The Penn's Grove record., 1893-05-19
FORMER WORLDS FAIRS.
An Even Dozen Held and Chicago "
MAKE IA Thlrfaau

An Even Dozen Held aud Chicago win
Make 10 Thirteen.
1t Is interesting I ogather data from
, reports in reference to worlds fairs
that have been held years agone and
I is a significant fact that only the
FIRST one, 10 London In 1851, and the
last one, in Paris In 1889, made a
financial success In the first one,
held in London and known as the
Crystal Palace because OF Its construc-
ton. over 1000, 900 square feet OF
glass was used and its gates were
opened l44 days. Its cost and ex.
penses reached the sun of 81, 500, 900
and the receipts from all sources were
~, 500, 900, leaving net a round mill
ion, says a writer In the Rock Island
Railways bright publication, the
| Western Trail
The building was a significant
length, 1851 feet, and the year was
1851. 1t was not opened Sundays, and
the admission on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday was rs
rents. On Friday 624 cents, and for
Saturday the admission was raised to
. l.25. G~entlemen's season tickets
were three guineas, or SIS. The la
dies were highly favored by having
the price OF their season tickets
shaded to 2 guineas. OF about $40.
In 1854 the exhibition Of Munich
was classed with the international
exhibitions. 1t was held ip a crystal
palace built by King Ludwig IL. who
vacated the throne in l848, and to
this man is due the building Of this
great enterprise, for at that time and
place he had not the cooperation of
the people. 1t was held in n build
ing. and a veritable crystal palace IL
was, being 800 feet long, 280 feet
wide, and 81 feet high.
The number OF ares covered was
twelve. The expenditures were $780,
900 and receipts but about $500, 900.
Paris In 1855 opened a worlds fair
that run 200 days and cost IS, 600, 900
and the receipts from all sources were
less than 81, 600, 900. Therefore the
holding of this worlds fair was at
tended by a loss of fully 81. 900, 600.
London followed In 1852 and nearly
held her own in an exhibition opened
Ill days, and In 1867 Paris again in
yIted the world to exhibit aud look
On another fair international in Its
character.
This was not financially successful,
and then came Vienna In 1873 and
Philadelphia in 1876 in honor of the
first centennial year Of independence.
Paris opened again in 1878, and Mel
bourne in 1880, both failing to draw
the crowds to make them financially
successful. Paris again came to the
front after a lapse of nine years, and
Ia 1889 planned and completed the
greatest Of worlds fairs up to that
day, The machinery palace was the
largest building on the ground and
Its length was 1878 feet and width
400 feet. It covered about eleven
acres The French section cost v
81, 600, 900, palace Of arts one and
One-half millions and half a million
was expended in garden and parks
The great attraction, however, was
Eiffel's Tower, which cost 81, 900. 900.
1t was put up by private enterprise,
and proved financially successful
The income to the management from.
all sources was $40, 000, 900 and the
total outlay was about 90, 800, 900.
This showed a net gain Of ove
81, 900, 900.
Next in worlds fairs comes our
own, which 1t is expected will be the
third great success. ,