The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-05
WORLDS FAIR WORK.
Benefits Of Experience at the
Tacoma Exposition.
THE QUESTION OF FREiGHTs.
Secretary Meany Tells OF the Big Logs
and Flagstans and What IL Will
Cost to Ship Them.

Cost TO snip Inem.
Edmond 8. Meany, secretary to the
state Worlds Fair commission, spent Sum
day in the city with his family. Speaking
of the benefits to be derived by the COM
mission and exhibitors from the Tacoma
exposition. he said:
About the most important benefit that can
see thus far il experience. 1t will be greatly TO
the advantage OF all parties having anything to
90 with this states exposition work to exercise
themselves At the Tacoma exposition. All the
troubles and disappointments experienced there
on small scale can be fought of and avoided
The better by this preliminary work. For in
stance. the heads of departments in our Worlds
fair WORK gave careful aud complete instruc-
tons about the preparation and shipment OF
exhibits. These instructions, in neat folders,
were sent to all collectors in every part OF the
state, but when the exhibits began to arrive at
Tacoma it was found that nearly every collector
followed his own inclination, and q hetero-
genfous mass OF materials is the result II now
remains for the heads of the departments TO
take charge of all this material and put it In
proper shape for transportation aud exhibition
1t the Worlds fair.
Ii would have been Q simple matter to 60 to
one county and prepare . creditabie fruit ex-
hill i,go to another county for the grain exhibit,
another for the mineral display. another for fish,
and so On through the entire list Of Washingtons
remarkable resources. but this state 10 made up
OF thirty -four ambitious counties, many OF
which possess all these varied resources in
great abundance and in such q work prepar-
ing for the Worlds fair they all demand that
their entire resources shall be displayed. This
Is right and just and the commission IL there
fore endeavoring to be absolutely impartial in
Its work. The heads of departments have all
been instructed not to overlook g single county
and the result is we will have the opportunity
OF selecting the best products aud exhibits from
every section OF the state. Now, take Asotin
county. That is one of the smallest counties in
the state, away down in the southeastern corner
up next to Idaho. The average man over here
on the Sound might disdainfully think that q
spray OF bunch grass would be enough to repre-
sent that county. That is all a mistake. Asotin
produces grain, hay, some little lumber and re-
Gently fine variety Of red magnesium sand
stone has been discovered there that Is very
easily worked and gets very hard when exposed
to the air. All these things must be shown in
order that Asotin may get her rights from this
states Worlds fair workers. Pacific county on
the other southern extreme of the state will
have fish. lumber, birds, animals, clans.
oysters and other things to show. So it goes all
over the state; every county must have its re-
sources all shown.
What about the nag steffsf Are they all to b
furnished from this ststef
Yes, the Evergreen state will furnish all the
nag stats used at the great exposition, II Presi
dent N. G. Blalock receives q favorable response
to his recent telegram Offering to supply them
all Ii the exposition company will pay the
freight.which will amount to about ZOO.
How about the big logs for the state buildingf
Have they been shipped yeti
No. The ten big logs are now all loaded at Ia
coma ready for shipment They require thirty
Eve cars, or three and one-half cars to the log
We will have them all placarded and labeled
tomorrow morning and in the afternoon or on
Tuesday hope to see some photographers of
Seattle and Tacoma taking pictures of them, az
they will make two OF the most remarkable
trains that were ever sent across this continent
1t will become matter OF railroad history and
we should not overlook the importance OF the
event
Has the uwsco whale been heard from latelyf
Yes; Mr.. J. G. Megler. superintendent OF the
fisheries department. in this state. has gone 10
Ilwaco to the skeleton and have 1t transported
to the Tacoma exposition IL possible. Some idea
can be formed Uf this monster when tell you
that II took five big strong men to turn over the
head and jaws while the bones were being
separated and cleaned.
Among the Worlds fair commissioners who
are now at the Tacoma exposition are the fol-
lowing: DR.. N. G. Blalock, of Walla Walla,
president and executive commissioner; Henry
BUGGY, of Tacoma: John T. Blackburn, of
Vashon; John X. Ravis. OF Spokane, who are
superintendents of the horticultural depart
ment; w. L La Toilette, of Pullman, superin.
tendent of the agricultural department., and
George E. Pfunder, of Spokane. superintendent
of the mining department Others will be in
attendance during the next week.
VIII the Interference OF the Transcoutinental
Association with the concession of FREQ rates
made by the Northern Pacific affect the work in
this state very materially?
should say 1t will. Just see for example,: II we
have to pay the regular tariff on the ten big
logs for the foundation Of the building, we will
have 10 pay GO cents per 100 pounds, with the
regulation minimum charge OF 10000 pounds to
the car or 100000 pounds, which would amount
to "a, 100. And this only for ten Of the longest
logs. There are I6i smaller logs and nearly
100000 feet OF other lumber, besides eleven car
loads OF stone and all the exhibits. All the
commissions plans have been matured and are
partially carried out on the basis Of free trans
portation. 1t will therefore interfere materially
with these plans ii the freghts have to be paid.
But President Cakes, who made tho original
concession. will be In Tacoms in about two
weeks and the commission will thon be able to
learn just what it can depend on by way OF help
from this corporation. No individual or cor.
poration will be more greatly benefited By a sue
ern Pacific, with all its thousands of acres OF
granted lands TO SELL and IL Is reasonable TO ex-
pect that il will help to make the display from
the state OF Washington the great success that
nature and the occasion have combined to