The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-02-14
.PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
range for the Frisco Line
Mineral Exhibit.

range Tor the frisco Line
Mineral Exhibit.
Buffalo Express. Feb. 8.
One Of the visitors to the grounds
yesterday was William ii. johnson,
land and emigration agent of the ST.
Louis & San Francisco Railroad.
Mr.. johnson paid visit to the Mines
and Mining building with view to in
spectipg the space that had been al
loted to his line. The Frisco line, as
the st. Louis & Sau Francisco Rail-
road is called, has already spent much
money in advertising the exposition
i'll it's various pamphlets and folders.
AS a railroad company, it was one of
the first to promote the interests of
the exposition in the territory tapped
by it's line and it Intends, when the
exposition is open, to run in connec-
ton with the Wabash Railroad, cheap
excursions to Buffalo and vicinity.
Mr.. johnson came here with the idea
of getting an unlimited amount of
space in which to display the re-
sources and advantages of the CO antry
traversed by the Frisco. line and
nearly collapsed when his estimate of
desired space was nearly chopped in
two by Supt. Day of the Mines de-
partment.
~The trouble is," SAID Mr.. johnson
in speaking of the matter ,afterward.
"this exposition, if anything, has re-
ceived too much advertising for the
space it has at its disposal. OF course,
the stringency in space has the advan-
ftage of making it possible to select
only the best exhibits in tho various
branches of the display. but it seems
to me that double the amount of
space might have been arranged for
without the necessity of taking all
exhibitors that came along. The
Frisco line at the Chicago exposition
bad an exhibit almost twice the size
of the one it will be able to make at
the Pan-American, with the space al
l0tted to it. However. the display
will DO comprehensive and much
more representative and finer in
every way than that at Chicago. The
road believes thoroughly in the ad-
vantages to be gained hy judicious
advertising aud yearly spends thou
sands of dollars in that direction. /
was sent here with no instructions as
to the price of exhibit space, but to
get all that was available. Why, if
we were to place on exhibit now the
various advertising books and folders
issued by the road man might come
and, taking one of each walk away
with printed matter to the value of
$3.50.
"The features Of the Frisco Lines
exhibit in the Mines building will be
a magnificent display of lead and
zinc. Zinc mines in Missouri aud
Arkansas, both of which states are
traversed by us. have within the last
few years developed to almost mani
moth proportions. Diggings, aban-
doned years ago as worthless, have
with modern methods aud machinery
turned out to he zinc mines of untold
value and they arc now being work
ed to their fullest extent. OF course
it is to the interest of the road thai
carries the products to the market
to develop that market to the highest
possible degree. Such exhibits from
their very nature, while they are sure
to interest the scientist and the
specialist any way, must be arranged
in the most attractive manner tc
draw the attention Of the genera
public. We realize that fact and will
act accordingly. We have "a feet
front space in the northern portion
in the Mines and Mining building
We will occupy all the floor space
with exhibits Of various ores. The
wall space to the rear aud as high az
the gable roof Will be taken up with
handsome panoramic views of tbs
mining country whose products are
shown below. In the windows will