Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

action in their establishment. In ar
ranging for such congress as these
men deem it necessary to have Euro
pean electricians think the United
States government ought to father
the invitations. and that the
congress ought to be held
under government auspices; that invi.
tations ought 10 be issued to individual
scientific men of the world by the
United Sta.es government through the
government to which the inividuals
belong. This course Of action, the
gentlemen say, will insure an official
character to the proceedings OF the
scientific congress and wall virtually
pledge the various governments to
recognition and adoption OF the stand.
ards created. III such a congress is to
be held at all it can only be success
along these lines, for past experience
has determined the men, without whose
aid such an affair would fall tat, TO
decline participation in any congress
which has for its end less than the
work outlined above This to the end
that the World 5 olun bian Exposition
shall mark distinct epoch, and tho
greatest one, in the history Of cleo
tricitv. {"
HOW 70 FEED THE CROWDS.
The study Of how and where to feed
the crowds at TIE big fair grounds has
been an incident OF the work Of the
construction department for the last
six weeks and is complete as possible.
Food will be served in ten OF the prin.
ciple buildings in restaurants, private
dinsug-rooms, and lunch counters.
There will be, all told, III dining
rooms, three characteristic lunch
counters, and fifteen cafes, wherein
| $500 persons may sit at table at one
time. The dining rooms VIII oc upy
more than five acres of ground, and
will employ 1000 walters, cooks and
| solutions. There will be sixt en- res.
taurants on the main floor OF the man
ufactures building. one restaurant aud
five dining rooms in the mines and
mining building. Machinery hall will
| have four restaurants on the ground
floor and dining rooms 10 the CALLER.
] les. The horticulture blilding will
have restaurant in each of the end
/ pa7ilions, with capacity for 1000 per.
sons. 1t is designed that the restau-
rants in the fisheries building shall pc
devoted exclusively TO oysters and fish
The restaurant room Will accommo.
! date cut persons.
! A regiment of 200 hungry men can
collectively destroy the sandwich and
| hard-Doiled egg at the big lunch
4 counter in the agricultural building.
I In the transportation building will be
installed typical American railroad
! lunch-Counter. Besides feeding the
hungry this counter will serve as an
exhibit of well-established American
| institution. A dairy lunch, wherein
the COW will play principal part rs
the source OF, supply, will be served III
/ the dairy building. Because Of con
templated changes in the interior Of
the administration building no study
for restaurant there has been made.
There will be ono, however, for the use
of the administration force, No food
will be served in the forestry building
or the fine arts hall.
FIXING PRICES or ADMISSION.
The very important question, how
much shall be charged for tile admfs.
sion of visitors to the Worlds Fair
means committee. There proved to be
wide diversity Of view, regarding
She proper rate of charge. Sums rang
| ing from 10 cents TO 50 cents had advo-
Gates. 1t was finally decided To refer
the question to subcommittee, with
instructions to report at an early date.
As the exposition company depends
very largely for its revenue on the
gate receipts the disposition Of a
majority of the members OF The
committee appears to be in favor of
fixing rate so low that every one can