Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
OUR CITY LEADS ALL.
Iron and Steel Men al Washington
Give Pittsburg the Palm.
MOST WONDERFUL SIGHTS. SEEN.
The Distinguished Visitors Are Elusive in
Showing Praise For
THEIR TREATMENT ON AMERICAN SOIL
rrRoM A STAFF CoRREspoNpENr. !

rFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, October 25-It is safe to
say that very few OF the British, German
and French iron and steel men, who were so
Hospitality entertained in Pittsburg that
they can never say enough about it, were
missing from the crowd that poured out OF
the cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad this
morning and scattered to their various
hotels, with, of course, the IS or 100 ladies
that 90 wherever that excursion goes. And
that they thoroughly enjoyed themselves to-
day goes without saying.
The Transformation from the smoke and
SCOT of the manufactures they have been
visiting and from the confinement of the
four special trains in which they came to
the wide avenues and sunny, smokeless at
mosphere, out of the world of screaming
whistles and roaring machinery, suggested
a sudden transition from hades to para
disc. The whole party seemed to be elated
with the inspiration of the cool, clear. brac-
ing atmosphere, and lost not moment in
starting out to "take in the town."
PITTsBURG THE MOST WONDERFUL.
Cabs, carriages and four and si1-horse
tallyhos were in immediate demand, and
the crowd melted away from the hotels as
if by magic as soon as the breakfast was
over. Their reception at the White House
in the afternoon was revelation
to them In the way of demo-
cratic institutions, as few of them
had ever before had the opportunity
to grasp iamiliarly the hand of the chief
official OF a nation. or even that of prime
minister or chancellor. Though they were
loud in their praise of the beauty, bright
ness and cleanliness of Washington and its
grand public buildings, which show to so
much better advantage tnan any OF the
Government structures OF the capitals of the
other world, without exception they gave to
Pittsburg the palm as the most wonderful
city they have visited.
One of the German visitors said: "Pitts-
burg impressed me the most. Her iron
works, steel works and natural gas are
amazing. There is nothing to be compared
to it,
The whole company are elusive in their
praise of their treatment everywhere, the
magnificent transportation furnished by the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the management
OF Secretary Kirchof, of the general CON-
mittee of arrangements, and of Mr.. William
P. Shinp, chairman OF the committee on
transportation.
HANDLING THE PARTY.
Speaking of the excursion Mr.. Kirchoff
said: "Of course, Mr.. Shinn derserves
most of the credit, but really 1 think can
say that the whole affair has been great
success from beginning to end. But when
we lett New York-well, if you think it is
an easy job 10 start off party of that size
you are away behind the times. At the be-
ginning there were about 600 in the party,
though, of course, many of them
have dropped out from time to time.
But think of supplying berths
and meals on the trains for that number and
you have some idea of one small part Of the
work that had to be done, especially if you
take into consideration the fact that more
than two-thirds of the party had never been
ia an American sleeping car before. Why,
every last one OK them expected lower
berth.
"Of the hospitality with which they were
treated, it was simply unbounded. ascribe
it all to the innate spirit of hospitality in
the American people. Here they have
large body of foreigners who are in a sense
their guests and they have seemed determ-
ined that the visitors shall not go home un-
til they know just how we'll Americans can
do things when they try. The whole affair
has been big undertaking and l am only
too glad that it is turning out as well as it
seems to be- LIGHTNER.