Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-08-23
YAG RUSH is ON.
Going to the Columbian Exposition in
DroveG
ings Since the Reduction in the Run
ming Expcnscs-Thero Il. However.
\ scarcity of Gate Keepers

NoRLD's FAIR GROUNDS. CHICAGO.
Aug. iS-The financial outlook at the
Worlds fair was never brighter than il
Is now. Since the recent radical reduc-
ton in the running expenses there has
been marked increase in the earnings
end the average attendance is growing
larger day by day. Not since President
Cleveland touched the electric button
that opened the White City 70 the world
has there been such an influx of visi-
tors from distance as there has been
during the last two or three DAYS.
Fifteen special Worlds fair trains
brought l1,600 visitors 20 the city.
Wednesday night. They were all from
eastern points and came because of the
low rates offered by eastern lines.
Every train carried its full limit of
cars and each car was comfortably
filed.
The first train came over the Erie
IT was made up OF ten coaches and con-
tanned 40 people An hour later two
more specials over the same line
brought in 1.45O people. Other roads
bringing in special trains were the
Pennsylvania system. four trains. and
5000 passengers; the Grand Trunk, two
trains, and ] 40 passengers; the Nickel
Plate two trains, and 800 passengers;
the Wabash two trains and 900 passen-
gers; Michigan Central two trains. and
l,30O passengers. While the gate re-
ceipts are increasing the Worlds fair
officials say that the average amount OF
money spent by each visitor is 20 per
cent less than il was during the first
three months OF the fair They nc
count for it in two ways. First they say
II is due TO the scarcity OF money and
the hard times Then there is "a change
in the character OF the people who are
row coming. At the opening OF the
fair the visitors We're largely from the
large cities, and nov those from the
rural districts are beginning To arrive.
Never before has there been such a
rush for admission at the gates as
Thursday. Every surface car arriving
after 1880 was damned with fair passen-
gers, and all along the line transferred
passengers We're waiting for foot room
on car platform. One car after an
other ran by them having neither seats
nor standing room The premature
economy OF the department of admis-
sion was made apparent Gate keep
ers have been discharged in punches
for week or more and the force is
not half adequate at present to accom-
MEDIATE the crowds that impatiently
waited to be admitted. At the Sixty
fourth street gate three gate-keepers
only were employed, one whole section
having only one gate in use. The peo-
pie We're forced to wait their turn in
single file, and during the forenoon
rush there We're POO people in line ut
each entrance all the time. At other
gates it was the same.
Delaware and West Virginia viii
have "A joint day at festival hall August
23. The governors Of both states viii
preside. and addresses viii be made bv
senators and congressman of the tive
states. In the evening at o'clock
there viii be reunion at the respec-
tive state buildings Austria will have
a day Friday. The birthday of EN-
peror Francis Joseph viii be celebrated
in fitting manner Informal exercises
will take place in the Austrian section
OF the manufacturers building at 1880
p. M. and at o'clock formal pro-
gramme of music and speeches will be,
gin in festival hall.