The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-07-19
Success Of The Centennial.
THE RUSH or VISITORS INCREASING AND
LIKELY TO INCREASE
INTERESTING GOSSIP ABJUT TIE COT.OS
SAL SHOW.


SAL SIIOw.
The great international cxhibitio,
grows steadily in public favor, draw
ing it's daily average of $4,000 visi-
tors, every one of whom, returning
home, is an offcctual advertisement
of its marvclS and it's immcnsity
and serves to swell the averages OF
the future. The receipts long since
fur exceeded the running expenses
and have been accumulating profits
and it is now 50 evident that tn,
fall months are going to be the most
prosperous, that the managers arc
warranted i'll expecting to cover the
whole outlay, if not to find II little
balance on the credit side. 1t is
probable that there will be n huu-
drcd thousand visitors day, per
haps more, from September 18th
on; for, all over the country, people.
who have heard that Philadelphia is
like an oven in the sumner, are
waiting for the cooler autumn days.
Any of our readers who will take
the sutfragcs of his friends who are
going to the Centennial will see
that there is no reason in the csti.
mate.
The exhibition will hold this vast
multitude without any dini nlty.
Leaving out of account all the
smaller buildings-th, restaurants.
State houses, bazaArs, &r.-.hrrc
arc sixty acres under roof. brsi,lcs
NIL the park, and there will hc no
crowd except in the narrow cor
rldors and rooms of the art galleries
and they are crowded when the
thousands within the gates can be
numbered on the fingers \ con-
cert, or some such exceptional at
traction, might of course thronr the
quarter where it is given. as the
desire to see the procession. with
Dom Pedro and Gen. Grant in it,.
made brushes Oh the opening day,
but good many thousands can
circulate III one of those immense
buildings, and still leave il lonesome
and roomy. And Philadelphia can
easily entertain all Of Them. or
twice or three times as many. if
need be. There probably never
were so abundant facilities provided
for feeding and lodging the trans,
icnt public, in this or any country.
The city is an enormous caruv;,nsn,
raj. whose resources are innxhlusti
bio by the EXTREMIST demands. 4
visitation that would paralyzn New
York will not cmbnrrass Philadcl-
phia in the least. There ,ro trust,
worthy agencies that have rtE,ncrs
on board tho trains, the newspapers
are full of advertisements, all the
churches exert themselves in an
nnexamplod way to take care of the
brethren, and one cannot uccoat one
OF the kindly tradcsmcn in vain on the
subject of rooms and board These
can be had at the most reasonable
rates; moreover, it need not cost the
visitor cent more to live in Phila
delphia than it does nt his home for
the same style OF living. This has
been true MI over the city ever since
the experience of the first few days
convinced the caterers that nll the
world wasn't coming at once, AMI.
besides. made them realize how ex-
tcnsive the competition for patrons
age was to l,c--for Philadclplians
themselves were hardly conscious
ut first of their advantages in this
regard.
The correspondents arc discussing
the question, whether to sojourn
near the groutid Ur ttcar the city S
centre. That depends. The ndvan-
tagcs of ncighborhood are Obvious.
There is no good entertainment to
he Ind ns cxpensively or us chcnp}y
as down town, ahd then, you are
there, without any tedious rides in
horse or steam cars. Hut to many
people the inproviscd wooden vii
lagc of saloons, and the danger of
fire among tholn, make worrimcnt,
and the absence of anything pleas.
ant in the long summon evenings,
after tho grounds arc closed, is IN
OF lection. In the city, there is IL
vast deal that the visitor wants
to see, the places of historic
interest, as independence Hall and
the collection Col. Fitting has made
of antique treasures the academy
of fine arts, with it's interesting loan
collection OF painting and sculpture ;
the academy of natural sciences. with
it's rich collections; the thcat.cs and
other fine places OF entertainment.
The horsc-car system of Phlladcl-
phia is perfect, the steam railroads
are very accommodating, and the
centres advantages as ~ place Of
departure are marked
The Sundey-openiny question has
been finally decided by the commits.
hioncrs in the negative, by IL de"isivc
vote Of 30 to 8. The worl.ingmcn.
in whose behalf, ostcnsibly, the plc;.
has been urged, seem to be getting
and improving chances to visit the
exhibition, without waiting for Sun
day. A large proportion Of the
visitors ore mechanics and farmers.
tho latter mostly from the hundred
miles or so around Philadelphia, but
there arc nlso representatives from
Now England, Western New York,