The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-23

Estiaates to Show that Messra. Flat ssA
Fassett Cost New Ysrk eSooy ooo,ooA.
The Hon. ". F. Eheehan in his Harlem
speech said that Messrs. Platt and Fassett had
robbed New York city OF $500. 900 900 BY rob-
bine her Of the Worlds Fair. Out in Chicago
that Is what they call tho conservative esti-
mate They base It ON the calculation that
100000 Of visitors will seek the Fair
grounds and spend $50 each while they arc
there. But tho liberal estimates arc much
higher. Some are $1O0.000.O00 higher. some
$20O.OOOO0O higher. and those are not tho
highest which even shrewd business men
avow Chicago has done q great deal OF CAL
culating upon this subject. and every guess
and every figure emphasizes New York citys
loss at the same time that 1t treats Of Chicago's
gain.
| A Woodworking Chicago Fair boomer has
| massed together tho financial records Of oil
the international or universal expositions Of
| the past. His findings make interesting read.
ing for New Yorkers They show the extent
Of the treasure that o powerful carpet-bsg
rulership over our affairs. BY q politician who
seeks in every way TO harm the city. was able
to divert from our Golfers to the tils OF Rspub-
lican Chicago. This Chicago calculator finds
that whom London held Worlds Fair In 1851
she spent S617OOO and took In at the fair
gates $1.780.OOO. But the increased income
to the city Of London was estimated at twenty
millions OF dollars
Dublin's fair the next after Londons was Q
failure and our Crystal Palace Exhibition IN
New York in 1853 made a loss to the investors.
but both greatly benefited the trade OF these
cities at the time and for long afterward.
The Paris fair In 1855 was business failure.
but 100000 foreigners visited the city and
$4,000 Frenchmen went to Paris. 80 that the
profits Of the people Of the city must have boon
Six and = quarter millions OF, persons visited
iG,26o3oG admissions I'VE were sold. IN TSemss
esns shs Essand ana
sS apeSs ere 81
vent to fhs gain y the the Parisians Ths vsnns
h1Sss9Ps e sI oS DEo"R!s 81 s:9s aoa
When Philadelphia held her. or our, Centen.
y IL
Rhn SutsdS the sates o. the faiT f1Gppd
ad mission ticke cts to. the fair in Paris IN 1878
Three HUNDRED sa and eight more
rot to We're the cssns ss
foreigners alone was estimated ct SO 9OOoOG
fSst f6a 1SSS $
lion huIuIeSlOnb W6T0 uCkuOWlouktu. H0
shows how rapidly the interest 10 such showss
three times as many persons as visited the
Philadelphia Centennial. and Reventy-hvs Per
cent. more visitors than she drew to her IN 1878
The railroads entering Paris carried l.S7S.-
600 more passengers than the year before.
and took up fares amounting to Sl3UO;UO
The cnb company acknowledged a profit Of
$3OO.OO0. The free buses run by great dry
framways carried 6342,d7O passengers, thx
little steamers ON the Seine carried 1500O.OOO
OF persons. the Belt line carried $4,000 per
sons day. The estimated increase In tho
consump tiOn OF meat was 3.27a,OlO pounds,
and the city merchants sold g. D2.227 more gal
Ions OF wine because VI the Exposition. Tho
theatres took In $2.OOO.OOO more than they
would have done had there been no SUCH
especial attraction.
the last Partisan exposition that. adding to:
gether the increase Ot the bank balances, OF
the receipts OF the railroads. and OF the rev
enue. u total gain 81 not far short OF o0O.UO-
600 francs tSltN.LlO.OOOl will appear. TO TINS
must be added the strictly private receipts; al
lowing 1.5OOOOO Of foreign visitors. spending
an average OF 500 francs. or 500 each whils
IN Paris. and ,8.OOOOO0 from the pr9yInces ,S o.
France spcnd6S say 10y i franz.
They claim in Chicago that as the population
of the United States Is SO. 900. 900. while France
and England Jointly have onlya little mVls
than one-siXth more population. Il is IA, av1
us to count upon almost double the nome ~.
tendance which either OF those coun.tt,1s
could expect at an exposition in either coutthtt
In short tho average Chicagoan belietess sy.
this city has been robbed OF at least @'00''