Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-08-11
FAIR HALF OVER.
4 Big Success in Every Way
Except Attendance.
OFFICIALS In NEED OF CASH
Think That They CanPay the Expo
sItIon Deot, But That There VIII
Not Be Much For the Stock
holders--Slashed His
Own Picture.
Own Picture.

Own Picture.
When the guards and gatemen closed and
locked the gates of Jackson Park August l
one half of the Worlds Fair period passed
into history. Three months Of the big show
have elapsed and only three months remain
before exhibitors begin 10 move their dis
nlays and the work Of tearing down the
White City will begin. After that time Jack
son Park will belong to the people again to
enter and leave as they please, and the
greatest exposition the world has ever known
will be over and gone. Many people who
have missed the opportunity Of seeing 1t VIII
be sorry It is over, but among tho officers
out In Jackson Park there will be but few
regrets.
With the first half OF the exposition they
are all highly satisfied ga g IN one respect
| The exposition Is oil that anyone could ex-
| pect and more than anyone can realize, but
the attendance has been miserably small.
For various reasons people have not come to
the fair as it was expected they would como,
| and unless there Is wonderful increase in
the attendance during the remaining period
The managers of the big show will be
troubled to pay its debts. That is about oil
they hope to do now, but they confidently
expect to do that much.
NOTHING FOR THE STOCKHOLDERS.
President Higinbothan said there was not
much hope OF returning stock subscriptions
or doing much more than return the money
for which the exposition is legally liable.
81 have only one fault to find with
the first half of the exposition, he said.
"The attendance has not been what it ought
TO have been. In all oher respects the ex-
position has been a success, as no one can
reasonable deny but In that respect the
first half is by no means the better half. L
believe that the attendance from low on
will steadily increase. believe that the adj
missions this week will exceed those OF last.
There has now been about 6,5 0,00J admis-
sions. Certainly moro than that number
will be registered during the rest OF the
fair and the total attendance will more than
double those figures. The railroads are u.s.
ing US now better than they have been do
ing, and the trains th~t come into town are
carrying more people than formerly.
1T is useless. OF course, to hope now Tor
the 80, 100000 admissions we estimated at
the time the Dockery committee from Con-
gress was here, but the average daily at
tendance will be greatly increased. l do
not see yet, though, why those 81, 0),OJO
admissions should not be registered. There
are that many people within radius OF 500
miles of CHICAGO. Suppose one-hith OF them,
CO. 900, came tc the Fair They ought to
average five visits each to the ground, and
there you have your 800 O00J admissions.
But that estimate does not seen to be good.
The people havn't come.
ATTENDANCE WILL INCREASE.
"They will come now in greater number.
though, and the latter half Of the Fair vii
surprise us as much with a large attendance
as the first half has disappointed us witt
bad. There will be people enough her ye
30 that we can pay all our legal debts.
chow about paying any money on the
stock subscriptions"
81 am afraid that any money that has beef
invested in that way is gone" replied Presi
dent Higinbothlm.
Other officers of the fair hold about The
game views as those expressed by Mr. Higin
lothian. They are satisfied with the show
in all respects ex ,ept attendance, and be-
lieye tibet the next three months will SEQ a
great many more people at the fair than the
three that are gone.
ATTENDANCE
The attendance for the first thee months
of the fair was as follows
| Total Tor May ....s..s...'. ..'''''.'l ;V0V,V
Total for June. ........'Z ,Ofo' ~
Total Tor july .......'..' ''''''''A q V'tOoN
sLAsHED HIS OWN PIC URE.
There is an artistic cut running from tht
.Doo- 1oft hand corner anyoea n pictur0 il