THE OMAHA DAILY 1J13E : SATTTHDAV , .TANtrAHY 10 , 1807.
40 bushel * ; value , $1,373,882. Oats , 11.500,178 bushel * ; value , $3,787,000. Rye , 24,129
bushels ; value , $18,097. Ilartey , 53,061 bushel * ; value , $28,973. $ Potatoes , 1,270,082 bush-
> cls ; value , $995,311. liny , 670,077 tons ; value , $ 1,351,033. Cotton , 3,111,000 bales ; value ,
4102,052.000.
Texan 1ms n princely school fund In bonds nnd lands , estimated at 1100,000,000. In
J137C 1,000,000 acrr of land were granted to tlio University of Texas , located at Aus-
-tin. It linn on endowment of nearly J5.000.000 worth of lands , and Its advantages arc
ifreo to all Texan young men and women.
Texas hoists of tlio largest state capltol building In America , and seventh In
fclzo among tlio bulldlnga of tlio world. 11 Is n vast Greek cross of red Texan granite ,
jwlth n central rotunda crowned by a dome 311 feet high. This wonderful structure
occupies the commanding elevation at Austin , originally rejected for the capltol of
Hho Republic of Texas , and was erected at a cait of $3,500,000.
Tlio railroad mileage Is 9,230. Number of poatofllccs , 2,730. The total vote of 1S92
( was 122,115 ; of 1804 , 437,800. and of 1S90. 537.610.
Population , of principal cities- Dallas , 00,000 ; San Antonio , 45,000 ; Galveaton , 52,030 ;
'Houston , lil.OOO ; Fort Worth , 27,000
In 1825 Great Salt laUo was discovered by James Ilrldgcs. General Asmcy ICQ i0
men from St. Louis through the South pass and down to Utah lake , where ho built
n. fort. Other explorations of Utah were made , that of General Fremont being
the most notable. Caravans of emigrants be an to move across tbo territory bound
for California. After their expulsion from Illinois the Mormons began their pll-
Krlmago to Utah , and founded the state of Deserct July 24 , 1S17.
Utah como to the republic with the great cession made .by Mexico In 1S48 , and In
1850 was formed Into a territory.
Tlio state was admitted to the union In 1896. The population In 1890 was 207.-
005 , and the state census of 18D5 gives the population 247,321. The total vote In the
presidential election of 1S9G was 78,010.
Tlio arable land of Utah covers 3.000,000 acres , watered by 1,000 miles of canal.
The Dear lllvor canal , fifty miles long , cost $2,000,000. The Irrigated land * arc In
creasing In extent and produce yearly 6,000,000 bushels of grain , 600,000 bushels of
fruit nnd GOO tons of hay. There lire 19,810 farms , of which 17,681 arc free of In-
cumbrance. Nearly COO.OOO acres nro under cultivation , of which 417,155 acres are
Irrigated. The total number of acres of Improved land Is little short of a million.
The census of 1895 gives the number of cattle 238.974 ; milch cows , 60,095 ; horses ,
05,895 ; owlne , 17,703 ; the number of sheep li 2,422,802 , whoso value 16 $3,686,934.
The annual product of wheat amounts to over 3,000,000 bushels , valued at $1,410,090 ,
the average yield per aero being 2114 bushels. The acreage of corn Is 13,893.
the annual product being 260,697 bushels , valued at $151.433. The annual product of
oats Is 1,387.710 bushels , valued at $470,658 , the acreage being nearly 50,000. The
product of barley Is 271,800 bushels annually ; value , $100,207. Of rye 12,352 bushels
lo the yearly product , of the value of $20,091. Over 500,000 tons of hay nro produced
annually , the value'of which Is nearly $2,500,000. The potato crop U 1,019,239 bush
els ; value , $522,855. The value of other farm products , not specified above , is
$170,792. Last year 3,441,732 pounds of butter were produced , and of honey 1,102.121
pounds. The annual apple crop Is valued at $110,761 ; pears-$18,832 ; poaches , $82-
107 ; plums , $19,832 ; apricots , $10,272 ; small fruits , $02,144 ; grapes , $37,203 ; wine ,
$30,744.
Tlio number of Industrial concerns Is SSO ; capital Invested , $5,476 ; value of products
$6.678.118. In the mercantile buslucaj $11,051,315 Is Invested , with salcn approximating
$35,000.000.
Mining In Utah between 1871 and 1891 produced $150,000,000 , two-thirds in sliver
with $10,000.000 In lead , and the residue In gold and copper. Utah Is next to Colorado
ami Montana us a lead-bearing country ami the yearly product exceeds 21,000 tons. I
la found In all the mines and Is the chief source of the precious metals. The ores are o
low grade , readily reduced by smelting. There are many silver and lead mines In the
Wnhsatch range around Park City , where the Ontario alone his produced above $22OCOOOO
In the Cottonwood canyon nro mines which have sent out $10,000,000. The lion
Silver Chimney of Ore , in Heaver county , produced ninety tons , of ere daily for four years
valued ut $13,000,000. There are other profitable mines around 'Frisco. Other minerals
abound ; there Is antimony , cinnabar , sulphur , alum , borax , petroleum , fire clay , lltho
graphcr's stone nnd other minerals. Over 40.000 tons nf salt are obtained from the grea
lake annually ; there arc beds of rock salt stretching for miles , which produce 5,000 tonn
annually ; a line , dry asphaltum is produced ; marble and limestone , red and white sand
etono , granltp , green and purple slate abound. The number of patented mines Is 271
unpatented , 275 ; number of employed , 2,534 ; annual wages paid , $2,809,817. Annual out
putf In IDIIJ Is 251,921. the value of ulilcli Is $4,289,600 , Thd ofllclal report says that the
minimi product of capper la 1,066,101 ( rounds ; value , $53,308. Refined kail , 202,500
pounds ; value , $02,977. Unrefined lead , 65.151,663 pounds ; value , $888,826. Hcflncd sliver
6,659,798 ounces ; value , $4,193,671. Refined gold , 50,427 ounces ; value , $1,128,510. Com
putlng the gold and stiver of Utah at mint valuation ami other metals at their value a
the seaboard would increase the total value of the annual product to $11,631,402.
There are enormous beds of coal. The yearly product exceeds $250,000. There nro
Immense deposits of iron aud copper ore.
Great progress has been made In the matter of education. The University of Descre
la a terltorlal institution at Salt Lake City , having 330 students. The Hrlghs.m Young
college lies 260 students. There la a largo military academy at Ogdcn. The Chrlu
tlan sects maintain in Utah 100 schools , with 9,000 students. The Salt Lake Collegiate
Institute has 3UO. St. Mark's school has 450. The total number of school children li
the state la 57.508. The total value of school property is $2,355,672.
The railroad mileage of the state Is 1,391. The number of postofflces Is 290. The
chief city Is Salt Lake City , with a population of 52,000.
The total assessed valuation of property Is $106,110,370.
Tradition runs that a Greek mariner , ono Junu do Ftica , first explored the shores
of Washington In 1592 , The first modern explorer of the Washington coast was Juan
Perez , cruising In the Spanish transport Santiago in 1774. In 17S9 Captain Gray entered
fiovt-ral Washington harbors , ascending the Columbia river. In 1S03 Lewis and Clarke ,
with an exploring- party of American soldiers , descended the Columbia river and win
tered on the coiat. General Isaac I. Stevens , United States army , led nn exploring
expedition across the Rocky mountains Into Washington In 1853 and held the gov
ernorship of the territory for four years.
Tim state was admitted to the union In 1SS9. It Is 350 mllca long , 230 miles wide , cm-
bracing 09,991 square miles , larger than the united areas of Now York , Maryland and Mas-
Rachusatts , The Cascade range divides the state in eastern and western Washington ,
differing In climate nnd products , soil and topography The east embraces a wide area
of open , tillable and grazing lands ; the west , broken by many mountain ! ) nnd bays ,
Is mantled by huge forests. Fully 20,000,000 acres are covered with timber , 10,000,000 with
arable Inrdc , 5,000,000 with rich river bottoms , and 10,000.000 with wooded mountains
and mineral lands. This rugged peninsula finds Its garden tipot In the famous Chchalld
country , 2.000 square miles of rich land running from Gray's harbor to the Cascades.
The long valley between the Cascade nnd coast ranges Is a thickly populated and pleas
ant farming country , fifty or alxty miles wide , favorid by a delightful climate.
Mount Rclnlcr , 14 144 feet high , Is ono of the most n.ajentio of American pcaka and
lifts Us white crest high over western Washington.
The great plain ot the Columbia , ono of the chief agricultural regions of the Pa
cific states , la bounded by tha Columbia ami Spokane rlvcis and the Idaho and Oregon
frontier. It Is peopled by thousands of farmers. The lllg Ueml country , near the
center of Wabhlngton , covers 4,800 squatc mllca , much of it suitable for farming and
for cattle raising , The wheat fields of Washington Ho In the southeastern sections.
The nut settlement on the great plain was made at Walla Wnlla by Dr. Whitman ,
the missionary hero , who saved the Oregon country to the United States. The Pa-
lousa country la a high rolling prairie , without timber , but abounding In wheat farms.
It Is 150 miles in extent. Pugct sound is 0110 of the most beautiful salt water cstu-
nries In the world. The e.\port of Pugct sound reach $9,000,000 a year. Tlio wheat
crop of the Btato reaches 15,000,000 bushels yearly. Corn Is a staple crop In all the
lower-lying valleys and yields forty to fifty bushels to the acre. Sorghum Is ono of
the crops. The most extensive Irrlcatlon enterprise in the state Is In the Yaklma vnl-
icy , Known ns tno iiigu Line canal. It commands an area of about 400,000 acres. In
Klttltas county 111,110 acres have been put under ditch. The east la noted for rais
ing n great variety of fruits. The area devoted to fruit culture Is 65,009 acres. The
acreage In bearing In 1S93 was about 20,000 , covering all kinds of largo and small
fruits , of prunes nml plums. The crop aggregated 10,000.000 pounds , A conservative
estimate of the value of the fruit and vegetable crop for 1893 la $2,730,000. The hop
product la estimated to bo worth $2,000,000 annually.
Pre-eminent among the rich aud varied resources of the state la Its wealth of
atanding timber. The magnificent forests of fir , cedar , epruco and hemlock , extend
ing from the Cascade mountains to tbo ehorca of tbo Pacific ocean and from'tbo Co
lumbia river to the Uiltlsh line , are unequalled In their extent and quality. In north
eastern Washington yellow plnra abound. In western Washington the Douglae fir Is
the predominating timber. An eetlmato of the amount of standing merchantable tlm-
, v her In western Washington Is :
y Kir , 127,500,000,000 feet ; cedar , 9.000,000,000 feet ; epruco , 4,600,000,000 feet ; hemlock
' 0,000,000,000 feet ; total , 150,000,000.000 feet.
Olio township In Paclflo county contains 800,000,000 feet. A fir tree was cut only a
short tlmo ago In King county which measured 0 feet In diameter nt tbo butt , 4 feet 8
Inched at the top , ISO feet long , and scaled 01,000 feet of lumber. Thcao trcca average
from 4,000 to 16,000 feet per tree. Douglaa fir Is the stoutest timber known. Tbo value
of Washington timber la greatly enhanced by the wldo rouge of markets which It com
mands. A largo fleet la continually employed carrying this timber to Australia , China ,
Japan , South America and Continental Europe. At the larger mills from six to twenty
vessels may bo eccn at any tlmo receiving their cargoes. Thousands of carloads nro
* i tihlppcd aunually to all parts of the cast. The shipments for the year 1S95 were as fol-
1 low * ;
-v. Cargo shipments , foreign , 152,291,372 feet ; cargo ahlpmento , domestic , 259.2J9.COO feet-
rail shipments , 90,981,000 feet ; total lumber shipments , 602,577,972 feet.
Sblnclo shipments , 13,770 carloads , or 2,181,240,000 shingled. The extent and variety
of tbo food flthca of the Washington waters ore very great. The salmon predominate * .
Sturgeon , or deep-oca bans , abounds. Smelt , shnd , halibut and cod , herring , catfish , carp ,
salmon , trout , brook trout , and numerous other species of lesser commercial importance
are found In the waters of Washington. Several varieties ot shell fifth\re \ found In these
waters , Including crabs , lobsters , oysters , clams and umbels. The ( fWh Industry In the
Columbia river district In 1S93 netted the snug , sum of $3,418,903. The total amount
paid to fishermen by Washington canneries In that district for thq flp.rlng catch of 1893
was $1,770,547. The value of the prepared product of the cannerlas , , , ot this district ,
spring pack , Is $2,711,853. The proceeds of the fall pack for this district were :
Sllvorcldcd , 92.0SG cases ; value , $330,509. Chinook , 31,500 cases ; value , $113,400. Steel-
heads , 3,500 cases ; value , $12 COO. Total value , $150,509.
ThoRturgcon Industry netted $01,000. The grand total of tho. salmon Industry U
$3,418,9tiS. Other districts produce very largely of salmon and other flsh , the total value
of the product of the Pugct Sound district being estimated at noarlyt $300,000.
Kxporiments have been made In sugar beet culture with great success. The experi
ment station made 1514 analyses , showing average weight , 22 ounces ! average augar , 15,2
per cent ; average purity , 83.8 per cent.
The dairy Interest Is showing rapid growth. There are eighty-five creameries and
cheese factories In operation in the state ; 13,220,025 pounds of butter aud 405,056 pounds ot
chceso nro manufactured aivnually.
A IbouAaml vessels sail from the sound yearly , bearing $9,000,000 worth of lumber ,
coal , salmon nud grrfn.
Mining has already attained Importance In Washington. Over COO.OOO tons of bitumi
nous coal nro exported annually. The coal product In 1S90 was 13,590,000 tons. Coal has
been mlncil for many years on both eldes of the Cascade range. The Colvlllo country
has a score of ir.Cncs of silver-bearing lead and silver chlorides. Greenish gray sandstone
comes from the Chucknnut quarries. There are granite quarries near Spokane Kails
and Medical lake and In the Cascade range nnd along Snake river. The deposits of iron
ere In the mountains ot western Washington are noted for their extent and richness.
The eastern portion of Skaglt county abounds In minerals , both quartz and placer. The
Cascade mining district is Iho largest silver lead district In the state. The ere assays
from 40 per cent to 75 per cent lead. Veins of mineral carrying from thirty-flvo
ounces to 200 ounces of silver are found , llesldes the precious metals of Skaglt
county thcro nro deposits of marble on Cascade creek , and Iron ledges In the Sank moun
tains. These ores embrace brown , hematite , magnetic , chromo and strap 'Irons of high
commercial value. Largo dcpcalts of limestone aud coal are found nt Hamilton. Coal
from the lowest grade ot lignite to the highest grade of anthracite abounds. New tll.v
covcrlM are constantly made. In the region of Skaglt river , Lake Whatcom and Nook-
cack river the area of coal deposits ls 300 square miles. In King county there Os an
area of about 120 square miles , and another of about 300 square miles. All told the
coal fields of the state ot Washington cover an area ot 1,050 square mllca , as far aj
Is at present known.
The total assessed valuation of the state Is $217,012,897. The population in 1890
was 349,390. The estimated population In 1890 was 415,000. The popular vote for presi
dent In 1892 was 87,909 ; that of 1S9Gvas 91,330. The number of school children en
rolled Is 80,720. Education costs Washington $1,000,000 a year , distributed among 1,500
schools. The railroad mileage Is 2,803. The annual manufactures are valued at $41,7C' ' . -
022.
The state of Wyoming , admitted Into the union In 1S90 , originally formed from parts
of Dakota , Idaho and Utah , ranks as one of the youngest of the American common
wealths , nnd Its population In 1S96 was catlma'ed to exceed 90.000. The first
agricultural aettlcment was made lu the Green river valley by a score of Mormons , in
*
1S53 . ,
When the territory of Wyoming was crcate.l it possesrcd but 8,0i2.wlilte | ! Inhabitants ,
most of whom had followed the construction of the t'nlou Pacific railroad. As late as
1S75 the Erei.tcr part of the domain belonged to the Sioux , Crows , Arapahocs and Shoshon. ?
Indians , who waged Intermittent war against the miners nnd oc lers , but were finally
chastised Into submission by General Crook In 1S7C-77. The Sioux , were removed to
Dakota , the Crows to Montana , the Utcs to Colorado , and the 1,100 Shoshoncs and 900
Arapahocs to a reservation on the Wind river , where they still remain.
Wyoming , with an area of 97,890 square miles , is as largo as1 air'Ncw England and
Indiana combined. Its cleva'tlon varies from 3.400 to 14,000 feet , with an average of
0,000 feet. A largo part of Its area Is occupied by the mighty mans of the Uocky moun
tains , whoso snowy peaks rise high above evergreen forests and , pro , , cut by the rocky
canyons of many rivers. Among these broken ridges nro spaqlou bare-.plateaus , dotted
hero and there with grouped or Isolated buttes. The centennial 'dvldo [ or culmination
of the Rocky mountains , or northern prolongation of the Colorado Park range , enters
Wyoming south of Hawllus. Further eastward the Trout range1 of Colorado runa north
Into Wyoming , breaking Into the Laramle and Medlcluo Ilow s ranges' , ' which are
separated by the Laramlo valley. The foothills and opuns.of tha trran < wjous Ujntah range
crowd along the border of the Sierra Madre and some oftshooU of thp Wahsatch range
follow the western frontier. About fifty miles north of the Colorado line the Sierra Madre
and tlio Medicine Bow ranges subside into a belt of flat tablo'lands 150 miles long , from
which the Missouri waters flow on ono side and thcoe bf the Colofado on the other. The
Semlaoc , Swcetwatcr and other rangca rUe from the plateau1 between the Laramle and
Wind river mountains. Hero the line of the Ills Horn mountains begin , near the center
of Wyoming , and runs northward Into Montana , reaching heights from S.OOO to 12,000
feet and covering 7,500 square miles. A rolling plateau cresses the Powder river
country cantward to the Illack Hills , whose dark and heavily wooded slopes culminate In
the peak of Inyan Kara , 0,700 square miles above the sea. The Larmlo plalne ,
sheltered by the Larcmlo nnd Medicine I3ow ranges , cover 2,000.000 acres nt
a height of about 7,000 feet above the sea. There are areas of Irrigable loud In the
valleys of the Dig Horn , Tongue , Powder and Green rivers. The nig Horn country hoa
for many ycara been famous for Its game and attracts many parties of American and
foreign sportsment. As Into as 1SGC this region contained enormous herds of buffalo , and
slnco then It has been used for ranging live stock. The Wind river valley , eight miles
wide and 1EO miles long , has a rich , dark ooll and a pleasant climate , with clear and
rapid streams flowing through Its midst. 12r.st of the Dig Horn and Laramlo mountains
the great plains open away Into South Dakota and Nebraska.watered by the North
Platte. Chejcmie , Nlobrara and Powder rlvjra. The Green river basin , southwest of
the Wind ilvcr mountains , Is drained Into the Colorado on the west , and part of south-
v.estrn Wyoming sends Its waters to the Great Salt Lake through Dear river.
The area of forest In Wyoming covers not far from 10,000,000 acres , mainly on the
high mountains , and includes largo yellow and white pines , white spruce nnd rul
cedar. Only one-sixth of Wyoming's soil can be cultivated , and this portion has a sandy
loam , which , when irrigated , produced ceroi's , vegetables and fmlta. Districts nt the
lower altitudes uro tilled without Irrigation , whllo the regions dependent on artificial
watering draw from the copious springs and snows of the higher mountains. Wyom
ing Is the second commonwealth In the extent of Its canals , which aggregate above
5.000 miles in length , watering 2,000,000 acres. These Irrigation works have cost $10-
000.000.
Grazing Is the forcmcst Industry of Wyoming , whose cattle nnd sheep find capital
nutriment In the bunch grass of the Laramle plains , the nig Horn basin , Iho Swcetwafcr
and Wind river valleys , and along Green river , and also In the sage brush of the
desert. The number of cattle at the present'time ' exceeds 1,500,000. More than 1,000-
000 sheep are grazing all the year out on thocplalns. Horse raising Is growing rapidly
and the state baa 150,000 head. The live etoclt interest represents'an investment of
? 100,000.000.
Mining employs Boveral thousand men , In Wyoming , although the larger part of the
8tato remains undeveloped. The coal mlnea at Alma , Evanston , Rock Springs and various
'
rious points along the Union Pacific dlopo o of most of their product to the railroads.
It ! a lignite , containing 50 pei * cent of carbon , and occurs In all parts nf the state.
T'.io Wyoming coal mined exceeds 2,000QOQ tons' yearly , valued at $5,000,000. The coal
region covers 30 000 aqunro miles. Valuable ilepcslts of coking coal have hern devel
oped at Newcastle. Petroleum has been developed over a belt 300 miles long , but the
wells are plugged , awaiting the coming of better transportation facilities. The chief
wells are located in the Shoshone basin , near Lander , and on the Hello Kourche. They
yield a heavy , black oil , which accumulates In ponds , wherein wild ducks and other
birds are caught like flics on ntlcky paper. Iron maintain , fifty-two miles north of
Cheyenne , 1s a mass of red hematite ore aovcn miles long. The red oxldo mineral
paint of Rawllns ban been largely used , by the Union Pacific , and its superior quality
caused It to bo recommended and used In Now York City on the Kast river bridge and
on the elevated railroads. Vein tin and etream tin are found In the Wyoming
Ulaok Hills , and copper and Iron mines nro In operation In the Platte canyon. On
the .Laramlo plains and In other localities occur eodlum lakes , with deposits of so
dium sulphide of from ten to forty feet thick. These products , are manufactured into
merchantable soda at chemical works In Laramlo. The saline j eprIngs , thirty miles
couth of Sun Dance , have produced largo quantities of salt. , jipng other mineral
'
treasures are gypsum and mica , marble nnd granite , graphite q'nd , cinnabar , limestone
and magnesium , kaolin and flro clay , glass sand and asbestos , t , ,
Assessed valuation for the year 1S9G , $30,023,691. This Is a gajn In osscrccd valua
tion of $189,753 over the year 1S95. The railroad mileage , 1S93 , wpa. 1,177. Number of
postolllccs , 251. Tlio school population is 10,810. Population ofrirchlef cities : Chey
enne , 15,000 ; Laramle , 8,000. , , , .
OOHSIl1 AIIOUV NOTHIl their own scrip , and lit pnpaod for money. I
- jhavo Been a I0-cent postage stamp treated
A fanner whoso cow was killed by a New In mica pcsslng for njon y many a time. Wo
York Central railway engine more than two had every kind of toUe'ri money , except wain-
months age , nud who has not got his a'1 , , Wllln't . nullgi-t that fur back to
r. ' mcUloa' mcdlum ot
for It yet , haa written a letter to President cianBe ' cx'
Di'pewr suggesting that If thai gentleman . ,
a.
should attend fewer banquets and make The attention Just "now paid to Hyron
fewer funny speeches , ho might bo ableto makes of timely Interest tlio account of him
attend to business. Mr. Depow Inclines toK'ven ' by John Murray , the publisher , the
resent this Impeachment of hU Industry , rnd third of the name. "Ilyron , " bo soya , "ap
ho complains ; "No matter how hard I work , pearca to me rather n short man , with a
fioino people will nlwajs cling to the notion handaomo countenance remarkable for the
that I do nothing but crack Jokeo end eat fine blue veins which ran over hla palo mar
line dinners. " It Is u ridiculous notion , of blo temples. Ho were many rings on his
course : but Mr. Drpew Is to bla.mo for It flngci-K and a brooch In his shirt front , which
himself or , rather , his Incccsant Ilow of ani waa embroidered , Lord Hyron'a deformity
mal nplrllH , which make * the dull round of In his foot was very evident , especially as
txUtenco In a railway den to , like one grand , ho walked down stairs. Ho carried a stick.
ewcct eong , After Scott and ho ended their conversation
In the drawing room it was a curious alght
Senator Davis of'Minnesota eayo that the to eco the two greatest poets of the ago
country has never experienced nuch hard , " ' , , stumping down ulalrs side by
"
tlmeu as In 1857. "Money una not oiily aide.
scarce , but theru was no money In clrcula-
Ion none to bo bad anywhere. Along the Charles H , Skinner , the Now York state
Chlppowa , Illack , and other superintendent of public Instruction
, fiawlogs were tender. In fact , that nuns of different elstcrhooda , allowing , nay
everything that poe ee ed any sort \aluopropor certificates , are eligible- for positions
as token money. Up In northern IH teachers In the public Hchools. He thinks ,
Wisconsin copper lnt t was , ! mined , . . . , , . . . and . . _ . . copper . . however , that they should wear no dla
sAtlt > n > nr > fi > ! * t. l. i tl i | i
were minted and Issued by private In tlnctlvo dress ot any relluloua denomlna-
dividual . The general itorvkecncru Issued tlou.
FIVE EXPOSITION SITES
Proposals Submitted nml Referred for Con
sideration.
'CLAIMS OF COMPETING LOCATIONS
Mlllrr I'nrk , HiiitNiMMii Purl.HHcr -
> lo v 1'nrk , iiniu neil 1'ni-U mill
Coiirllnnil Ili-ni'li Arc
The tiuretlon of the location of the exposi
tion Is now a live issue. Five seiloi
jiroDo nls offering ground In. as many differ
cm parts of the city \\oie opened at a moot
Inir of tlio Hoard of Directors held Saturday
January a , at d were then referred to n
npccl.il committee consisting of Directors r
13. Yoit , J. II. Mlllnrd and It. iS. W.loox
This committee was directed and empowered
to employ an engineer and landscape
architect to make a thorough aud drnlleil
examination of each of the sltea offered and
report to the full board on January 23.
Thisi eltca have been before the- public
for &omo time na proposed locations for the
exposition and have been designated as
follows : Miller park , Ilanscom park , UUrr-
view park , KImwoo.1 park aud Courtlaml
beach. Three of these , viz : Miller , Itlvor-
vlew and IXmwood park sites , contemplate
the use of the public parks of those namro
and have been designated by the names of
the parks piopwcd to bo utilized. The
Uarscom park alte contemplates the use of
a largo tract of vacant ground , belonging to
Douglas cotirty , lying adjacent to the County
hospital , which was the alto of the oM
Douglas county noor farm.
MILLKK PARK.
Miller park lies In the northern part of the
city , about fair mllca from the postofllce.
The proposition submitted offers the wo of
1UO aere of ground , more or less , and con
templated the use of the public park , con
taining eighty acres , nnd the use of the
government reservation of eighty acres , on
which the abandoned military post , known as
Fort Omaha. Is situated , together with adJoining -
Joining proportlr * . The land covered by this
proposition U almost level , but Is sufllclently
rolling lo ali'crd good drainage. There Is at
present a small artificial lafco In the public
park , whim Is auppllrd by springs , but tin-
promoters of thh site have secured from the
Omahi Uatcr company an offer of free water
for such lakes , lagoons , etc. , as mav be
ilrilrcd. The- available sewerage consists of
pti open ditch which follows n natural watcr-
rouraa to the Missouri river. There are a
large mirrbcr of strce'o leading directly to
nio proposed site , one of thorn , Thirtieth
street , being paved the full distance.
Particular stress Is laid upon the fact that
all of the approaches to the proposed loca
tion are of light grade. Two lines of otrcct
cars now run nlmrst to the site and the
promoters rtpicsent that two more lines may
ccnlly bo extended to that point Tlio
accessibility by means of steam railways l
another argurent urged by supporters of thin
f > Ito and the beauties of the surrounding
country furnished the text for a flowery
peroration In the proposition.
HANSCOM PARK S1TK.
In thcrouthwcst pirt of the city , one and
two-thirds miles from the pos-ofllce
Is located the Hnnscom park site
IhU site comprlsca from 125 to
160 aero ? . The location Is very sightly
one , the greater pan of the land lying on
tlio crest of a very broad "ridge , " com
manding a view of the surrounding country
and with Junt enough slope to Injure good
drainage. The western portion of the hnd
slopes grntly to a valley , through which
rurvt the Helt Line railway. One of tlio
main arguments advanced by the promoters
of this tlto U Its accessibility and Its prox
imity to the business portions of the city
It may bo reached from almost every direc
tion on paved streets1 , nnd Is lew than two
miles- from the poslodlce , having the ad
vantage. In the latter rerpcct , of all of the
other proposed locations. In addition to the
tract which has been described , the proposi
tion also Includcii the UEO of a narrow strip
of ground extending from the northwest
corner of the main plat , at Thirty-third
street and Popplcton avenue. In a northeast
erly direction , to the Intersection of Dodge
and Twenty-ninth streets , being about one
mlle In length. Thla strip of ground elopes
from the main plat to a valley of variable
width and follows this the remaining dis
tance. It Is Eiiggestel that this valley
might be utilized for a chain of lakes nnd
other landscape attractions , and would form
an excellent point of entrance to the ex
pedition grounda , being less than or.e mlle
due west of the poUolllce. ]
RIVERVIKW PARK.
The public park bearing this name Is
situated In the eouthcastern part of the
city on the crept of the bluftYt overlooking
the valley of the Missouri river. It Is
slightly over two miles from the postolllca
nnd contains sixty-six acres of ground. The
promoters of this location as an exposition
slto have secured pledges from owners of
210 acres of surrounding property , granting
the use of their land. From a topographical
"tandpolnt , thlo entire tract of land Is rough ,
and at oorno points is precipitous. A large
amount of grading would bo required in
order to make the location siil.ablc for a
large number of buildings. Aside from tills
objection , the location Is a very sightly one.
Four lines of street railway run within a
short distance of the park and the main
line of the 1) ) . & M. railway passes along
one aldo of the ground.
KLMWOOU PARK.
Four miles almost directly west of the
postotnco and thrco-quartcrs of a mile out-
sldo of the city Ilir.'lts lies Hlmwood park ,
a part of the public domain 215 acres In ex
tent. Adjoining It on the south Is the
state fair grounds , containing 160 acres.
The tender of ( his land as a site for the
exposition contemplated the use of both of
UIESO tracts. This land Is rolling and Is a
beautiful spot. The park board has ex
pended about $50,000'in beautifying On public
park and largo sums of money have been
expended on the fair grounds. A number
of substantial buildings have boon erected
on the last named tract and It also contains
ono of the finest onc-mllo race tracks In the
west. There la no water except that pro
vided by nature in the way of eprlnga nnd
wells , neither Is there any sewerage. One
line of street railway , thrco lines of steam
railway and two macadamized roadways af
ford ample means of access to the grounds.
TUB COl'RTLAND HRACII SITK.
Three miles northeast of the iiostofflco
and about one-half mlle outi-ldo of the east
ern city limits lies the lercl tract of ground
which has been designated as the Courtlaml
beach site. The land Is over 1,000 acrcu
In extent and Is an level as a floor. It lies
between Florence and Cut-Off lakes , the
latter having formerly been a part of the
main channel of the Missouri river. Tlio
tract offered as a slto for the exposition Is
170 acres in extent and abuts upon both
lakes. This Is the only alto offered which
has natural bodies of water within Its bor
ders or adjacent to it and Its promoters lay
particular stress upon this fact. This nlto
offers many advantages from a railway
transportation standpoint , there being a
largo number of railroad tracks In the Im
mediate neighborhood. A paved street.
Sixteenth , runs from the > very heart of the
city almost directly to the grounds ami a
railroad and wagon bridge across the Mis
souri makes the slto readily accessible from
Council Bluffs , The nearest existing street
railway line In about ono mlle from tha pro
posed site.
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