Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-15
MAINE AT ST. LOUIS.
SINE Of the Plans Made By OuI
Commissioners.
Site for the Maine Building at the Elk.
position Selected.

fOuf OF the commissioners to the ST
Louis exposition from Maine have been
to that city and returned. The objec,
OF this visit was to accept the site for
the Maine building which was allotted
L" the management Of the fair.
Lemuel s. Lane of Westbrook, one
of the commissioners, is enthusiastic
over the prospects of a good opportun-
fty for Maine to advertise herself at
this coming great Worlds fair. lie
says that the lot assigned to this State
is one of the best locations on the
grounds. 1t is on a hill, surrounded
with trees. overlooking the grounds,
park. Mr.. Lane thinks that if the
Maine commissioners had been given
the opportunity to choose the location
of their building they would no. have
cared for one better than that assigned
by the managers.
1T is the purpose of the commission
ers." said Mr.. Lane. Ito make special
effort to advertise Maine as grea.
playground for the nation, and to bring
to the attention of all the people who
shall visit the exposition the great
ad1ptability of the State as vacation
territory. The effort is being made by
many influences i'm the West to divert
the summer traffic into northwestern
fields. 1t is the opportunity of life
time for the State of Maine to show the
people who have no idea what we have
in Maine. it's resources in that direc-
ton.
The Maine building, according to the
plans of the commissioners, will be a
sporting camp about so to 20 feet ana
two stories high. This is to be con-
structed of spruce logs and taken to St
Louis. A log cabin, attended by guides
and containing the full equipment of a
sporting camp, cannot fail to attract
the western exhibitors to the exhibit
tor. 1t is hoped to make the cabin
and it's furnishings sufficiently elabor-
ate to cost $4,000 or $4,000. Litera-
ture pertaining to the State and it's va
cation advantages will be distributed
to all corners. One of the propositions
is to issue a book which will give a
write-up of Maine from a vacation point
of view. deliberately illustrated, and
containing a list of all the sporting
places, as well as the towns where sum-
mer boarders are taken, with careful
explanations of the routes to be taken
to reach each place"
Mr. Lane says that the four commits
sioners. who were present, lnciuu'nS
besides himself. l.. r. GOodall OF san
ford, Hon. c. G. Burrill of Ellsworth
and Hon. Fl. w. Sargent of Sedgwick,
left with the impression strong upon
them that this is an opportunity for the
good of Maine that the State cannot
afford to lose. The plan does not con-
template a scheme for the advancement
Of any particular business or industry,
hut will be a great help to every inter-
est within the State. The fair is to be
tremendous in size. Mr.. Lane says that
the purpose of the managers is to make
# a bigger attraction than the Chica-
go. Buffalo and Paris fairs combined,
and he has no doubt that they VIII sue
coed in that respect.
When the lots were assigned there
were formal presentation exercises.
Each lot was marked of ana over IL
waved the national flag. and the nag
Of the state to which the lot was going.
One of the managers made presentd-
zion sneech. which included the use OF
the lot. and the state flag. and response
was made by the chairman OF the s.a'o
delegation. This duty fell upon MI.
Coodall for Maine, and he made me
immersion in his response. so mnch SO
that at the banquet given in the eve
ming for the visiting commissioners oy
the Business Mems League. ne Was
chosen to respond to the sentiment,
"The East at the Worlds Fair, ana
b.re again ne did credit to himself anu
the state. Socially the commissioners
were also made much of. The father
of the wife of Governor Hill OF TINS
state. was particularly kind in ms at
tantions to the Maine delegation. Iney
also received attention from Mrs. Pat
terson. who was formerly MISS niee
Conld Of Portland. from Mr., Copo
Who il a relative to Hon. W. :. Cobo
of pockland. and many others VINO
hailed from Maine. - ,.c;s,,
M lane says he hopes the iesisia :
,nre will be liberal in its approprla-
t;ons for the exhibition purposes TINS
winter Some of the states have al
ready appropriated sums Tor or the ex.
position-Kentucky. sao ~ A a.
s,ro ooO and Illinois, $25O.OOO being ex-