San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-30
THE OPENING.
OUR THIRD ANNUAL EXPOSE
TION
Opens Very AuspiciousIy and the
Crowds are Pouring in.

The International Fair and Exposition
is now open, and will remain before the
world at large for twelve days. Every
thing is about ready. The last touches
are being put on and nothing more re-
mains but to tender the public an invita-
ton to call and see. The public is there
fore most cordially invited. They will
find plenty of gates to pass through, and
there ought to be no crowding, On arriv-
ing inside the grounds, there will be
enough TO be seen to occupy the sight
seer's time for more than one day and all
who go with the expectation of seeing it
all should go prepared with lunch, etc.
All day yesterday the exhibitors and
parties running special privilege stands
were moving in and out and about the
grounds in livelyly manner, arranging
things, and all of last night, by the glare
of the electric lights, this work was kept
up.
Supt. Leach was kept continually on
his feet arranging exhibits for the poultry
department. This department was not
complete yesterday afternoon, but there
was nice little exhibit of various fowls at
Offices of the express companies. This is
one of the finest exhibits of its kind seen
three exhibits made under each and every
class mentioned in the catalogue.
The cattle and horse department., too,
is very good. A large number of cattle
are already upon the grounds, and more
is constantly being unloaded. 1t repre-
sents some of the finest blooded stock
ever seen in the state.
A fine 35-horse power engine has been
put in by the association 10 keep the
aparatuSeS in the machinery hall in con-
slant motion.
The Public Comfort committee, which
has and Office on the south side of Main
plaza, reports that only 1875 families and
boarding houses have thus far reported
lodging accommodations. This provides
for bnt four or five thousand strangers,
which will not supply one-fourth the
number that are coming here. Their
office will be kept open from today until
after midnight, to accommodate the peo-
pie coming in on the IL o'clock train. The
hotels and boarding houses are rapidly
filing by the large number of visitors
who are beginning to arrive.
This year there will be ample transpor-
tation to the grounds. Beginning tomor-
row and throughout the Fair, the electric
transit lines will begin to run at 6 a. m.
and then every twelve minutes. Two
trains, four cars each, will leave at the
same time, making twenty cars running
every hour. This will be kept up until
midnight or later II necessary.
Mr.. w. Weiss, of the San Antonio street
railway, says that he will have double or
triple the number of cars between town
and the Arkansas Pass depot. They will
run every three minutes, which will also
accommodate large number of people.
Messrs. Kypfer d Seng, two San An
tonic boys, have arranged fine station
cry exhibit at the Fair.
In Exposition hall everything is not yet
complete and the sound of the tack ham
mer and the saw was heard not only
throughout the grounds but in the Main
building. There are great many ex-
hints in and being put in, the lower floor
being pretty well covered by mercantile
exhibits from our local colleges, grocers,
dry goods and furniture men and lumber
firms. On the second floor Prof. Atwater's
museum occupied the entire southern end,
and the ladies' textile, art and culinary
department taking up nearly the whole
department everything is yet in
a very crude, incomplete state.
Only about fifty oil and crayon subjects
are TO be seen standing about in their
frames or being hung up. In the Gull
nary department entries, are not to be
made until next week.
In the textile department there are
about 400 exhibits in place, although from
1000 to 1000 are looked for before the end
Of this week. San Antonio ladies are not
Mrs. TObey, the manager, in
sending in exhibits to any great extent,
very few being competitors for any of the
premiums offered. Miss Znlema Garcia
offers some fine needle and bead work for
as does the SiStds Convent of
Devine Province.
Outsiders have come in very handsome
ly in this department and there are a
great many fine specimens of needlewOrk,
wood-carving and bric-a-
brac work already in place.
A noticeable exhibit in this department |
Is a silk exhibit from Wichita, Kansas, |
and shows the silk industry from the cat |
erpilla, to the finest piece of silk dress
goods, silk thread, c0coonS, cocoon flower
work, handkerchiefs, etc.
On the eastern side of the building, up
stairs, is devoted TO miscellaneous ex-
libitors. very fine exhibit being that of
he Board Of Trade, in charge of Mr.. Jean
Arnold, representing the wool product Of
he world, samples of every kind of this
taple being shown from every nation on
he globe.
In Machinery hall the exhibitors are
'ery slow, only Elmendorf IL Co. and
IerOux e. CoSgrove having their exhibits
n place. Others are coming in slowly,
nd every bit of space is taken. |,
The stock department and poultry hall
re crowded and there is really credit
BILE effort made to produce something be-
ore the San Antonio visitors in these
mes of industry, very fine chickens, of /,
very known breed, pigeons, turkeys,
uineas, etc, being in their coopS and full ,
( life and defiance to the public.
The races begin this afternoon and the
ntrieS are as follows:
THE RACES.
There are five races on today's card and
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