Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-23
BOND OF STEEL
Will Connect the Three
lericaS in Commercial
Intercourse.
WORK OF SURVEYORS.
n Park Being Transformed
IN a Swamp to a Paradise
he CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR,
eaderS Ask Too Much and Succeed
in Getting Nothing.
He CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR.
he FAMINE is AT LAST BROKEN

{ Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Ar
i who has since been identified with
.merican railway enterprises, is in
trying to interest capitalists in the
lerican Railroad. General Osborn
$ is no visionary scheme. The South
ms say they are anxious to have it
through, the Governments in the
States vieing with each other in
arality Of their concessions and
land, and he firmly believes that
Will be a reality within the next
ars.
ute down the Amazon Valley has
good as abandoned by the engineers
Oft swamps, lis impenetrable for
its treacherous bogS, and instead the
probably run from Mexico along
coast through the Isthmus of Pam
Course Through South America
II Will swing in a southwesterly di-
and round the source of the Anna
striking the high plateau it will
rough Lima, Peru, the northwest
f Bolivia, skirt Lake Titicaca and
ough Sucre, the western capital of
Thence it will extend to Buenos
ID continue south along the Allan
r0uth American Governments are
Jg TO contribute money to carry out
me, but their land grants are phe-
" rich. On the strength of these
ey viii have 10 be furnished by pri-
iividuals. One grant is of every
league through Paraguay, there
Yer 1000 acres in each league, COW
h forest wood General Thompson
Ec road, when built, is sure to pay.
erve as a medium of exchange for
,mcrican manufactures, which now
luth America by way of European
ld South American hardwOods and
which reach this country by this
Gud-about way.
-It.>N OF Alit w oTlO = air w OThs
'orId's Fair people have bestirred
yes and preparations for the big
going rapidly forward. The lower
ackson Park, where the bulk Of the
IS are TO be located, is the scene of
,ivity. That is the one that in the
stem of Chicago has not been
q. Tn to the present it has been
q stretch of wild prairie, with roads
ugh. along which carriage could
"a down to the lake shore: and pic
unds with dancing platforms and
led> as shelter from the rain, laid
Sc and there, but a large part
was swampy and wet, with
re attractive vegetation than
graSs. Now a force of from 500 to
d Is at work there with plOws and
\ narrow gauge railroad has
zen down there in sections, so that
laid at short notice in any re-
iirrction, and over this the soil is re-
u trains of dump cars drawn by
the lake shore is a group of queer
structures, half tents and half
which have been thrown up for
mmodation of those men who do not
umes in Chicago. They are built
uugh TO accommodate 40 men each,
uks arranged around the four walls
d. like the berths in a limited
but not quite SO luxurious in their
canvas walls are reinforced with
walls. and the interstices are filled
aw, and still further to keep out the
.e breeze a stove is found in each
M which the smoke curls lazilv out
rusty piece Of stOvepipe protrud-
ugh the canvas roof In the center
group Of tents is Il big stretch of can
ch serves for boarding tent, and in
"boaIding boss" is lord and king.
me side is another row of tents, in
he horses and mules are kept.
lace Is fast changing its character.
rains have taken off the surface
The space for the Government build
been made level, and is about ready
builders. The lagoons, which look
interesting in the paper plans, are
raped out, and long, low mound of
18th a narrow-gauge railroad running
le top of twill before long be known
nded island. 1t is broadening out
inning better shape every day under
bineG influence Of the railroad dump
Z mules and the Italian grandees, |
1 noblemen and Irish kings who |
the same.
itor stepped up to one of these men
pr dav and remarked:
had a strike down here a short time
int you"'
" was the reply, "we did, but it did |
and now the bosses are having it |
own way. We get 81 30 a day and |
% hours. The strike was for 81 75 a |
Q eight hours
pr Leaders Overreach Themselves.
men asked too much and got moth |
cry day 10 or 20 men came here after |
They are taken on, some of them, /
Y stay a few days and then 90 away.
lives down here worse than hog
$ no comfort in it, and the work is
rd. I'm going to quit myself in
Two
cheme Of minimum rate of wages,
is being agitatcd by unions, finds
avor among Chicago people. The
ton is has the directors of the Fair
,utracts shall insert clause requir-
contractors to pay at least a certain
d rate ct wages for each kind of
The intention is to avoid disputes
secure the rights Of the men against
ate competition. The matter has
, advanced beyond the committee
Progress Of the PiUtsburg carpenters
: viewed with great interest here.
ght-hour day and the increase of
having been won here, the local
are deeply interested to have the
pn at all points, because they under
well that d failure in Pitts
cans that eventually they will have
yn fight 10 wage again.
trict enforcement of the liquor Ii
.ws in Pennsylvania has induced a
lmber of Pittsburg men to come to
!, and one familiar with Pittsburg