The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-05
YE EDITOR. r TRAVERSE
He Has a Royal Good Time While
the Devil Runs the Shop. :.
BUFFALO AND TORONTO GIVE WELCOME
The Minnesota Building at the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition Formally Dedicated
by the Scribes and Gov. Van
SAINT and His Staff.


and satisfies the eye and holds the prom
Use of good fortune to all the Americas.
Chicago for it's white City had the
help of all the world, The, federal gov
eminent and the state OF limos maoe
munifcent donations, and all foreign
countries were directly interested In that
great exposition. But the n-American
is the creation of Buffalo, and almost un-
aided this single city, not OF the nrst
magnitude in population. has carried to
completion one of the very few really
great expositions. 1t has In so doing
placed itself in the first rank of Ameri-
can cities in it's self-reliance. energy ana
accomplishment Of great undertakings. Its
exposition in it's beauty and interest for
visitors rivals the Chicago fair and who'll
iy eclpses any other ever known In TINS
country.
The "all-American" idea is distinctly
carved out in the architecture and the
color designs, and as the classic outlines
of the Grecian architecture of the white
City was a distinct triumph for Amerl-
can art, so are the terretted. mineretted
buildings and beautiful color schemes OF
the Rainbow City" 1t is unusually rest
full to the eye and satisfying to the mlnd.
AS you enter the grounds over the APP
proach to the triumphal arch anG the
great quadrangle surrounding the foun-
tains bursts upon the view, with the
graceful lines of the lofty electrical tow
err marking the far end, you cannot but
exclaim. How beautiful To see it in
its glory you must see it from this point;
the plan evidently contemplates that. AT
this end, too, you find the ruder and
cruder architecture, palmer and less or
nate of design, and without color, repre-
Senting the earliest times. The principal
arch is indeed triumph of architecture,
but here is no color, no glamor OF the
creation. but from here on the color be-
gins, as does the intricacy of ornament,
cleo
trical tower. 1t is all study in south
ern architecture and is as distinct and
true and consistent as was the white
City" You come away with clear i'm
PRESTON bearing the exact picture In
memory. which is harmonious and pleas
ing and carries the impression Of his
toric completeness.
We wish to say with the utmost ear
neStneSS. that no one who, by any rea-
sonable sacrifice. can spend day or
month at the Pan-American will ever re-
gret doing so.
The Minnesota Party.
The representatives of $50 Minnesota
newspapers have just spent nearly
week at the exposition. With us,were
hundred ladies, our wives and daughters.
With us also were Gov. Van SAINT and
his party, in all making nearly 300 per-
sons. Every one, without exception. was
delighted. We of this western country.
nitude and completeness of this EXPOSE
ton. nor of its educational value, oth her
wise tens of thousands would go from
this state alone. Every one Of the 800 Of
our excursion has come home to urge
every friend he has to go. to see and en-
joy. " - -
To aid those who may contemplate the
trip. we wish to tell the plain, unvar-
nished tale of this 1901 editorial outing,
and to give simple facts that will be
most useful to the visitor, saving him
many delays, annoyances and consider
able expense We take it that most who
will visit the Pan-American from Mime
sofa will have limited time and limited
means. They will wish to see the most
they can for their money, with the maxi
mum of personal comfort.
The Route.
First, then. as to your route. You cam
not possibly do better. than to take the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road to
Chicago and the Grand Trunk from
there on. The service on these roads is
not eXcelled in the whole world, nor are
there any better equipments, or smooth
er roadbeds. If you have never realized
what a good roadbed means to the
traveller, outside of safety to life, just
notice as you ride over the Milwaukee
and Grand Trunk. that after you reach
Buffalo. you are as fresh when you
left home. Or, if you started tired, you
will reach there rested and refreshed,
ready for tramping and sightseeing. You
do not have to hang onto your seat all
day nor lay awake all night, to stay in
your berth. You can read with ease,
watch the landscape with comfort, and
sleep as peacefully, as in your own bed
at home.
The Milwaukee runs five solid passenger
trains daily each way between st. Paul
and Chicago. 1t gives you a daylight
ri6 wis N
Mississippi river, passing Hastings, Red
Wing. Winona and La Crosse, a route
that for scenic beauty is uneXcelled. Its
great Pioneer Limited leaves st. Paul at
$40 p m. and arrives in Chicago at $3.50
the following morning. 1t is the pride OF
the road and the admiration of all rail-
road men. But just to show what it can
do when put to the test. our special was
whirled from st. Paul to Chicago in Just
twelve hours after run that was as easy
and smooth as rubber tires on macadam.
This road also is the only one having the
block signal system for the entire st.
Paul-Chicago route, making collisions inn
possible. The elegance of it's trains the
completeness of it's service, the courtesy
of it's employees and the effort made in
every way for your comfort and enjoy
ment,- cost you nothing-they are that
much extra for your money. 1t is a sig
nificant fact that no other road ever
claims to excel the Milwaukee. the ut
most of the pretentions being that they
are. lust as good 1t is the model and
its limited train is indeed the Pioneer"
1t lead the way and still leads it.
The Grand Trunk.
What the Milwaukee is northwest OF
Chicago. that the Grand Trunk railway
system is to the northern east. Its
splendid roadbed insures your ease and
safety 1t is Differed and managed al
most wholly by young men. and they
have amazed the railroad world by max
ing it the most popular road east of
Chicago, and they have done this in just
the few last years. They have done it
by providing everything the travelling
public could reasonably or even unreal
sonably ask for. Keen and alert they
have looked to see where others have
lacked and worked to provide that for
their road. They handle the large ex-
cursion party and the single passenger
Just the same. Every bit of their knowl-
edge and help is at their service, and
every employe. looks to see that they
are cared for and reach their destination
quickly and comfortably. With our party
Mr. David Brown, the roads travelling
passenger agent at ST. Paul, went through
to Buffalo and back, personally attend
ing to the train service and the hun
dreds of little details that conduce so
much to the smOothness of such a trip
At Chicago, Mr.. Cookson, the assistant
to the general passenger agent at that
cjty met us there and accompanied the