Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-24

names of persons from the other side of the
Channel and from the United States. The
Eiffel Tower has been a success from the
day when the public we're first permitted to
mount it, that is to say, from the 10Th of
May last. In round figures that structure
cost 81, ,000, 900; its elevators have taken il
$500. 900 more than that amount since they
commenced running. The shares rep
resent $40 each, and the capital stock
was returned to every shareholder as long
ago as the 10Th of September. The COM
pany now own the tower, and all taken in
after this will be profit, for their original
subscription was handed back to them at
the date indicated. The restaurants inside
the exhibition grounds have all done we'll.
One company, which has three establish
ments of the cheaper kind, has cleared
500, 900 profit. There is not reastaurateur
in the grounds but who has cleared his
$40, 900 or $50, 900. Brebant, the Rouman-
ian restaurant, and the Alsatian dining
room, all three on the first platform of the
Eiffel tower, have each gained profit of
$40O daily. The bars did thriving busi-
ness, so too did the bakers, and the pork
sellers, and the wine dealers-eVerybody in
fact who had anything to sell or any way
whatever of making money.
A BOOM FOR CHICAGO.
Some of the leading French journals are
pulling" hard for Chicago Tor the Exhibi-
ton of 1892. The Journal des Debdts, un-
doubtedly one of the most serious and
powerful newspapers in Europe, says:
At the present moment, the great questionm IN
America is to create an immense Universal
Exhibition in 1892 and which will be the sequel
of ours of 1889 Two large cities are disputing
which shall have the honor of organizing this
great Exhibition. On one hand, New York,
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commercial center. In this pacific, but very
keen strife, it was believed at first that the
former city would come of victor, but from re-
cent and private information, and which we
guarantee the authenticity of, we are led to be-
lieve the 'giant of the great lakes" Chicago,
will obtain more voices in Congress than her
elder, richer and better placed rival From
now, it is almost certain that Chicago will be
the city selected at which the universal exh1-
bition of 1892 will be held. We confess that
this conclusion has all our gympathies as al
do not think that our New York friends re-
quire telling that an exhibition ought to be in
the city which furnishes the best type of the
civilization and progress made by the great
Republic. The choice of Chicago, therefore
appears to be compulsory. Each universal ex-
hlbition up to the present has been dis
tinguished by the particular genius of the ma
tiOn which took the initiative in the matter
This was logical Thus, at Paris, we were de-
sirous that the unrivaled attractions which we
offered to foreigners should be of an essential
ly French character and not over cosmopolI-
tan. We willingly recognize the part that
Belgium. Spain, England and America have
taken in the exhibition. but we are, of
course, happy to think it was mainly French
everywhere. So, too, ought the Americans
to see that the Exhibition of 1892 is, above
all, American, and it Is for this reason that
Chicago, the typical city of the United States,
should be designated as the one in which the
civilization of young America should be
incarnate, if we may use such term. Which, |
ever may be the site chosen, France will, un-
endeaYor to contribute to the sue
cess of this exhibition. It will afford her an |
opportunity of securing fresh triumphs for her
and it will enable the two nations to
unite more closely the bonds of friendship |
which already exists between them.
HENRY HAYNIE.