The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-25
81 See If DR.. Sage's Catarrh
q Remedy won't cure you, If
u you're suffering from Cs-
tarrh. Then, If you can't
Y be cured, the makers will
pay you $500 in cash.
That Three-Quarter Million Crowd.
New York Evening Post.

After Mondays celebration, Chicago
must really be ranked among the Worlds
greatest wonders. The Overwhelming
army of sight-seers which arose from
neighboring places and from this city it
self to march upon the fair gave to all
countries an object lesson OF Chicago's
magnitude and receptive capacity more
startling and distinct than could have
been conveyed IN any other manner. A city
with sn exposition whose attendance has
touched, if but once, the number OF 49,
600, paid admissions, can no longer be
judged by ordinary standards. 1t repre-
sents phenomenal growth Of an extra
ordinary land.
To take in the morning and bring away
at night nearly three-quarters OF million
by means principally of three lines Of trans
portation is perhaps the most remarkable
feat Of the day. Cottage Grove avenue,
Drexel Boulevard, and the other great
arteries leading to the fair were early I'LL
ed with people proceeding to the fair by
every means of locomotiou, and it is
doubtful If the road to Epson Downs on
Derby day has ever presented more
varied and amusing spectacle of Vehicular
traffic.
The trains upon theWabash avenue cable
line were composed of four cars each, and
run so close together that they formed an
almost continuous line, yet by 10 o'clock in
the morning not only were the platforms
fairly overhowing, but probably thirty
people clung to the sides OF each car, while
forty or more stuck like flies to roof. 1t
was an odd sight to see the acrobatic con-
ductors making their way along the tops
OF the cars collecting fares from the ven
turesome and determined passengers.
The Illinois Central is estimated to
have carried150,0 900 persons to the grounds
between q. ID. and noon or to have main
tanned rate OF 10000 per hour. The lake
front all the forenoon was black with peo-
pie, over 10000 being crowded upon the
viaduct bridge itself. The same massing
OF humanity and dispatch in their trans
portation was witnessed upon the Allay
Elevated road and each of the Worlds
Fair steamships made her best time going
frow Van Buren, street to Jackson Park
with the highest number Of passengers
permitted by law, the great Whaleback
alone carrying $4,000 people during the
course of the day. Had the multitude
been an organized military force, the
movement to the fair would have been
counted avery dexterous piece OF fmobiliza-
tion, but composed as it was Of men, wo-
men and children of every class and condi-
ton, it certainly signifies triumph for
Chicago passenger carriers. The casual
ties, too, considering everything. were very
few, but three fatalities being recorded, and
twenty-five people more or less seriously
injured in the whole city, and these
accidents caused by crushing or the care
lessness of the injured themselves. The ex-
position grounds we're empty again before
midnight, but it was considerably later be-
fore all the visitors were on their home
ward way. From the account OF one
catering company, the Wellington, it was
evidently hungry, as well as large crowd.
That company kept 1000 OF its men
busily employed all day assuaging the
gastronomic cravings Of the host, and
10000 pounds OF meat, 10000 loaves OF
bread, 100000 cups OF coffee, and 1000
barrels of beer were only part of the
provisions dispensed by it. A very salts
factory feature of the great attendance ls
that it enabled exposition officials to e1-
tinguish the bonded debt. According to
Seeberg r, the building OF the White City
had up to October 8 entailed cost Of $50,
286,000 and the much talked of "big check"
for 81 ,565,310 paid all that was still owing
and left the fair clear sailing for the re-
mainder OF it's existence.