Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-22

New YORK every day AID pass unnoticed
which take rank xifh cyclones and
earthquakes In other pla;eA At the
time when the press q fhis country aud
abroad xas Ellsd with the prodlgious
growth OF the toxns of the vesf aud
northwest there was development 60
ing on Ia real estate xesa OF centrai
Park which in increase in population.
tie cost of construction os buildings
and enchantment Of value ef land xas
greater in any threc or four booming
towns u the country. The period
q the rivalry of eisYrs in the
United States has passed; the per-
iod of Toe eompststion al municipal
ities for competitive trade has gone
by. The pFodigious development Of the
internal commerce of the country and
the ualy remarkable incrcase of trans
portafion facilities 20 meet il have
thrown upon the great cities OF the
United States opportunities and rcspon-
sibilities greater than they can manage.
IL Was possible twenty. i've years ago for
one great city. by increasing by liberal
appropriations. its rail and water CON-
municatlons. To sidefraex rival. Bot
that day has gone by. The depopula-
ton OF the country and the overcroxd-
ing of the city present 10 each munich
pallty problems OF employment and sup
port which. unsoAsed. are dangerous 70
peace and property. and whose solution
are not yet in sight. The genius of tho
American people for government will
meet and overcome these pcrils. but at
present they coniine the energies Of mu.
inequalities within their owa limiis-
The Columbian chorus tang keller's
American hymn.
Congressman Eeiiows' Address
Congressman Fellows spoke next and
his eloquent tribute OF praise for the
glories OF the White city Wis heartily
Endorsed by his fellow citizens. Mr..
Fellows said il il not until the gates OF
Paradise unfold 10 receive New York
and a good share of Chicago that We
shall witness such q vision again. tie
had dreamed OF the fair. had read OF IL.
but he felt how truly Insignificant il all
was when he stood inf the presence OF
the comparable reality. In closing he
said: we in New York were anxious to
secure this great enterprise. In was
noble ambition and il would have been
a city OF poor and mean pretensions that
would not have sought TO hold
within its municipal arms the wonder
full achievements we behold here today
and New York IS no mean city. ZAP
plause.) But Chicago won IL. | don't
believe that there is an intelligent being
within the limits OF our great metropo-
lis but what has shared in the glorious
success OF this fair and in tho pride
which all you Of the interior west feel in
this magical. this incomparable enter
prise. tApplause) We don't come here
in enyious mood. but to express 10 you
citizens OF Chicago cur thanks for your
contribution not only 10 America. but to
civilization and christianity throughout
the world"
After the Columbian chorus had sung
The Battle Hymn Of the Republic"
Seth Low spoke in part as follows:
There has always seemed 10 me TO be
peculiar fitness in havipg this Colum-
bian fair held in an inland city. No one
who knows New York will doubt for a
moment that New York would have
shown herself splen1idly equal to the
emergency had the ccuntryis honor IN
this matter been entrusted To her keep
ing. But il means more to have the
demonstration given that such fair as
this can be successfully held thousand
miles from the sea. ! venture little in
saying that such thing would not have
been possible in any earlier stage OF The
worlds history The sea has been the
highway Of the nations aud rivers have
been their thoroughfares until within "a
period, hardly longer than fifty years.
Ii is a curious fact that while mans
natural habitat is the land. and not the
water. il has always until our own day
been easier for him 10 move long dis
tances and To transport heavy weights
by water than upon the land. The
City OF New York. indeed. through one
Of its conspicuous citizens. Dewitt Gin
ton. by urgiug 10 completion the
Erie Canal. gave the first great
impulse 10 the westward move
ment Of population that result
ed in the founding Of Chicago. i
pause q moment 10 point oct how nat
ural gift that was from city that had
been New Amsterdam. the daughter of
Holland. the land of canals. But an
other day was soon 10 dawn, When
Commodore Vanderbilt acquired control
Of the New York Ceatral and the Hud-
son River railroads he WAS asked what
he meant 10 do with them. His reply
was that he meant TO dsy up the Erie
canal and TO drive every vessel off the
u.
mean that. Of course. But in those
words there spoke the seer. Tie per
ccived. long before most Of his contem-
poraries. the vast possibilities OF land
carriage by steam power over an artiiir-
ial roadway. Thus II Is that worlds
fair in Chicago has d significance that IL
could not have upon the seaboard. IL is
significant not only To the new world.
A.. - IL
is true. therefore. that modern Colum-
bus would have no more worlds TO dis
cover. modern Calico may still PRO
Claim 'the world moves.
The exercises clopSed with the singing
of My Country "Tis OF Thee" by the
chorus and audience. aud the bencdic.
tion pronounced br Archbishop CORR
gan.
Closed With Fireworks
The parade part of the celebration
WAS carried out successfully. attracting
a great multitude cf people TO tho ter
minai plaza and .he avenue on which
the New York state tuildinr stands.
The display of fireworks. arranged by
Paine on the lake shore. were equal 20
any which have been seen al the fair
except on Chicago night. Among the
bew set pieces were Liberty Eniighten-
ing the World. huge portrait 81 Mayor
Gilroy. the Brooklyn bridge. Father
knickerlocker and female fgure rep
reseniing Chicago. with MOTTO under.
meath. 'sShe Can't BE beaten The en-
tire lake front VAS illuminated with over
30 floating and changing lights
Nurse<. Alumni Association.
Sarerai graduate nurses ~ the city