Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-06-23

baby may be checked. This is done
at the Children'S building. where
competent nurses provided with all
the modern appliances will take charge
Of the dear darling.
| Numerous booths where umbrellas.
fans, stationery books and other
necessities can be had. are found in
all the large buildings. SctteeS,
chairs and benches now abound
| Here the Way-WOrn and weary travel
| Ter may rcclinc at his leisure. while
he conSultS his official guide book to
see where he will go next. Pure cold
Stcrilzed drinking water is drawn
from tanks found every few feet. Or
if you prefer you may "drop penny
| in the SLOT and receive in exchange
| therefor glass Of clear sparkling
| Hygca Mineral water. To 0mOSt minds
| this machine would suggest Il modern
invention, but in reality the "drop a
nickel in the SLOT machine was in
vented by the old Egyptian Priests.
and constructed by them on the same
| principles us our modern machines.
Perhaps it may prove valuable
suggestion to remind visitors not to
| forget to see the exhibits in the gal
lcricS. After spending perhaps several
days in seeing the mammoth displays
on the thirty acres of floor space i'm
| the Manufactures and liberia Arts
building. there are yet ten acres more
in the galleries. The galleries in the
Horticultural and Agricultural Halls
and the WOman'S Building should also
| be visited.
The longest distance within the Fair
grounds is two miles and half: from
| the Cottage Grove entrance to the end
of the end Of the Casino per. The
great area of the Fair grounds would
| indeed be formidable to many had not
| the exposition management and con-
ccSsiOnairicS provided SO fully for easy
conveyance. Elderly men and women
delicate people, the lame and children
all need to ride and can do SO at very
moderate cost. The intramuraI is an
| elevated electric railway. Its shape
is that OF crescent. it's horn sending
| in loops in the northeastern and
southeastern corners of the grounds.
1t is double tracked and three and one
tenth miles long. It's ten stations
are located near the entrances to the
more important buildings. Trains
leave every five minutes. The fare is
ten cents.
This road. however. only reaches the
| north. west and south edges Of the
grounds. The heart OF the Fair is in
| tprScctcd by lagOonS. which reach all
the important buildings. FOrty-tive
electric launches and thirty gOndOlaS
plv in these waters. There are seven
teen stations. and the fare from point
to point not more than half way
around is twenty-five cents: all the
way around. fifty cents.
The rolling chairs furnish the most
feasible way of getting about the Fair.
Nine hundred and fifty college boys
serve as puShcrs and guides. most of
them give intelligent, pleasing and
honest service. Some Of them are
STUDYING for the ministry. They are
here to get the educational advantages
of the Fair and make it point to be
| Informed about everything. She
chairs are large, easy rattan chairs
running on two large, ball bearing
wheels and two little crazy wheels for
ease i'm guiding. The chairs go every
where about the grounds and through
all the large buildings except that of
fine arts. The charge for chair with
guide is Seventy-fve cents an hour:
chair only forty cents.
The Barre sliding railway extends
along the PIaisance for threequarterS
of a mile. Cars slide on thin sheet
of water furnished by hydraulic pres
sure. 1t has often been thought that
sliding friction offers less resistance
to locomotive than rolling: and this
summers use of the railway will be a
test of its practicability. The fare
will be ten cents. The road is not yet
completed from various hindranccs
and the managers cannot say with
definitencSS how soon it will be done.
On the long pier at the Casino is a
moving sidewalk for the convenience
of those using the steamboats,. 1t Is
two thirds of a mile in circumference,
seats are fastened on at convenient
distances so that it is just as cheap TO
sit down as to stand up. The fare Is
ten cents. .
There has been considerable talk or
having buSscs run between the prin-
cipal buildings with five cent fare;
but it will not materialiZe. Mr.
Adams who has concession covering
everything on wheels says" "BuSScS
will not be run unless / run them, ana
| an not going to run any"
Another means of conveyance is the
Turkish Ledan chair. There is one
station in the Plaisance and another
near the mines building, About fifty
chairs are i'm use. 1t requires two
Turks to chair but the charges is
only seventy-five cents an hour. The
chairs 90 with a billowy motion that
looks Sea-sickening. Lovers Of the
novel will surely try 1T.