Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-28
THEY LIKE OUR CITY.
Delegates to the Sunday School Con-
yention Are Unanimous In
THEIR PRAISE OF THE GAS CITY.
Such Hospitality Have They Met Here as
They Never Experienced.
PITTSBURG SURPRISED MOST OF THEN

The church people of P1ttsburg may well
feel proud of their manner of entertaining
the 700 and more delegates who came from
near and far to attend the great Inter
national Sunday School Convention. They
opened their houses and their hearts, and
gave freely of their bounties to the visitors.
What is most grateful to Pittsburg ears is
not their own agreement that they have
done we'll, but the unanimous thanks of the
delegates and their one voice that such hos
pitable treatment they never did receive
anywhere else. The visitors speak in the
highest words of their welcome, and with
surprise Of the greatness and enterprise of
this city. Many of them say that they had
no notion that Pittsburg was SO large
place. They thought it was a foundry
town. all black and grimy, with the people
living mostly in dingy frame houses in long
rows all alike.
CITY Controller Morrow, the Chairman of
the local Executive Committee, said yester-
day to a reporter for The DISPATCH:
s'Many Of the delegates have come TO me to
thank me for what our people have done for
them, and they have taken occasion to ex-
press their admiration for Pittsburg and its
business activity. This convention will do
us good in a business as well as in a relig
ious way. A majority of these delegates are
laYmen. The ministers are greatly IN the
! minority.
GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
"There are business men here from all
parts of the land, men of important inter-
ests, who had never visited Pittsburg. 1t
is a good thing for them to come here and
see what we are and what we can do. One
gentleman whom met is from South Caro-
| lima. He has had business relations with
Pittsburg for many years, but he never was
here. He told me that he was greatly sur
prised to see what q large and handsome
city this is. He thought it was much
smaller town, full of mills but not great
deal more. met also delegate from Ala
bama, who had been in Pittsburg 20 years
ago. He said he thought he knew the city,
but he did not. He could not recognize
ANYTHING except the rivers, and said that he
was greatly astounded at the growth. These
are lust like other talks that I have had
with the visitors, and we are all very much
pleased over the good impression we have
| made"
It is true that many of the delegates have
been so busy with the three sessions day
that they have had no time to see more of
the twin cities than what passed before
their eyes as they rode or walked from their
| have seen such hints of interesting sights
hereabouts that they have taken the time to
| 90 around little, while still others have
made up their minds to inger here awhile,
now that the convention is over, and be
sight-seers for few days.
There is not much praise for the weather.
except as it was yesterday, and few of the
visitors are able to speak we'll OF the acoustic
qualities of Mechanical Hall.
A TRIP TO BEssEMER.
Yesterday quite large party of visitors
went, under the guidance of William #.
Maxon, Secretary Of the Local Executive
Committee, to Bessemer, where they made
trip of inspection through the Edgar Thorn
SON Steel Works. There were in the party,
among others, Judge and Mrs. Bamfeld, of
Rhode Island; Mr.. and Mrs. Hough, of
Michigan; E. P. Searle, of Tennessee; A.
H. Gleason, Miss Lucy Wheelock, Miss
Bertha Vella, Mrs. w. n. Hartshorn, Mr..
Armstrong and Mr.. Saunderson, of Massa-
chusetts; H. G.. Talcott, of Connecticut, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mackie, of Louisiana. All
members of the party, tired and footsore
with the walking over cinders, were de-
lighted with the visit and with the gigantic
and wonderful workings they saw.
The opinions of many delegates, chosen
partly for their representative character and
partly at random, have been solicited and
are herewith given:
Mr.. B. f. Jacobs, of Chicago, the Chair
man of the Executive Committee, said:
"Pittsburg has exerted herself to give us
great pleasure, and has succeeded wonder
fully well. I cannot say that this conven-
ton and the manner in which it has been
conducted surpassed the one held in To-
H., o.o hos haan INV aoua1 to
it in the United States. Chicago is obliged
to take off her hat to Pittsburg, but that she
is ever ready to do, as she has great ad-
miration for the Smoky City, Indeed,
Pittsburg stands higher in the estimation OF
the Chicago business people than many
cities twice its size.
NEVER BETTER REPORTED.
"Oh, yes, another thing 1 wish to say is,
that we never have had better press reports
than have been given US here. It is mat
| ter of universal comment among the Ex-
ecutive Committee. With NOW you
smooth this up in writing it," Mr.. jacobs,
who without doubt is the best-known man
among the Sunday school workers of the
| United States, was carried off by several
who wanted him to visit either the Carnegie
Library, the Edgar Thomson Steel Works
or the Westinghouse electric building
William Reynolds, of Peoria, ILL.,, the
general organizer of the International
Union, is, after Mr.. Jacobs, the most famiI-
| iarly known. He is native of Pennsyl-
vania, having had the good fortune to look
at the light and cry for the first time down
near Chambersburg. Mr.. Reynolds said:
CT never knew the delegates so we'll satis-
| fed. have been at all the conventions,
| and never saw such enthusiasm. They are
united in praise of their treatment. have
known Pittsburg well for many years, and
1 worked to bring the convention here. I
knew what the people here could do.''
Rev. DIR. John Potts, of Toronto, Ont, is
leader from the Dominion. He is a
giant in body as well as in mind. He said:
"We have been delighted. There is only
one feeling among the friends from Canada
of the extraordinary kindness of the people
in Pittsburg and our reception by the Amer
lean delegates, and voice the sentiment of
the whole Canadian delegation in that. I
believe that this international Sunday
| school work is calculated to keep the two
countries in the most friendly relations. 1
have been around the city somewhat and
have seen your splendid residences. was
| not able to look into anv of the manufacture
| ing interests, but 1 see that ::Pittsburg is a
city of much greater magnitude than sup
posed. 1t seems to he a city of great
wealth."
ABUNDANT HOSPITALITY.
A. Henderson, a delegate from Wood
stock. N. B., said: "We could not feel any
better over your treatment. have gone
through your city quite little. Your
hospitality has been abundant. We could
not ask any more; in fact, we have received
probably more than we deserved. You have