Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches)
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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a point near its northwest angle the party divides, some of Inemen and sledges continuing northwest and another portion turningnortheast past Norway House and toward Hudsons Bay. Thefirst ones follow their northw^estward course, passing numerous TRANSPORTATION. 297 posts of the great company of fur traders, and at each place leavinga portion of the mail and of their party. Reinforcements are takenwhen needed, but at the end, when all but one mail-bag has beendellv- jeered, and wlien a map of all the routes followedwould M^^resemble the crreat trunk of a tree with its branchesand subdividing in every direction, then to themost branch, far within the frigid zone, butsolitary man and one lone team of dogsand guard the precious freight. It is asome journey, and an impressive one,we think how easily the service of alldifferent methods of transportation areto convey our missives. For a few centsbit of paper guarantees to us that ourwherever in the world civ-semi- ~ c e p-the mag-modelsunken
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divid- top- o n e bear lone- when these enlisted a crummed messao^e will 11 i z a t i o n Relics of collections of the well as the canoes which convey the fie of the same In theexhibit iture oilest inwith civilization houses our friend,service are included in theTransportation Building, asand other water craftsummer traf-company.Eno-lishthe fea-great-terest,the ex-tion ofnificentof the Victo-ria, is the historical craft in which Grace Darling, the English hero-ine, rescued so many persons from drowning. It is sea-batteredand weather-worn, but its timbers are staunch and strong yet, andit could ride many a storm should necessity arise. It is an unwieldyand heavy craft, and one marvels how a frail young girl could have SAii. CAR- Exhibited by Sheffield Velocipede Car Co. 298 TRANSPORTATION. handled it to propel and keep It right side up in the breakers, and to assist those so sorely In need. From the South Sea Islands we have all sorts of odd craft, and from the Malayan Ar-chipelago spe

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