St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-24
WON'T GET MUCH.
Worlds Fair Commissioners Alert
for Schemes,

CHICAGO. June 23.-A large number
of the worlds fair commissioners, repre-
senting the various states, have arrived
in Chicago, and tonight in all the hO-
tells worlds fair matters were being
very earnestly discussed. Among the
most interesting conferences was one
between Joseph Hirst, of Tampa, Fla,
and A. S. Mercer, of Cheyenne, Wyo.
allotment of space at the centen-
NAL and had almost entire charge
of the recent Piedmont exposition at At.
lanta, Ga. In conversation with him,
Mr.. Mercer said: There seems to be
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 up the money, l think there
is going to be surprise for those who
think the commissioners will not have
decided opinion of their own. There
will be considerable Sitting at our
meeting, imagine" Exactly" in
terrupted Mr.. Hirst. ",The commits
sioners represent the United States.
They stand between the country at
large and the city of Chicago. We are
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Ito make this exposition
The Most Glorious One
the world ever saw. The site is the
first consideration. If we can be con-
vinced that the lake front can be OBJ
tanned legally, and that it will revert 10
the city of Chicago as park after the
fair is over, L don't think there will be
a dissenting voice among the commits
sioners; this, however, providing that
there is room enough.
"There's the trouble" said Mr..
Mercer. 81 don't think we ought to
open the doors with less than 1000
acres"
But if that opinion is very general
among the commission it does away
with the lake front at once, does it
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 irrigation, with an ex-
hibition of their irrigating process.
Colorado will produce her mines and
will build mineral palace. And so on
through the entire West"
"Well," said Mr.. Hirst, ''if they
really mean to occupy all the space, the
lake front will certainty be sufficient,
and am utterly opposed to dividing
the exhibition"
Mr.. Mercer then turned the converse
ton to Warren Leland's recent sensa-
tion in regard to the lake front.
"What bothers me in this connec-
tion," he said, sis why the Illinois Cen
tral should be willing to give million
and more toward the lake front as
site, when they could earn that amount
by carrying passengers to another point.
There must be something behind that"
"Simply this" explained Mr..
Hirst, .sthe road would use
100 feet of what it asks for
in building docks and structures that
would permit the unloading of ships at
their very cars. But you may rest as
sured that if there is any danger of that
spot being taken from this city as long
as she desires it, OF of its being ruined
for any purpose for which she may
desire to use it, the commissioners are
Just as much bound not to aid such
schemes as they are to see that the
United States has creditable exposl-
tion."