The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-02
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Policy OF Retrenohment TO be Inaugur
Rted in All Departments.

Policy OF Retrenchment to be InRuEur-
ated in All Departments.
WORLDS FAIR GRoUNDs, CHICAGO, June
2. 2.-Owing to the unexpectedly small at
tendance during the first month Of the
Fair, the treasury of the Fair is pressed
for ready money. The banks. which are
represented in the local corporation, stand
ready, however, toadvance it. But money
is owing to contractors and employees, and
the former find much difficulty in getting
quick and full payment Of their claims.
Treasurer Seeborger Is surrounded in his
Office at the grounds and In the city every
day by contractors or their agents who
need the money due them for work done
on buildings, eto. He is compelled to re
sort TO all kinds Of digniAed excuses for
putting them Off, but some have been
waiting two months after their contracts
have been completed and their vouchers
passed.
There will be a severe policy Of retrench-
ment in all the departments Of the Fair
/ beginning next month. The discharge OF
! 9. 600 employees is contemplated, the dis
/ tributon Of passes is to be kept within
| the narrowest limits possible, and even
| Major Handy, who deals with the press
represeD Dtatives Of the world, is now pre-
/ pairing under orders a detailed statement
of passes given, with a view to heavy
deduction Of the list
The directors are heavily interested in the
financial success Of the Exposition, aud
they can be relied on to do all in their
power to reduce expeditures and increase
receipts in spite Of public opinion or indi-
vidual interests. Before the opening the
enthusiasts connected with the Fair talked
about an average daily attendance OF
100, 600, but that number has only been
reached twice-on the opening day and
Memorial Day. Special fete days and
single fare excursions from different
t. points will swell the crowds for the next
I've months, but the European patronage
is not being relied on to any great extent
in figuring up the prospective receipts
An official announcement will soon be
sent through the country by the commits
sioners that the Fair is in shape, and that
it is good time to see it at once 1t is
intended to counteract the charges of in
completeness and eXtortiOn.
The document is a long affair, explain
ing the immense scope Of the Exposition
and its advantages from an educationa
e standpoint. 1t will recite that there il
D enough to busy the mind Of a studiOui
e man for many months. It advises no on'
o. to say away, since the occasion is thu
grandest of any age in any country. Their
are no excessive prices for essential things
j. it dec ares, and it is time that ridiculous
stories should be branded as untrue.
The second excursion party to the Fai
from Berlin arrived yesterday. Among
those in the party were the Count anC
Countess Pfeil, Herr Brandt, director o
the famous Pilsner Brewery, and M
Hermes, of the Imperial Printing Com
pany.
The Electricity Building will be formal.
opened to the public tonight. The build
ing has been open to the public since the
opening of the Fair, but the exhibitor
have been slow in getting their wares il
e position. At 1880 o'clock the machiner.
will be put in motion and the 10000 ar
incandescent and search lamps will b
lighted
The feature of the building is the electri
, shaft at the center of the structure lC i
eighty-fve feet in height and arranged
about it in every conceivable manner ar'
30, 900 incandescent lamps. 1t is sur
mounted by large prismatic globe which
will cast food of light throughout the
entire building