that It is not intended for a uoveragc
nor to sell nor to give away , anil that I an
over 21 } ears of ago I make this appllca
tiou ( o G , W. Flad , druggist , for said liquor
PHIL Meretts , Applicant.
Subscribed In my presence and gw-orn to.
before roe this 1'Jth day of April , IS'JJ. '
GKOIIOE W. FIJLI > , Pharmacist.
A Syrncuso , N , Y. , Journal Representative's
Description of a Leading Industry ,
'IMPROVEMENT ' THE ORDER OF THE AGE"
lloSujn It I * Itcllnlilc , Dtinclilr , lluplil nnil
l.tmy ItminliiK Miirhliic K.xinllciit Mu >
terlnl mill Uorkinnimlilp Iho
Mont Uoiniini't uiul HoU Mmle.
The phonotnonnl success of the Smith-
Premier typew rltor Is ono of the aston
ishing things of the presonl dny. Il is
not surprising that Syincuanns tire
deeply Interested in this concern , iis n
Syrncuse ( N. Y. ) Journal reiiortor , inns-
much ns this celebrated wriling ma
chine is made in our city , and thai they
tire justly pi oud of Hie industry is not
lo bo wondered al.
The Smilh-Prcmlor typowrilor has
won a deserved success , and is desllned
to fnr moro wonderful things , for Iho
business is now simply in its infancy.
The Journal tukos advantage of this
opportunity to picsent to ils readers a
few Interesting facts rolnllng to Iho
Smith-Premier fnctory , and also Mr. L.
C. Smith , n mosl successful business
man.
man.For
For Borne yo irs prior to becoming in-
toiostcd in lypowritors Mr. Smith was
engaged in Iho manufacture of Iho Bnr-
kor breech-loading gun , and later the L.
C. Smith gun , In this city , which busi
ness was sold to tin ) Ilunlor Arms Co. ,
now of Pulton. Alexander T. Blown of
Ihis city was Iho invonlor of Iho L. C.
Smith gun and Iho Smith-Premier type
writer ; also , of the American Dunlup
pneumatic bicycle tire , for which nntonl
he , W. L Smith , and a Boston pirty ,
received $100,000. Experimental work
on Iho typewriter vvas begun in May ,
1SSG , and In 1SS9 the manufacture vvas
commenced. The production in IbOO
was 2.DOO machines ; in 1801 , 7..fOO ma
chines ; in 1892 , 12,000 ; and this jonr
will bo nboul 18,000. The concern now
employs 400 men nl Iho works hero and
200 people oulsido of Iho oily. The
main building of the factory is C0\130
feet and eight stories high ; the nc.xl is
40S.100 feel and llvo stories high , and
there are a number of annexes , the larg
est of which is 30x45.
A Journal rcportorwas privileged the
ether day to inspect those vvoiKs , and ho
learned some facts about the manufac
ture , which are hoto presented. In the
beginning , the raw material used in the
manufacture of a typewriter is pur
chased of various manufacturers in
many instances in car-load lots in the
shape of steel- wire , sleol bars , gray
Iron cnstings. eto. This material is put
into hhapo at The Smilh-Premier l\v pc-
wiitor works , and in duo time comes out
a perfect typowrilor.
It is impossible to hero explain from
beginning to end the manufacture of a
single typewrilcr , for Iho work Is done
in sections and pieces , and a largo num
ber of machines nro under headway at
once. The visitor , as ho passes through
Iho in immoth faclory obiorves on all
floors machines ia rations stages of com
pletion. There may be from 4,000 to
0,000 machines going through Ihe works
nil the time. Prom the time the raw
material goes into the works urilil il
passes oul a complete machine ready
for shipment , from four to six months
are consumed. Every part of the typewriter -
writer Is mndo at the works. It is the
policy of the company not lo buy Ihnl
which il can manufacture to profit.
There are 200 machines in the dopirt
meat for manufacturing the smaller
pieces of the typewriter , and in the department -
partmont for ho iyy work thora nro 125
moro. In the whole works ihoro nro
350 machines of various kinds , and all
of the very latest patloi n.
The upper throe floors of the main
building are now being prepared for oc
cupancy. The olovntor and stair shaft
of thai building are onliroly cut olT
from _ the strueturo. In the olocno-
plaling doparlmont there may bo found
what Is considered o 10 of the finest
plants of Ih it Kind in Iho country. In
it 100 machines n d ly can bo nickeled.
The work is known as the oloctro-nickol
plating. The polishing department has
a capicity of seventy-live machines a
daj- , there being thirty polishing
wheels. When the works are occunled
to their fullest extent 150 finished type
writers can ba lurncd oul per dny.
Among Iho olhor machinery may bo
mentioned three cushioned hammers.
Power is supplied by a new 150-horso-
power engine of the Corliss pittorn , and
Iho holler is of 100-horso-powor. An
other boiler will shorlly bo placed In po-
silion. The alllgning Uepartmjnl is in-
leresllng. Here forty-five parsons are
employed lo see that each m iclnno does
its work nothing short of perfect. The
best of workmen are put In this doparl-
raonl because Iho wo k musl bo exceed
ingly well done.
The Smith-Premier Typewriter Co.
never close a season with ils orders
filled. There are Ivvenly-four branch
ollicos under the personal direction of L.
C. Smith , ns follows :
Corner Hoventeenlh and Fnrnnin-sls. ,
Omaha New
Lincoln , Neb , I1.'M N. Oth sl.ioot.
Sioux City , Iowa , Mas * block.
Dos Moines , lo-.va , Youngornian block.
No. 151 Mouroast. , Chicago , III.
Nos. 294 and ' ) \ Broadway , Now York
city.No.
No. 2 j School-at. , Boston , Mius.
No. 7J3 Chestnut-si. , Uhlladolphln.Pa.
No. 100 Wu'nut-st. ' , Cincinnati , O.
No. 208 North Sovonth-sU , St. Louis ,
Mo.
Nu ! ! \Vood-Bt , , I'lttsburg , Pn.
No 111 West Ninth-st , , Kansas
City , .Mo.
Chamber of Commerce building , St.
'nul , Minn.
No. 1027 Clmtnpa-st. , Denver , Colo.
No. 101 Oriswold-st. , Detroit , Mich.
No. 01 Ntngnrn-st. , Buffalo , N Y.
No. 407 Powers block , Rochester ,
No. IlOSt. Pati'-at ' , . IJUtlmorc , Md. j
No. 82 Wisconsln-st , Milwaukee , NVis j
No. 0 Fourth-st. , South , Minneapolis ,
Minn.
No. 17 South Illlnois-st. , Indianapolis ,
nil.
nil.No.
No. 512 Main-st. , Pcoria , 111.
St. Joseph , Mo.
In this connection mention may bo
undo of the exhibit to bo innilu at the
World's fair by the Smith-Premier T } po-
vritor company. The company piys
* 2/)00 for the erection and littlniup
of a booth loxlSfeot , Tills will unques
tionably bo ono of the llncst displays at
the fair.
The following extract from the New
York World is of ihtorest :
\VAbiii.\ino.v , March 27. The War
lopartmont of the Unttod States at
Washington debited to purcnaso 150
typewriters , and established a board of
exports to pass upon all the typewriters
n compotlon , and after a thorough c.x-
iminulion it was decided that the
Smith-Piomlor Typewriter , manufac
tured at Syracuse' , N. Y. , vvas Vho ma
chine that stood the highest in point of
mprovcmcnts and mechanical construc
tion , consequently the order for 150 typewriters -
writers was awarded to tlio Sinith-
. 'remior T } powritor company. "
The Associated Press of the slate of
New York has adopted the Smith-
[ 'loinicr tynowritor , to the exclusion of
ill othois > , tobo u-ed in their telegraphic
service in laking dlsp itches diiect
' 10111 the wiro. Seven Smith-Premier
typewriters aio used daily in The
Journal olllco.
The llrst desideratum in a tj powritor
s thatit shall do good work at the high
est practicable ' pocd.
Second. It must bo constructed of
such materials and in such a manner
nnglo , and the lower-caso loiters nro
vvhlto , vvhllo Iho upper-case loiters , tnt-
morals and character keys nro Hack.
The capital letter or uppor-caBo keys
nro arranged Identically Iho sntno as the
lovvor-cnso , HO Hint only ono sol of keys
has to bo learned , removing Iho only ob
jection that hr.s been porlstontly urged
to n machine having u full complement
of koys. Other machines have u series
of lovers , made of wood , arranged side
by side , with each koyatt.iehod to a par
ticular lover , which has made II impos
sible for olhor makers lo produce n key
board with the admit able arrangement
which Iho Smith Premier Typewriter
company has adopted. The ko.is have
celluloid tops screwed upon a steal disc ,
which is railed to a steel stem and will
no\er become loose. Thocharaclors are
Inlaid in Iho kojs , ate thoioughly dura
ble and present a very fine appearance.
Two space keys are used , so that either
hand may be employed in spacing ,
The ribbon food of Ihis typewriter Is
a indical departure from old method * .
A compound feed is used which feeds a
ribbon ouo and ono hall inches wide
squarely across its width at each line of
printing. When the carriage Is drawn
back to commence another line , the rib
bon is drawn lengthwise about Iho width
of one Ij pe , conscquonlly the entire sur
face is u od , The time required to trans
fer or feed the ribbon from ono spool to
another Is front two to four dajs of con-
liniioiis writing By thus using the on
lire surface of Iho ribbon , Iho center is
not hammered moro than the edges ,
which IB Iho c.iu o of Iho ribbon curling
on other wilting machines , and the col
or of the wiiltun Hiiects is kept uniform
1 he typo-cleaning device is a radical
departure in the t.v pew riling ait , und H
will be found to bo tlio greatest laborsaving -
saving invention which has been applied
to tj pew riters since since inttoduclion.
The clc-auing of the typo of a typo bar
machine is Hie mosl laborious and dis
agiccablo work porlainitiL' io its use.
consequently they are rim many times
wilhoul do inlng , lo Iho dotrimenl of
eleati-Oiil work. With Ihis device it is
that il will continue lo do good and rapid
work for a sufficient longlh of lime lo
make it a prollliblo Jnvoslmonl.
Third. It rausioporalo so easily thai
il may bo run a full day wilhoul oxeos-
slve f.vliguo.
Fourth. It must bo slmplo in con
struction and not liable to lemporary de
rangement.
Fifth. Its operation must bo easily
tear nod and require as few motions us
possible.
Sixth. Its typo muit bo easily cleaned ,
as good work is impossible when the
lypo nro filled or gummed with ink.
Sovonlh. Us ribbon , if il has one ,
must have a reliable feeding mechanism
which will bring the whole btirfnco of
the libbon in conlacl with Iho typo with
ns little tension as possible.
Such are the essentials , and the inn-
chine which in the Irghcsl degree excels
in tlroso particulars is , in our opinion ,
Iho most desirable to use , Iho mosl
profitable to buy. and the most readily
sold In the production of Iho Sinilh-
Premier Iho manufacturers have Iricd
lo nuke il conform essentially lo all the
fcaluros enumerated abovu.
\ AT.rAm.i. i-oi.sr > .
IVrimn InU'iiiliiii : I'liruliiitlnen < ! jil Ijjiic
wiltur should C'liri'lnilj Iti'.ul
tliu following ; .
The meehani&m of the Smith Premier
typowrilor for liansnilUing Iho pov.or
from Iho key to Iho typo-bar is entirely
dillcronl from nnv thing over used on
any olhor typowrllar , and is pi'o-cml-
nonlly superior lo any other device over
Invented for the purpose. It makes it
possible to arrange the kovs in straight
rows in all directions ; il m ikes H pos
sible Hie - iso or -
lo arrange upper-is cap-
Hal lotlor keys , in oxacl dupllcallon of
the lovvor-easo or small lellor keys ; also
makes It possible to use steal in the place
of wood , ns is p-imlicod by olhor manu-
fuclurors. It is tVo mosl gcionlillc man
ner for Iransmilling power , and It Is the
moat durable airangomeul possible.
Each key ol Ihis machine has Iho s uno
leverage as every other key , which is
not the case with nnj ether mechanism
used for Iho purpose. It is Iho only nr-
rnngotnonl yol known whereby U would
bo posslblp lo in ike u doubls case typo-
bur inaehlne with a full complement of
keys In ns compact form as in Ihis 13 pn-
vvrllor , and H does not necessitate super
fluous room ollher in fronl or in Iho rear
of HID machine.
The Srallh Premier lypow.itor has
BovontyiBlx churaclor keys nrinnged in
Btrttight rows in all dl.ocllons ; Iho
hupo of Iho keyboard ia u regular rocl-
llio work of but a few seconds lo clean
the enl r3 sot of typo poifectlyTlio
work may bo lefl in Iho machine , and by
drawing Iho plalen foi ward and intro
ducing the crank , all the lypo may bo
biushcd simullancously by luining the
crank a few lurns in both diieclions ,
with no soiling of Iho hands , or any of
the annoyance uhioh follows the old pro
cess of ben/.lno and tooth-brush applica
tion. The typo-bars of this machine , in
their normal uosilion , form a ciiclo ,
with the tjpo facing inwcrd. Just below -
low islocaled Iho brush , which is fitted
with a tinoadod shaft , and upon being
turned with a delachablo crink , rises
up in cotilict with the type , ri-.d brushes
Iho entire sot. When the brush is in its
*
noi mill position it is below and cnlirely
oul of Iho wny of Iho lype bars in writ-
in ? .
At five letters from Iho cud of Iho
line Iho alarm-bull ilngs as in ether
tjpowrllors , Iho machine will than prinl
flvomoio letters or characters , when
the entire system of kojs is locked , and
no more impressions can be made on the
° : imo line without totalising the lock.
Tliis prevents blotling Die insl word by
striking several tailors , ono upon Iho
other , and ruining an olhervvibo per-
feel pago.
The line apace mechanism is dltfoionl
fiom olhoisnnd moro convenient. The
lever for drawing the carriage baclt pro
jects forward and downwind , and is at
tached to n rock shaft which rims back-
waul tlitough the carriage frame. Al
Iho oilier end of the rock sh ift is a pawl
which engages with tlio annular rac-hot.
wheel on the end of the plnlun. When
luking hold of Ih'j lover and drawing
Ihe carriage back lo commence a new
line , the shaft is locked and the pawl at
its cud lui n Iho plalen automatical ! } a
tingle or double line space , as may bo
duslrcd , thus i educing the number of
motions required in manipulating the
cairiago.
The printing mechanism of the type
writer is the foundation on vvh.ch Its
success or Its failure depends. Anj ma
chine , hoivovor perfect the lemaindero
Its pnls may bo , or how finely it is fin
ished if defective so far ua its printing
mi-ell inisin is concernedwill no n source
of annoyance to its owner or user and to
those who are compelled to decipher its
work. By far the mo o fiuceesbful print
ing niei Imn I BUI for tj powrilors consists
ofnFoiles of type-bars nrrnngod in a
ciiclo , with type attached to their free
ends , and so pivoted that they will nil
blriko nl n common priming poinl. Such
arrangement has the merit of eliuplicily ,
ease of oporntlon and rapidity , but if' '
Ing to the inelllcloncy of Iho supper *
Its typo-bars the nlllgntnont IU\H IH
|
fnr from perfect nflor hnvtng been p ,
looted to Bto.idy work for tiny coiiBido , j
lilo lime. However , ItsmUiuittigesov.i
balanced this dofccl to such nn ontiJ
thnt II has bocti successfully nnmift'
lured nnd used , but to these who hrlj
mndo the Improvemonlof the 1 } povvrlN
a study , llils ono dofccl has received1 ]
largo amount of thouirht. and many
volitions liaru been nmdu nnd pn'onOj
to ovorcomn it. This would bo n vo-l |
simple nmttor if il wns not for the fnl
that fiictlon imiit bo almost entire ! ! !
eliminated , and manj devices hivobcs'fl '
made which work almost pt-rfivtiy uj
dor f'lvornblocoiulit onsand fun entire
when slightly mutinied bj oil or cHogg\
by dusl , cor tnlon or nnv of the mime *
ous causes known or unknown whic >
] ireront its successful operation.
A series of l\pe-lmrs mounted up ,
pivots , meet the requiicinonts of an on1
running and rapid niccli iniim ( ml t.j
shorter the typo-bar and the gi enter tl
dlstnncobolwoen Iho bearing * ) , lliuino
accurately they will sti rUon'tor boooi ° J
ing worn ; besides , tire hortoi bar \\i
work more rivpidlj and vvilh gieati
case. With the old constuu lion tl.
length of the bar Is dotoi mined by tl
numboi of bars to bo u * > od In the circlt
as the circle ( of which the lur Is 11
radius ) must bo largo enough to iceeivj :
all the bats , consequontlv the distant *
between the bo i rings oruivots of th
Ijpo-bnrs could bo no Create
llinn the circumlcronce of the euvlo d
vldca b1 the minrbnr of b vr nr lingo-
around that circle.
The printing muih.inism of the Smit'1' '
Piemior l\ paw i itor , while onsiming 01
a series of lypu-h.its distributed in a eii
clo and pivoted to l iUi > at n coinmo
pilnting point , is otherwise vc iv dllToK
ent from anything hiMctofiiro tisod , ntii1
ncnioful cxnminnlion iiiusli onv uu onnj
ono of its superiority 'J'lio tvpobni'
nro tnountcd on lun dencd 8t"ol onicaf
benrings 1 fi-8 Inches npntl , is compare
vith 1-4 to 'l-s of nn inch in other ma
chines , making 1 1-S limes vvldtn boar1
Ings Ihnn its no irost competitor , whih
ils type-bar is the shortest ever ii'-od 01
n doub'o cnso machine With the oh
nrrnngcmenl n series of Iv po b irs , 70 1
number , with bum ings ns w ido npai t a
this machine , would lequiro a tpo-ba ;
ring over 3" " ) inches in diameter wit
Ivpo-bais 10 l-2 ! Inches in Icnyth , vvhll"
with the Smith i'rcmici aruingomon
the bars aio but 2 7-10 iiu hot In longlh"
With Ibis short bar , with Its bearing-1
so far npni t , the vvo.n of y.-a- of stond
ii o should not materially afloct Us al
lignmont ; but if It should Iho user , will
no ether tool than a screw-driver , car
eliminate all looseness occasioned b
wear.
"Improvement tiie Order of tlie Age,1'
HAVE !
YOU
THE NEW
SMITH
TyPEWBITEBi
If you have not , cxll at tno Smith Pr
inle Typewriter Co.'s olllce , or aona f
circulars.
As usual , wo have TUB BEST.
The Smith Premier Typewriter C ]
Cor. 17th and Farnam Sts ,
OMAHA , NEB.
E , H. MAYHEW , Manager.
Kuporb olTocts in Modun and
Finixhiiiif \iiriousstjloscvill
Ou noted in out clothes
Prank J. Ramge , Tai
FOR Un.NTStores : and Of- * }
llces In this building , with all ' 0 |
conenlonceInquire of
Wo iiri > In position lo plic'oi Inrv .
uiniiiint of inonnr on oity iinrl nth > , |
IiruiiLrlii's Suuulul ntiunllon K'vi' ' .
to lo ins on liuslnesK prou > irtr ' "
GEO , J , PAUL , 1605 Farnnr
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