Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-24
GIGANTIC FAIR PLANS
A Few of Them Made Public at a
Conference of Directors of
THE COMING WORLDS EXPOSITION.
What the Great West Proposes to Do in
Order to Further
TIE SUCCESS OF THE ENTERPRISE

CHICAGO, June 23.-A large number o
the Worlds Fair Commissioners, represent
ing the various States, have arrived il
Chicago, and tonight in all the hotels
| Worlds Fair matters are being very
earnestly discussed. Among the most in
teresting conferences was one between
Joseph Hirst, Of Tampa, Fla, and A.
s. Mercer, of Cheyenne, Wyo. T. Mr..
Hirst had much to do with the allotment Of
space at the Centennial, and had almost
entire charge of the recent Piedmont Expo
sition at Atlanta, Ga. In conversation with
him, Mr.. Mercer said: "There seems to be
a general opinion here that the National
Commissioners ..-
WILL SWALLOW EVERYTHING
decided upon By the directors. Now. while
their decision will have great weight as
coming from the city which puts mp the
money. think there is going to be surprise
for those who think the Commissioners will not
have a decided opinion of their own. There
will be considerable sitting at our meeting
imagine.
Exactly" interrupted Mr.. Hirst. "The
Commissioners represent the United states.
They stand between the country at large and
the city of Chicago. We are pledged to do
everything in our power to make this exposl'
tion the most glorious one the world ever saw.
The site is the first consideration. II we can
be convinced that the Lake Front can be OBJ
tanned legally, and that it will revert to the CITY
of Chicago as park after the Fair is over. l
don't think there will be dissenting voice
among the Commissioners. This, however.
providing that there is room enough"
LARGE GROUNDS WANTED.
There's the trouble" said MI. Mercer. 81
don't think we ought to open the doors with
less than 900 acres"
"But if that opinion is very general among
the commission it does away with the Lake
Front at once, does 1t not?'
"Well think you will find that that opinion
is decidedly general. Just look at the number
of States demanding ten acres each"
But what do they propose doing with it?"
asked Mr.. Hirst.
'Some very wonderful things and things that
need space. Utah is going to reproduce Salt
Lake and the country before and after irriga-
ton. with an exhibition Of their irrigating
process. Colorado will reproduce her mines
and will build a universal palace. And SO on
through the entire West"
"Well." said Mr.. Hirst, 'if they really mean
to occupy all the space they ask for the Lake
Front will certainly not be sufficient, and am
utterly opposed to dividing the Exhibition"
RAILROADS SHOULD BE LIBERAL.
Mr.. Mercer then turned the conversation to
Warren Leland's recent sensation in regard to
the Lake Front. What bothers me in this
connection" he said, 'ts why the Illinois Gen.
trail should be willing to give million and more
toward the Lake Front as q site when they
could earn that amount by carrying passengers
to another point. There must be something be-
hind it."
"simply this" explained Mr.. Hirst, "the
road would use 100 feet of what it asks for in
building docks and structures that would peri
nit the unloading of ships at their very carsl
But you may rest assured that if there is AMI
danger of that spot being taken from this cit
as long as she desires 1t, or of its being runeN
for any other purpose for which she may desiI
to use It, the Commissioners are just as mud
bound not to aid such schemes as they are Il
see that the United States has creditable ell
position"