The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-07-29
AT THE FAIR.
Another Interesting Letter
From our Chief.
SCENES ESOFTHE GREAT
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
He Listens to the Great Evangelist
Moody. WattersOn TN the Midway.
No. 175, 36th STREET,

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July "a, 1893.
Dear Sentincl:-Having now spent
week at the great Worlds Fair, and
gone hurriedly through the main build
ings, and a majority of the State and
foreign ones l have now rather fair
idea Of its immepsity and grandeur.
That such a sight has never before been
seen in the world, there is no doubt,
and no such a gigantic Fair will hardly
be seen again in this or any other coun-
ty, for quarter of a century at least,
If not much longer. A person can get
better idea here of the products,
ways, customs, etc, of the people OF
nearly every nation of the globe in
even one or two weeks. for the small
sum Of from $50 90 to $100 90, Tor mach
more if you wish to spend it, that would
otherwise cost thousands of dollars and
years Of travel Truly the Fair is Il
great educator, and a grand and glori-
Gus sight never to 10 erased from mem
ory. TO give An idea of the vastness Of
the Worlds Fair, it is estimated that
the total cost of the Exposition, includ-
ing the winding up of its affair will
cost at least $2G, 600, OOO. tho total cost
of the main buildings exceeding IS, ,O00,-
600. This does not include any money
expended in the numerous State and
Foreign buildings, which, Of itself will
run up into the millions. 1t is said it
has three times the electric lighting
power. in use in Chicago with its 1900,
900 inhabitants, and ten times more
than the Paris Exposition in 1882
Some one informed me that the Fair
grounds cover $40 acres, besides the
Midway Plaisance contains over SO
acres. Anyhow it seems to be consid
tclably over mile in length. and it is
much harder to run across one in the
Fair than in q large city. I know of
several friends attending the Fair daily,
and after q weeks tramp over nearly
every portion OF the ground, I have
failed to meet any Of them. There
were over $50, 600 people who attended
the Fair last Thursday, and yet when
scattered all over the grounds, sight
seeing in various directions, the crowd
is not at all thick. except now and then
in some of the main buildings.
OF the thirteen main buildings. the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts is Tie
largcst--in fact the largest one Of its
kind ever erected its length being
1,GS7. and in width 7S7 feet. costing
Sl.5'O. 1000. The floor alone consumed
about 5000, 600 feet of lumber, and five
carloads of nails. This mammoth
structure contains A acres of floor
space, and it is said that 1000 cottages,
each 25x5O feet. could find room within
its walls. The height of the wall is
GG feet. 1t is a grand, beautiful and
imposing edifice. 1t would take Sow
eral days alone to examine the many
thousands of articles on exhibition in
this building, as about every State in
the Union and foreign countries have
something on exhibition in it in the
shape of manufactured articles, liberal
arts, etc.
The great Art building is one OF, if
not the greatest attraction Of the Fair,
especially among the ::fair sex. 1t is
certainly a magnificent and beautiful
structure. It is oblong, intersected
north and south, east and west, by 4;
great nave and transcept 100 feet wide
and 20 feet high at the intersection Of
which is dome 60 feet in diameter.
The height is 125 feet to the top of the
dome, which is surmounted by a colos-
sal-winged figure Of Victory. The
transcript, lighted entirely from above
has clear space Of 60 feet. The di-
ulcuslOu0 VI tuc Ll<t1u UulANAH6 "AC
320x5O0 feet. It has two annexes, an
eastern and western, the dimensions
of each Of which is 12Ox20O feet. This
Art building cost se7O,OOo. Here can
be found paintings and other works
of art from the most famous painters,
sculptor and artists that the world ever
produced. It is q dazzling sight to
behold the many thousands of paint
ings, upon which weeks could be spent
studying them, and then return and
find many things new to the eye. No
such number in endless variety in this
line has ever before been exhibited,
and yourscribler expects to spend a
whole day in this building when his
''beetter-half" arrives.
While this is largest collection Of