Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-13
FROM OYSTERS TO BEEF,
The Visit OF Baltimore Capt..
aliStS to Western Plains.
Their Welcome in Council
Bluffs Yesterday,

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over the c., B. & Q. railway early
yesterday morning from Burlington.
their last stopping place. The trair
reached the depot at Z o'clock and the
visitors found there waiting to vel
come them q number Of the prominent
citizens and officials provided with
carriages at their disposal for a drive
about the city. The visitors declined
the urgent invitation to breakfast O,
the Ogden, they having already oil In
readiness for their refreshment in the
dining car, and being DESTROYS to make
the most of their time they hurriedly
partook Of their meal there, and then
jumping into carriages were taken at
once to the board of trade rooms, the
president Of that body, 4. L Shugart,
Mayor Bowman, DR.. McCune, Alder.
man Richer, Col. j. W. Chapman and
others serving as guides and escorts.
The room being reached, q
more convenient opportunity was
presented for an interchange
Of individual oourtesies and
welcomes. Boxes of cigars appropri.
ately labeled Business" we're speed
lily attacked, and the company engaged
a short season Of sooiabllity and in.
formality. The visitors were Colonel
8. p. Thompson, Of the Baltimore
board Of trade, George H. Baer,
president Of the corn exchange, r. T.
Smith, G.. T. Gsmbrill, w. 7. Bam.
dollar, W. M. Cooper, G. w. Tltlow,
r.. s, Fowler, John 9. Leqg, B. B.
Clark, K. b. Owens, T. B. HULL, o.
r. Lsntz, g. w. Hit, e. M. Schwyer,
Frank Fisher and Charles Rous, ali
members OF the Baltimore corn Z
change; Fred A. Wheeler, superin.
tendent of the B. & o. elevator, 4.
P. RIPLEY, general freight agent Of
the O., B. & O.; FL. O. Debit, gen.
eral freight agent, Ford Wood, assis-
tant freight agent and M. J.. McCon.
ney, travelling agent Of the l.. b. &
W railway.
President Shugart by q gentle tap.
ping on the table caused . lull In the
conversation long enough to permit of
. little more formal talk, but this
part of the exercises was with good
business sense made brief, az he aug.
gested that II seemed more desirable
to spend the short time allotted, In
showing the visitors the advantages of
Council Bluffs rather than to indulge
In speeches. il
Col. j. w. Chapman being called
upon to give more formal utterance to
the welcome felt by all performed
that duty very happily, and expressed
regret that the visitors crossing Iowa
by night we're unable to see much of
what he deemed the grandest state in
the union. He related the Incident
told of Sheridan, who said that If he
owned Texas and "hell," he should
prefer to live In hell and rent out
Texas. Mr.. Chapman thought none
of the visitors could say that Of Iowa,
but that he would prefer to rent out
Baltimore and come to live here. But
II they really inslsted ON staying In
Baltimore we would trade them beef
for oysters, but the west was to have
something to say about prices here.
after. In conclusion he babe all Q
hearty welcome.
Col. Thompson, who seemed to be
q sort OF foreman Of the party of visi.
tors, WAS called on, bat he secured q
substitute In Mr.. BAer, another Of the
visitors, who, In Q really elegant and
eloquent address Of only Q few min
utss length, responded to the welcome.
He spoke Of the wonderful growth
and brilliant future Of the west, and
that the star Of empire was not west.
ward taking Its course, but was al.
ready here. As residents Of the east
they felt . pride In this no less than
those Of the west, for 1t was n
country, and the prosperity was shared
BY all. They would carry bnck with
them many happy re~membrances OF
their western trip, and among them
not the least would be the incident of
their visit to Council Bluffs aud the
hearty welcome given them here, for
which all felt duly grateful.
The carriages were then filed and
the company enjoyed . drive around
the city, the principal places visited
being Fairmount park. the dri, az
park and tho stock yards and the biz
elevator. The drive gave the v~isitors
. chance to soc much of the city and
the citizens who accompanied them
improved the time In pointing out OBJ.
jects Of interest and giving informa.
tion concerning Council b , Fl, advant.
ages,
Secretary Oiell, of the board oil
trade, furnished the v~isisors with
copies OF the annual reports OF tina,
body to con at their Leisure, and
armed With these they took the train
about 10 O'Clock tor a;ross the river tc
see Omaha and It's attractions.
At the train there was q Gene oil
jolllty. The v~lsitors had an oppor.
tunity to return some OF the oour-
tesies extended, their dining car be.
Ing we'll supplied. Corks Few AND
smoke arose, and short spsechts of the
bar quoting type were made, smonc
the participants In this exercise being,
Judge James, M. +. Rohrer, d. +,
Eicher, X Il. Odell and Others Of oul
we'll known citjz,ns.
The train then moved across the
river, the company expecting to re-
turn In the afternoon, and then pro
coed to Kansas City, from which point
they will turn homewsrd.
The visitors did not originally OK
; poet to come so far west, but hearing
OF their being at Peoria, the O., B. 4
Y road by its general manager T. j
Potter, gave so generous and so ur
gent an invitation to become i,s guestl
and run over its road that A. 70,