News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-05-25
The Worlds Fair and Chicago.


it is unnecessary for us to enter IntO
detail concerning this interesting
"I,l-up" from our daily vocation,
However as we are expected to give
at least partial account of how we
spent our time, and the company we
kept, we will endeavor to do so as
briefly as possible.
The party numbered nearly 300
not more than fifteen of that however
being " simon-pure" newspaper men.
The balance was made up of state
officials, past, present, and future,
and a large number of ladies. Not
withstanding this heterogeneous E"
makeup the party was a very pleas
ant and agreeable one-just as all
groups of Vermonters are.
On Saturday evening, May 6, the
party met at st. Adams and after
partaking of a substantial supper
embarked in a special train made up
of five Wagner sleepers, a smoker and
a baggage car. Theroute taken was
via the Central Vermont, Rome,
Watertown and Ogdensburg, Chicago
and Grand Trunk. The excursion
was arranged by the Central Yer
mont management and we believe nc
better trip to the Worlds Fair can
be taken than that which the Cen.
trail Vermont offers. The route is an
exceedingly pleasant one, passing
through thriving villages in New
York, giving several hours stop at
Niagara, and a delightful TRIP
across the fertile farms of Ontario
Michigan and Indiana. Good time
is made on this route and it is very
popular.
Nothing of special note occurred
on the outward trip, unless we men.
ton the substantial and finely ar.
ranged breakfast at Ontario Beach
Sunday morning, and the various
concerts given on the train during
the day. The train reached Chicago
on time early Monday morning, but
through the ''stufiness of the Hi.
nois Central it was not permitted to
run down to Windsor Park, where is
located Hotel Endeavor, the head
quarters of the association. AS it
was, the party was obliged to wait
nearly an hour for local train to
carry them there.
Hotel Endeavor, which is located
on the lakeside, is a structure put I'D
especially for the Worlds Fair trade
and was not completed when the ex-
cursionists reached there; in fact,
several of the rooms were hardly dry
from the plasteTing, and in none
could be found a hook or nail. The
chairs in the dining-room were fresh
from the cabinet-maker's and many
dresses and suits were damaged bv
contact with the varnish. The house,
however, is now in good running order,
the cuisine is first-class, and the en-
ployes genteel and courteous. Who
ever may make that their stopping
place will be well cared for. Although
the hotel is an immense one, we un-
derstand nearly all Of the rooms are
engaged for the worlds fair season.
Of course, the entire time, or nearly
| all of it, was devoted to the fair.
While there are many buildings in
complete and tons of exhibits not
yet unpacked, still there is enough
to see and interest ones attention.
The grounds are located on the lake
shore and are handsomely laid out.
They are easily reached from all
parts of the city and the gateways
are so numerous that one may spend
a couple of weeks there and enter a
new gate daily.
The first day at the grounds was
devoted to general inspection, ad-
miring the architecture of the many
handsome buildings and getting
" the lay of the land" That this
was no easy task may be easily
imagined when we state that the
grounds cover 533 acres, exclusive
of the Midway Plaisance, Tor as it is
locally termed "Nigger Avenue" be-
cause of the large number of Turks.
Chinese, Japs, etc, located there).
This covers some 80 acres, making
in all over 600 acres. To go over
the entire grounds thoroughly re-
quires some systematic method, and
several of the party concluded that
the best way was to follow the sug-
gestion of the guide book, and take
in certain portion of the grounds
each day. Accordingly, the next day
was devoted entirely to inspecting
the state buildings, of which there
are many. The following day was
devoted to the art galleries and the
fisheries buildings, and so on each
day new section was taken I'D and
a general idea of the fair obtained.
In this manner the grounds were
quite thoroughly gone over, and
those who remained longer than one
week had an opportunity to visit
noted places of interest a second
time
Notwiths ding the chaotic
of many of the buildings
and exhibits, there were things in
to inspect. Machinery
Hall, for instance, was in quite COM
plete order. This building, known
sign and dimensions, is $40 feet long
and 492 feet wide, not including the
which is 490x550, or the
power-house, 100x461, the pumping
house, 77xS4, or the machine shop, |
l46x250. In all, the exhibit of ma
familiarity as "The Palace of Mechan- |
Ic Arts" because of it's palatial de-
chinery is housed in structures which
cover about twenty acres, or more
than the area occupied by many
thriving towns. The cost of these
buildings WAS 81 2S5 OOO This 10