The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-30
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
Faulty Turnstiles Enable Dishonest Gatem
to Steal Tickets-S400. 900 Thrown AVA,

Faulty TurnstiIes Enable Dishonest Gatemen
to Steal Tickets-S400,O 900 Thrown Away.
CHICAGO, May 29-Over half of the 14O
turnstiles at the worlds fair are out of
order and do not record the number of
visitors who pass into the grounds. AS q
consequence there is no way of keeping an
accurate account of the attendance. 1t
also gives the seventy odd gatekeepers ct
tunity To hold out admission tickets. The
bureau of admission has been on the look
out for this. and as a result half q dozen
gentlemen have been discharged for at
tempting to steal tickets. and several are
under arrest An entire new lot of turnstiles
have been purchase. and as soon as possible
they will be put in place. On account of
the faulty turnstiles 1t will be impossible
to tell the exact number of visitors at the
fair on Sunday until tickets have all been
counted. 1t Is known that over seventy
thousand tickets were sold at the booths
outside the gates. To these must be added
those sold by the various railway COM
psnjes which carry passengers to the fair.
There are SIXTY thousand passes issued to
workmen, exhibitors and the press. 80 that
the worlds fair officials are confident that
the crowd at the fair on its first open Sun
day will be found to exceed 100000. A
member of the bureau of admissions said
to-day that every effort was being made to
bring to justice the dishonest gatekeepers.
One was arrested who had appropriated
SO worth of tickets. He will be punished
TO the extent of the law.
Visitors to the worlds fair pass by big
20 h.; hal he R--
dered by the Administration, Agricultural,
Mining and Transportation buildings. The
stranger notices above the many portals of
the building the names of the chief cities
in the United States. and IL his eye hap
pens TO catch only the name of one city he
imagines that the building has been erected
by that city. as remarks to shat effect have
often been heard. But nine out of every
ten visitors keep on wondering what such
q big building was erected for. and when
the guide book tells them that they are
face to face with the terminal sta
tion they still continue to wonder
why q building which Is In such
complete condition should be so silent and
apparently useless. The only time 1t has
been used Tor railway purposes was when
President Cleveland and the members OF
his Cabinet en- barked there on theirreturn
journey 10 Washington, after the opening
of the exposition. The station. it's in
tricate switching system and network OF
tracks. cost 100000. but it will probably
be q white elephant on the hands of the
exposition people. Ii Is intended TO be
used for the reception of excursion trains.
but experienced railway men. connected
with the management of the faIr prac-
tically admit now that IL was o mistake
TO build such an expensive station. while
soIno directors 60 80 far as to say
that there was no necessity for
building o terminal station on the
grounds They say that excursion
parties will not come directly TO the
grounds from long distances. The first OBJ
jeet of such visitors will be TO 90 TO their
hotels OF boarding houses TO rest and
fresh themselves before coming To see the
iasr. The only use which the railway CON-