144 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE SPECIAL DISPLAY 



OF EXHIBITS. 



Although in the fair there were many exhibits worthy of mention, there 

 were none that exceeded the really magnificent and extensive display of 

 the " Journal of Commerce" of San Francisco. The various counters, 

 shelving, pyramids, and tables occupied an area on the main floor near 

 the band stand aggregating two thousand eight hundred and sixteen 

 square feet. To give a complete description of this attractive as well as 

 instructive exhibit would take up too much space at this time, so but a 

 passing reference will be made. 



On a wall space, forty feet long, was to be seen one of the most striking 

 signs ever exhibited at any fair, and read " San Francisco Journal of Com- 

 merce display — Special exhibits." The monster letters represented every 

 department of commerce — metals, grains, products, etc. — each letter being 

 composed of a cereal or metal, the whole forming one of the most interest- 

 ing things to be seen, and the crowds who constantly assembled compli- 

 mented the ingenuity and enterprise of the journal. 



Turning to the right, at the end of the wall-table, was found a display 

 of varnishes in a magnificent case, as well as the materials from which 

 they were manufactured. Above this there was an artistic oil painting, 

 some ten by fifteen feet in size, forming an attractive feature. Heuter 

 Bros., proprietors of the pioneer varnish works, were entitled to the credit 

 of home-made varnishes. Then, neatly arranged, came grain exhibits, 

 topographical maps, mineral exhibits, models in elegant cases, including 

 the powerful Hercules dredger employed on the Panama Canal, and 

 manufactured by the Golden Gate and Miners' Iron Works of San Fran- 

 cisco; and numerous other instructive and interesting articles. Near the 

 stairway a blaze of light fell on a display of crackers, staple and fancy. 

 Artistically arranged was the display of the Selby Smelting and Lead Com- 

 pany, consisting of standard cartridges, bar lead, lead pipe in cabinet, tin 

 pipe, lead pipe, and anti-friction metal, which attracted much attention. 

 A display of bluestone and copper was made by this company. 



Arranged in the form of a triple pyramid was a fine display of Albion 

 ale and porter, made by J. H. Burnell, of San Francisco. 



A display by James Linforth, of San Francisco, consisting of roll, pul- 

 verized, and sublimed sulphur, being the product of the Dickert & Meyers 

 Sulphur Company's mine at Cove Creek, Utah. Adjoining, Messrs. C. H. 

 Street & Co., successors to the Immigration Association of California, made 

 a display of California products, consisting of cotton, silk, mohair, alfalfa, 

 California woods, etc. 



A table forty feet long had a fine exhibit from the California Cotton 

 Mills, of Oakland, which attracted a large share of attention, and which 

 will certainly result in much benefit to the industry. The display con- 

 sisted of towels and tablecloths, dressed flax, yards of cotton duck and 

 toweling, linen sack twine, and yards of kersey. 



Maps, charts, artistic designs, and a series of large photographs of Cali- 

 fornia scenes and views, the latter from Taber, of San Francisco, showed 



