Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-09
FAIR ITEMS.


cial outcome Of the show? TIE total
amount of receipts and expenses can
not be definitely given for some time
yet because there are still daily expen ses
and receipts and they viii continue
until the first Of next January at least.
The different concessions paid about
$1,000. 000 10 the commissioners This
is thought to be about 20 percent of III
business done by them. Midw Y
Plalsance was the chief source Of in
come, though the Wellington Catering
Co.. the pop corn, soda water, roller
chair. guide book ard intramural con-
cessions did their share The success
OF Midway is good evidence OF the fun
loving disposition Of the average Amer.
lean citizen The German, Persian,
Turkish. Dahomey. Algerian, and other
villages maze much money out If
theaters. The streets of Ca 70 and
Constantinople have paid well. Mid
way got reputation for being fake,
but, nevertheless, there we're many
excellent features in Midway though
they did not pay the best. l. is likely
that one Of the biggest fakes the Con-
gress of Beauty, was Que Of the best
paying concerns on the whole street
As money maker, the Ferris wheel
takes the lead. This great wheel cost
s392, 900 and no part Of the receipts
was TO be paid to he fair management
until $500 000 had been taken il BY its
owners. After this they claimed 30
per cent OF the gross receipts of the
concern. About $1,000, 900 trips were
paid for on this wheel and after the
cost, running expenses, andconcessions
are taken out Of the receipts, the own.
err have something like $3.50 eco loft 70
relieve any hnancial strngency to
which they may BE subjected Is
biggest days work was on Chicago
day when 5000 people took passage
in it, cars. Hagenhack' animal
show managers are All able to retire
from business ID comfortable circum-
stances nov. # they want l. do 10
Nearly ali the Midway visitors can tail
about the veil trsiaed lions. etc Of
this circus.
II is thought that The two Irish vi
lagos together cleared 100000, aud
there arr very few people who went
down tho PIaissuce who viii not re
member the Irish piper, "McSweeuy
from Donegal The ostrich farm paid
well and was well worth the time and
money it cost 10 see A. No "cirou.'
ostrich will ever give a good idea Of
the real bird a. il lives ont Of doors
The panoramas Of the volcano Of XII
auea and Of the Bernese Alps were two
Of tie hest thngs i the whole fair.
though comparatively few visited either
Of them. They paid however. because
The expenses Of running them We're
light. though the first cost in either
case was considerable The managers
Of the intramural raIroadssay that they
have made no money. They collected
about 8 100000 fares Of ten cents each,
bat the track, power house. engines,
dynaMos and ears cost about million
dolIars The system. however is thor
onghIy advertised and every large city
in the union will help make amends, by
the adoption. sooner or later Of the
elevated electric railway The Libbey
glass work. was first clss4 success
and made big money for IT, owners
The Moorish palaca and the ico j.way
were badly managed and paid accord
iugr The Wellington Catering GO.
ran }6 restaurants, furnished millions
Of meals ami piled MP wealth. Why
shouldn' they with coffee at ten cents
per emp and everything else IN proper
ton Some ol the restaurant aecp,rs
Just outside the grounds ma IL money
while others lost Enormous rents took
the profits away
Bunao Bits Wild west did The biz.
gaSt business by far tbat it ever Did.
and cleared i mint II money The
cty theaters. especially the Auditorium
reaped rich harvest every day, and
the Chicago churches never had and
likely never again Will have such
crowded seats as Trey have had since
the first Of last MAY As result Of
the Exposition, Chicago is PROBABLY
the best advertised city just now on the
globe, and can boast more money per
capita, than any other. The whole
world may well applaud the Queen If
the Lakes, for her Indomtable energy,
pluck and skill