The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-06-10
THE WORLDS FAIR.
o. P. RuiIedge, Formerly OF Co.
Imubia, Denies that II is In a
''Ch0atic Condition.

The Herald is in receipt of an inter
esting letter from Mr.. o. P. kutledge
of ST. Louis, formerly of this city, on
the World s Fair. Mr. Rutledge says
the fair is in good shape, and that state
ments to the contrary are untrue.
There are other things in the letter
worth reading, especially to those who
contemplate going to st. Louis. Mr.
Rutledge makes some valuable sugges
tions as to getting hotel and boarding
house accommodations. The letter is
as follows:
st. Louis, Mo-, June /. 1904.
Editor Columbia Herald =
Columbia, Tenn.
Il read a news item in the Herald
of May 9th regarding the World s
Fair, that is somewhat misleading.
Your reporter states that a gentleman
of Columbia who has just visited the
fair reports that the streets in the
grounds are not macadamized, and are
muddy and sloppy. and there are 80,
00O people still at work on the build
ings, trying to complete them the
EXHIBITS are disarranged the Ferris
Wheel will not be complete for six
weeks and everything is in choatic
condition.
For the information of those who
contemplate making an early visit to
the fair, l will say that / have had
abundant opportunity to see the
progress of the great show, and beg to
say to all who wish to come to St.
Louis while it is cool and pleasant.
that fully three fourths of the streets.
or about twenty-five miles, are
macadamized or asphalted. The streets
are not muddy and sloppy at any place
that have seen. and L have been over
the twelve hundred acres comprising
the fair ground many times during the
past winter and spring.
THE buildings are all completed
and have been since April 3Oth. The |
statement, therefore. that there are
30, 600 men at work trying to complete |
the buildings, is certainly wrong. |
There are fully ), 900 regular employees
of the Fair constantly on the grounds.
THE Ferris Wheel is completed and |
Saturday afternoon, the 28th. The
exhibits are all installed In every
building and are complete in every I
detail.
Finishing touches. beauty spots.
are being added constantly, and as the
fair stands today, it constitutes
show that is worth coming ten thous-
and miles to see. 1t is no exaggeration
to say that specimen of everything
known to the human race, existing in
earth, rock. water and the air, that
can possibly exist in this climate, is
h iY,fr = Iof q |
the ingenuity of man can contrive in
gold, silver, bronze, copper, brass,
iron, marble. textiles, precious stones,
wood, hay and cereals. is exhibited to
delight the visitor. There are hun
lreds OF representatives of the different
races of the earth to be seen at the
pleasure of the curious, and detach-
nent of African Pygmies are on the
ocean coming. Every kind of animal
hat can live here is on exhibition,
with birds and insects without num-
ser. Today, this show is conceded by
English. French, German, Italian and
American. to be the greatest of the
Kind every held in all the tide of time,
md the general opinion expressed Is
hat the world VIII be fully fifty years
,lder before ii is ever equalled ana per-
laps HuIlu1tI YEARS OiutI Dclolc ~ 10
exceeded.
"There are hundreds of hotels, large
md small with thousands of board
ng houses and rooming houses. where
'isitors coming TO see the fair can
ecure accommodation at reasonable
ates Visitors should time their ar
ival so as TO reach here in the morn
ng, so as to have the entire day to
ind suitable hotel accommodations,
nd thus avoid the common enemy of
the hotel robber who takes
dvantage of the plight of those who
ave to find II place to sleep and "A
norsel to eat when he or she arrives in
he evening.
ITO people with limited means |
rould suggest that they avoid all of
he large or small downtown hotels,
$ they are always over crowded, be-
ause easily found. Take time to look
round before locating use a little
ommon sense, and treat st. Louis
recisely as you would little village;
nat is, start in to be the master of the
ity and not permit ii to master you.
person possessing the least bump of
,cation simply cannot get lost in this
ity.
ITO gentlemen coming with ladies
, their party or ladies coming in
arties without gentlemen escort.
ould suggets that they secure hotel