The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-14
CHICAGOS CHANCES.
NEW yoak WILL NOT GET n.



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Chicago vii 81 the Worfd1 faax. or
ness wM y no fair Inn snAs
uucse' kufus Hascn saso g sne Nes
York correspondent 81 TIE CnSeako Ae,usd
"New York dossnt Want II canI ses ~
ana c0uldnT accommodase u = y we're
dropped into her lap without asknE, ne
consinued- "FuFfhermofe. nobody 10
New York expects e % come mere, exceps
the pfoprSst0rs OF fsw second-fats nofeis
and clearinghouse and soma shOpkeepers.
a World fair IN New York would -
nuisance 70 the city and unsatisfactory 70
those Who might attend = New York
does not represent the American people.
and u not accessible 10 the majority Of
them An exposition Of : national chafac-
ter N Neu York would NOT attract foreign
people. and our labor would b IN vain II
We sought TO give them an idea Of tho
commercial greatness OF this country. 80
much In general way on the subject II
il Il not strong enough for CHICAGO people.
Why, write u down ~ more empoauc
terms, u you can ind thems and you VIII
stiil express my opinion
Everybody In Chicago and the West
knows Uncle" Rufus Hatch personally
or BY reputation. He has seen Chicago
grow from city of $500 inhabitants 10
one OF 100000. and knows I'll about the
canses aud the results Of this unprecs-
dented growth. He understands fcliy its
relations with the great West and the whole
country. and thus has some reasons for
saying thst Chicago will get the fair. Mr..
Hatch has spent many years Of his life in
Chicago and was one Of the organizers OF
that city's Board Of Trade. In 1861 he
came 70 this city, where he has since lived
and engaged In business His experience
Ia and knowledge Of both cities renders his
opinion ON worlds fair valuable.
In explanation Of his position on the
question Mr.. Hatch said: New York can
not set the fair simply because : Republic
can congress will not locate 1t here The
reason Is obvious and can be stated In .
word. Tammany laid its little plan to con-
troll 1t. and nothing now under heaven
could induce Republican Senate TO play
openly into its hands. The $4,000 600 bill
will never pass at Albany; that Is . fore
gone conclusion To mo. then. the matter
IS already settled. But suppose congress
had sent the fair here, what would New
York have done with itf It Il now abso-
iuteiy impossible for the city 10 take care
OF It's own population. The elevated and
surface roads are crowded beyond their
capacity, and few II any greater facilities
can b extended In the matter Of internal
transportation. At Forty -sccond street
and Sixth avenue | am compelled every
day to wait for three 70 i've trains on the
elevated to pass before can set inside, to
say nothing at = n0nf
when You think Of It, m astonishing
fact looms up-only one railroad enters
New York City, and by no possible means
can any ether be brought in. This one
road y Obliged TO cross drawbridgc, and
At least three days every week am seri-
ousiy delayed when l come into town by
biockades ct that bridge. That road Is
overcrowded now. and could hardly in
crease its facilities BY putting on more
trains. because they could not be accomo-
dated at the depot live up on the Hud-
son. Should the fair come here / should
ink n ofiiro and fhFow fha knv