The Diary: Pan American Expo

The Diary: PAGE. 13. large Ferris -12- Wheel, 125 feet in height, containing 12 cars and accomodating 168 passengers at each revolution. J A M E S T O W N . Our next stop. A thriving city of York State with a population of 25,000 people. The streets are broad, brick paved and shaded by wide spreading maples and others. A ten minute stop and away we speed again towards the home of the Pan American. Buffalo is but 69 miles distant from Jamestown. As we speed out into the open country beyond Jamestown the differnce between Pennsylvania and New York State is quite noticeable. The hilly and rocky regions are left behind; before us stretches a beautiful panorama of level country; on either side were fine, well cultivated farms which continue thus to Buffalo. As we sped thro' York State we had several glimpses of the large canning houses along the road. We could see men and women, husking the corn, others packing it in baskets and carrying it to the ware-house and, at the windows, the boys and girls making the cans into which the corn was put when properly prepared. I imagine it would be very interesting to take a trip thro' one of these canning factories. A trip thro' York State in the summer is sure to interest, and convince any person that " York State " farmers understand their businesss and attend to it, as their finely kept farms show. In some places, as far as the eye could reach, we saw clusters of farm houses, and stacks of golden grain; pastures of fine cattle and large roomy barns. Not a