Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-04-20
THE WORLDS FAIR.
WHAT A VISIT TO IT WILL COST.
Nashville Advocate.


facilities of obtaining information
that your correspondent enjoys.
There is no need of preface in the
way of description of the wonders
of the coming fair, or of urgl.g all
who can to make arrangements for at
tending it. 1t is enough to say that
the exhibition will be superior to any
ever made since the world began.
Page after page of description would
fail to give your readers an ade-
qnate conception OF what is in store
for those who enter the portals of
what is now denominated the White
City. The installation of exhibits is
now going forward at a rate thai in
sures readiness when the time comes
for the President of the United
States to give the signal for the turn
ing of the first wheel in the extensive
and complicated machinery that will
mark the beginning of the fair.
Thousands of men of all names and
nations are working day and night
that all arrangements may be per
fected, and the people may be sure
that to the day, hour and minute,
the gates will be thrown open, and
visitors from every land and of.every
tongue be welcomed.
OF course, the question of expense
is not one of special importance to
those of unlimited means, but to men
and women of moderate fortunes it
is one of thought The prevailing
impression is that it will be very
costly, and many are likely to deny
themselves the pleasure oi a visit
because of this. Now | want your
readers to understand that this is a
mistake. There will probably never
be time when they can visit this
city for less money than during this
fair. The most important item to
those who live at a distance from
Chicago is the railroad fare. 1t is
generally believed, though it has not
yet been fully settled, that round
trip tickets will be sold by all the
railroads at two-thirds the regular
rate. This does not, of course, in
clude sleeping-car, upon the rates
for which there will likely be no re-
duction. SO in the beginning one
must make the railroad fare the
basis of expense. The railroads in
most cases will land passengers at or
near the fair grounds. The first
thing the visitor will want to do
after landing will be to secure quar-
ters, if he has not arranged for them
beforehand. There will be no trou-
bic in securing furnished room 10
the vicinity of the grounds for 81
per day, and meals can be taken at
restaurants, and need not cost more
than 81 per dav-in fact, not neces-
sarily so much; or, if one desires
room and board there Will be no
trouble in getting it for 81 per day,
and possibly less. For parties OF
two or three, to occupy furnished
room, there will be q reduction in
price.
Fairly installed in quarters all the
visitor will have to do is to pay %
cents each day for the ticket to the
fair grounds, and begin to see. One
will not be permitted during the day
to leave the grounds with the prlvi-
lege of returning without paying
again; that is, no checks will be
given. Inside OF the inclosure there
will be no side show, or anything
t::at requires an admission fee. OF
course, all necessary information or
protection will be given without cost,
but fee will be required for all per-
sonal service performed. OF course,
one can add considerably to the ex-
pense inside the grounds if desired.
I For instance, one may secure chair
to sit down on, and carry it with
them from point to point, for ten
cents each day, or one can get the
use of wheeled chair with some one
to handle it for - cents an hour.
But as your readers doubtless want
minimum OF probable expenses, | am
trying to contine myself to it. The
fair will open at eight a. NJ. and
close at six P. NJ. each day, except
Sunday. 1t will occasionally be
open at night, of which due an
nouncement will be made. 1t will
thus be seen that in addition to the
railroad fare the expenses per day
should not be more than $3.50. SO
that one living say 500 miles away
should be able to visit the fair, spend
/ FIVE days within its walls at cost OF
not more than $25. This will pro-
bably surprise many Of your readers,
but thew must remember that these
figures relate only to the fair itself.
In addition to the fair, if one ex-
poets to visit Midway Plaisance Gust
outside the inclosure), ana all the
wonders exhibited as side shows, he
must expect to spend 1925 more, as
they are twenty-one in number, for
which the admission will be % cents
each. These include, among other
things, the Esquimaux, German,
Irish, Dahomey, Austrian, East In
dian, American Indian, Chinese,
Lapland, Egyptian and Turkish vii
laees the animal show, the circular
railroad tower, the Ferris wheel,
Algeria and Tunis, model of St.
Peters, Moorish Palace and pano-
rama of the volcano of Kilanea.
Further there is also fee of %
cents for riding on the electric boat,
and 10 cents each for rides on the
elevated railroad, sliding railway, and
ice railway. If the visitor should
desire to visit the city of Chicago
proper from bis lodgings near the
fair grounds, it would cost 10 cents
the round trip to the South side,
and 20 cents to the North or West
sides; that is, if the trip were made
on the cable-cars. If rooms were
taken IN the city proper the cable
car fare should be added to the daily
expense rated above. The minimuHg
of expenses to visit the fair and spend,
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