The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-06-02
OMAHA EXPO
SITION VISITED

1t is the Most Magnificent WO1 X
Ever Exhibited Except the
Worlds Fair and it Rivals
That.
By the courtesey and broad liber'
atty of which the Omaha road has
no equal, invitations were recently is
sued to The editors living on and adj
jaccent to it's line, to visit Omaha and
inspect the work and progress Of the
Trans Mississippi Exposition. Invi.
tations were issued to about 225 edi'
tors residing in Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and Dakota, and on Thursday
and Friday of last week, large
number availed themselves of the
privilege. The genial and obliging
advertising agent, w. Il. L. Tucker,
took charge Of the party, anticipating
and attending to all the wants and
comforts of the roads guests, turning
them over to Maj. j. S. Clarkson, and
resumed his duties on the home trip.
Under the charge of Maj. Clark
son, the party left the Dellone hotel,
at $50 a m in special street cars, and
and made a tour of the Exposition
grounds, returning to the hotel where
a sumptuous banquet lunch was SER
we'd to about eighty hungry people OF
the newspaper profession, after which
Maj. Clarkson gave brief sketch OF
the inception. Of the undertaking
remarkable rapid progress that has
been made, and truthfullY said that
those states that had not arranged
for representation or were slow to do
so we're the losers. He was followed
by General Manager Bidwell of. the
Northwestern line who briefly enum-
Grated the valuable and important
resources of the states represented
by the persons present at the banquet
table, he was fallowed by Mr.. John
son of St. Peter who made an elo-
quent speech describing many points
of the magnificent work of the Ex-
position. Mr.. Huntington of the
Reporter, Window followed with a
few brief remarks, saying that it was
duty of a press to advertise the Ex-
position with all of the impressiveness
at command and if necessary to lie. a
little as the whole west was going to
be benefited and elevated by having
such grand display.
1t will not be necessary for any
paper to exaggerate or over estimate
the magnificent and stupendous dis
play of the various things exhibited
at this Exposition. Words are mad
equate to describe the colossal and
beauty of architecture displayed in
the construction of the buildings and
other artistic exhibitions. Even
those that attended the Worlds Fair
will find this Exposition exceedingly
interesting.
The following from the Mankato
Review, while quite lengthy yet it
only briefly describes it.
This exposition was originally con-
ceived and recommended several
years ago at a convention of the
trans Mississippi states, and Omaha
selected as the site. The scope of
the enterprise has expanded until
not less than thirty five of the states
of the Union have organized and are
participants. The exposition is
under the control of a corporation
with capital of a million dollars.
Liberal donations have been made
by the city of Omaha, the county
and the state, and while large ex-
penditures have been made and every
feature is upon the most liberal and
extensive scale, it differs from all it's
predecessors in the fact that when
opened it will be substantially free
from debt. This fact will be ap-
preciated when we recall that the
worlds exposition at Chicago opened
with an indebtiness OF several mil
lions.
The buildings cover an area of
fully one hundred and sixty acres,
and these are planned and construct
ed in much the same style of archi-
lecture as those at Chicago in 1893.
Indeed, they impress the visitor as
being substantially as large and as
numerous as those at the worlds
fair, while in many respects the de-.
signs and finish are an Improvement.
This is true Of the government
and exhibit, embodying
mans new and essentially superior
features, is 500 feet long, $50 feet
wide and its highest point reaching l7b.