Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-18
LOCATING THE EXPOSITION.

| OMAHA, Jan. 16.-To the Editor OF The
! Bee: | wish to call the attention OF those
! interested In selecting the site for the Trans
mississippi Exposition to q few figures. IA
| regard to the transportation of the visltors
| from the exposition ground to the center Of
the city II located in Miller or Elmwopl
| park, or In Rvervlew park or the llanscom
park site. Taking as an average daily at
tendance OF from 30 900 to $4,000 persons
and suppcslng the street car company would
run fifty trains nf one motor and one trailer,
| each train carrying 100 people from the ex-
position ground to Farnam street, the run
from either Miller or Elmwood park will
take not less than one hour whereas, from
! the Riverview or the Hanscom park site,
! eighteen to twenty minutes is the time re-
quired The fifty trains do here the service
requiring 100 on the distant sites, and 1t is
not only the difference In the number Of
cars required, but being in the heated sea-
son, you know how disagreeable IL is to be
jammed in for one hour. when for twenty
minutes one does not mind 1t so much. At
6 o'clock almost everybody would want to
come home. From to o'clock only 900
could leave via street car, II located In the
two distant sites whereas, In the others
$4,000 could be landed in the center of the
city.
To double the attendance locate the expo
sition as convenient and centrally as possi-
bic. A CITIZEN.
OMAHA, Jan. 17.--To the Editor of The
Bee: The merits of Miller park as a loca-
ton for the Transmiss ssippi Exposition have
been thoroughly aired for several months,
while so far, little or nothing has been said
or written as to the advantages of the site
adjoining Hanscom park. 1t is located rignt
in the city, within walking distance of the
business center and also within easy walk
ing distance OF two-thirds OF the population
OF Omaha and South Omaha. 1t is accessi-
Bile on all sides over paved streets and good
sidewalks. There Is sufficient land available
to accommodate all the necessities of the
exposition; the ground in it's natural condl-
tion is peculiarly adapted for the purpose
and with reasonable expense can be made
very attractive one and one-half mile cir
Gle, struck from Thirty-third and Pacific
streets, takes in nearly all of Omaha, and
part of South Omaha, while the same circle |
from Miller park as center. hardly reaches !
the extreme northern residence portion Of !
this city, and to all in the north part of
Omaha. south of Kountze Place the Hans |
com park site is more convenient than Miller |
park. Locating the exposition at this place |
would certainly add enormously to the reve |
nue., many people within walking dis |
tance would visit the fair many times, where |
once or twice would satisfy them were they |
compelled to make a street car or railway |
journey in order to reach It, Besides all |
visitors to the exposition being right in the |
city would spend some time in the business
portions, and consequently, benefit the mer-
chants. The people have subscribed lber-
ally, expecting returns in the way of sub
stantlal benefits to Omaha, and a difference
of few thousand dollars in landscape work,
water or sewer service, should not influence
the directory in the selection of a site.
III we are to have an exposition at Omaha |
let us have 1t in Omaha and not five miles
in the country. accessible only over unpaved
country roads. JOHN MDONALD