The New York herald., 1875-10-23
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY oUroBER % 5-TR1PLE SHEET

Buildings; and visitors arriving, ss in other cases
will be admitted through commodious entrances with
| little or delay II s practicable 70 run trains on
each OF the referred 20 often every nve min
passengers thus transporting hourly "a 900 persons
over these railroads alone Ihere wiz
also cross the bridges four lines or city
passenger railway, the cars OF which traverse
The centre OF the city and 10 the main entrance OF
the Exhibition, as VIII also those Of another line rom
the Schuylk is called IL Is understood that these
nve lines Of city railway will run cars when necessary
as often minute intervals, making the num-
ber OF arriving hourly at the Exhibition by them
300 Tho capacity Of these cars varying according
the which people crowd upon them is stated
as follows Seated 6600 crowded. IL 600; packed las
they cusomary on gala occasonsl 1s 600 persons
Two lines OF horse railway IN addition 10 those included
above may run their cars TO the Exhibition increasing
tho number OF arriving hourly 10
s75, and adding proportonately to the num-
this method to the Exhibition. The street car com
panies in this city are allowed to charge
are while tho rate In New York and other cities is
only FIVE This Is an imposition that the people often
complain Of but thus far without effect these selfish
corporations meanwhile continuing to lay their plans to
make as much money as possible during the Centennial
Exhibition, without being willing to contribute cent
toward IL
In addition TO the facilities above enumerated there
are public, livery stable and private carriages which
will convey many persons TO the grounds or the
ber OF livery stable and private carriages in this city
can obtain estimate, no record being kept except OF
the licensed public carriages hacks, the number of
which is 3o0 which will be largely increased next year.
a system OF special Centennial carriage transportation
has been started in this city, This will run, they say
in charge Of uniformed employees, line of light car
rages over designated route from the centre of tho
CITY, and sell single seats or more at moderate price,
TO sum up the probabilities that transportation
facilities to the Exhibition for those personsctZens
and visitors-who will at that time reside in Phla-
delphia, will be supplied equal to the demand.
VISITORS FROM THE COUNTRY CANADA.
Provision for the transportation of visitors to the
Exhibition from all sections Of the United States and
from Canada will be OF a comprehensive character
IA rQtn fnrt tha nnnIt tn
the Exhibition grounds and return will be sold ut every
place of importance in the two countries, well ini
thoarger cities In other parts of the world Associa
tions and clubs of persons intending TO visit Pha'
delpha noxt year forming in this and foreign coun
and facilities of transportation The managers of all thes
lines of railroads in the vicinity of Philadelphia ex
pec TO daily trains their respective roads dur
ing the continuance OF the Exhibition and by the saek
of tickets low rates to attract visitors from the
try along their lines. The dense population of thel
country within 100 miles OF Philadelphia, with the hotel
accommodation present and in prospect promises that
the carrying of these visitors will be OF special
portance TO the interests of the Exhibition
INTERNATIONAL TICKET OFFICES.
AS counterpart to the very generally adopted ara
rangement for cketing visitors TO Philadelphia and
turn from all sections OF the country and also from
Europe Australia China Japan and other portions of
the world there will be established within the Exhibi-l
can be done by those familiar ,wthl
this peculiarly American institution. In these ocesl
tickets will be sale TO almost every railroad station
In America and to every important city In the world
Baggage will be checked, orders for its transfer
ccived and every accompaniment OF first class Amer
lean ticket Office DO operation, II is promised The
foreigner will find in them clerks speaking his Ian
guage from whom he can obtain reliable information
Of places of interest our country and when he has
selected his route of travel he be supplied with
through tickets for his journey.
now MANY VISITORS CoME9
find that the officers of the Centennial Commission
do agree in their estimates of the number of visit
ors which may be expected here next year It Z,
is natural there should be variance in CON
siderng n question SO impossible to do more
than guess at, and with precedent In this
country to base calculations upon. They all agree,
however In the advsabllity of preparing transporta-
tion facilities for many millions knowing that is bet
ter the safe side OF this matter AT the Pars
Exposition of 1867 there were 10 0OO 900 entrances
and at Vienna with all the disaster surrounding
there 900, ,000 but all tho leading Cen
tennia officials agree in the hope If in tho beliefs
that Exhibition will bo still largely attended
''ln the first place." said of these gentlemen
''where European would have leisure the means
to visit either Paris Vienna there 100 Americans
ready and anxious to make the excursion In the
ond place, the cost Of transportation this country
will be reasonable and the facilities for travel,
largely increased In the third place the great interest
excited throughout land by the approaching
versary of country's independence will add
traordnary attraction to IT. and add still TO the
numbers visiting the Centennial Exhibition" !"
Within radius OF $50 miles of Philadelphia there Is
population of IL 000 000 more than one-fourth of
the population and oneth Of the wealth of the United
States. This Of people be delivered by first
class trains directly the grounds OF the Exhibition
posing that only one-haIf of these should come the
visitors from this small section alone would number
600 0o0 From these figures IL would certainly ap-
pear that may reasonably hope for greater attend
than at Vienna Is probably data of this sort
that the Commissioners use in making their calcua-
tinum