New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-03
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION.


EFFORTS FOR THEIR REDUCTION-fINb DIS
PLAYS OF WOODS AND MINERALS BY RAILROAD
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND SOUTH N HARhoNf
on PLATFORM or SUBSTANTIAL PROSPERITY
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE IkIBuNhl
ATLANTA. Ga, Oct 3O-After many ups and
downs i'm its history the International Cotton Expo
sition is an established fact, with but single ODD
stacle between it and an assured success mat oo-
stacle is the high passenger rates preVhhli z oh
Southern roads In the past these roads nave gwen
theft principal attention 10 freights which
their most remunerative business ana 'hey nav.
only recently woke up to the value OF
passenger traffic, which has increased Immensely
within the last two or three years; not so much De-
cause the Southern people travel more than they
did rs for the reason that muitudes of Northerners
have fed from winter rigors TO more genlai cl'-
mate 1t is the great increase of tourists rom te
North that has compelled the roads TO ahu
IN their passenger rOing-stock and to adOpt lasleI
time schedules They have yet to learn tha1 10"
rates per mile pay better than high, ana tilaI ~
costs no more co draw n coach with hity
than with five passengers. Yesterday 4
meeting of exhibitors was held. consisting OF
one delegate from each State association to nSider
this subject and agree upon plan Tor obtaining
reasonable reduction from current rates, whlch Oh
many of the roads two and a half cents mic
each way. Upon consultation with various
railway officials. it was found that most OF them
would agree to the es ablishment OF excursion rates
at one cent mile each way, provided all would
unite in it. A subcommittee was then appoihteu
to confer with the officers of other roads, and all are
hopeful that the rate named will be adopted
One conversant with such affairs visiting TINS
Expositon will soon see that the manufacturers OF
the East and West have engaged in "A lively contest
of fhe
what line of business one investigates. rms
contest is everywhere apparent, and is conducted
in friendly bat earnest way that IL really amusing
10 a disipterested observer. II is because OF TINS
rivalry that most of the exhibitors are here spend
ing large sums in weekly expenses and II IS Ihs also
that has led them to form an ASSOCIATION lor
getting reduction Of passenger rates Unless 'ne
railroads bring The Southern people TO see US SAID
\ Nev-York manufacturer, eve had better pack mp
and GO home. Weare not here to catch Northern
bat Southern custom
The Southern railways, on the contrary. are
especially anxious for Northern visitors. They have
in the department of minerals aud woods displays
of a value that cannot be oycr'stmated'
Take three ont Of the whole rs Illus
tr,tons: The Richmond and Danvile system
controls 1000 miles of roads IN Virginia. The TWO
CaroIiuas and Georgia. rs exhibit mas hc'n o'I cos
iected NJ great cost under the supervision 81 hJ"I
McPhau, a gentleman rarely grained i"I
the duty, and comprises "a mass OF lnht'IaI
wealth covering the natural Resources
OF the fields, forests and mines oi the Nla'g9
from which thcy Ncr" drawn. In one snow case u
native gold from Georgia, IN nuggets. Jumps ana
bars. IL anO her, gem. and marbles Oh t~P!it'uII
fnrnes, and lint from North Caroline. In thlit
is an eXtranr iiuarv collection OF the ITLh'
tobacco FOR which that state l. famous.
ON the benches and floor are masses oil
coal ron, copper, slate, granite, marine 'ohHuhn
asbestos. mica aud other valuable minerals, Among
ia, ,rnois H. snrnr OF the most hrauiiiul hickory
white, hard and hue-graucd, that an aIlIsan
ever handled. In the large co,l"cu made
hy Colonel Kiltbrcw for the Louisville ana
Nashville system OF roads there are eNh'iiIS rom
Kentucky. Tennessee Alabama, MiSSl>e pp anu
Louisiana, very unlike those before referred TO- bnt
equally important and attractive. lHlht p1'h tH'
above. and vet cuucut'y instructive II the unc
collection Of the Florida and Gun railway
winch Colonel Owcu- Ia, arranged M an'le' I'VE
6Isplav. The may be- SAID Oh an lhr ToAh' lhtJ
exhibit. The average expenditure OF every one "l
these roads must have exceeded ten thousand ao-
lars and ali WAS done that the capitalists of the
world might see what pI"h'Api' investments
awaited them in the New south.
The exhibitors from the North say io these rail-
road men: Got yOur roads 10 put thcIr prices low
we viii do best to induce our men 81 wealth. u"
come down and inspect tie treasures, YOU
have TO show II is a far proposition, anu All hope
that il viii De accepted. II % Il. she one obstacle 10
financial success u tEls enerpris" viii be removed,
aud the Exposition viii wind up trumDhahtly at
The Tree interchange of opinions which Director
General Kimbal predicted last spring m one "i ms
Northern speeches, beg n m good earnest I3sl week
ON "Goyruors Day." When men like the Hon.
n ID. sherry. OF nn"cticnt, aud eN-G9VeIhor
BrOss of Illinois can stand on the same platform
nm Georgia with Governor Colguitt aud
Mayor English of this city, aud all four
in ulge IL the trset expression 81 their diverse sen
tments with toe applause of their hearers u looks
a though the dawn OF a political milrnilm Vd,
elise at hand That IS exactly what dld occur laSt
THURSDAY and il only the first OF many similar
scenes 10 occur in the next two months.