The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-06
BUILDING A MAGIC CITY.
fen thousand Men at Work on Buf.
falO's Big Exposition.
mr.. JAMES J.LAWLESS TELLS or WORK
He Represents the Bureau OF Publicity
and Is in Texas to Create
an interest.

The pan-Amerlcan exposition Is tho
most effectively advertised exposition ever
held In this country" said prom neat
citizen OF Houston today. Mr. James ].
lawless of the bureau OF publicity Is IN
Houston to inform the people of Texas,
through tile press, Of the progress Icing
made Mt Bu1ao and of the many advan
taees that viii accrue 10 this State from
u proper representation at Buffalo ms
summer
Speaking TO n Post reporter, Mr. L0wless
said The nrst matter I wish to impr' IS
upon your readers is that the Pan Amer
icun exposition will he opened on time,
Mny /, and that the exposition on that
date win be complete In every detail. Di-
rector General Buchanan insists that there
shall be no delay In completing the expo H.
ton generally and in detail within the
next twenty i've days.
There are now ut work over 10000 mon
on the exposition grounds, working days,
nights and sundays Ine weather In bur
lnio mas been very favorable to outdoor
work during the past week.
An the exhibits must be In place before
May l. The placing OF the heavy macliin-
cry In The electricity and machinery buli
ines Is now being done. lhe SHAFT work
els, the modclers, the INSIDE decorate :,
gardeners, most Of the unculs IN the se,Y
lee building and many of the officials down
town In the Ellicott square Office building
are working overtime.
The scauoldiug is down from all the
| buildings and the stadium Is the only
| structure san without It's coat Of color.
| Within the last few days the panels OF
| the dome Nv the temple OF music were coy
| cred with azure blue. The gold aud ivory
| OF the electric tower was revealed TINS
| week,
Most of the people Of Texas are very
enthusiastic over the Pan-Amcrican, and
| Mr. Mark Bennett OF the press department
| has been very ably assisted by the news
| pnperS OF Texas and notably so by Tne
| Houston Post in keeping the people OF
| the Southwest Informed about the exposl-
| tion.
Even now however, very few people
comparatively realize the extent and the
| grandeur of the Buffalo enterprise The
| various railroad Interests Of the com ny
| have assisted largely in advertising the
| exposition. ! noticed In the general office
| OF the Southern Pacific railway in this
| city the most perfect mounted buffalo /
! have ever seen, with card underneath
advising renders to 80 to the Pan American
exposition.
''onc Of The m;st enthusiastic workers FOR
| the exposition In the southwest is Tom
! Richardson, secretary Of the Houston Bust.
ness League; lie Is doing good work for
! Texas aud the Pan. American people apprc-
! ciatc his interest In the exposition.
| Texas has been rapidly moving To the
! front during the last i've years The woIi-
| dcrful oIl discoveries AT Beaumont. eighty
| -four miles east of here. have attracted the
| attention OF capitalists throughout the
East
Ill is only during the last five years tnat
| rice has been cultivated in Southeast
! Texas, and rice growing Is now ycarly
! adding large amounts to the wealth of this
| state, Texas furnishes neseyenth of ne
beef cattle OF the country, and the Texas
| steer has National reputation The mtn-
| era and agricultural resources Of the State
| are rich beyond the dreams Of avarice and
the forests of Texas are among the largest
| In the country.
Houston, besides being the commercial
| metropolis of the state is the largest cot
ton market In the world
The facts concerning Texas that I have
mentioned, together with other extend II
Information about the state. should h
made known TO the people OF the th'ckly
| populated East, and grand oppor nm ~
for the distribution of Information regard.
Ing Texas will he furnished by the Pan.
| American exposition.
The success of the exposition, financially
and In every other way, has long since
been assured The attendance Will prop.
ANY exceed that of all expeditions In the
past The benefits to be derived from IL
! FOR America are lncalculable. Every state
nnd Territory ana every city In the Unlted
making the PanAmerlcan exposition mar.
Nclously successful. The good will OF the
people In New Mexico. Arizona and Texas.
whore | spent the last sixty da-s, toward
Bunnlo and her magnificent enterprise.
makes me feel certain that closer ac,
Quaintance aud cordial relations are about
( 10 he established between the ueonle of
the Southwest ana Of the Northeast"
MIR. Lnwlcss Will lca\e Houston tomorrow
Ter New Orleans, stopping en- route al Sour
! Lake 10 inspect the mineral wells, and Mt
beaumont 60 inspect tho wonderful oil
| wells now being found daily.