CHAPTER XI.

PAI.ACE OF MECHANIC ARTS

A remarkably beautiful structure — It is 850x500 feet, and cost $1,200,000 — The Allis engine the largest in the
world — An aggregated 24,000 horse power — 17,000 horse power required to provide electricity — Two dyna-
mos each with a capacity of 10,000 lights — Ten engines averaging 2,000 horse power each — A fly wheel
thirty feet in diameter — An engine whose combination of iron and steel weighs 225 tons — Its wheel and
shaft alone •weigh loo tons — Machinery of every description in operation — Manufacturing devices and
machine tools by thousands — A highly interesting description of all the engines and boilers — How many
things are manufactured right before one's eyes — Grier's ingrain lumber machine — An interesting relic — A
striking contrast — Sketch of Chief Robinson 313