Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-29
THE TEXAS CAR EXHIBIT,
Thousands Flocking to See the Exhibit.
Ex-Governor Hubbard to Lecture
TEXAS CAR EXHIBIT.

TEXAS CAR EXHIBIT,
| CHICAGO. ILL. Aug. y 1891.
| Mr.. W. A Bowen. Secretary San Antonio Com
| mercial Exchange. San Antonio. Texas:
My DEAR BowEN-Icwas pleased 10 re
| ceive yours of the 18th. instant stating that
| your city was about ready to send on au eX-
! hibit. Please have il sent TO DeS McineS,
| Ia, which place we will reach on the 26tn.
| instant and remain to the state fair. We
would like your advertising matter to give
| out very much while there We have sent
| letters. kilograms and clippings of the press
each week TO the Express ana other Texas
| papers showing the great success OF the
Texas car exhibit, and what is said OF IT,.
We have not lost q moment OF time so far
made firSt-clasS connections and such de
mand for Texas literature even YOU, with
all your work in this behalf, never inag-
ined possible. And addresses are listened
to with great interest. Gov. Hubbard lee
lures tomorrow night in F'arwell hall, and
Will be introduced by ex-senator G. B Far
well, who, you know IS deeply interested IN
Texas
The lady managers of the Columbian eX-
position and officers of that great institu-
ton have examined our exhibit in parties,
and it requires three men from morning
till night 10 show the constant stream Of
people the exhibits as they go through the
cars.
Tomorrow we go TO Waukesha, Wis, for
two days; from there to DesMOines. Ia, to
the state fair, from August Is to September
4 then to Albert Lea. Wis, September to
= then to Hamline, MINI, TO the state fair,
September 10 u; then 10 the Wisconsin
state fair and exposition, Milwaukee, Sep
TENDER IA 10 IS; then Milton, Wis, Septem
Der is to 20: then to Troy Center, Wis,
September y and %; then to Elk Horn,
Wis, - and 23. Please give the papers of
Texas our arranged route and dates, so the
people can keep up with US and keep Us
supplied with matter ami exhibits
For the past three days we have been on
State street, where over $50 900 people pass
daily on the South Side cable cars. |
worked Il genuine Texas RABBITS foot on
the city government TO get them to permit
the Illinois Central road to TO place
our cars on the lake front opposite the LIE
land, Auditorium, Richelieu and other great
hotels. You know the location. and that il
IS the most aristOcratic and fashionable in
Chicago You know the thrOngs that pass
there daily along that cool lake front, and
Michigan boulevard, and on and off the sub
urban trains. | finally got j permit from
the city authorities, and we have attracted
tens of thousands to the Texas exhibits.
Such concession, as YOU know, has not
been granted in five years. as there are now
more than fifty injunction suits pending re-
gardiug Instructions to this front. 1t Is
great compliment to Texas.
am receiving letters and kilograms daily
from managers of fairs and other large
gatherings of people inviting us to visit
them; ard if our years trip does not re
suit in bringing quarter of Il million peo-
pie TO Texas ii will be because effect does
not follow cause, for as Secretary Dana OF
the Galveston chamber OF commerce told
me last week, after visiting Virginia, H..
You have set those Illinois people cray.
Every man, woman and child is talking
Texas"
Col ". S. Herndon of Tyler, Maj Hor-
ner Of Galveston, Mai. R. c.. Lowe of the
Galveston News, Thomas W. jackson of
the Santa Fe, E. F. Booty of Georgetown,
Capt PEBBLES of Gainesville, Col. Robert
Mozart of Fort Worth, Or. Thurman of
Dallas, Mrs. f. A Williams of Dcnison
were among the Texans who visited the
cars to-day. and all express the greatest
delight with the exhibit and the effect being