The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-11
FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.
DepeW and BOurke Cochran
Present New York's
Claims.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE New York
Worlds Fair delegation. coming on to
meet the Senate Committee at the hear
ing today, was already organized on its
arrival here, last night, having disposed
of preliminary matters on the train.
Secretary Tappin had complete list of
the party, with their addresses in Wash
ington, SO that any one or all might be
called at q moments notice.
At nine a. m. the members of the dele
cation met in the purlors of the Arlington
Hotel At half-past nine they took car
riages and proceeded in a body to the
Capitol. where the Senate Commit
tee met at ten O'Clock. Two hours
was the time assigned to New
YOrk's representatives for pre-
senting the arguments in favor of the
location of the Fair in the metropolis of
America. The three famed speakers,
| Chauncy M. Depew, Elihue Root and W.
Bourke Cochran, are the oartors of the
| occasion.
Chauncy NJ. Depew spoke first for New
| York and said
| Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conf
Auy American who visited the great
| exhibition at Paris last summer was i'm
| pressed with the fact that there was a
great necessity upon the people of the
| GtdUtS Ill buc u6ttr luUuI6 W nave
one which would be equal, if not better.
! 1t was in all respects the most superb
| collection of the evidences of the develop
ment of different nations in their
arts, industries and mechanical work
| which has ever been gathered. The
| nations of Continental Europe, of Asia,
of Africa, of Great Britain and her de-
tendencies round the globe, Mexico
and the South American republics in
| their buildings and in their exhibits,
| presented superb illustrations of their
| products and skill.
| The United States alone was utterly de-
/ ficient in any adequate representation OF
| its resources, its inventions or it's mechan-
| ical powers.
The location of New York upon an
| island makes it wonderfully adapted to
the easy distribution of large masses of
| people. The museum building in
| the Central Park are in the centre
| of population, and the locations outside OF
the park will be in easy and near connec-
| tion by electric roads. There are seven
| lines of horse cars, two lines of elevated
| roads, and two lines of steam railroads
| connected with the ground. In addition,
! twenty minutes walk, or, with the
| transportation which would be provided,
| ten minutes ride to the river on either
side, furnishes the piers and docks where
steamboats, and ferries can bear them up
| and down the Hudson, to Staten Island,
| to Long Island, up the Sound and across
to Jersey City to the networks of roads
which run out from there to all parts OF
| the country.
While there has been some chaff and
ridicule and raillery and pleasantly in
| the discussion of the claims of Washing
| ton and ST. Louis. of Chicago and New
| York. / can say for New York that there
/ has been 70 feeling other than the warm
est the kindest and the most respectful foI
those other cities and their ambitions. We
appreciate the public buildings and the
unequalled situation of Washington; the
| history, the location in the Mississippi
Valley and the future of st. Louis, and
the marvellous growth, expansion and
development, not only in commerce and
trade, but in all the elements which con
stitute great city, of art and culture, OF
Chicago.
Bourke Cochran followed Mr.. Depew
in an earnest speech setting forth New
| York's claims.
This afternoon Chicago will follow
New York in the presentation of her al
| legged claims, whatever they may be
Mayor Cregier, of the Windy City, is to
set the bali a-rolling, ana he will be fol-
| lowed by Thomas b. Brian and E. T.Jeff.
Grey. The arguments of St. Louis and
| Washington city have already been
heard. The first last Wednesday and the
latter yesterday.