Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-01
THE NIZHNI NOyGORoD FAIR.
1t is Attended by Nearly Half MIL
lion Persons.

Thomas Smith. United States consul at
Moscow. has written to the State Depart
ment as follows in regard TO the fair at
Mimi Novgorod. Russia:
Nizhni Novgorod is situated on high
cliff at the confluence of the Volga and Okla
rivers. The present population Of the city
is about $4,000. The lower part was in
habited by colony of Tartars in l2:,2. The
distance from Moscow by rail is 227 miles
1t can also be reached by steamer from Re
san by the River Okla and from The Caspian
sea by the Nolga. A fleet OF absut 40
steamers, besides a large number of tugs
and towboats, ply on the river. The Nolga
Is some 1,2JO miles in length.
The fair opens on The 27th of July but
business proper commences about the l2th
of August and lasts until the 9Th of Sep
TENDER. 1t Is attended by nearly half a
million people from both European and
oriental Russia, ana the amount of bust
ness generally transacted is estimated an
about 81, 100000
The fair is held in and around a place
called the bazaar. composed OF about sixty
streets, on which are only stores and ware
houses. The following goods are SOLD.
Cottons, prints, carpets cloths. linen fiau-
he4s silks, lace, bags of jute and hemp
ledther, shIhs' chamois, furs, paper, copper
cast iron, enameled ware, cutlery agrical-
turai implements, implements for mecbau-
lcdi ana other industries. seeds for farmers
oats, corn, wine, spirits. paints yarnish
~ ~ cement etc.-all OF which are chiefly
OF russian origin. Sheet iron boiler nlatss
copper, precious stones and a variety of
seolog1cal specimens from Siberia are also
exhibited. as well as cotton in a raw sttte
from central Asia and Persia and mr.
quolses, silks and silverware made in oriep
etc. S'i''
The fair is well managed, the governor
Oh NlZhh staying there during the time
1t Is open. He has a military staw go
the dlsclpllne Is very strict The merchants
nave their own committee before which
Eyer thlhg concerning trade is laid ON
the falr grounds there are hotels cburcbss
dlning saloons. theaters and Tartar a,1d 80
hese quarters. There is good Sc weraqs an,
Sater works, and the place is surrounded
S s V1IIal OF water as a protection against
nre. ihere Is very little trade done in
goods imported from abroad The fair g.
the last Few years has been losing It's nres-
tlge on account of the number of railways
that nave been built in European Russia
ana central Asia and the great Siberian
line, which is more than half finished Tha
passenger tariff has also been reduced To
ohe-thlrd OF what IL was formerly 50 thar
merchants can now come TO central towns
~here everything is manufactured and kent
IN large stocks all the year around 10 GET
what they require; thus the fair is now
visited mostly by Russian and Asiatfc
tribes. Large cities and towns in central
RUSSIA Keep stocks of foreign goods. which
fair.
Some three months before the COM
mencement of the fair notices are Inserted
In the papers stating the stores that are
TO be let, giving all particulars and where
TO apply. The rents of the stores range
from 800 to H.450; but in addition to this
there are taxes for the police, city and
other purposes, which amount to about
per cent on the rent.
1t must be understood that the word
fair does not signify an exhibition. but a
large market where goods are exposed for
sale and yearly contracts concluded"