Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-12
spirit was the concentration of patriot
CHlCAGO,S rAGlLlTlES
her ABILITY for "A AecO "a, ma d ating the
Worlds Fair VisitOrs

her ability for AecO m d ating tn,
Worlds Fair Visitors.
r.. I. Jeffrey, of Chicago, said the tasl
mad been allotted to him of endeavorine
to show in soma detail the ability o.
Chlcago to satisfactorily and in a proper
manner conduct the exposition. The
hrst requisite was financial basis; and
he presented certificate of the Execu.
tive Committee, certifying that five mil.
lion dollars had been subscribed in aid
OF the enterprise. He had prepared q
list OF the estimated receipts and expen-
dltures of the exposition, showing that
the receipts from subscription, sale OF
privileges, admissions, sale of material
after the close of the exposition. ETC..
would amount to about $l4 900 600: the
expenditures the same, divided: Build.
ing and preparation of grounds, 81 .OOO.-
900; administrative and other expenses.
So ,000,0 900; contingent fund. 81 600 OO0.
AS regards the site, lie proceeded to
direct the attention of the committee to
the extent of Chicago and the number of
parks which might be utilized for the
proposed fair. There are 165 SQUARE
miles within the limits of Chicago. and a
population of over 100000. He smoke
of Lake Front park and othersin the citv.
all connected by boulevard system.
ana comprising in the aggregate more
than two thousand acres. Over nine
hundred acres were in Jackson and
Washington parks, within half mile of
each other. and connected. He spoke of
the great number of railroads (twenty-
four) centering in Chicapo and having
their terminals there, and said no other
city in the world had within it's limits
such 9 complete, well connected, com.
prahenslve system of railroad com mimi.
cation.
jeffrey spoke of the ability of Chicago
mechanics and artisans to manage the
work, and mentioned that eighty.nine
buildings had been constructed in Chi
cago that occupied street frontage of
fifty five miles,
lie gave statistics regarding the i'm.
mense business done in Chicago in fiour.
grain, live stock, etc, and declared thai
Chicago was the headquarters of the
greatest steel rail mill in the world. Az
TO transportation facilities, there are at
present 800 passenger trains arriving and |
departing daily in Chicago. The twenty
iour railroads terminating there sggre-
gate 54, All miles, and with their tribu |
tary lines added, 10000 miles, and said |
this established the fact that there were
more miles of railroads resting in Chi. |
cago and tributary thereto, than were
tributary to any other city on the face of |
the globe.
There were more tons of freight ar.
rived in, shipped out Of and passing
through Chicago, by rail and water, than
n any other city in the world. AS 10 the
axe commerce, he said, in the M :. bsr
'f vessels arriving and clearing, Chicago
was the first port in the United States,
md in tonnage the second. Last year
u, l90 vessels arrived and cleared, wit
tonnage of 100000 tons. AS to her
acilities for handling passengers within
Ihicago, jeffrey pointed out the routes
making an aggregate of LIS miles, and he
aid eightv-nineof these lines carried 163,-
90 900 passengers, annually an average
446, 900 day. The steam railroads of
'hicago could move 2,670,0 every day
or eighteen hours. The steamboat lines
ould move 1900 per day to and from
ther parts, and the excursion boats ply
lg between some of the parks and center
{ the city 155 900 day.
Jeffry spoke of the great agricultural
nd other wealth of the States surround
lg Chicago. He had not found in
urope any objection on the part of
khibitors to go to Chicago.