San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-04
THE INTERNATIONAL FAIR.
Visitors Rushing in and Also Exnib-
Its--Everybody Hard
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at Work.
Today is the last day before the great Inter
national fair opens. The weather yesterday
was BEAUTIFUL, but oday slight drizzle set
in which dampened things considerably, the
race track include d, but ID is not heavy and
the programme for the first day will be car
ried out in full. Tomorrow Is Merchants and
Clerks Day, the day for the clerks being
The Mexican band i'll arrive today and the
military band is on the grounds. The fair
will open at a. IN. Already the city is he,
ginning to feel the hum of enthusiasm and
will tremble when the crowd gets here.
Manager Workman has issued perhaps 500
comp imentary tickets 10 newspaper men
throughout the state, for admission to the
fair.
The Canadian horse exhibit is fine.
Over two hundred men were employed
about the grounds and buildings yesterday.
There will be only twenty police on the
grounds. This number is not nearly enough,
as the management will see.
The Carson string " horses from Kansas
City was not seen In Dallas. They will winter
in San Antonio.
Many people did not believe what the papers
said about no admission yesterday. except
with q pass, and after driving out to the
grounds were disappointed at not being ad
mitted
5. A. Railway conductor. has charge of the
sally port entrance.
The LIGHT has an office in the Exposition
building. upstairs. south side, and will be glad
to see its friends there.
Tomorrow is Merchants Day.
The Nineteenth Infantry band have taken
up quarters In tents on the grounds.
fine driveway TO the stock pens has been
made.
Ticket Agent Everett, of the Arkansas Pass,
his for his assistants Messrs. George Hines,
Thornton Washington. John Baski., Jessie
Bell, Jr., and George walters.
Conductor A. d. Nash has charge of the
trains to the Fair grounds.
Trains were run all day yesterday every
hour.
The merchants and business men generally
are busily decorating and the city will bid the
fair visitors fair welcome.
Every train pours its load of visitors into the
CITY for the fair.
ThelnterDs at onal railway is not using enough
passenger coaches to accommodate the rush.
A large number of HoustOnians arrived in |
the city yesterday to attend the fair.
Tomorrow the Arkansas Pass will run their |
trains over the track to the head of Dryer |
avenue. |
Pools will be sold tonight on tomorrow's |
races.
Commencing Tuesday morning ard contin |
uing during the fair, trains will Lave Dwyer |
avenue at Z. and 9 a. m, and every twenty |
minutes ssd Rnf @ p mi and then
grounds at 1880. $3.50, a. m, and every 20 min.
utes until 1880 p IN. and the n at 8, $3.50, $3.50 |
and 1890 p. IN. last ain leaves fair grounds |
at 10:D p m. % cents for the round trip 10 |
those purchasing tickets. Conductors will |
collect rs cents each way from passengers on |
trains.
The Office OF the fair association at No. go |
Commerce street which was opened for the |
reception of ladies' good. for the fair closed |
today.
Ex-MinsteI Hubbard teegraphs from Ty Ter /
that HIS family Is Ill AMI he cannot arrive in |
his city in time to deliver the opening adj
dIess.
The gates at the fair grounds were closed
to the public this morning. The fair will open |
al O'Clock tomorrow.
Public comfort committee has es' abished
headquarters on Main plaza, east 81 e, in the
OLD II oil the atrs building, with Secretary
X Norton in charge, and a large force of
clerks and messenger hoys on hant. Visitors
are welcome TO Call and wi he given all infOr-
nation as to hotels, boarding houses, restau.
rants. hack rates, and anything else they may
ask. while messt myers will be sent with those
who need them to pilot them TO their boarding
places. Accommodations for $500 strangers
been established here. where small parcels
may be left for safe keeping The rooms will
be kept open night and day, four arc electric
lights having b. en- placed in the building. Tn,
committee has had printed. in Spanish and
English. 5000 circu ars which are beng U.s.
tributed on all incoming trains, to guide the
visitor TO these room.
The drummers will assemble next Monday
morning at Tu ner hall to celebrate Drum
mers Day The Me icar hand will head the
procession and the bows viii march thr ugh
the city 70 the ralu ay static" on Dwyer Ave
nue., where they will take the train for the
grounds. Arrived at the fair they will re.
form and march through the exposition hall,
machinery hall and poultrN hall and then dis
D. rse utill ncheon at 2 o'clock a. Riverside
park pavilion. They intend giving ball in
this city soon, but not on Drummers' Day.