Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-27
RAILROAD lines GRANT
REDUCED RATES To BIG
Industrial EXPOSITION
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF MiNNEAP.
OILS COMING FOR TWO
DAYS VISIT.
FRIDAY IS FIRST Big DAY
ELABORATE BANQUET WILL be
rendered VISITING RAIL-
WAY PRESIDENTS.
President Pennington Of 500 Line Will
BE Here Next Week-Machinery Of
Big Exposition 10 Working Smooth
Something Will Be Doing Every
Minute-Exposition 4 Suecess.

Dig EXPOSITION % working Smooth.
Iy-somethino Will Be Doing Every
Minute-Exposition a Success.
Just after the auspicious opening
of the North Dakota Industrial Expo
sition yesterday afternoon Supt. GIL
breath received the. glad announce
ment that all the railway companies
Of the state would make special rates
to the big show.
The special rate proposition is one
which had given the exposition man.
agement no little concern. It was felt
that the attendance would be greatly
effected by the passenger rate question
and now the word has been received
that rate of one and third fare will
be charged to Bismarck during the
exposition. This means that a round
trip from any station on the North
Dakota railway lines will be one and
third Of the regular fare. It also
means that the attendance will be
multiplied ten fold and that it will do
away with the necessity of arranging
for special trains.
The messages received from the
railway companies were greeted with
loud acclaim by the managers of the
exposition for great anxiety was felt
lest the different companies would
fail to reach an agreement. The rail.
way companies have traffic arrange.
ments which are strictly adhered to
and special passenger rates cannot be
granted without the approval of the
traffic board.
1t is the difficulty the passenger de.
partments have experienced which
caused the delay. It was the. desire
of Commissioner Gilbreath to have
the reduced passenger rate in oper-
alton at the opening of the exposition
and his disappointment was great
when the negotiations were prolonged
but now that the desired rate has
been secured, the stream of visitors
will pour in in a copious flow from all
sections of the country.
The reduced railway fare announce
ment will be met with a feeling of
gladness by all the people, for it
means that the big show may be Wis.,
tied at much less expense than was
And it means that
thousands will come who otherwise
would not have felt like incurring
he expense.
If there was any lingering doubt
lbout the success of the exposition
hat doubt was removed by the an
that substantial reduc-
ion in rates had been arranged.
The railway companies will adver-
ise the special or excursion rate in
very section of the country within
thousand miles of Bismarck and a
isit to the exposition will mean a
oliday occasion for the thousands
tho each year 60 somewhere on an
xcursion. And to all of these the
Iorth Dakota Industrial Exposition
ill furnish place of interest the
quail of which u0es not exist in the
reat Northwest. =
The 500 and Northern Pacific rail-
'ay companies gave the exposition
a free freight service
" all the exhibits. This proved a
reat inducement to the different
)unties of the state to send large
thibits and it undoubtedly brought
any of the fine individual displays
hich are seen in the big building.
Probably no state in the Union has
Town a more friendly feeling nor a
eater interest in the North Dakota
xposition than Minnesota. The COM
ercial bodies of Minneapolis, St.
aul. and Duluth, have been tireless
offering assistance and the merch-
ITS, both wholesale and retail, of
ese Minnesota cities, have been
nerous in the donation of valuable
ICES.
These people of sister state are in
rested in the welfare and develop
ent of this state and are ever
ady to devote time and money to
curing settlers lor our unoccupied
1ds, and they have encouraged all
les of industry in the Northwest.
ley are proud of our success and
len the exposition was first talked
they encouraged it in every man.
r possible.
Being long-sighted business men
e people of Minnesota could see that
e development and prosperity of
nth Dakota would mean a commen-
rate share of profit to them.
Acting in sympathy with this on
,tion the commercial club of Min
apolis has asked for and has been
anted two special days at the expo
ion. The first date is September
tomorrow. Superintendent Gil
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