The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-06-15
THEcoLuMRlAN EXPOSITION
Vast Preparations for the Com
ing Fair.

Ic2n ciFii1L4IlOls No AIoiS 1-b6~---'~
Mace could have been chosen than the
city Of Chicago. SeseBty-nine years ago
within the memory Of men living to-
dav a federal garrison of sixty-six men,
on the lake front near the mouth Of Chr
csco riEer. vas surrounded by hostile IN
dians.s The little community Of scarcely
q hundred settlers fed to the garrison for
protection. August 18th, 1872, heroic
CAPTAIN Heald marched forth with his
command. In the vain hope Of cutting
his way through the wilderness TO Fort
Wayne. As they proceeded along the
lake front within two or three miles OF
the site Of the proposed exposition, they
had a desperate battle with the Indians
and officers and men we're massacred-
Iii related that little children were
torn from their mothers' arms and tom
ahaEked. The women fought ike tigers
in defense Of their young, scorning the
mercy profsred them, and preferring
rather to die with husband and family.
Fort. garrison and settlement were prac-
tically wiped out, and this less than
eighty years ago, almost on the site Of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition Of
1897
rHR nlPERIAL CITY By THE LAKE.
The city Of Chicago in itself win be an
exhibition Of American genius and
pluck far superior to anything shown
shown upon the fair grounds. The year
1870 found the city reduced almost en-
tirely to ashes, 30 that the magnificent
Chicago Of to-day is the outgrOwth oi
less than a quarter Of a century. With
its stately business blocks, 50 tall they
almost exclude the light Of day-its ho-
tells, many Of them Of worldwide fame,
and one Of them so immense II can room
and feed an entire political convention,
and furnish in its recesses a great hal
apa bic of seating five thousand people
with its ornate and imposing public
buildings, its broad and solidly paved
streets traversed by lines Of cable cans
its delightful drives along thirty-fve
miles Of bouleVards, from one hundred
70 three hundred feet in width, border
ed with shade trees and lined with hand
some and costly residences Of every va
riety Of architecture-with its system Of
Iarks extending almost entirely around
the city. ornamented with heroic statues
in marble and bronze-and ABOVE al
with its charming outlook on Lake
Michigan, the city Of Chicago will be q
revelation Of beauty and enterprise to
Americans and foreigners who visit it for
the first time. As a city 1t is scarcely a
half a century old, and yet it claims q
population Of over a million souls. State
street, running from north to south issev-
enteen miles long, while from the Lake
10 the western limit is a ten-mile walk.
Starting at the big Auditorium hotel,
making the circuit Of the lake 10 Lin
coin Park on the north, thence by Gage,
Douglas, Humboldt and Washington
parks is said TO be driSe Of twenty-four
miles.
CHARMING SITE FOR THE FATE.
Jackson Park is an ideal site for q
great international exposition. It con-
tains about 1000 acres, and is located on
the lake shore, with the grounds gently
sloping towards the water. Those weary
Of the wonders of the fair viii find re-
lief in viewing the eyer-yarying beauties
Of the lake-the blue Of the sky reflect
ing in its depths-the changing tints, as
sunshine and shadow chase each other
across the waves-the craft Of every de-
scription moving hither and thither on
its surface, To give increased beauty to
the grounds the water Of the lake has
been introduced in lagOons, conducted
around the various exposition buildings,
lending a charming variety to the land
scape and showing the various structures
of TO the best advantage, besides afford
ing means Of recreation and enjoyment
70 thousands Of visitors. The park viii
be accessible by street car lines, elevated
and steam railroads. The latter will
have six parallel tracks running into the
grounds in huge circle at the extreme
southwestern section, and around this
loop arriving and departing trains viii
sweep every few minutes Lines Of
steamers will also land passengers on the
pier at the grounds.
LAVISH EXPENDITURES OF MONEY.
Preparationg are being made with Law
ish- hand by the people and municipali-
ty Of Chicago for the comfort and enter
tainment Of their guests. The buildings
now in course Of erection viii cost ST.
100000. The grading Of the grounds,
steam and electrical plants, and the ex-
penses Of operating, organization and ad-
ministrStion viii cost SlO.0O0OOO, max
ing q total expenditure of sl7.OOO,OOO.
To meet this expense the people Of Chi
eago have raised S5,60S, 10 by stock sub
scribtion, and the city Of Chicago has is
sued bonds to the amount Of 100000
more. The United states government
has made an appropriation of s., 500. .O00,
and the Columbian Commission propose
TO ask Congress for 100000 more.
Twenty-eight States have made appropri-
ations aggregating $685., 600, for the
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the general interests of the exposition
within their limits Among Others.
Pennsylvania viii erect and furnish
State building at a cost Of $4,000. This
structure viii stand on one Of the most
delightful spots within the grounds, con-
veniently near the Fifty-seYenth street
entrance and the Illinois Central depot,
and commanding q view Of the lake and
Art Palace. In this immediate vicinity
a hundred acres are being laid out for
State buildings, each to be surrounded
by lawn, and all varying in size and
style Of architecture.
AcIrY or PALACES
People who have not recently visited
Chicago have no idea Of the magnitude
OF the preparations for the fair. The
z oands have been laid out and the
b iildings projected upon a larger scale /
tn N the public has dreamed Of They /
viii occupy three times tie space cover /
ei by the Paris Exposition and twice the |
space covered by the Centennial Rxposi- |
ton in Philadelphia, and viii surpass 4
ihosa of any previous Marld's Eair in he