Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-29

DEAR SIR-As the time approaches
| when announcement must be made as
| to the city selected at which will be held
s'the great Southern exposition, - and
sufficient time has elapsed since commits
sion was issued from these headquarters
| to yourself and the Hon Logan q e..
| Roots, of Arkansas, to confer with prin-
cipal cities and make selection of point
at which said exposition would be held
therefore, your attention Is most respect
fully directed to following resolution
passed at the Southern interstate immi-
grafton convention held at Montgomery,
Ala. December II, 1888:
| l. Resolved, that the southern interstate
immigration convention including represen-
! Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
! Georgia. Kentucky, Florida, Texas, Louis
iana} ..,nn Missouri sour Maryland, Arkansas,
| Mexico IN session assembled, recogniz-
/ ing that the time has come to divert part
| o. the great westward immigration to the South
IN order to build up the country and to fill it
! quickly as possible with good people, and
/ thereby increase the assessabe valuation of the
! that any monies now juticiously used and ex-
! pended in inducing immigration to such states,
! Will IN few years repay the states for all sums
! so expended.
| 2. F.Resoved, that as means to introduce
desirable class OF domestic well foreign
! immigrants into the South, this convention
| recommend the holding OF a Southern interstate
| exposition IN some one of the following cities:
| Philadelphia, New York. Boston, St. Paul,
! Kansas City or Chicago, as it may be determined
| hereinafter. Said exposition to begin on Octo-
| Der l, 10 /, and end January l, 1892.
3. Resolved, that wAen as many as seven
OF said Southern states aud territories have
| CURED in this recommendation, ii Is further
recommended that the committee of the agricui-
tural departments OF SAID states, or the person
duly appointed to take charge of said states
hibIt, meet in committee and exercise the power
OF an executive committee with authority to
appoint and elect such officers as they may deem
expedient, and make all proper and necessary
arrangements for holding said exposition.
4. Resolved, that all matters pertaining to
the conduct of the interstate bureau be left to
the general manager
Iu compliance with this resolution OF
said convention the following commits
sion was issued from this office:
OFFICE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE IMMIGRATION
BUREAU. F. B. Chiffon General Manager.
AUSTIN, TEX, Decemer 80, 1873. } r
Hon. John t. Patrick. Member of Executive
Commit ee, Ra .eigh, n. c.:
DEAR SIR-Deeming it important that the
bureau take steps at once to >certain what cities
North and West most DESTROYS of obtaining
the location of our Southern exposition, ther-
fore request and authorize you, in connection
with such commit. ee of gen lemen as you may
select to visit New York. Philadelphia, Boston
and such other cities In the North as you may
determine on, and ascertain what inducements
they offer and pr positions they are prepared to
make for the holding of such exposition.
have likewise commits stoned Hon. Logan H.
Roots executive member for the state of Arkan-
sas, to visit the West and find out from Kansas
City. St. Louis, Chicago and other Western
cities what they will do. These expositions will
be nearly permanent, they of vital import
ance to the South and their presence will prove
drawing card for the fortunate cities that secure
them.
As soon as such propositions have been sub
mltted as will warrant selection, the points
North and West will be named and everything
put in motion.
Honing that you will be able to accept this ap-
pointment and enter at once upon your duties,
am sir very = truly q yours yours, oon.-o, ,,ouo
a letter of the same import was also
mailed to Hon. Logan II. Roots of Ar
kansas.
Immediately the following offer reached
this Office from Pueblo, COL:
FROM COLORADO.
PUEBLO. Col, Dec. Il, 1889.
To Col. F. B. Chiffon, Southern Interstate I'm
migration Bureau:
We request you TO hold your projected exposi-
ton in Pueblo. We tender you the free use of
our half million dollar opera house for conven-
ton purposes and the State fair grounds and ex-
position buildings for your products and $40 900
for incidental expenses. Our climate is unex-
celled at all seasons and our winter weather ap-
prUaches perfection.
PUEBLO BOARD OF TRADE.
st. Louis also wired to know what |
amount would be necessary to secure the |
''Great Southern exposition, - and re-
quested to be given chance. Awaiting |
reports from yourself and the Hon. |
Log an Il. Roots nothing definite could |
be SAID to either Pueblo or St. Louis.
Agreeable to convention resolutions |
seven governors having been heard from |
each one emphatically pronouncng for |
au exposition you are hereby authorized |
by these presents to submit the offers res
ceived by yourself and Col. Roots from
no ria
You will notice that Boston seems to be |
the preference of large majority. In |
that connection l submit the following |
letter received from Governor L. s. Ross
or Texas, it being the only one in my
possession-the others being in your
office at Raleigh. Immediately on the
receipt of this you will please have your
last conference with our Boston friends
and inform this Office at once of their &C
ton. 1t has been decided to have but
one exposition and that at such point as
will offer most advantages to the South.
If Boston Is to be the favored clty let her
so signify by immediate ana satisfactory
action, as it will take all of years
hard work with all the money that will be
offered, to work up an exposition of the
South that will outrivsl the World IS
fair and possibly last a whole year. It
is estimated by high officials that at least
four millions Of people would see The
Great Southern exposition at Boston in
1891. Very truly yours,
F. B. Chiffon, Gen. Manager.
GOVERNOR ROSS LETTER.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
AUSTIN, March 25, 1890.
Hon. F. B. Chiffon, Austin, Tex.
DEAR SIR-In answer to yours OF the 20th in
slant, would say that l can conceive of nothing
|
of our section. and especially of Texas, as to |
have great exposition of the wonderful mate
rial resources of the South in a Northern city,
and preferably Boston which has already reached
out with her surplus capital and aided IL build
ing up our waste places 1t would be an educa-
ton to the people OF the North and East as to
the wonderful growth and prosperity of this, the
fairest portion of the Union, would certify them !
OF a land where no homesteads are under mort