Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
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fdf these vast arrangements for goods
which could be better seen in one Of
thsssshass.e.!Si tn sshss Siss nEeR tso @table a,,le
folly and for reckless extravaganza. I,
presume that several persons have
cried for more space" nssuoc5 5ssi6n,
,nobody knowing just what was~wanted
or just the proper thing to do.
FIGURES ooFoERs1Ns THE, SHOW.
When.speak gof sthe gepsfa al finan-'
cial oondtion 6f the EXPOSITION, I in
tended to mention the reports in cir.
cu1ati0n here about u probable con-
fagration, and which has already been
sent over by. telegraph. How the report
first started is more than can say, but
not doubt can exist about the uneasy
feelings of many exhibitors. The expo.
sition is not only a losing operation in
itself, but all the outside enterprises
are losing also. The restaurants and
cafes, except those along the Prater
Alice, are universally empty, and thou
sands of napkins and white table-cloths
are are only soiled by the dust.
When it was found that all the
petty little stands demanded prices
equal to the Trois Freres, every.
body went to the latter place by prefer
ence, and now two or three really good
restaurants are taking nearly all the
custom. The prices are so exaggerated
that very few care to eat within the
grounds. In consequence, failures are
occurring every day: Tracy & Jewett,
the men who first made the charges
against the old commission, and upon
whose statements the reports to Wash
ington were based, have failed and ran
away. They leave large debts behind
them, and I am told owe one man
SIC, 900. They left their employees
here utterly destitute, and only o
moment ago I sig gned my name
to subscription list started among
the Americans for their relief. Kune's
"American Restaurant and Bar "
has also failed, and has been turned
into an Austrian beer-shop, (although
the Stars and Stripes still float above
it, and it is said that others here will
speedily follow suit When a business
man has to borrow $25, 900 TO start an
establishment, and then finds his ex-
penses about twice as much as his re-
ceipts, it is very evident that he, will
continue only so long as bis hope holds
out. The moment he finds that he
cannot pay expenses, much less inter-
est on his capital. and replenish his
stock, he is going to fail. The
important question is the man.
ner of getting out of business.
Some prefer to leave between two
days some prefer a good incendiary.
Two or three fires have already set
people thinking upon this question,
and reflection has led 10; some rumors.
Last night, when returning from the
'"Volks 9arten," where Ed Strauss,
and two military bands had been max
ing music for large brilliant assem-
blage, I was startled by the alarm Of
fire il the direction u. of the. Prater.
Enginen after engine rnshedc by aat "a
gallop, blowing. . horn to- clear the
way; and it. was ssaiG that the whole
corps Of flFehen had been signalled to
the expedition: At my hotel it was rl-
mored the Misunderstanding was not on
fire, but fred. The distinction will be
readily perceived. Taking q cab Lwent
to the spot; hut was stopped at the en-
trance by q Gordon of police, and was
very soon blockadeds in. After 1 time
word came that IT. was not the !expoM.
ton Building that was on, fire. but .
restaurant @close ,by,. that! Of ,Elsass-
Loryaipa Getting back was difficulty,
for at the first, cry of6re everybody
rushed to the Prater,p eelningly with
the preconceived idea that the build
ting would be burnt sooner Of later, and
that the hour might have. then come.
So far as the main, building is con-
cerned, the bare suspicion is great
outrage, but I fear that it can be truth.
fully. said that nine tenths of those
who have established themselves around
it would like to see their build.
ings we'll on fire. It is a losing game
all round, and some way out must be
found. By their rapacity the Viennese
killed the goose of the golden egg6 al
once, and they can never do away with
the effects Of the newspaper reports
abonks 1aeirs eaflFs .Eraed.. I-u,a6 aud
that the restaurateurs who made
charges against the old commission are
now making other charges, and I be.
lieve they have counted smong Their
assets, or for all assets so far as
know, the sum of 5000 forms said to
have been paid Baron Schw artz upon
his personal and private demand. Al
any rate, these two men have caused q
large amount Of scandal here, and the
names of levitt and Tracy will not be
pleasantly recalled in the records oi
Vienna.
M0squitOes Of the Red River OF the
North.