Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08
vENWONDERS At EXPOSITION
KANSAS CITY CELEBRATION
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
silas E. Snyder Proposes Park Site
to Be Improved With Per-
manent Glories.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, September g.
The exposition bug has invaded the
bonnet of this vain metropolis of the
middle west, and is buzzing busily.
The idea that this city should celebrate
past history and present glory is not new,
but was laid aside for more opportune
consideration, as a multiplicity of cele-
brations Of the character by cities all
over the union, especially those contem-
plated at Seattle, New Orleans and New
York, were occupying public attention.
Kansas City had gone SO far in the
project as to decide on the engineer to
start and keep the exposition machinery
going, in the person of Silas E. Snyder
jamestown exposition. and citizen of
Missouri.
Plans Under Consideration.
With the renewal of interest in the
project comes Mr.. Snyder with an ornate
scheme that wins much applause from
the interests in Kansas City which
would have the burden of financiering an
exposition. The commercial bodies Of
the city are considering his plans.
Mr.. Snyder will return to Kansas City
in month to confer with commercial or
CARNATIONS about the proposed exposi-
ton He says he will bring with him to
direct the exposition associates who have
been the builders of famous expoSitionS
in other cities.
1.-The Winning of the West should be
the keynote of the Kansas City EXPOSE
tion," Mr.. Snyder said. This is the typ
ical western city and it's foundations were
laid by the architects who built all of the
great states to the westward and south
west, and of which it is and always will
be the gateway and the strong box.
THAT irresistible force called the Kan
national exposition that will bring the
best of the world to the Kaws mouth.
The results of this will be to make Kan
sas City household word to the ends
of the earth.
Would Have Permanent Buildings.
MY idea. to eliminate the waste that
has characterized all expositions in the
wrecking of expensive buildings and land
scape work after the exposition is over,
is to spend the money in creating a per-
manent park to be embellished with art
and architectural works that will endure
forever and be perpetual source of
pleasure as well as profit to the city.
This plan contemplates a feature that
will seem somewhat astounding at first
suggestion, but which competent techni-
cal men in the east have assured me is
practicable and desirable. This is to re-
produce here the seven wonders of the
ancient world. the great pyramid. the
hanging gardens of Babylon, the Pharos
Of Egypt, the Colossus Of Rhodes. the
Temple Of Diana at Ephesus the Mauso-
,eum of Artemesia and the statue of Ju-
piter at Olympia.
Country's Bread Box There.
I'm these days of concrete and struc-
tural steel. terra Gotta, veneer and staff.
the reproduction of all these structures
will be comparatively easy task.
Kansas City being distinctiveIy the
bread box Of the country. the agricultu-
raj, horticultural and live stock features
would be emphasized and exploited to a
degree never imagined. 1t would be the
greatest farmers university extant, reg
ular schools of instruction being held on
the broadest possible scope in demon
strating all kinds Of farming, irrigating.
breeding, fruit raising, ETC.
1.-The project in its entirety will be laid
before your commercial body in the near