Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-08
WORLDS FAIR
Commissioners Of Maine 10 Ses
sion Il Poland Springs.
onsrs BY kahs Peoph for Constructing
tho naiEe Building.
0ssaf Intssess shown in Exhibiting
Products agd Resources Of State.

0seaf Intsssss Shown in Exhibiting
Products sDd Rsseu,c css Of State.
PoLAsp SpsixGs, July The execu.
tvs committee Of the board Of World's
Fair managers OF Maine are in session here
today. The following members sre In at
tendsnee: President j. 2. Bass, A. R.
Bixby. Eva A. Parehsr, d. j. Callahan,
Mrs Mary ]. Burleish. Mrs. L. N. N. Ste
vens, General Charles p. Msttoeks, Mrs.
Kate Msy Ardrews, AID VIM. G. Davis Of
Portland Governor Barieigh is also
present With the busfd. Il. c. Jordan.
president Of the State Beard Of Health,
urged uron the commits sion ihe importance
Of emphas'z9ng the hsaiihfulness Of the
State and OF advertising the work that is
being done by its State and local Boards OF
Hezlth- This work would tsEd TO matefi-
ally increase the number Of those who
sought our State to build up beal,tl BY rest
ard recreation. IL had been urged sgsinst
Maine in the past that she WAS entirely
without health regulations ar that ber Peo-
pie were peculiarly prey to epidemic dis
eases. This objection can no longer be
urged. Today no state in the union is un-
der better health laws than our own or has
its sanitary affairs nofe closely looked af-
ter. Agsin there were some erroneous ideas
existing in the public mind regarding cur
State. which it is OF the utmost importance
should be reetifled. For instance, it is
quite generally believed that Maine is 3
$ ae particularly liable to pulmonary dis
eases. and that its death rate from this
source 10 very gregt. Such, however, is
NOS the fact. Statistics carefully compiled
b. our State Board Of Health, show that
our death rate in Msias from pulmonary
ci.eases is rather below the average. THE
Is but sne ~ the things tbst should be made
known to the world at Chicago. Ii was not
hi, purpose at this tire TO take up the
ilr-e Of tho commission with q general
detailed discussion Of this matter, but SIM
ply to indicate something Of its i'm portanee
and scope. He felt that the mem oers of
the committee would readily see the value
Of work Of this character and would take
such action as would best forward it at the
exposition. He cited the fact that as re-
suls of health regulstious and the dissuina-
ton Of information by the board of health
the death raie in Portland had dropped
from 81 t. l6 per cent Mr.. Bixby sug-
gested that the State appropriation was
comparatively small and that 1t would be
impossible for the commission 10 give to the
various interests Of the S.ata all that was
asked for. To do this would squire many
times the amount At its disposal The mem
befs OF the comm ssion were deterp,ined to
make the best possible showing they could
for the State. They would like to hear from
all the interests desiring to be represented
a. Chicago ard would endeavor to secure
for them all the advantages they could.
having in mind Of course their relative
imp,fance to the State.
Hon +. B. Mallett of Frespost said he
WAS ready to ,in with the other granite
men Of tho State to furnish as much gran
i'e as might be required for q State of
Maine building at the Exposition. and to
furnish in any form--polisiied or un-
desire. He believed that the
grsni'e men Of Maine would cordially
uuite IN supplying the material for build
my that would not only be acre9u to Maine
but would be, in itself, = splendid exbibi.
of one CT its most important industries.
TIE regular rates OF freight for granite per
car load from his own town Of Freeport to
Ch;csgo were in the neighborhood Of l6 or
IL cents per hundred weight but he thought
,ast the railroads would make specially low
rates in this case Is they were
quite as much interested az the
grsni'e ard other business men in
securing An increase of outside business.
Among the letters in the possession Of
the commission, is ore from the Monson
Slate Company offering to furnish free on
board cav, all the slate that might be re-
qui,ed for the roof of State building at
Chicsgo, and also sbatever finished slate
Nigh. be wanted for interior finish They
II uld he pleased 70 furnish tnis slate in
any designs thst the architect might require.
arother letter was from f. 7. Burrows G
Co, of Portland, r1r-cssing q willingness
70 equip the Maine building through
ous with tbeir wi8dow and door screens
FREQ OF all exp'nse to the com
mission. Some beautiful samples Of
O aished wood accompanied tbs offer,
sifording wide seope for choice. Mr..
BIxoy read letter from 4. 4. Getchell,
president Of the Chicago Sons OF Maine.
saying that he had seen Director Davis and
received his assurance that the splendid
site selected for Maine should be reserved
for that State. He had also secured the
mapping of Of adj 1ining territory for the
New England states. 50 that all might be
grouped together If desired. Chief Of
Construction Burnhsm had objected
10 two-story building for Maine,
SAYING that as that State had the
IN ost desirable Of the sites it should refrain
from erecting any building thereon that
would obstruct the vies Of neighboring
buildings. II is hoped. however, that he
may be prevailed upon to waive this objec-
tion. +. p. Kicker made some very timely
suggestions to the commission, and was
listened to with clos, interest and attention.
he spoke Of the importance of thoroughly
advertising cur summer resorts. He advo-
Gated this because he believed 1t was Of
great importance. not merely to hotel men,
BUT to the State. He had always believed that
the best way to success was to do something
that everybody else wasn't doing. Maine had
few industrie. that were not found very
generally in other states. In beautiful
summer resorts, however. che was easily
the flrst state in the Union. In this ex-
hibis. therefore, slle could be first at Chi
LaKu, 1bu tht HSbttNt hst1HstVH rbo SVAAt
thus attract to herself would help her in 8
the usand other wsys-in fact would be
hsnef1t to all her interests. The propri-
rfors Of summer resorts ought to contribute
lib rally to this feature Of the Msine ex-
hibit. For himself he would agree 10 give
'uice as much for this purpose as should
be given by any other person in
the State. There was probably less
need ci this for him than
for most propriesors Of summer resorts to
do this. He was not sble 10 accommodate
more than one fourth the people who ap-
piled to him for rooms, and had not been
For five years. Hs WAS glad, however, TO
have sll the people come to Maige that
eauld be Induced to do 20. IL he didn't
have hem other Msine resorts would their