Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-03
closing of the Centennial E.nos,,,on.


Under date Of October 26, Mr.. GEO. 8.
CANFfELD, one Of the editors of the Toledo
Sunday journal, sends the following inter-
esting facts concerning the closing Of our
anniversary Exhibition at PhiladeIpbia
to his paper:
Ohio day has come and gone, and the
great exhibition draws TO close. Before
this ie in tipe and In the hands OF the Sun
day journal readers, less than 90 hours of
sight seeing time will remain. There have
been efforts TO extend the time. but the
Commission have stood firm and the Ex-
position will positively close at 6 o'clock
on the 10th Of November. Exhibitors
have been officially notified that on the
llth they may begin the removal of goods.
As this comes on Saturday, and as the
managers steadfastly refuse to permit the
Sabbath to he used, the general removal
will begin on Monday, the 18th.
A programme for grand occasion the
last day or two IS being arranged, bat is
not yet published The clearing out Of
the grounds will he the next great business
III order, to restore the fair Park to the
city. Fairmount contains 1900 acres, and
on the grounds used for tho Exhibition
removal of these will require six or eight
weeks. All will come down xcept Memo
rial Hall, and, as lately determined, Main
Building. The former was built for per-
manence, and will be beautifed and ap-
piled to the custody Of art and memorial
treasures, many of which are already col
lccted, for a Park attraction. The latter
IS designed Tor permanent exhibition,
after the manner OF those permanent Fairs
which have succeeded other Worlds Fairs.
Both expect many contributions from the
present exhibits, and some have been re-
coived But opinion is divided on the sue
cess OF the new enterprise.
The remaining buildings will utterly
disappear. Machinery Hall is to he re-
moved to Chicago for a Railroad Depot.
! The Womcn's department. the Press Pa
! viliOn and the Main nnl Art annexcs were
but temporary and come down. Also the
! state buildings, and those of Foreign ma
| tiOn9. Ohio's headquarters, half wood,
,thalf npboarl-prctiily designed but he
! gun on too great scale for the state of the
| Buckeye wallet--will lie sold for the build
ing stone it contains, except specimens of
! Ohios quarrics to be given the perpetual
show to be established. Agricultural and
! Horticultural Halls, the GLASS Works, the
Sawmill building, the Foreign booths and
bazars, the beer gardens, lunch rooms, the
Vienna Bakery, will all before Spring
succumb to the workmen, and mar no.
body's sight longer,--provided money
enough remains in the Centennial purse
to do the work.
The financial phase Of the Centennial
subject can hardly yet be discussed No
body expects the thing has paid stockhold-
ers. There have been too many dead
heads for one thing. Our population Is
too scattered and too remote for another.
Yet the attendance has exceeded that Of
all other Worlds Fairs, considering areus
of population The "dead-head phase
OF the subject is lively to contemplate. Up
TO to-day, since May 10, the gate machinery
for counting, shows that 6,654, 900 persons,
in round numbers, have gone through the
admission gates. OF these the cash taken
in shows that one in every eight, or $751;
| $50 have gone in free-qWte an army Of
dead-heads. 1t is safe to say that the at
tendance for the two closing weeks will av-
erage 100000 daily, of which $1,000 daily
will be free admissions 1t is not gener-
ally known that large numbers have been
admitted at half rate, % cents. These
were children, and the attendants on spec
ial occasions snch as certain State days,
and to great excursion parties.