The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-04
THE PASSING THRosG-

Three members OF the Gerrran ffnperiA
commission in charge Of the German ex-
hIbit at the Worlds fair arrived In tie
city yesterday morning and are guests OF
the Arlington hotel. They have been dele
gated by the commission % 90 10 san
Francisco and examine the ground and
the plans for the Midwinter fair with
view 70 ascertaining whether they
sIaIl transfer any of their exhibits 70 san
Francisco. They were entertained py
Dietrich Hamm, one OF the proprietors OF
the hotel, and visited Lake Washington
and various parts of the city, and went TO
Myers cannery 70 see salmon cooked,
cut and canned. The three commission
ers are Herr Heinrich Welter, lawyer
Of AK In Chapelle; his brother, Carl
welter, also a lawyer, OF Dusseldorf;
and Prof C. Graef. of the imperial worE-
mems insurance Office at Berlin. who Is
collecting statistics about the workingmen
of America. With them is Elder mobile
mani r. Won Prayer. first lieutenant IN
the Austrian army, who is attached 10 the
ministry of war, and has come 20 TINS
country TO study the American manuiact-
ure of armor plates. Herr Heinricn well
ter. who speaks English quite fiuentiy,
talked readily of his impressions OF Amer
lea and the exposition. and gave lev
startling facts TO explain the small num-
number Of foreign visitors. He said: 1--WE
are we'll pleased, and indeed. surprised at
the exposition. We are all the more sur
prised because the German newspapers
have been telling Us that we were COM
ing to wild country where we should be
robbed and should have to carry reyoivers
| and daggers to defend ourselves. They
Oh, ia in
| from New York, and our friends were
so convinced of their truth that they Of
fered us presents of revolvtrs 10 fight the
savages and robbers. | believe all these
stories came from New York, and they
seem TO have been prompted by jealousy
of Chicago. They said that the Chicago
hotels were so badly built that they
would fall down about our ears ana
| that We should have to pay $o0 70
| $40 day for accom- mod atoms. have no
I doubt that these misrepresentation have
prevented many of our people from coming
| to the exposition, and that similar mis-
representations exist in other countries In
| Europe. / have done all could to remove
| these mistaken ideas by writing to my
| friends in Germany, and am sorry can
| not go home sooner to talk to them and
| convince them that they should
come. Instead of finding such country
as was described 10 US. We have
found a country as highly civilized as our
own and far superior to any European
country in all the comforts OF life-the
practical affairs of life. l was particularly
struck with your railroads. Last year the
first dining car began running between
| Berlin and Cologne, but here you have
had them on nearly every road for many
years. The interior arrangements OF
your cars are far superior to ours, partieu-
| larry in the Pullman cars. / prefer the
| American style of cars, open all the way
through for the sleeping cars, but like
private apartments such as We have on
other cars. was at the Paris exposition
| In 1880 and, though il was very fine. l
think the general arrangement of
the buildings at Chicago is far su-
| perior. In the evening when you ride In
| gondola on the lagoon at Chicago
and see all the buildings and grounds
| lighted up and the fountains playing. you
| could imagine yourself in fairyland. No
| city in Europe compares with Chicago In
| its facilities for holding such an exposition,
with its broad. level. open spaces and its
/ lake 10 furnish water for the la
goons. You have q great number Of
inventions in everyday use which are
| unknown in Europe. l am thinking of
organizing companies when l return to
| Germany to acquire the European patents
| to these inventions and exploit them
there. / never saw such hospitality as we
have met with everywhere in this country.
| On the continent We could not afford to
extend hospitality in such a natural, gen.
erous manner as the American people have
entertained u.s. You have a beautiful city
here. and we were struck by the beauty of
the lake and the Sound and the mountains
on every side. This city has a great fu-
| ture." The commissioners leave this
| morning for San Francisco and after COM
plotting their work there will make a tour
of California, 10 which they look forward
with keen pleasure.
Mayor Norman X. Smith. of Port An
geles, who was in the city Saturday, says
his town is going ahead with its electric
light and water plant in spite of the fact
that there is no market for the Sos, 900
bonds authorized. I'VE have adopted the
plan suggested by Mayor Ronald" said
Mayor Smith TO a Observation-Disclosures re-
porter. I'VE shall issue bond certificates
in denominations of 81, 81, So and $40 and
/
certificates will be paid as soon as the
bonds are Sold and our merchants will
accept them at par in payment for goods.
We are confident this plan will work we'll
and enable us TO go ahead with needed
public Improvement while furnishing labor
to the unemployed"
4 party of Eastern school teachers who
are making tour of the West after having
visited the Worlds fair arrived In the city
on Saturday and were qusrtered at the
Arlington. They are Miss Lexce Thomas,
of Atlantic City. \. j.; Miss Caro-.
lyn Nichols, of Bridgeport, Conn; Miss
Rose L. kenrick. of Momence. ILL.,; Miss
Jane Miller. of Eaton Rapids. Mich. Miss
Elspeth La Prad. Of Belleville, Ill.,, and
Miss Althea r. Sherman, of National
City. Ia They left for Tacoma last night
and go on from there TO San Francisco. re-
turning home by the Southern Pacific
road.