The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-15
TIE CLOSED, EXHIBITION.
interesting Facts and Figures In
Regard 10 IL.

(PhllSdCl9hla Cores ondrneo \. Y. Times
Tho closing Of tho great Centennial
Exhibition Ha4 brought this city back to
something like ils previous condition OF
ouietuae. sThr dtpsftbrcof the strangers
has bCrn So sGdden that one wonders
where they have gone to. There was a
grea. rush from the hotels yesterday, the
Continental alone losing several hundred,
and the smaller hotels in proportion.
Yesterday was the FIRST time since the
29Ih Of August that accommodations
we're not refused TO spplicants. The BEN
efs which Philadelphia has derived
from the Exhibition are numerous. It
has given her metropolitan name, af-
lorded an opportunity for an inspection
Of her nukerous manufactures, and
shown to persons from abroad the vast
mineral wealth Of the State. The Gen.
tennisl has advanced Philadelphia about
twenty years further on in the way Of en-
terpsi.e, and has given such q, Stimulusto
business men that they venture into
schemes now which, before the Exhibit
ton, would have been pooh.poohed and
declared by the staid citizens to be hair
Drained and only to be entertained by a
New Yorker.
II is estimated that the number Of
strangers who visited Philadelphia dur.
ing the past six months has been slightly
over three millions. This docs not in
cludo those who made one day excursions
from near points like New York or Bal.
timore, but thoso who registered either
at the hotels or private boarding houses,
and made o stay OF a couple Of days. The
Exhibition, in the opinion Of the man.
ayers, had two drawback to begin with,
which, In measure tended 10 lessen the
attendance. TheGe were, first, therefusal
OF the railroad companies TO lower their
rates more than twenty-five per cent, Ind
the second, the extreme warm weather OF
the summer. This latter was the most
disastrous feature, and caused great fear
upon the part Of tho managers that the
Exhibition would prove failure in con-
sequence; but happily the, bad features
passed away, and the attendance during
the months Of September and October
made up tho deficiencies. Had 1t not
been for the causes named, the attendance
would have been not less than ten mil
lions, whereas it barely passes eight mil.
Lions. Ey. EEgi
Tho official count Of the attendancefo for
Friday, the last open day, has not been
concluded, but as there is seldom any
difference in the figures between the reg
ister Of the turnstiles and the official fig
ures, the total paying attendance, since
the opening, may DO set down at s,oO4,-
0lS. The cash receipts will be nearly
$S,S5O,OOO. Tho actual working expen-
ses have been nearly Sl,S300O0, thus
leaving from this source alone an excess
Of 100000. This is not the only
source Of revenue, large sums being re.
allied from concessions made to corpora.
lions and individuaisto dispose otspcci-
alities within tho grounds, as, Tor instance
$1,000 paid by the popcorn man to vend
his corn; $4,000 by Berghes 4 Engel to
dispose Of lager.beOr; 100000 by the
Official Catalogue Company for the ex'
elusive right to print and sell their guide
to the exhibits; $4,000 for tho right TO
establish tho Department Of Public
Comfort. Then tho exhibitors who
disposed Of goods on the grounds were
assessed fifteen per cent on all sales.
These large receipts, which aggregated
over million dollars from the two latter |
sources alone, will sWellthe total receipts
for the Exhibition to such figures as TO
make the stockholders feel happy. The
great bugbsGr Is the United States Gov
ernmSnL as i! is feared the millon-and: