New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-04
NOT YET IN GOOD SHAPE.
WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.
EXHIBITS YET TO BE PLACED AND UNsIGHTLY
sCAFFoLpING TO DE REMOVED = ExToR.
TIoNS AT AN INN-ENORMOUS ATTEND.
ANCE on OPENING DAY-TRANS-
PORTATION TO THE GROUNDS.
I~ u tn.

ANCE on OPENING DAY-TEANS-
PORTATIoN TO THE GROUNDS.
Chicago May 3.--The third day of the great
Fair at Jackson Park marked by the same
distiguring appearance of lnreadiness and bclated
effort at installation which disappointed, both
yesterday and Monday, those sanguine slghtseers
who, having paid 80 cents at the gates. expected
to realize in that foreanded investment all that
is promised to the less inpatient and more saga
cious visitor who goes to Jackson Park in July
or October. Enough has been said already in
these dispatches about the actual condition Of the
exhibits at the Fair to forcwarn intending sight
seers from the East that if they come to Chicago
before June they cannot count on finding the
Worlds Fair buildings that marvel of order and
arrangement within that they already ere Of
beauty and matchless architectural effectiveness
without. As a matter Of fact, the exhibits in hut
very few of the departments are now so installed
and arranged that an inspection Of them will re-
pay the visitor with anything like the complete
and unalloyed satisfaction which is TO be derived
from the splendid architectural settings of tho
Fair. At present the grounds, thanks to the CON-
parativc rainlcssness Of the last two days. have
been got into fairly par<-ike condition, and in
week, perhaps, they may begin to assume that
vernal attractivenesS and beauty which in a
more genial climate would already have rewarded
stcd and his assistants
EXHIBITS TO BE DELIVERED AT NIGHT.
An important step toward bcautifying the
grounds was taken yesterday by Dircctor-General
Davis, by whose authority an order was issued
forbidding any further deliveries of exhibits
after May II, except at night Visitors TO jack
son Park after that date will not encounter long
trains of freight cars blocking the avenues and tho
entrances TO the buildings or he practically barred
from many important departments by the impe-
rious cXigences of contractors and worlmen I'M
loading and placing newly arrived exhibits. From
May II, then. the great Fair may be expected
to take on an air Of Or1erliness and sprightness
undisturbed. by day at least, by the noisy and
bloclading movement Of freight in cars and
drays which has been maintained without cessa-
| ton for the last two months. The work on the
cxteriors of the buildings ought all 10 be COM
plctcd also by that time. ard the disiguring scaf-
| fodings about the stately columns the grand
plaza and upon the eXterors of many of the build
| ings to down and be sold for kindling wood.
The final Installation of some of the exhibits cam
| not be counted on until June - or July ; but
these bcated contributions to the Fair are 80 few
and unmportart. relatively. that their tardy
arrival will not seriously interfere with the suc-
| cess OF tie showing made in any department..
After ALL the visitor To the Fair soon discovers,
the buildings themselves are the supreme attraction
of the Exposition and their surprising merit and
| beauty would repay visit to the Fair from any
| point, however distant even il single carload
| of exhibits had not been laid down within tho
walls Of Jackson Park. The public, however,
| though il appreciates, no doubt the architect
| ral magnicence Of the Fair buildings, Is dis
| posed 10 get all il can for the relatively high
price of admission TO the grounds, nifty cents, ana
| it WILL apparently, be drawn to the Exhibition
| in considerable numbers only when the whole
display reaches a decisive stage of completeness
The strength of this purpose was demonstrated
yesterday. when the paid admissions fell slightly
| below 1000 and again to-day. when the pay
ing visitors TO the Fair scarcely exceeded that
number At this rate average of profit, say
| = 900 70 10000 visitors day, will not be
reached until June July.
FEW sIGfITSEERs FROM \ DISTANCE
| As yet few sightSers have come from dis
tancc Everything has discouraged travel 10
the Fair from the East, South and West-the
weather. the backwardncss of the Exhibition.
! and most of all, the insliable rapacity Of tho
hotel and boarding -house Keepers here, who esti-
mate the privilege of life in this eNecrable ci-
| mate ar something from 81 To 81 o a day
| The National Commission is still struggling with
| the Sunday opening question. without appreciaple
| progress, or much hope Of reaching settlement
| before the end Of the week. The Chi
cago press and public are strongly urs-
ing the opening of the Fair on Sundays, as
we'll as on week days. and the sentiment here
| in support Of that policy is so pronounced that
| the Local Directory feels thar 1t can disregard
the action of Congress with lmpunlty some
technical grounds of noncompliance with the pro-
visions of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill OK
1892 will he alleged. and the dispute, il one
| pris bof, ,ypn OnDO~ru
and those fayoring it will have TO he carried
| through tie courts. the litigation being pro-
lonCed until the Fair is over and the Inhibition
of Congress ceases to have practical value.
An interesting incident at the Exhibition
grounds to-day the calling ont about
o'clock this morning of the Columbian fire de-
partment An alarm was turned in from Ma
chinery Hall two electric wires crossing each
other on some woodwork having started a small
blaze The flame was put out without any
difficulty. The pronptness and activity with
which the 1000 guards and the iiremen turned
ont in the dead of night demonstrated however,
that the Fair has rebghting force as well
organized and efficient that of any of the
great cities and Of the proper strength 10 pro-
feet both buildings and exhibits from all ordi.
nary risks Of conliagration.
ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE on OPENING DAY.
Now that the official figures have almost been
completed il appears that the estimate of the
attendance at the Worlds Fair opening given
in these dispatches is not far from being cor
re6,. secretary Naloncy, of the Department.
Of Admissions. says that the count of the tickets
has not Vet been completed. but his books showed
how many tickets were sold at the gates and
also how many had been sold at other places.
On Monday 10000 tickets were sold at the
gates there had been 100000 tickets sold in tho
city during the month of April;
there were l25,0oO stop tickets given out
prior TO the opening. Mr. Maloney estimates the
passes at from $4,000 to $4,000. Taking 5O.-
600 as the number Of passes presented, and assum-
ing that all the people who had tickets visited the