Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-25

hotel to the river one passes blocks
of empty four to six-story buildings,
extending from the bridge south for
mile and one pauses to muse OF for
tunes lost by the shifting OF business
centers. st. Louis seems to be
building north from Washington av-
enue, which leads to the bridge. The
Planters is the only new large build
ing extending as far south, and the
latter hotel has had to take back
seat for the Southern, which is one OF
the handsomest and best arranged
in the country setting a table unsur-
passed. and If some one would pay
the bill we could manage to get along
here quite nicely for month or two.
| While there are no 'sky-scrapers to
be compared with ChIcagos, there
are several scores of handsome new
structures ranging from eight to
twelve stories in height, and business
now centers both ways from Wash
| ington avenue and from 4th street
as far as 18th
st. Louis people are making great
preparations for the exposition to be
| held in 1903 The work of construct
| ing the mammoth buildings will soon
commence Congress has appropri-
ated IS 100000, the city of st. Louis
| S.. 600 ,OOo. and the citizens an equal
| sum, thus providing fund of S15,-
| 600 600 to start with. Then with
state appropriations and money spent
by outside exhibitors and investors.
| it is figured that st. Louis will be
benefited to the extent of 100000, 900
| by the close of the exposition. All
transportation companies, including
| street car lines, are figuring on exten-
| sive improvements in order to handle
the crowd Many will tell you that
the Worlds fair at Chicago will be
surpassed in every respect, while 9TH
sre remark: Just wait and see.'
Having sent representatives to Paris,
and having the Chicago and Buffalo
expositions to pattern after there is
reason to expect st. Louis to surpass
anything in the way of big shows
and being centrally located, it should
and doubtless will, be well attended,
providing prosperous times continue.
No wonder st. Louisans and those
| who visit the city are patrons of An
| heuser-Busch. 1t is almost a neceS-
| sity to drink beer or go thirsty where
| one cannot secure the distilled pro-
| duct. At this time the Missouri is
| one part water and two parts mud,
| being the sewer for Chicago and all
the territory to the north. OF course
there are settling tanks and filters,
but the water is the same, and the
| thought OF imbibing it is repulsive.
especially to one from the mountains,
| Even Anmas river water would be
welcomed by such teetollers as S. E.
and the writer.
| There are many points of interest
and places of amusement in this gate
way to the south and the north, and
| if time permitted, reviews might be
| of interest, but this is denied us, as
| it is irksome to sit in room writ
| ing. 1t is even difficult for ST. Louis
| politics to interest us, although this
| city is in the midst of hot munich
| pal fight over the election of the may
| or who is to serve during the exposi-
| tion.- The Democrats have nominat-
| ed good man, but he opposed Bry-
| an in the last campaign, and the lat
| ter in the Commoner has just taken
st. Louis Democrats to task for nomi-
mating such man, while the Demo
| Gratis in turn have sent Bryan word
| that he is political wreck and twice
led the party to defeat-St. Louis pol
itics is none of his business-and thus
the merry war goes on. G. N. r.