Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-02
BOSIOSlANS At THE SHOW
Visitors from the Hub Surprised at the
@agnifcenCe Of the Exposition.
ELECTRICAL DISPLAYA GRAND SPECTACLE
mink IL Compares FnvorabIy with
the worlds Big Fairs-Impres
sions and Compliments OF
business Men.

Boston u hn.
nave visited the Transmississippi Exposi-
ton this summer have been interyiewed -,
their return by the Boston Herald and
thelr Impressions form an interesting SYM
postum All agree in expressing surprise
ana admiration for the extent and magnid-
Cehce OF the exposition. Boston's shoe trade
with Omaha, according to the Herald
amounts to 100000 per annum. Most of
the visitors combined business with pleasure
ana mad an overiowing measure of both.
lhe interviews are as follows:
Il have seen all the great fairs held
In Europe in recent years" said NJ. 6
Hardenbrook of f. S. Woodbury. g. Co. 1O5
Summer street, "tho Paris exposition, as
well as fairs in Belgium and Germany and
thls Omaha exposition compares fayorably
VIVID any or them. Indeed | like IL better
than anything have seen in Europe 1t is
not as extensive as the Worlds Fair at
Chicago but it pleased me quite as we'll
am sure that the electrical exhibit sur
passes anything ever seen. 1t is too bad
that eastern people do not know more about
this fair, for 1t Is well worth trip west to
see it,"
Agreenbly Surprised.
F. c. Miller of ]. II. ireland G. Co., 129
Summer street, said: "To me some fea-
lures of the Omaha exposition are more
attractive than similar ones at the Chicago
falr. l was very much taken with this
show, surprising, it did in every partic-
ular, my expectation. 1 think if the quail
ity Of this exposition were better understood
here 1t would be patronized by more New
England people. 1t is certainly a marvellous
undertaking which the people of Omaha
have in hand and they deserve the help and
encouragement of the east"
Martin Howard of Boyd & Corey, 139 Sum
mer street: "The Omaha exposition would
most naturally be compared with the At
lanta and Nashville fairs, and as / visited
both of these / know something of their
relative worth. The truth is that they were
not in the same class with Omaha Per-
sonally, like this fair better than the Co.
lumbar exposition. The buildings are as
beautiful, the grounds are more attractive
and while the exhibits are not so extensive
and elaborate, they contain all that most
men care to see. The finest spectacle | have
ever witnessed is the Omaha exposition
lightsd at night. The electrical display is
magnificent. l spent two days there, look
ing over the exposition carefully, and was
charmed by it's beauty and magnifccnce
No eastern man travelling west shoIld fail
to see this fair"
Charles K. Crane 1h5 Summer street. IT
did not vlai. the Chicago fair and of course
can make ho comparison with it, but Il
must be about rs cred.tahe an undertaking
as was ever carried out in this coGntIy. 1t
is wonderful achievement for those people
beyond the Mississippi. For myself, l can
say that | was unprepared to find the ex-
position So extensive, complete and mag
nifcent"
J. II. Walker, Ill Summer street: 1T is
the most magnificent thing | have ever seen.
In my opinion it exceeds in beauty the
Wnrll % fat
fngs, their ornamentation anu the details of
their construction are finer than the Worlds
fair. 1t strikes me that our eastern people
have made a great mistake in not being
better represented there. There Is no shoe
exhibit there from New England, as there
certainly should be. Boston has a large
trade with Omaha, and we should not have
neglected the opportunity to make a fine
display there. The western and central
country are now manufacturing good many
shoes, and they have exhibits there The
east has not understood the Importance of
this exposition, which is really one Of the
greatest shows ever held in this country.
Everyone who has seen it must be i'm
pressed by the enterprise and capacity OF
the people who conceived it and are carry
ing it on"
A Credit to the West.
people of the west who got it up" said
II. II. Shaw, 1913 Summer street. THE
exposition is grand from every point of
view While it is largely confined to a
display OF the products of the transmits
sissippi states, it exhibits the progress of
the times in every line of useful inyen-
ton"
II. H. Dodge of Dodge Brothers New
buryport Il attended the exposition, and
am glad to be able to say that l was
charmed with it in every way. The spec
tacle at night is fully up to the Worlds
fair, and no higher praise of its beauty
can be offered"
A. W. Shaw, go Lincoln street: Il wish
to say that my visit to the Omaha ex-
hibtion was great surprise to me. l
went out expecting to see it all at a glance
and get back in time to take the AGO train
for St. Joseph Instead, | stayed until 10
p. m. on the grounds, and was so well
pleased that l wanted to put in another
day. Omaha is entitled to great credit
for such great show, and TO have ex-
celled the Worlds fair in the electrical dis
play is truly wonderful"
Frank G., Pratt of n, b. Thayer & Co,
JOB Bedford street: considering where it
is being held, so far away from other large
cities, it is really a wonderful show. The
government exhibit is think, better than
that at the Worlds fair inasmuch as 1t is
not so large and it is easier to comprehend
all The electric lights the buildings and
the lagoon make up as fine a sight as ever
saw When l was out there the railroads
had not done thing / asked the passen-
ger agent of OF the railroads what
was the reason and he told me that they
intended to wait until they could get larger
crowds and then offer excursion rates. We
were all pleased with the exposition, as a
whole. The Manufactures building was
not so good as some of the others, but the
Government, Electrical and Agriculture
buildings were very fine. Massachusetts
has no building but the transmssissippi
states and some OF the southern states were
represented"
The Electrical Display.
Charles II. Swan OF Clapp & Tapley, lO3
Bedford street: Il was at the exposition one
afternoon and the whole Of the evening, and
thought it was a good exhibition, The il
Elimination at the lagoon in the evening was
very fine and as good, on a smaller scale,