[Trade Journal]
Publication: Reports of the Board of Comissioners for the Seventh Cincinnati Industrial Exposition 1879
Cincinnati, OH, United States
p. 3,5,52-54,62-65,75-77,85,267,279-281, col. 1
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
HELD IN CINCINNATI, OHIO
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
BOARD OF TRADE AND
OHIO MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE,
FROM
September 10th to October 11th,
1879.
CINCINNATI, OHIO,
Published by Order of the Board.
TIMES JOB ROOMS PRINT.
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SEVENTH CINCINNATI
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION,
1879.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
WILLIAM MEANS, M. E. INGALLS,
EDMUND H. PENDLETON.
W. S. RIDGWAY, JAMES H. LAWS
BOARD OF TRADE,
JOHN SIMPKINSON, F. E. CHERRY,
L. M. DAYTON,
W. L. ROBINSON, WM. MCALPIN.
OHIO MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE,
THOMAS GILPIN H. MCCULLUM,
JAMES DALE,
W. B. BRUCE, P. P. LANE,
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
EDMUND H. PENDLETON, . . . . . . President.
JAMES H, LAWS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Vice-President.
JAMES DALE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Vice-President.
E. V. CHERRY,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third Vice-President.
JOHN SIMPKINSON, . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer.
H. MCCOLLUM, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary.
JOHN B. HEICH, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Assistant Secretary.
STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE
SEVENTH CINCINNATI INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION,
1879.
EXECUTIVE: FINE ARTS AND NATURAL HISTORY:
PRESIDENT. W. MCALPIN.
SECRETARY. M. E. INGALLS.
OFFICER OF THE DAY. DWIGHT BENTON,
FINANCE: HENRY HOOPER.
JOHN SIMPKINSON. PRESTON POWERS.
THOMAS GILPIN. THOS. AMBROSE.
E. V. CHERRY. FRANK HUNTINGTON.
RULES: J. F. WINSLOW.
WILLIAM MEANS. LORING ANDREWS.
L. M. DAYTON. PAUL MOHR.
JAMES DALE. CHARLES DURY.
PRINTING: TEXTILE FABRICS:
H. MCCULLOM. JAMES H. LAWS.
WILLIAM MEANS. CHAS. H. WOLFF.
L. M. DAYTON. HARRY L. LAWS.
BUILDING: MINERALS, METALS, IRON, STEEL
JAMES DALE. and their Products:
H. MCCULLOM. L. M. DAYTON.
W. L. ROBINSON. WILLIAM MEANS.
SPACE: E. C. DAWES.
E. V. CHERRY. CHAS. CAMPBELL.
P. P. LANE. H. E. WOODROW.
WILLIAM MEANS. JOHN SHILLITO, JR.
MACHINERY: TRANSPORTATION:
P. P. LANE. M. E. INGALLS.
L. M. DAYTON. L. M. DAYTON.
E. V. CHERRY. W. W. PEABODY.
PRIVILEGES AND MUSIC: SAML. STEVENSON.
W. B. BRUCE. _______
W. S. RIDGWAY. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
M. E. INGALLS. PRODUCTS OF REPUBLIC OF MEXICO:
JURORS AND AWARDS: WILLIAM MEANS.
THOMAS GILPIN. JAMES GORDON.
JAMES DALE. BRENT ARNOLD.
W. L. ROBINSON. C. M. HOLLOWAY.
AGRICULTURE: HOLDEN G. DAVIS.
W. L. ROBINSON. STEWART SHILLITO, JR.
W. S. RIDGWAY. CHAS. C. POMEROY.
W. B. BRUCE. TOBACCO, WHISKY, PROVISIONS AND
HORTICULTRE: PORK:
W. S. RIDGWAY. M. E. INGALLS.
WILLIAM MEANS. S. V. REID.
J. D. JONES, M.D. S. W. WOODSIDE.
J. R. MURDOCK. W. G. MORRIS.
A. C. BARNEY. E. H. GREIST.
A. S. DANDRIDGE. WM. HENRY DAVIS.
CHAS. H. KELLOGG, JR.
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CINCINNATI'S GLORY SHINING FORTH.
A MAGNIFICENT SUCCESS IN OPENING THE EXPOSITION
The parade of yesterday, which signalized the opening of the Seventh Industrial Exposition, has never had a parallel in point of magnitude or magnificence in any American city, with the possible exception of New York. It was the best effort of a city of pageants and wonders, excelling even the expectations of its managers, and adding greatly to the noble fame of Cincinnati.
Such crowds! The people had come pouring in by rail and river and along a score of wagon roads, from the capitals of other States, from the length and breadth of Ohio, men, women and children, until both the streets and buildings of the city seemed packed to their utmost capacity. On the streets traversed by the procession and for a square away on both sides on every cross Street — and the route was three miles in length — there was a perfect sea of forms filling streets and sidewalks, door-yards and windows, and dotting the thousand roofs. There is no estimating such numbers, nor words to express the patience at delays, the good order, or enthusiasm of the boundless assemblage.
Contrary to expectation the procession started very nearly on time, or at least the advance column of the first division did. It was simply impossible that a line, miles in length, which required two hours and a half to pass a given point, should all form at the same place and take up its march at the same time. Yet, in spite of promptness in starting, it was 6 o’clock before Barnum’s great elephants, which brought up the rear, had passed in review before the grand stand, and the formal exercises in the Main Hall were begun. The weather could not have been finer, and when at last the seemingly endless column had broken up, the managers had the satisfaction of knowing that the miles of densely crowded streets had been traversed without the occurrence of a single serious accident.
The pageant included all in the way of special attractions that had been promised. It contained the President of the United States, the two most famous Generals in the army, and other military men of high rank too numerous to mention, the finest line of infantry and artillery seen since the war, the Governors of three States, distinguished men in civil life, and wagons bearing devices which were a constant surprise.
President Hayes, with Mr. Edmund H. Pendleton at his side, rode in a large open coach drawn by four horses.
Flags and banners and festoons of evergreens ornamented the principal buildings, and many of the residences along the line of march.
There was probably never a time when a greater number of strangers were in Cincinnati at one time. The railroads were taxed to their utmost to bring in the scores of excursions.
It was this unprecedented influx of strangers that swelled the throngs who witnessed the procession to such enormous proportions, and drove so many residents of the city to the housetops and every conceivable perch. They all saw Hayes and Phil. Sheridan and General Sherman, and Governor Bishop, and one of the greatest civic pageants ever witnessed.
COLONEL L. MARKBREIT, Grand Marshal of the Exposition Procession, and the following staff:
GEN. W. H. BALDWIN, Chief of Staff.
COL. MAX MOSLER, PAUL F. MOHR, N. H. DAVIS,
E. H. HUNTINGTON, JOHN S. WOODS, NELSON PERIN,
ROBERT KUEHNERT, ELLIOTT H. PENDLETON, JR. ADOLPH HARTDEGEN,
EDWARD GOEPPER, DWIGHT HUNTINGTON, CHAS. RAMMELSBERG,
HOLDEN C. DAVIS, JOHN M. BALL, A. C BARNEY,
BRENT ARNOLD, W. H. SHOENBERGER, R. H. WARDER,
A. R. VON MARTELS, GEO. W. JONES, JR., ALBERT KUHN,
CHAPMAN JOHNSON, EDWARD HARRISON, CAPT. F. MCDONOUGH,
LOUIS O’SHAUGHNESSY, CHARLES T. DICKSON, CHAS. F. EATON,
ALEX. SANDS, JR., JOHN B. MOSBY, FRANK ANDREWS,
MAJOR FLAMEN BALL, JULIUS BALKE, JR., WM. VON STEINWEHR,
CAPT. JAMES S. WISE, BENJAMIN H. COX, JULIUS F. BALCKNBURN,
HOWARD S. WINSLOW, H. F. FARNY.
THE PROCESSION — FIRST DIVISION — MILTARY DISPLAY.
The military display was the finest ever seen in this city of big, grand sights. Everything contributed to make it excellent — fine weather on a perfect day, the celestial canopy an unbroken blue, and an atmosphere that affected one like an exhilerating [sic] exhilarating wine. Everybody enjoyed it. The military carried themselves with an airy grace, as though soldiering was a parlor accomplishment, and not an arduous profession, even when pursued in “these piping times of peace.”
The first division was headed by Colonel James Morgan and staff of twenty-five. These gentlemen were all mounted on splendid looking horses, and were uniformed in a rich and becoming style. They wore dark frock coats and dark pants and white vests, white neckties and white gloves, with a black military hat, trimmed with a gold cord and tassel. Their sashes were of heavy and rich corn-colored satin, embroidered with silver. Their saddle covers were made of a heavy blue cloth and bound with gold. Each of the gentlemen carried a little cane, the end of which was ornamented with a bunch of red, white and blue ribbons. Colonel Morgan and staff made a fine appearance, and led the military of which the first division was composed.
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FIFTH DIVISION.
The Fifth Division formed on Ninth Street, heading on Freeman, under the following management: A. L. Herancourt, Grand Marshal, and staff of twenty-five.
The Fifth Division was headed by an ambulance wagon, for what reason we are unable to conjecture.
Then came the Brewers’ Association, of Cincinnati, headed by a number of persons on horseback. Two Marshals were in the lead, followed by eight Knights, four hunters, four students, and others. They were all arrayed in gorgeous costume. After them were fourteen wagons, variously trimmed up.
Wagon No. 1 had a canopy trimmed with evergreens, and in the body of the vehicle were four ladies, fantastically habited, surrounded with sheafs of barley.
Wagon No. 2 was filled with bales of hops, and was drawn by four horses, with blue blankets covering them. The wagon was decorated with green and yellow trimmings.
Wagon No. 3 was labeled “Sprouting Barley.” Four beautiful the dapple grays pulled it. It was almost overwhelmed with its load of evergreens.
Wagon No. 4 No. 4 was labelled, “ Drying Malt,” and contained a furnace in full blast, sending out smoke and sparks. It had attached to it two black horses and two grays.
Wagon No. 5 bore a cooling apparatus made of copper pipes and surrounded by huge cakes of ice, so pure and clear that we might read a newspaper through them. Blue trimmings.
Wagon No. 6 was marked "Fermenting Process," and carried six fermenting tubs, the whole surmounted by a very beautiful canopy. It was drawn by four splendid specimens of roan horses.
Wagon No. 7 was marked "Storing Lager,” and contained eight large casks. Four bay horses pulled it along with its red and yellow decorations.
Wagon No. 8 was labeled “ Our Customers,” and was one of the features of the procession. It contained about twenty persons, each one costumed to represent some particular nation, and all of them sipping the foaming lager. The wagon was tastefully trimmed with green muslin and gold fringe.
Wagon No. 9 was a sort of special display made by Weber & Co. The German Millitary [sic] Military Band was on board, drawn by six gray horses. The vehicle was most elaborately and profusely fixed up, and all along the route was welcomed with cheers of commendation. The other wagons in this special department were all tastefully and neatly dressed.
Following the wagons were thirteen open carriages, containing the members of the Brewers’ Association and some of their particular friends.
The Brunswick & Balke Billiard Manufacturing Company made a stunning show. Two men on white horses, fantastically dressed, and with banners in their hands, led off, followed by wagons elaborately docorated [sic] decorated, in each of which was a billiard table upon which a game, or a supposed game, was being played.
The Gambrinus Stock Company Brewery almost overdid themselves. They brought out a wagon on which was mounted a hugh [sic] huge beer tank, about twelve feet in diameter and sixteen feet in length. On the front of the wagon was a capital painting of this brewery, and on the rear end a more than life-size representative of King Gambrinus, robed according to tradition, and holding in his right hand an immense schooner of the luscious lager. Six white horses majestically hauled the big concern.
A. Lotze’s Sons & Co., of 217 and 219 Walnut Street, displayed three wagons containing school-room ventilators, stoves and warm-air furnaces. Their vehicles were garnished and ornamented in fine style. On their third wagon was a stuffed hog raised upon a pedestal, and a motto, "Whole hog or none." It attracted much attention. Another hog was being cooked as the procession passed. The savory smell permeated the atmosphere, and "inflated" the appetite of all the vast throng which
Joseph Sharp, of 59 Walnut Street, made an excellent show. His wagon was labeled, "Nothing Like Leather." It was one of the prettiest features of the procession. All around the vehicle were reels wound with house hose for sprinkling purposes, rolls of leather belting, with lots of flowers and evergreens to give artistic taste to matters so material, while upon a raised platform was displayed a stuffed cow, so handsome and so natural in appearance that the best stock breeder in the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky would have felt his mouth water to see it.
Gaff, Fleischmen & Co., the big compressed yeast men, were on the rise. Their wagon was above the average, having on its sides oil paintings of two lions. We do not know what lions have to do with yeast, but as those animals have the character of being pugnacious, we presume that the firm is ready to fight anybody who presumes to enter the lists against them. Their wagon was resplendent with a multitudinous number of American flags, surrounding the motto "E Pluribus Unum," while above the whole was a canopy of blue silk studded with golden stars. Besides all of these attractions, in the midst were a nice little coterie of pretty girls, surrounded by vases of flowers, sheaves of wheat, wreaths of evergreen, and ribbons of red, white and blue, beautifully and artistically arranged, and which altogether brought out shouts of applause along the whole line of march.
August Birnbryer, coal and coke dealer, showed a fine specimen of a street Sprinkler. His wagon was beautifully decorated, and the contrast between the reds and the blue was striking.
Messrs. Krewener & Verhage, who have the soda water works at No. 270 Sycamore Street, made a grand display of fifteen wagons, all splendidly furnished and finished in the best tase and style, and all alike. They were filled with boxes of mineral water, and were led by the manager, Mr. Wm. Siefert, who was gaily caparisoned and mounted on a cream-white horse, with a banner in his hand. In the soda water procession, the last wagon had ten fountains charged with gas alone; a whistle was attached, and Mr. Henry Hackman had charge of it.
The Hemingray Glass Company, of Covington, brought out four fine sorrel horses, with white covers, and red, white and blue plumes, and hauled around a glass bottle fifteen feet high, the biggest ever manufactured in the United States. It looked like a Goliath among the array of Davids. The wagon was followed by two others, displaying the various wares and manufactures of the establishment.
The Fire Department and Barnum’s six elephants concluded the show. Everybody knows that the engines, and hose reels and hook and ladders are kept, all the time, in complete order, and never did they look prettier than yesterday, all cleaned, and burnished, and polished, and decorated and adorned with floral Ornaments furnished by fair fingers, from the lady friends of the hardy and stalwart men, who, through summer’s heat and winter’s cold, are ready at a moment’s notice to protect our property and our lives.
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SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BUILDING FUND.
FOR THE
ERECTION OF PERMANENT EXPOSITION BUILDINGS
LIST OF PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS
Abbihl, John J......................................$50 00
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Hemingray Glass Co.......................... 150 00
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REPORTS AND AWARDS
OF
JURORS,
SEVENTH
CINCINNATI INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
1879.
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DEPARTMENT
"H."
OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
CLASSES 52 TO 57 INCLUSIVE.
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DEPARTMENT H.
CLASS No. 56.
China, Glass, Earthenware, etc.
PREMIUM LIST.
No. Premium
818. Best Decorated White Ware...................................................... Gold Medal.
819. " Assortment of Glassware................................................... Silver Medal.
820. " White Granite Ware........................................................... Silver Medal.
821. " Cream Color Ware............................................................. Silver Medal.
822. " Yellow and Rockingham Ware.......................................... Bronze Medal.
823. " Display of Parian Marble Ware......................................... Bronze Medal.
824. " Display of Glass, China, Porcelain & Fancy Ware .......... Silver Medal
825. " Red Ware........................................................................... Bronze Medal.
826. " Stone Ware........................................................................ Bronze Medal.
827. " Specimen of Sand Blast Engraving on Glass.................... Bronze Medal.
Entries marked with an E are for Exhibition only.
REPORT OF JURORS.
To the Board of Commissioners of the
Seventh Cincinnati Industrial Exposition:
GENTLEMEN — The Committee appointed by your honorable body, in Class No. 56, as Jurors, after carefully examining goods in this class, render our decision as follows:
For best Decorated White Ware, Premium No. 818, to Homer Laughlin, East Liverpool, O., for beauty, design and finish.
For best White Granite Ware, Premium No. 820, to Geo. Scott & Sons, Cincinnati, O., for smoothness of finish and uniformity of color.
For best Cream Colored Ware, Premium No. 821, to F. Dallas, Cincinnati, O., for smoothness of glaze and excellent quality of body.
For best Yellow and Rockingham Ware, Premium No. 822, to P. L. Coultry & Co., Cincinnati, O., for beauty of glazing, styles and patterns.
Display of Parian Marble, Premium No. 823, to F. Dallas, Cincinnati, O. Very fine; no competitors.
Best display of China, Glass, Porcelain and Fancy Goods, Premium No. 824, to H. F. West, Bro. & Co., Cincinnati, O.
Display of Red Ware, Premium No. 825, to P. L. Coultry & Co., Cincinnati, O. Creditable; no competition.
Premium No. 826. No exhibitor.
Hemingray Glass Co., Cincinnati, O., display of Glassware.
Lewis & Neblett, Cincinnati, O., Premium No. 819, display of Glassware.
Very truly yours,
F. E. HUKILL,
J. C. HUNTINGTON.
WM. ANDERSON.
AWARDS — CLASS No. 56.
H. F. West, Bro. & Co., Cincinnati, O., China, Glass, Porcelain, and Fancy Ware......Silver Medal.
Homer Laughlin, East Liverpool, O., Decorated White Ware......................................Gold Medal.
P. L. Coultry & Co., Cincinnati, O., Yellow and Rockingham Ware............................Bronze Medal.
P. L. Coultry & Co., Cincinnati, O., Red Ware.............................................................Bronze Medal.
Geo. Scott, Cincinnati, O., White Granite Ware...........................................................Silver Medal.
F. Dallas, Cincinnati, O., Cream Color Ware................................................................Silver Medal.
F. Dallas, Cincinnati, O., Parian Marble Ware..............................................................Bronze Medal.
Lewis & Neblett, Cincinnati, O., Assortment of Glassware..........................................Silver Medal.
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