The weekly examiner., 1901-03-16

lands of the world toward both ex- tremities of the hemisphere, with min- erals and forests adjacent in either sec
 lion, with great navigable waterways
 in both North and South America and
 with central zone capable of produc-
 ing to an unlimited degree all the trop- ical and subtropical products known to or used by man.
 The sPan-American Exposition was not, therefore, either entirely or large
 Iy born of q selfish desire on the part of the people of the State of New York,
 and of Buffalo primarily, to draw at tention to anything they possess or to acquire wholly local prestige and bene- 5 it from the undertaking. The loca- # ton of the Exposition was fixed at Buffalo by reason of the fact that the courage of the people of that city and their public spirit and faith in their ability to finance and produce an Inter national Exposition which should be confined to the Western Hemisphere was strong enough to convince Con- gross that the work would be well done, and hence the location was de cided upon.
 What BumaIo Has Done.
 This step having been taken and the die thus cast, Buffalo has risen equal to the occasion and has subscribed millions of money, and as city, there have been sunk, in one common pur- pose to succeed, all personal and sec tional jealousies and ambitions.
 A splendid location was selected for. the Exposition, in which there is in c1uded a large part of the city's great and famously beautiful park, and from the time that was done up to the pres lent moment the interest and energy manifested and the strong intent to succeed in every way shown by the people of the city in their great under taking have been focused upon and cen tered in the work now nearing compile ton. The extent to which this interest has been shown can be gauged from the fact that on several recent Sun days 10000 people have passed through the wagon gates to the grounds in or der that they might see how the work of constructing the Exposition build ings was progressing.
 Architectural Wonders.
 Tn it's architectural qualities and out lines the Exposition pays the republics of South and Central America the highest compliment possible, since in the character and design of it's build fngs there will be placed before the vis- itor the most perfect, the most beauti-. ful and the most enchanting picture of Spanish architectural memories that has ever been presented in any country or place, while in it's natural attrac- tions and in the loveliness of it's lake and forest and flower setting the Expo. sition as picture will be source of gIadness and delight and a pride as we'll to every one who visits it. Those who have it's direction and manage ment are drfng everything within their power to bring together about these central,s salient points those finiseing connecting links of fountains. Of bril- liant lighting effects. of music, ok gar dens, of entertainments andHod nov city which go so far toward making up the real life of a great Exposition
 As this is being written-six months previous to the opening of the Exposi- tion-it is distinctly gratifying to the people of Buffalo and of the State of New York to be able to realize, as they do. that their efforts in the work of building up and arranging the ground work of the Exposition have been warmly seconded on every hand. and that the discouragements they have met with and the difficulties they have had to overcome have but more close ly accentuated and made apparent the merit of their undertaking and brought to them the unsought praise and hearty applause of their fellow citizens Of the United States, while the prominent and praiseworthy activity being shown in Mexico, Guatemala. Nicaragua. Costa Rica, Honduras. Ecuador, Peru, Chili. Bolivia. the Argentine Republic and in Cuba in all that relates to the partici- patton of those countries in the Exposi- ton. is most encoura gfng and presages a brilliant outcome. To this there is to be added the widespread interest now manifested in the Exposition in Cana da. in Jamaica. in Guade1oupe. Tn Porto ! Rico, in Hawaii and in the Philippines. With these factors to work from, there 1 would seem to be a bright outlook l ahead for a successful outcome and a | realization to some degree Of the senti- ments underlying the Exposition. With l but few exceptions the States are cor dially and enthusiastically interested 1 in the Exposition and will participate, 1 and they are joining heartily in the l efforts to make it in its success consist l ent with the ideas held by those who 1 Formulated it's plans and such as will l amply and fully justify the pride, faith 1 and confidence of the people who first 1 took up and encouraged by every l means within their power the holding | of a Pan-American Exposition-at a | seemingly most appropriate place within earshot, as it is, of the worlds greatest cataract. and amid the truly 1 wonderful applications of | the unlimited power now being trans mitted from that great leap of waters.