The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-21


WORLDS PANAMA Exeosi7iDN.
Public sentiment has practically
|decresd thar the completion OF the
Panama Canal in 1915 shall DO ceie.
bfated with q great international ex-
position Ii which Az the nittiona Of
the world may participate and tlie
IqhestIo1 ot where this exposition shall
BE held viii be settled by ccngress
at IFS approaching session.
New Orleans and San F'rancisco are
contrasting for the honor Of holding
this exposttio and both cities have
guaranteed immense sums Of money
as an evidence Of their good faith
and their ability % tinahee an enter,
prise SO great n. manner which
| viii DO credit and hon To ON cpups
try 4, y d III ,tyss I
The late President NC Einiey
.,Exposttions4 are the keepers d
American progress, they enable
| thelpeople Of one State to see know
and learn what the other States are
doing and they enable the people d
our country to learn what ali other;
countries are DOING, and also to ex:
plot our own progress and resources
| to all nations OF the world. Y ,sS
An exposition worthy of the term
World s Fair, such as New Orleans
proposes to build will be a great :edu-
cationa movement, Its success as
such, hoYever. will depend entirely
upon the Percentage Of our population
which can; secure its educational ad-
yantages; and this, in turn depends
upon It's location. vs.
THE average; distance from West
Virginia points to New Orleans is 948
miles, as against an average Of 2,72s
miles to San Francisco. The average
one;Wayl railroad fare from West. Viz
ginia points to New Orleans is s2S .sb,
L Hs7A' -
as against an average. OF $6s.2O6to the
Pacific coast he,saverage timeare,
qpireai forlthe trip from iwestsv Virginia
points to New Orleans is as hours,
as against! Six days TO San Francisco.
The Worlds Panama Exposition
Company, Of New Orleans, puts forth
the following arguments in favor OF
the, Southern city:
i. New Orleans is 500 miles from
the center of population in the United
States. San Francisco is $500 miles
therefrom
2 Within radius Of 500 miles
from New Orleans there are 10000 OOt
people. Within the same radius from
San Francisco there are only 1000,
900 people. ,,stS MS ..,3 \. I.
4 38SWithin a radius of 1000 miles
from New Orleans there are $4,000 OO(
people, Within the same. fradius
1 from SAT- Francisco there are onl,
4 5000 .oOo.S3l 3tSq t 500 tl
! Within a radius Of 1,5ooi miles
from New, Orleans, there are sO,oOo,o9'
i peoples Withlnfthes same radius from
] San Francisco there are. only17,OOo,
1 oSoSati ss@G8sl 81 JasaiEis
|, This means that over 75 per cent. o
tie people Of the United States woult
come yto an exposition in New orleanl
at an average railroad fare Of $12,5o
as against an average Of $s7 so ito tn,
Pacific coast, and for several million
4 people, the Pullman fare and dininl
car expenses alone. for a trip to Sal
Francisco. would amount to more thai
all their transportation expenses for I
trip 70 New Orleans. 4
Besides all this, many visitors to al
exposition celebrating the completion
of the canal will wish to visit Panama
This can be accomplished via Ney
Orleans with great ease as New OF
leans is only 1880 miles from tn
canal, while San Francisco Is $40
miles distant therefrom.
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