Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-10-14
GLORY OF CHICAGO.
Tho Worlds Fair City Celebrates
the Anniversary Of the Big Fire.
Aided by Hundreds of other municipalities
"A Mighty Host of 713,648 Persons
Visit jackson ParIs-MagnIn-
cent Pageants.
MID annnEnus scENEs

for the observance of Chicago day at
the worlds fair grounds From morn
ing until night not cloud appeared in
the Sky. The White City never was
more beautiful, standing out in such de-
lightful contrast against the blue
of the sky, with the blue
lake for it's foreground, covered
with streamers, steam yachts and sail
vessels, each one of them black with
its living freight. To the aspect of
beauty which it always wears, be the
weather what it may, was added u hol-
iday aspect of gayety from the pro-
fusion of flags and banners which
everywhere fluttered in the breeze.
The Dark Side.
A large number of disasters occurred
during the day. Four men were killed
and score or more of persons were in
jured.
The Crowd.
1t was apparent at an early hour in
the morning that the crowd would be
the biggest ever seen on the grounds.
Before o'clock the Art gallery thor
, oughfare was packed from Stony Island
avenue to the lake shore. The Mid
way IlhlSuuCG WAS DldCh Wlbl JllOu-
sands of artisans and working peo-
! pie out for days plcasuring.
! The Illinois building was the nu
cleus of another immense crowd The
! Court of Honor and the Terminal plaza
were filled with sea of humanity, so
! densely packed that it was difficult to
move about, The interiors of the
! buildings were as crowded as the
grounds, and the fact that immense
! numbers of working people were in at
tendance was emphasized by the way
| i'll which the Manufactures building
/ and Machinery hall We're crowded.
y Marvellous Record.
BY 10 o'clock in the forenoon it was
apparent that the Fourth of July rec
ord had been broken, and by noon it
was estimated that there W ere between
100000 and 400, 900 persons within the
gates, and still the rush continued at
the turnstiles. Every train was
crowded. Hour after hour the contin-
uous tide of humanity poured in The
expected half-million mark was reached
and passed.
The count of tickets was not com
pleted until 1:45 this morning. 1t was
then announced that the paid admis,
sions numbered 1l3, ,G4G. This included
6S2, ,5S7 adults and 31,059 children. Add
to this number total of 37,3SO admis
sions on passes, and the grand total o,
the attendance on Chicago day reached
751,O2G
The concessionaires' record of admis
sions was Il queer one in that some o
the places on Midway did phenomena
business while others had no NOR,
patronage than Saturday The Ferris
wheel led in the matter of attendance
. having the enormous total of 40, 600 peo
pie for the day, 15,O 900 more than wer
ever carried before. In the Afternoon
the wheel was carrying over 1000 al
hour. 1t ran over sixteen hours Mon
day. HagenbaclS's menagerie report
over $4,000 admissions for the day: tn
Moorish palace over 10000, and othe
. places of amusement reported bi
crowds.
The Transportation Companies.
) The Illinois Central railroad broll
) all records for handling passenge
traffic Trains We're run one minut
apart, and an average of 10000 person
: an hour were sent out from the Va
9 Buren, street station on the tw
tracks in use. For a part of the time the
> We're handled at the rate of 1000 pei
minute.
9 The Chicago City Railway company
that is the south side cable, with il
cross-town electric lines on Thirty fl fiji
, Forty-seventh, SiXty-frst and Sixty
third streets and its horse car lines
Z handled 100000 passengers, accordin
;, to the president of the company, Nj
a Wheeler. ta
The officials of the alley IL" roa
We're swampcd. The service was inat
quate to meet the demand made upo
it. Literally no estimate has been mao
of the crowd handled by the 81" roaC
l. 1t is estimated that the lake steamer
}. carried 100000 passengers during I'll
d day.
The Exercises.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE exercises
g Chicago day at jackson park began c
"a the plaza west of the Administratic
building at9 a. m when Mayor Ha
:. rison was presented with the origin
- deed to Chicago by Miss Emm
. Sickles. The deed was given
II the government sixty years az
II by the Pottawattomie tribe.
"a had been preserved all the
~ years in the family of Pollagon, wi
70 was chief of the Pottawattomies, al
who signed the deed. Simon Posago
his son, was on the grounds all da
and at a. m. rang the new liber
u bell in honor of the first owners of Oh
30 cago.
e. "A Great Event in Music.
TO At 1880 o'clock the men and wom
w of the choir of 500 voices were reat
~ for the first motion of Director Tol
IN Inns baton. The band played t
ig "Star Spangled Banner" The fiji
nc bars were drowned in nigh
10 cheers Director Tomlina flourish
IL his baton and in wave t
music swept over the plaza. Il
patriotism of the multitude boiled, u
d. cheer after cheer arose when the Ii