Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-07
THE WORLDS FAIp
Hen. A n Bixby, ccmnismonsr hon
Ma.re. Very Enthusiastic Over Chi
cssc's Location.

| Comnissior er A. x. Bixby, . member
from Maire of The Worlds Columbian
Comm sseH. has returned from the West
and cheerfsiiy gave q Journal reporter the
| foliosisg information ca ths subject os the
coming fair. lis new location AMI the inter
est being taken:
The sscond session Of the Commission
srs Of the woriis Columbian exposition
closed two weeks ago" sad Mr.. Bixby.
After losg and had struggle. they Sc
cured for sight jas: what they asked
| for. and jus; VIA. il needed 10 mike
the far success. The site includes
the Midway Plaisance rith Washington AID
jackson Parks. IN all about 100 acres.
having a frontage Of three mics On Lake
Michigan. The site Ia all tina, could be
ies.red.7
There is Big task awaiting those who
c5mpie.s preparations. il there not. Mr..
Bixbye
The Commissioners are beginning TO
realize the msgsi.ads Of the wo.k before
them. Is a stage nsi5a, Undertaking, AMI
II will require wisd3m, energy and skill to
make it a sGccfs. WORK viii now begin
ia earnest. Plans Of gigantic sructG,es-
triumphs Of modern architecture will soon
be laid before the committee on grounds
zad buildings. Armies ot yorkmea will be
engaged, asd pr gFezs vi III be rapid. The
area will be skiilfslly laid %, sni be
covered with the mes, suitable and coz
venien. array Of cx 1ibition buildings that
the world has set seea.
The fame Of these preparations will ex-
tend 10 the remoicst parts Of the earth and
the Old World will not fail to be repre-
sented BY exhibit, and By ,heniands Of
visitors Emperor William has already
signified his intention Of coming to America
IN 1898 and viii visit the Worlds Fair. II
will be a colossal exhibition. and cannot
fail to be grand success. Ihe woman's
department will surprise the world. Al
ready the most refined. Intelligent and en-
ergetlc women Of our country are actively
at work
Are the people do you think, taking
bol Of the matter in earnest
No, oniy Chicago but the whole West Is
wild with enthusiasm over the undertaking
and the Interest j, spreading toward the
Ea.t and the Souta. New England canno'
afford to lose the opportunity of exhibiting
to the world the products Of her mills and
her manufactures, thus opening new mar
ket, for her goods. There will be spread
out in Chicago 10 1893 the grsndest
panorama that the world has ever yet seen.
believe Chicago 10 be the mos. beautiful
city on the American continent. Its ave
nues and bouleyards are not equalled By
any other city in the United States. Lin
coin Park exceIs anything of Its kind that
have ever seen. The Sheridan Drive.
forty miles along the shore of Lake Mich
igan, if net equal 10 the ancient Appian
Way Of Rome i, the finest in America.
Chcsgo has many magnificent homes,
and the various les Of architecture are
most pleasing to the eye. Among the bus
mess men of Chicsgo there il an energy
AMI lsteru ina,ion to succeed that is worthy
Of commentator. fully believe that the
fair coul. not have bee1 located in any
other city where 40 great local support
would be given. VITA such men as Hon.
Thomas " Palmer as President and Col.
Geo r. Davis for Director General, who
can doubt complete success?