New-York tribune., 1901-06-23
THE PAN-AMERICAN MIDWAY.

Buffalo June 22-AlIuding 10 the great actor Gar
rick DR. Johnson said: His death eclipsed the
gavety Of nations and impoverished the public
stock OF harmless pleasure" The public will have
ITS pleasures good bad Indifferent and it is the
wise monarch, statesman or philanthropst who.
turning attention TO providing harmless
or even instructive pleasures, solves of the
ever present problems of civilization.
Unique in It's conception. and absolutely Ameri-
In the ingenuity of its execution is the scheme
OF the /. A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company
and the Aquarama Company exempllhed on the
Midway Of the Pan-American Exposition Buff
falo. The first is railway with electric third rail
motive power. which when the passengers have
they are eateG @ onGa Im 29t to he Nv views
exposition itself and the panorama without It's
Gus ways through Il subterranean channel away
down below the railway and 7S,. for much OF the
Intervals by electrically lighted fairy grotesque and
a' caves One Of these pictures is the arrival Of
caravan at an oasis IN the Desert OF Sahara. weary
on the grass and for forget their humps
The drivers and merchants and sheiks all evince
very faithful reproduction ion Of NeW;York Harbor
The business success which has attended the L.
unique and original enterprise for supplying a
croWds has % been very It has eTected
In this country plant somew hat like that at the
ton. D. C.; another at Riverview Baltimore:
two In Philadelphia. four in and about New-York.
costly is 10 be seen at Coney Island in
Toledo, 81.
talization of $350000. and its managers now
considering offer from large capitalists to take
it a capitalization of Sl.200 000-builds
these plants for sale with. of course. the privilege
of operating them. In fact. those at ST. Louis
and Cincinnati already sold. 1t builds also for
export. for owing the number of patents II
trolls It has practical monopoly of this particular
industry. For instance. there is one In successful
operation at Para. Brazil which they CONSTRUCTED
of that place. When built they loaded IT on ship
board in New-York HarboT, with every needfu
cessory, including full electric light and power
plant, timber hardware, rails, cars. scenery. boil
ers; engines. dynamos. paints and roofing ma
terias, everything needed 10 install the enterprise
except the cement for the foundations. which was
furnished Para. Accompanying the plant were
a scenic artist; a master mechanic and several sa
skilled mechanics. The cost was about $4,000
On the opening day the receipts were 5000 and in
sixty days the entire cost of the plant and install
lation earned. The company has furnished
under like conditions and provisions smaller plant
for Merida, Yucatan. and is now negotiating for
one in New Guinea.
These and figures would 10 fully
demonstrate the wide appreciation of an Interesting
example of what may be accomplished In the way
of entertainment by inventive genius and large
capital AT such gatherings the Pan-American
the problem is not attract attention 10 these
roads, but adequately to handle the enormous
crowds that ask and will not be denied trip 10
fairyland.
The whole enterprise is monument to the
chanical skill and business enterprise OF Mr.. L. A