The record-union., 1899-08-15

you to suddenly see a magnificent
steamer 300 feet in length and laden
with a thousand passengers, rushing
through the streets of a city and then
going into an exposition grounds.
But to proceed. After unloading
her passengers at the fair grounds the
ship could take on another consignment
there; make tour of the grounds and
then proceed about the city and down
to the river into which she could glide
and make a voyage. Who wouldn't
pay $40 for such a unique trip? 1t is
fair to assume that out of the total
attendance at the Exposition there
would be three millions who would
make the trip. Total S3000O,000.
What do you think of the idea?"
Mr. Taylor lodged the direct query
wards Mr.. Shanks walked on air from
the Office to the elevator. He was
happy man and he was at that moment
reveling in golden visions.
Have you heard about the Pan-Amer-
lean fence? 1t is to be a wonder but
the small boys of the vicinity are in
CONSERVATION regarding it, for Direc-
tor of Works Carlton has announced
that the fence will as much, as any
other one feature of the coming Fair,
prove to the world that Buffalo is the
Electric City" in fact as we'll as in
name. This fence will be constructed
of boards and it will be but eight feet
high, but on it's summit there will be
an ornamental barbed wire network.
Now a barbed wire netting is usually
considered enough of an obstacle to
keep n-paying young America from
gaining entree where payment means
welcome, but this particular mass OF
barbed wire will be better adapted for
the purpose than is most barbed wire,
for from a great electrical cable run
ming from the Niagara Cataract pow
erful current of electricity will con-
stantly course throughout the entire
mesh. Let but one boy endeavor to
beat the Exposition turnstiles by =. at
tempting to Chamber over that fence
and there will be a startling and real
istic feature given free. Daily and
nightly reproductions of Auburn and
Sing Sing electrocutions are,-expected
during the first couple of weeks of the
Fair, but when the management has
filled to repletion it's special Admis-
sion Dodgers Juvenile- Cemetery, it is
thought that the lesson will have been
so salutary that the remaining men,
bers of the Admission Dodgers Asso-
citation will take warning and buy tick
cts in the regular way.
A few small boys more or less. What's
the difference? Boys are cheap.
a unique suggestion, born of course
in the brain of newspaper man, was
brought to me yesterday. 1t has some
good points and some bad ones. Elk
change editors will abhor it absolutely.
Others may approve.
Walter Savory of the Dunkirk Grape
Bolt" is the father of the suggestion.
If it is carried out all exchange editors
and managers of press clipping bu-
reaus, on recreation and comfort bent,
will hate Savory from this time on, and
will give the building in which his
great display mayhap will be, clear
steer by.
The suggestion is" said Savory,
that every newspaper and magazine
published in the United States. Canada
and Mexico be on file at the Pan
American Exposition. Have series OF
racks constructed so that the papers
could be filed and built up on them
as a flight of steps. Twelve papers
could be filed on each rack, which
which would be less than three feet
in width. There are LOO daily news
papers in the country, about 24,000
weeklies and semi-weeklies, and about
10000 trade papers and magazines.
Every editor would contribute a copy
of his paper each day free, both for
the advertisement there would be in it
for him and also as a favor to his
reading constituents who might be Wis
iting in Buffalo at the time. 1t would
be necessary to have about four large,
well-lighted rooms for a proper display
of these publications, and the rooms
should be supplied with reading tables
and easy chairs The department could
be placed in charge of some well known
newspapermanr who would be there to
greet the visitors, and for assistants
he should have large number of small
boys selected from the various States
which will have representation at the