The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-04-06
RUMORS DENIED.
Charges of Imposition at the
Worlds Fair Unfounded.
Free Medical Service, Free Water and
Free Toilet Rooms - Nd Extra Charge
to the Main ExhiD:tion-Seats

to the Main ExhiD:tion-seats
Free to ALI.
CHICAGO, March 31.-President Higin-
botham of the worlds fair has attached
his signature to an official statement
which will set the public right on eight
importanrpoints in regard to the ex-
position management. For several
weeks misleading stories have appeared
in the public prints. The burden of
them has been that wherever a visitor
to the fair would turn he would be
obliged to pay fee. 1t has even been
stated that nothing could be enjoyed
at Jackson park without cost except
air. In view of the general publicity
and wide misapprehension of the facts
President Higin botham has issued the
following:
..WoRLD's COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHI
CAGO, March 30. 1893-To the Public: Because
of many Misrepresentation and miss ia tementS
relative to exposition management and affairs
being in circulation through the press and 9th
erwse, both in this country and abroad, and in
reply to many letters of inquiry or complaint
| touching the same matters, it seems advisable
that some official statement regarding them
should be made to the public. Therefore re-
spectfully ask that the widest publicity be
given to the following facts:
81 The exposition will be opened in readiness
| for visitors May1.
~. An abundance Of drinking water. the best
supplied to any great city in the world, will be
provided free to all The report that charge
would be made for drinking water probably
arose from the fact that hygeia water can also
be had by those VINO may desire it at one cent a
glass.
IS. Ample provisions for seating will be made
without charge
| be located at convenient points in the buildings
and about the grounds and they will be abso-
| lutely free to the public This is as large
| number in proportion to the estimated attend
ance as has ever been provided in any EXPOSE
| ton In addition to these there will also he
| nearly an equal number of lavatories and toilet
rooms of a costly and handsome character as
exhibits, for the use of which charge of five
cents will be made.
50. The admission fee of fifty cents will en-
title the visitor to see and enter all the EXPOSE
| ton buildings, inspect the exhibits, and, in
short, to see everything within the exposition
grounds except the EsQuimau village and
the reproduction of the Colorado cliff dwell
ings. For these as well as for the special at
fractions on Midway plaisance small fee will
| be charged.
'6. Imposition or extortion of any descrlp
| ton will not be tolerated.
| II. Free medical and emergency hospital
service is provided on the grounds by the ex-
position management
''s. The bureau of public comfort will provide
commodious free wating-roo,ls. including spa
cious ladies paror ana toilet-rooms, in various
parts of the grounds.
| H N. HIGINBOTHAM. President
Director General Davis has Endorsed
all : that the statement conveys. He
did not sign it because of the fact that
the exposition management is re-
sponsible for the granting of conces-
sions over which the error has arisen.
To make it plain, there are in Jack
son park proper about 500 acres on
which are buildings. Eighty acres of
this space is devoted to state build
ings, in which will be the headquarters
of the worlds fair commissioners of the
various states of the union. No
char ge, of course, will be made to them.
The 400 acres on which stand the build
ings that have cost the exposition
company nearly SIS, 1000, 900, Including
the preparation of the ground, consti-
tute the exposition. 1t is in these
structures that exhibits from almost
every nation on earth will be installed
and they are the worlds fair
The bureau of public comfort is a
part of the exposition management. A
special building for its use IS now be-
ing constructed at the north end of the
park. At the south end. in the big
terminal station, where all the passen-
gers outside Chicago to the fair will
land, the bureau has been given
great number of rooms in which will
be furnished free accomm odations. At
the southeast corner of the park, in
the Casino building, more room has
been reserved fol this same bureau of
public comfort.
In each of these buildings will be
cheap lunch counters, checking rooms,
barber shops, etc, and tables where
those who feel so inclined may sit and
eat the luncheon which they bring to
the park
Fifty cents-no more, no less-will
entitle the visitor to see every ex-
hibit in jackson park, and if he bring
a luncheon with him he may get
through without any additional ex-
pense.
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