, 1876-07-08
CENTENNIAL DEAD.HEADs.

Every Republican should subscribo for IT,
0aarga tiQ] RtvfeU.
CENTENNIAL DEAD.HEADs.
who md What nro tho "Iifghly Favored
vlsltors."
Philadelphia Fress. ......
Tho nOn-pnylng admissions to the Exhibition,
reported as they llavc been without classification
Or explanation, have created no little apprecn-
a!on in the minds Of tho general public nnl ox-
cited nucl. unfayorablo comment. As there Is
nothing III tho daily record furnished By tho nd
lnsaion department to allow what proportion Of
the iloti-payars aru pcrsons whose attGndnnce Is
mighty enterprise, tlio majorlty Of ncwa.rcalers
naturally conclude TINT these holders Of com
pllincntary tfrkcts must he highly favored
visitors, whose social position or intimnto
!ncnt uivo thcn, privileges not clnisnci by ffe
largest stockllol.lcrs p6tlatlclphEars who llnye
watched the gradual development Of tho stu
pcnlous undertaking, md noted tho artny Of
industrious work1ncn daily engaged at III.
the vast number Of human hands necessary to
conduct tho operations Of tho Exhibition, and
tho fact that 5000, or cycn 10,o0o no,l-paying
admissions aro reported on single day creates
no surprise. Visitors from points Mt ii distance
from tile grounds have M s,.cl advantages, and
It ts not strange that they should be mtsed IN
this mattot. An adcquate conception OF tile mag
nitude of tho Centennial Worlds Fair can hardly
one day's inspection of the grounip, while tl1u
amount oi mental and physcal labor required
IN tho details OF management will rarely
BE- oysrestinate ,sa % To- understand t!,s reason
sons On irco tickets, il should Ilrst bo ] remen en-
berca that tic International City covers 40
ncrcs Of ground, tho fence surrounding Il
being mora tha,i three miles long, md tho
buildings themselves, Of which thoro aro about
HM Hnvrrtur f,un u ft'r1k
extent OF territory III perfect order, t0 Druycnt
persons from scaling flc fences to take care Of
tho buildings, TO protect exhibits, and to give
Information to visitors, necessitatcs thu employ
aro included over ulne hundred guards, n large
number Of iircrlcn, md several iIlndrcd sycci,-
crs, lanltors, ute. Then there ure eight largo
restaurants, the concessions to which involved
watclmcn, clerks, cooks, wa.tcrs, servants
mud employees Of alt kinls, mud tllis class
alone largely swclIs tho aggregate Of
nop-pa,ylng admissions. For example,, tLcrc aro
tic American 200, at the Southern aiid La}ay.
cite restaurants q number somewhat less, while
thu Truts Freres ProyGnraux employs probably
over l50. Tho Centennial transportation corr
worlsmen md attendants, tho Rolling Chalr
Company alone needing tho daily attendance Of
$50 cmpfoycs,-and tho raIlrtud having ilfty-
tlrco tlug,ncn and 1ao other employees, such Is
conductors, enginecrs, superintendents, etc.
Tic minor Exhfbit1m buildings all llayo their
supcrintcntlents AMI 1anitors, while some Of tLo
spccIal buildings, ssclI rs tho glass- works,
auwint. machine md browers' buildings each re.
uuiro tho daily presence Of from fwcnty.Gye
TO fifty employees. There nro also abo,,t
1900 men engaged III tho work OF In.
stallation, nnu tEeso flayo epccial passes
emitting them to go In and out as often as tl,oy
desire, the direct consequence OF which ID that
many Of them daily count rs two, three, or four
fno(hNudR hCentIan .Iuu, enrh rnt ,r1, t1,ro,, ~
the stiu tie apparatus registers On additional
admission Tllo modical stall and their assist
atlts, the United 8tatcs Government officers aud
employees, the soldiers, engineers aud other
representatives OF foreign governments, largely
increase this list, while every soda-toun(ain
cafc, unl bazanr ncccsAttatcs FREQ passes for
tluso attending to thcm. Thu exhibitors sre
only givun passes In cascs where tl,eir Iianlays
noGd Constant personal attention, but evou with
tllis limitation the number OF freq tlckcts ia
necessarily large, as Utmost every 1uachinu
on exhibition ncctls from ono to iiyo work
men, and many Of tho other displays re-