The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05

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to go to Buffalo, or farther east, write
| for the Grand Trunk Pan-American fold
er, veritable work of art, to Mr.. David
Brown, Jr., Endicott building, st. Paul,
| who will send it without charge, and
give any further information desired.
The Start from Home.
| The editorial party assembled on Sat-
urday, June Is at St. Paul at the Wind
sor hotel which for years has been news
paper headquarters in Minnesota, until
| Gen. Monfort, the proprietor, has a per-
sonal acquaintance with practically every
newspaper man in the state. Here each
| of the party was provided with hand
| some badge and button, with his or her
name attached, which were the gift Of
| the Kellogg Newspaper Company, the
American Press Association, the Mime
| sofa Type Foundry Company and the
American Type Founders. The button
represents Niagara Falls, and below was
a map Of Minnesota and the states ex-
tending to New York. with the Great
Lakes, the travelling editor standing at
st. Paul and looking toward buffalo
marking the location Of the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition. 1t all makes a neat
souvenir of the trip.
The party, 240 persons, was the largest
by nearly 80 persons that has ever gone
on one of these editorial excursions, and
consisted wholly of members Of the state
association. Attached to the editorial
special train was Gov. Van SAINTS special
car for the accommodation of himself and
Mrs. Van SAINT and his staff, Senator
Moses E. Clapp and daughter, and State
Secretary Hanson, wife and daughter, in
all about thirty persons 1t was feat
ure of the trip that the editors should
have charge of the dedication of the
/ I'LL
when it was turned over by the Mime
sofa board of managers to the governor
and by him to the exposition managers.
The presence of the state executive, the
| senator and the other officials gave add
| ed dignity and prominence to the excur-
sion and was very pleasant feature,
being wholly non-political. Every edi-
| tor recognized the courtesy of the gov
ernor in coEferring upon the editorial
association the honor of the dedication
| of the splendid Minnesota building, and
all joined in extending to him every cour-
tesy due the head of the state govern
ment.
The train consisted of seven sleepers, a
day coach and baggage car. After the
exceptionally fast run, we were landed
at the Dearborn street station, where a
| splendid breakfast had been arranged for
the party by the Grand Trunk officials at
| Chicago. All the party were seated at
once, large room having been cleared
and seated for our accommodation.
The service was by Mr.. Fred Harvey,
who has charge of the Santa Fe & Frisco
lines dining cars and eating house, and
has national reputation.
Chicago to Buffalo.
The start from Chicago was made
| promptly, and we had a delightful ride
! through the prosperous states of Indiana
| and Michigan, seeing Valparaiso, South
Bend, Casopolis, Battle Creek, Lansing,
and its handsome capitol building, and
| Durand, by daylight, and passing under
the st. Claire river by the Port Huron
tunnel, one of the marvels of modern en-
| cheering skill. 1t was at Durand that
we had supper. Every one who was on
the trip through eastern Canada over
the Grand Trunk last year, knew what
supper at Mr.. Arthur S. Thomas Durand
eating house meant. Everything moves
| like clockwork. With Mr. Thomas in
direct charge, the service is faultless
and the meals we have had there have
been as nice and as satisfactory as any
we have ever had anywhere, and more
could not be said, for on these trips the
editors always have the very best In
order that all the ladies of the editorial
party might be served at once without
delay, the dining room seating but 100,
Gov. Van SAINT and party were taken to
the Richelieu hotel, near by, and were
well CdTGu LOT There. Our stay at Du-
rand was two hours, and Mr. Thomas
had an excellent orchestra to help pass
the time of waiting; indeed, he neglected
nothing, and the editors all endorsed him
as royal good fellow.
Approaching Buffalo in the early morn
ing, the Grand Trunk entered Niagara
over it's new steel arch bridge, splendid
engineering feat, which three years
ago was built to replace the old original
suspension bridge, which in it's day was
considered one of the wonders of the
age From it the traveller gets his first
view of the rapids below the falls, and
the aweAnspiring scenery Of that part
Of the Niagara river. We reached Buff
falo at o'clock.
Statler's Hotel.
When you reach Buffalo walk two
blocks to Main street and there take q
Main street or Elmwood car to Statler's
hotel; that is what we did; 1t is ride
Of about 20 to 30 minutes out there, as
Statler's adjoins the exposition grounds.
Within half an hour after we had reached
the house we were all in our rooms, as we
had all been booked and roomed in ad-
vance. Statlers is one of the wonders Of
the exposition. 1t Is but three stories
high, yet is the largest hotel in the world,
having 2,100 rooms, and 1t makes it pos
sible for person Of moderate means to
WISH the great TdH-Au6T1Cdu. lou get
neat, clean room, good meals, promptly
and nicely served, and every needed ac-
commodation for 50 day, which includes
breakfast and evening dinner The din
Ing room accommodates 1900 people, and
the morning we left there, there were
1000 persons getting breakfast at one
time. Excursions of 800 and more persons
come here and are swallowed and go un-
noticed, while so systematic are the de-
tails of the management that there is no
hitch, and each one is fully cared fo-
This is said not to puff Mr.. Stetler, for
the editors paid for all they got there,
but 1t is simply to save the Minnesota
people who go to Buffalo their money and
their time. Many who have gone have
spent days and enough money to do the
exposition before finding out where to
go to get good meals. comfort and mod
crate charge.
Once at Statler's, the exposition is but
a stones throw, and we would advise
every one, on their first visit to the
grounds. to go by the long central hall
out the rear exit Of the hotel, where 100
yards distant. Is the imposing Lincoln