The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-04
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. RsdslshsimAr returned
to Seattle last evening on the steamer
Queen from . months visit 70 the Mid
vintsr fair Ia San Francisco. The steamer
was twelve hours late. owing to the stormy
condition Of the weather. which 10 said 70
have been, nauticsliy. tho ''dirtiest" Of the
season. The experience Of Mr.. Redelshei-
mer in San Francisco may DO summed mp
In the following sentence made to . re-
porter Of the Posr-lxrELLIaEscxns
'The happiest moment Of my trip from
its inception was when the steamer turned
the point this afternoon and brought Seat
tie back to my visw."
or his experience in San Francisco, MI.
Redelsheimer said:
II met many Seattieites there, and all
expressed their regrets at having ever left
1t, and their readiness to return whenever
circumstances permitted Of It, for times
are hard there. and comparatively ~
much 90 - in Seattle. There 10 con-
siderable jealousy felt down there to-
wards this Puget sound country,
and the condition Of Seattle il
being pictured off much worse than It
really Is, but my observations enable me
to say most smphaticaily that We are
no worse off than they are in
California and If you were 20 take away
the Midwinter fair from San Francisco
that city would b ~ bad of a. every
other city. They don't seem to realize
that they owe what activity they have at
the present time to the fair. and venture
to say that when II 10 over their clearing
house returns, instead Of showing . de-
crease Of Is Per cent - IL did last week,
will reach the lower scale Of 50 per cent
along with all the other cities
when I left Seattle our steamer Was
loaded with people with no other object in
view than to take in the fair, while on the
other hand on our return trip the steamer
was equally crowded with people and
most of them strangers to this part
OF the country, seeking homes and invest
ments.
~ ana more than ever convinced that
Seattle 10 the right place, and II our people
will only continue - they are doing and
keep up stiff upper lip everything viii
10 all right. for Seattle has future such
n no other city on the entire Pacific coast
has. and this il even admitted by many
people in San Francisco.
~ found as much complaining among
the merchants in San Francisco as You
can hear here or anywhere else. Trade 10
extremely quiet, and though you meet
thousands of people on ell the prominent
thoroughfAres. yet you find stores CON-
parasive!y empty. and that makes dealers
bitter"
Speaking Of the Midwtnter fair. Mr..
Redelsheiner pronounced 10 failure,
financially ~ we'll as artissically. He said I:
THE people are making . mistake In
going down TO zee the fair. for the most
attractive feature there 10 the gausy Mid
way Piaisanee. which is nothing better
than side show 20 . circua As an Illus
tration. had my attention called 10 what
was said 10 be feature Of the place. an
optical illusion. and when I was shown 10
I WAS amused 10 find thai IL was nothing
more than the half-woman that Was dis
played In our show window here last
Christmas. Even the shsatess in San
Francisco ridieass the fair. and gags IN
complimentary to the exhibition may DO
heard in them every night In the week.
II repeat il I am more than ever salts
led that Seattle is 's;ricsiy in IL, and il
remains for everybody here TO work away
steadily and say nothing. bat saw wood. :"
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