The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-17
BY A CARROLL COUNTY MAN,
THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN ExPOsirioN 40
SEEN BY A CITIZEN OF OuR COUNTY.
Interesting Items Concerning the Manner ard Ex-
pense of Doing the Fair.

| Special Correspondence to TIE TRIBUNE.
A Carroll county man wishes to visit
the great Columbian Exposition. He
estimates the probable expense, counts
his cash. decides to go, takes the morn
ing stage, or some other conveyance for
Eureka Springs. There a few hours
rest, good dinner, and copious
draughts of Basin Spring water, and he
is refreshed and ready for the 4:55 p. m.
train. He calls for roundtrip ticket
to the Worlds Fair, pays $26.85 for it,
and asks the ticket agent why the rail
roads don't t reduce the fare. The agent
says he don't know and looks like he
don't care.
Down Leatherwood, over the bridge
at the Earrows on White River, up But
tiers Greek, at Seligman change cars,
supper at Monet. Train for st. Louis,
enjoys (?) sleep on reclining cars, and
by breakfast time next morning, he is
in the city Of ST. Louis He hastily con-
suits the time tables to ascertain when
his train will depart for Chicago.
| Whether his train takes him by the
Chicago & Alton, the Big Four, or the
Illinois Central, he has but short
time to wait, and before nigh t-fall he
finds himself in the great busting
city of Chicago.
Thus, in little more than twenty
five hours from the time Of leaving Eu-
reka Springs, he reaches this city.
Your correspondent is here to see the
Fair. My first object, after my arrival,
was to secure comfortable home dur
ing my sojourn in Chicago. Board and
lodging cost me one dollar day. Fifty
cents is the price of admission to the
Fair grounds each day. Car fare is
necessarily ten cents. Thus one dollar
and sixty cents is the minimum of cost
to see the Fair one day; the maximum
we'll, I have not inquired for it.
My boarding house is nearly two
miles from Jackson Park, but short
walk takes me to the Elevated Rapid
Transit, the Cottage Grove Avenue Ca.
BILE Car, or the Illinois Central. Any
one of these routes conveys me to one of
the entrances to the Fair grounds in a
fe w minutes.
/ I now write Of my first day at the
Fair-what saw and learned. A ride
on the Intramural Railway gave me a
better knowledge of the plan Of the
"White City," as to the location Of its
buildings, ETC., than could have been
obtained from guide books alone. This
road nearly encircles the grounds, and
is. itself, one Of the great wonders of
the Exposition. "In its construction the
road is unique and original, and in all
its details is triumph of electrical in
genuity. 1t is the ideal of rapid transit,
and it's use to the visitor who desires to
see the great Exposition quickly and
with comfort, is Indispensable" they
say. Between terminals, that is from
the "North Loop" to the" South Loop
the length of the road is three and one
eighth miles.
The Arkansas Building was the first
1 visited. 1t is not so colossal in it's
proportions as some of the other State
buildings. This could not be expected
as it was erected entirely by popular
subscription. Our legislature, as is well
known, failed to make the appropriation
necessary to enable Arkansas to give a
fair represen tation Of her resources.
This architecture of the building is ar
tistic and in every way attractive, and
is highly creditable to the architect,
(Mrs. Douglas, nee, Miss Jean Lough-
borough, an Arkansas lady, y who plan
ned it. 1t is ninety-two feet deep by
sixty-six feet wide It has rotunda
thirty feet in diameter. 1t is two stur-
les in height and contains one large
room 25x65 feet, which is devoted to
general exhibits Of fruits, etc. The
second story has six large rooms, used
! for parlors and exhibits. The main en-
trance is through an elliptical veranda
which is exceedingly beautiful. On this
veranda one finds easy chairs and setees,
hence it is delightful place to rest. 1t
is made doubly SO by the charming
manners of the beautiful and accomp-
lished Miss Fannie Scott of Van Buren,,
who is one of the Lady Managers from
! Arkansas.