The Chicago Exhibition.

Manawatu Herald, 11 June 1892, Page 2

The Chicago Exhibition.

The Great Western Kailway of England will exhibit in the Transportation Building the famous old locomotive " The Lord of the Isles," which was built at the Company's works in Swindon in 1851, from designs by the late Sir Daniel Gooch. This locomotive was a notable exhibit at the first World's Fair in London in 1851. From that time until July 1881, it was continually in service, and ran during that period a distance of 789,300 miles without being fitted with a new boiler. As a pioneer of early railroading and as a contrast to the powerful modern " Mogul,'' this old locomotive will attract much attention. As a sample of the very general interest taken in ihe World's Fair appropriations made by foreign countries, as far as reported, aggregate more than $4,600,000. The Methodists have decided to hold an international camp meeting of a month's duration at the time of the Exposition. It will be held half the time at Desplaines and the other ha'f at Lake Bluff. Both places are a few miles out from Chicago. A Choral building, 160 by 200 feet, and costing, §100,000, will be erected near Horticultural Hall. It will be devoted to musical attractions, chiefly large choruses. The Exposition company will pay ,S2O per lamp for the 5,000 to 6,000 arc lamps required for electric lighting. About 100,000 incandescent lights will also be used, but have not yet been contracted for.