The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-21

ninen.e ,';nsa spfun9 up ~ hlsht, laii u
ns sit' !. ,u.p upo'i .ne test VI ues'honstratloh
business suggested by men OF business
New York would assume the reaponsi
r"aay & " ~ ane ,ed i'n smsce1s' Inc slle wa va!
acres, while the Paris Exnos;tion con ou'
tanned only $50 acres. Had any othel
Gity met this question OF site and solyet
~ ca",, Mo. Htmets laau 9hly attempted
o Ioraa ",asIa. a..; iop;!e.' "Iu "4ulu asK iol
Iam;ss s' ,vaplp;p. ,vvpp.;oplm.oa. III Gnlcaso, o.
aos woa,s s,;,, ,",;asaston u; .s lms problem Of slte
ynsr o' as ~ 49,. t.ae nit I.I.ua Ut ny nuu. view
w. "r""to "%a 'ao hrmay ~ nv ssatlon oes%eeti m
.s,, smu sieasul pIts .. to's County nhu Inc
me".in, "o,, ,".o. "uu ..,!'ousn ~ c9lnes anu goes
anJ v ;,nno,,a ne,ea'' n, T.s 'sas y. ouf eApotls
tmrar u 'J'1. nnJ nmu a,n M..e,.Eau iInu!ac-
.raotor o anu ;uas,;n ns.Gu'uta''ss , Mhnu'a nave
s.1. sn,i n.oi,a,a .hut;se v1nto.; h,s wares
Mnn nu ;,neIs =, ILLS Nv. ~ wy iolh e'.y .nan ne
H.. H t 40 n;it ~ osn.' =! ie'sa1n vi 'nc l"ct
,Is "s -. ~ r." LasoA mtse, !oca! assem-,
~, T,aso sonS w w lHsttue'eu . Mnu oshelteu anu
,,9oJs w uu mn,,' u ~, .av aur.aes iact tta: his
sG1ha ssS;,h ~ %ou.u w .''ioMn into comparison
",tn ,s,,;1 ane wares nnu plouuc!s III the great
so'n'uo'e'a' oAc''''so VI 'i'e continent.
STRONG ARGUMENT,
Chicago md 81, Louis mus, ho,h cor.
n, "'' o'''' wa
eeue ln"1 LOT 'ofeigh natiohs 10 reach
their cities they must first ship by water,
unload-in New York, II YOU please-re.
lood sb;, :, f,o;,,t o,., ro,,,a ~ l,o.,
., r - .''s"' .".'' ,'"O'. ~ o'oe"'
aug niu "reck' over nine hundred miles
lulauo ahu unloau again before exhibits
feach the'r destination, anu when the
ialt is over their exhlblts must again be
toaueu, uhloaoea and reloaded IN order
70 pe returned 10 the countries whence
ihey came: washington could boast no
less aaoor' IN hauling. ihereiore with a
guasah'ee on the part O! New York ior
it's drnsa t,nr;,Ia,;on ] ;,s ~ ,na, .ne 'a,, "itn
interest, It's attractiyeness to foreign Wis.
itorss, its commodious harbor to receive
.ofs.sn gooas. us ample accommodations
dniv visitors ana With ~ ho,rt;ini ", = ii'1anu a.
in the hands Of the committee already
improved to the extent Of 4 million and
na'i uolla's, he clailheu 'nat New York
"ao osstsf PtePueu ioi sh's iaF taah
u'y a. otnet e'ty that ASKS it-ln TACT,
Tue Only cfey prepared 70 uhdertake tue
enterprise, Iaa, complete the buildings BY
May l., l9'-, ,aoa an1 10 Glose Lhe lar by No
'ei.oet y io'-' anu tlie'eloFe was the
onay pace 1ie 'air coulu oe heid IN that
ye". wnere po'i!lcs "ou.u DC deparreu,
aol suey eou.u hI,sh the pulidihS Two
n1nths peiofs f!eslueht was nomiha-
tel " a1iu n c,ose .ne ia'I oei9Io tue election.
I ~ a'aeu "uetHet tue i19ase " was pre-
Eur; tateu W Vose ;,,; !roli' tae puote lrSasufy
nse 6. " 'en h,il'ions " uoIais !of chicago
~, ~ ot' Eouls W ioease tne iu's Ia elther OF
.nese cues Wnen IL could locate 1t IN
NV. Mew iors orr W. "iteout any approprlatlon
eA'op' ioe 'ne oo'efnlnen' eAn'pies.
cuIcAGo's CLAIMS.
After several others had spokeu for
Nav Sorl Mr. Hnt of Illinois o,orod
:, -; ~ A'"''' op'"ou
iof oaicago.
He said that Chicago was the great
center OF the United States, it surpassed
anv o,,,er n,aea in fuo;];,;ao y, t,,ral .s,,
-. o'Ae. p'"ee 49, '"e.,'''e' VI .'"' e' uno
aolilty, 70 care Tor the people, The
loteis were on IN enormous scale and
hau never oeen oyer'taSed. One had
peen opened last lall that was monu-
mental anu no" many more W.llld come
depended only on the energy OF Chicago.
Her car lines ana steamers could handle
thousands OF people. Inc city was &C.
cessloic 10 tue m'htng regions OF Penn-
sylvania ana the great agricultural belts
o. the West, Commerce was there car.
rlea on IN the grandest scale by land and
wafer. her tonnage was second IN slze
among American cities. a foreigner
would not stop at the gate OF the repub-
nc anu thIn PACE rs ne "onlu II the ialr
were TO DC held al New iofE. Hewou!dgoo
ana see the M'ss'ss'pp! valley, tLs grand
apotome OF the great interior: The site
at Chlcago was ati ready. The land is
leVei ana no preparation IS srequlred. 1t
woulo leave great empty space IN the
treasury, alter New York had blasted
away ROCKS enough 70 anord site.
flaceu IN tue interior the lalr "oulu
!, .s...J iocad W % nt t;dauo,a-p p'TH,o ho a .nau
OF Chicago were enthusiastic. Ttey
were not pickering among themselves
Ihey stood united 10 make the lair a
onco o. the i wamli Ia " ,v "seSn "
foreign visitors? Perhaps 10000 Mt
most. He expected l5,00O.000 Ameri.
cans to attend the fair. Would it be
proper to compel 100000 people to
travel to the extreme edge Of the coun-
try, as they you'd have to do il the fair
were held in New York? at the Crystal
Palace Exposition a Chicagoan had re-
ceived the highest award Of any exhibi-
tor. Chicago had improved in forty
years and would manifest it to the salts
oiForIed tha onnortnn;tv to hr;rr n tLo
not;co of tho ran;tof;st foro;on and 10.
mestic, the vast undeveloped resources
OF the West and South which seek capi-
lal anu tempt US Investment. IN con-
iG, a,,IJ a,nI;o, M % tno on,h,s;na,;" ~ ~ oGar,a >;
a,I II ,ha 1i naonIo M and bo % a momorahIo o ond u
.,,aa,;spaut an Va; poU'U s,oaoss u W "o'0 "ue'
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