The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-16
THE PASSING THROxG.

from visit 20 tie Wcr.t's fair, yestefday SAID
TO . PcsT-IxrTLIiGxxcKR reporter: "A great
deaf has been said about high prices. exsorston.
etc. II Chicago, but IN fact. outside OF the fais
grounds, persoa can I've for aoca. the same -
in Seattle. Very fair rooms in respectable 10
caitics can te had IN the city for from = TO ~
per week. ana good meals are served q various
restaurants at from p 90 50 eentA Hotel accom-
rnodations are from e to 3 per day. The At
laatlc. . fairly good hotel and conveniently
located 20 street car iines and railroad depo,s.
charges q per day. Near the fair grounds uu-
found with ample accommodations for largo
number. with prices rather higher than in tire
city. But a. there are more spare rooms than
propsiesors anticipated, = person disposed 20
economics can undoubtedly make satisfactory
terms with them. Numerous restaurants. some
good ones, conveniently located TO the grounds.
are prepared to serve . large crowd. Rss:au-
rants inside Of the gates generally
charge twice a. much ~ those outside
and In the city 70. the same articles.
II matters little whether visitors secure accom-.
lnodations near the grounds or in the city. for
there are arIie transportation facilities either
way. Two cable street cars and one elevated
railroad run from the city to the fais gronncs-
fare centa They leave about every three
minutes during the day and ct some longer in-
servals AZ night II takes the cable cars about
one hour. and the elevated railroad about forty
minutes. The Illinois Central run cars direct
10 the grounds without stop in twelve minutes
and charge 10 cents. There are also i've steam
ers running At intervals of fifteen minutes, car
rying passengers 70 the grounds for Is cents for
round trip The admittance Of 50 cents for each
day or time entities . person to see all within
the grounds except the Midway plaissnce. or
villages Of all nations and the 'Cii6 dwellerA'
Al these places Q iee OF from 10 to 50 cents 10
nh poraA Aatx IL pfsAs 49,
can visit the fair daily, including one or two OF
the villages, attend . theater at night In the
city. and live reasonably we'll for about 81 50 per
DAP. souvenir OF endless variety, some very
handsome. confront you 1t every turn. with .
young lady In charge, who will graciousiy take
your change, and . person must have plenty Of
cash to even sample them. The use OF
easy chairs on rollers may 30 had for
10 cents without an attendant. or %
cents PER hour with one u young
man with neat unilorm). Folding chairs tvery
iight) can be had for 10 cents for all day, or tea
minutes. by depositing IS cents, IS cents of
which 10 returned On surrender OF the chair.
Both kinds OF chairs are used by many-the lat
ter more particularly at the evening concerts.
There are quite u number Of benches ana chairs
on the grounds that are free. The most excel
lent music 10 one of the leading features OF the
fair. Theodore Thomas matchless orchestra OF
day at IL O'Clock, either ct Music or Festival
hall There are also three first-c!ass brass bands
OF about ffty pieces each that play alternately
In stands in front Of tho Administration build
ing from ~ O m till 6 p. m, and during il.u-
mination evenings (Tuesdsys. Thursdays and
Saturdaysl till 10 p. m The Warrington state
building 10 quite an attraction. having for ito
fruit and mineral exhibit 10 very hne and causes
great deal OF favorable comment among visit.
ora There il. however. one important omis-
sion which ought to receive attention. II not
already done since I left, and that IL that We
had no showing that could find at the Forestry
building. the place where timber products are
supposed to b exhibited. and where one
OF our most important resources should
be amply displayed. New South Wales,
Australia. has fino exhibit in this building.
her allotted space being enclosed with beauri-
fully polished plank OF various kinds OF wood,
with proper statistics of the same: and yet 1t is
well known that we ship millions of feet, an
nuaily, OF lumber from Puget sound to Aus
tralia In 'rhc Big Tree restaurant Is a mag
nificent stick Of solid timber from Washington
Ill feet long BY ftty inches diameter. The
slabs sawed from 1t form sidewalks leading to
the Restaurant But this 10 private enterprise
and is in an isolated place where probably not
one-tenth of the visitors to the grounds see 1t.
The fair opened at least . month too soon. a.
when left. juno 3, many OF the exhibits were
not Ia place. Carpenters aud workmen were
busy opening boxes and getting ready to open
their respective sections The Government
building was the only one complete, the Post
Office, War and Treasury departments and the
smithsonian institution being fully and intelii-
gently represented. From this time on visitors
will have d much better opportunity OF
seeing more and in less time than they could
have done last mouth. The question IL often
asked. VIII what one can see at the exposition
justify the necessary outlay o. time and expense
OF visiting Chicago In my opinion, unQues-
tionably yes. Within the confines of the Worlds
fair gates are to be seen the very finest, the most
stupendous products I'm their most varied and
extensive scope, mechanical, fine arts. etc.) that
the combined and highest civilised nations of
this earth are capable OF producing. Represen-
tatives from neariy all nations. with their ma
tional costumes and habits. are also TO BE- SEEN
The grandeur. immensity and magnincence of
the exposition is beyond adequate description.
aud il is the opportunity of lifetime and is
well worth an effor. to make it visit
Rev. William Duncan, the missionary in
charge Of the school at Metakahtla, Alaska.
came down yesterday on the steamship City of
Topeka and is "a. the Arlington He Is looking
active and hearty and none the worse for his
thirty-eve years % service in teaching and
u.
To a Posr-ISTELLIGEScgg reporter last night he
said: ave are getting well along toward reeov-
cry from. the effects Of IRE Of last winter.
which destroyed abou; thirty OF the houses in
the town. OF course, no work is being done
now. since this is the fishing season. They can
build st any time, but can't get their supplies
except at certain seasons With the aid OF
tAe survivors OF the IRE and Others we have
made good progress toward rebuilding. About
nine OF the thirty burned are pretty well along
As fortune would have 10, last winter was one OF
;he codes, on record. the Thermometer going Ia
S degrees below zero. Ten atove zero IS abont
a. cold /; gets usually. / am unusually
pressed for time On every trip that leave
the mission al the iadisns around the town
send by me for things unit! am 80 loaded down
with commissions do not know what 20 do
with myself, Another Of my errsuds l.. 10 &c,
some teachers. New only mea who desire
- do good. not Taocsy makers or gamblers O.
dEu akATis. aud have 10 &c very CAREFUL In Sc.
leellogs We are holding cur osn up there
The water power on the Island is being utilize,
uow by as Ter IRE purposes ani fo run "a saw.
milL We hope. soJae day, TO have II Tor s.sc.
tFlc light ana such thiug., when We grow "a
that IA imporisH; part Of evaugehxtus
work. we believe. is TO make men use
tg.. 10 give them something 20 do and
we putsue this tn our dealings with the Indian,
sad Is woFks oar mission, as you know ha,
no connection with. receives no eou,ri bntiou
from any church. Va wans noac OF their rim
sls and forms, doa; WAC, 10 Do bothered apou,
- We are Ia ispsa4ent and se.i-suppoytlns
ard receive nothing except little FROM tie
government. for the schools. Our mission 1,
evangelical. bat strictly hon -secta.lsu. leave
tomor:os night ior Portland aad ret urn soou Il
Alaska
Judge II. g. bond sad Ms. Bond, OF this ci,v
asss ret9rnes. from their chicago and Nsx yors
trip aza are al tie Rainier hotel "a, a..