Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-10-20

LII WIG oVoLlluk Cl0 WAS given
to the governor and state officers and
members Of the governors staff by the
state board. To this reception only
North Dakota people holding or who had
held executive positions, or positions in
connection with the fair or members of
the press together with their wives, were
invited, because following the precedent
set by other states on their days, the
| Worlds Fair officials and commissioners
from other states and foreign countries
were to be invited after the public recep-
tions and to entertain all in connection
with these was simply impossible. Even
Minnesota, Massachusetts and the larger
states did not attempt it. The evening
reception was not wholly full dress but
nearly so. In this the established pre-
cedent was follt we'd. I speak of this
because the facts should be known by
those inclined to listen to the comments
of those necessarily not invited to the
evening affair.
This afternoon Governor Shortridge
formally called upon and was received
by the national commission, making a
good talk for North Dakota. After him
the lord mayor of Dublin and the gov
ernor of Minnesota we're received.
The fair has developed wonders in the
line of transportation. And how few the
accidents have been. Think of the
necessary changes in time to accommo.
date the fluctuating demands, of the
overworked trainmen, and Of the many
elements of dangers in travel this year
over ordinary times and then consider
how few the accidents have been. Take
the Michigan Central, for instance. On
Chicago day they landed $1,000 people
at their several depots at Chicago, with
out a single accident. Some of the
regular passenger trains have been so
popular that they have been compelled
to them in five and even as high
as seven sections. OF course the rush
west will soon be over, but the popu-
larity of this route will last, probably as
long as railroads exist. It is a direct
route, passing through one of the best
and most productive regions of our
country, where the typical American
farm home may be seen IN every hand
in all of it's charm of beauty and comfort
and via Niagara. Being of our country
and a part of it Niagara has not attracted
the attention of our home people that il
ought, but our foreign friends who are in
attendance at the fair, do not cease tc
talk of it, and one the first questions
they ask either at home or abroad il
concerning Niagara. Were it on thu
other side of the globe Americans would
express similar interest in it and thou
sands would go it need be to the end
of the earth to see it's beauties and won
ders. Those who do 90 are much in
terested in it as they would be in {
foreign instead of an American attrac
ton, but the Michigan Central has made
it SO accessible, for it's through trainl
from New York and Boston pass directl!
in full view of the great cataract, ant
those passing by daylight stop for pas
sengers to view the falls, that some for
get the advantage offered. The wis
traveller, however, will stop " there al
long as his time will permit to view tn
beauties and grandeur of the falls unde
different aspects and from differen
points of view. The longer he stops TIL
more he will find to repay him for what
ever expenditure of time and money h
incurs.
The North Shore Limited, perhaps it
most, popular train, leaves Chicago ever.
day at 2 p. n. Those VINO have attend
ed to the checking of their baggage, ant
are provided with tickets, can take it q
the foot Of VanBuren street, where i
makes it's first stop. Tickets may b.
obtained and baggage checked at tn
foot of the lake, where the old depo'
was 80 long a distinctive land mark oi
the city. Or Worlds Fair visitors ma.
take it at Hyde Park, only a brief wall
from the 57th street entrance to tn
grounds. The tracks being elevated, a,
fine panoramic view of the grounds ma!
be seen and this will remain IN interest.
ing feature long after the fair is closed
for it will be many months before tn
work of restoring the original features Of
the grounds is completed. Tho build
ings must be removed, the excavation
filled and the trees, which we're removed
and the grounds made as nearly as the!
were before as it is possible to maxi
them barring some valuable permanent
I improvements which will add to the ap
pearance or advantages Of the park i
allowed to remain. Speaking of tn
: grounds even before their completion
the magazine Ct art said: 1T is impossi
} BILE to convey in ordinary language thu
impression which this fair producer
, even in it's present unfinished state
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