The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-13
NOW FOR THE PAN-AMERICAM
Buffalo Arranging for Mig Show with
Lots OF Fun on n Midway.

HOneu lnb lhn-AncTlCNU. lnB
is fair. an international fair, to represent
every representable thing from Alaska to Cape
Horn. q fair that will reluctantly take on
it's hat to Chicago. but will be exactly four
times as big as the Omaha Exposition and will
reduce Atlantas fair to zero mark. But Tor
the destruction OF the Maine and what followed
| It. the Pan American would have been hold at
Buffalo in 1900. Now il IL to be held Mt Buffalo
in 1901. And the Spanish war. arousing tho
American passion for EXPANSION and opening
| new possibilities OF commercial extension
among the Latin races to the south OF us. gives
an added tingle Of enthusiasm to the plan.
Thus far the Pan-American has attracted
little attention in New York city. In Buffalo.
however. you hear nothing else and you see
nothing olse. for Buffalo has suddenly been
filed with Pan American badges. Pan-Ameri-
can cigars. Pan American sausages. Pam
American aundres. Pan American saloons.
An old hotel has changed It's name to the Pam
American. The Pan -American Restaurant
offers the best dinner in the city for 10
cents" Tho Buffalo bail nine has written
Pan Am across its breast. In short. all Buff
falo has gone clean frantic on the subject and
the mania gets worse every day
Within week an army OF workmen will be-
gin to transform $50 acres OF land into city
OF pleasure. The site, including as 1t does
large part Of Delaware Park. is especially adapt
able to artistic treatment The committee in
charge OF that branch Of tho enterprise have
shown themselves modest enough for their
task. They have consulted Carrero & Hastings
and George Post about to the architecture OF
the fair. and they have imported Frederic w.
Taylor from Nebraska and made him director
OF the departments Of exhibitions and conces-
sions. As Mr. Taylor distinguished himself as
superintendent Of the departments OF ugrlcul;
ture and horticulture at Omaha and managed
the Nebraska state horticultural exhibit at tho
Nerds Fair, Buffalo is sure that the banks OF
o. the great park will be treated with lsympa-
snetG and 1ndieoms tasts The Pan A me d
sve by ana tho
:, Buffalo itself will be seen to good advantage.
Visitors VII not be dragged in cattle ears cars
will traverse full league OF handsome streets
on their way to the grounds. And whoever
car for Niagara Fails. only, ,twenty-three miles
away The proximity of Niagara will attract
consider themselves qualified to neglect the
Pan American; besides it will give the Pan
the electrical exhibit. which will UNNECESSARILY
surpass everything OF the Kind hitherto at
tempted trdn, Al the power for the vast show will
Walk through the all but endless row Of Pan
Amercan offices in the Ellicott Square Build
Ing itself said to be the largest Office building
in the world. and every head OF department.
will swear that his part is the main feature Of
the electrician and the ethnoogst 1t was
the chronological exhibit that made so large
| will bring to Buffalo a village OF aborigines
from its own territory and place them in the
native o. a sas tnns oct sn1m
| tons and industries, their religious rites.
SUCH TaIas s1d hs %
5 FL SsSod ThsrO
gonian giants OF the Tehuelche, tribe. and a lot
| Araucanans. who make flutes. Of the thigh
bones Of their captives and drinking cups of
will also be a village OF Bakirrs. who are mar
veous fishermen and who, keep tame lizards
These are only a few q the astonishing people
who vii! make the Pan American midway
series OF living pictures OF savage existence.
| They will be the more interesting when studied
| alongside the North American Indians. for il is
expeeted that the Indians will make fuller
| showing at Buffalo than ever before,
himself obvious. One ambitious original
genius is for apsnns huge whale on hs
shore and the whale. You will go in at its
ratye and giving the lyman Abbott Herssy i It's
death blow In the whales head you will ilrd
%bsss bey be- 6y bx and The
whore vaudeville performance will illustrate
perpetual motion, Another daring project
$50 feet high The creature will have winding
stairs ia his hind legs and elevators running
| pair OF giant searchlights, and he will snort
unadulterated electricity,
The other day seven tally-Eo loads OF sehors
seloras and sehorltas raced around Buffalo
blowing toot,horn and spying out probabil-
These were the diplomatic people from Wash
ington. They represented the foreign Gov
ernmsnts that are to unite in this magnificent
with chile and hot tamalcs at the Buffalo Club
they expressed their un bounded delight in the
prospect OF dazzling success for the Pam
American and they sworc by a whole galaxy Of
saints TINT they would compel their respective
some OF them delivered orations in their native
tongue. Buffalo has walked spanish ever since
the money came in is tnH r. story OF
scheme scheme. orihgtnally plotted by Capt. John NJ
shelved on account of Cuba and the Philip
pines. .Shelved it remained until Jan. II,
ls,o. Then big dinner was rendered to the
got together. not one OF them suspectinR the
real purpose Of the gathering. There Mayor
read from Will Hamn, saying that Tor vnri-
| Gus reasons it would DO Impossible for him to
he would be happy to purchase the first adm MIS-.
sion ticket let at prize Of $500 Harry Hamiin.
no' his feet uaSa9 eneea 0n0's ssr pSS
ior the second ticket. Then the old gem rn
tleman foIlowed the example Of his sons and
everybody went, mad. Men fought With one one
another in wild scramble to subscribe. The
| crowd was "a crazy as on the eve OF II national
| OF 81 900. $4,000. $4,000. even S25, 900 The
first thirty minutes OF the storm nj ed up S.!;IO-
900, Then there was u lu!!, but only Iora mo-
down $4,000 for my wife," ana new wave OF
enterprise swept round the hail. When the
| dinner party blew out the Lights at2 that morn
| ing half mil lion dollars stood pledged. And
within SIX days every dollar OF that sum
matcrlalized.
The owners Of the great EIlicott Square
| building came running witt an offer of $23.OOO
worth Of splendid oilic" accommodations and
Immediately preparations were made to receive
| pace OF 100000 IA day. A motley crowd
| swarmed in the corridors, Workngmen in
oyerqls came 70 buy one share each; Children
| had to scream to make themselves heard above
| the hubbub Tho fund suddenly vaulted to the
| seventh figure. Then Uncle Sam piled up $500
| 0OOfor rnltv'i 3tatas exhibit. New York State
| followed suit with 100000 and Brazil became
| drum major for all South America by plrdging
| $GOO,OOO. And this is scarce more than a be-
ginning.
AS a result OF so much dash and civic enter
prise. n group OF prominent ButHaonans find
themselves elevated to Il sudden pinnacle OF
half-tone glory aud fame. John q. Milburn is
| President: Edward Fleming. Secretary George
l.. Williams. Treasurer; John Is. Weber. Com