New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-08
THE FAIRS GATES CLOSED.
SUNDAY STRICTLY OBSERVED BY THE
MANAGERS.
GROUNDS TO BE ILLUMINATED TONIGHT
HOW THE FAIR IS LIGHTED-CON-
DITION OF EXHIBITS.
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HOW THE FAIR IS LIGHTED-CON-
DITION OF EXHIBITS.
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Chicago, May THE grounds at Jackson Parl,
had deserted look to-day, the first Sunday of
the Fair, the gates being closed by order of the
directors for the present at least. The day was
an exceptionally fine one, the finest, in fact that
Chicago has seen for many weeks. The multitIIles
ready to seize the opportunity of the warm sun
and the bamy breezes to visit the Fair would
undoubtedly have been great, and their disap-
pointment in being compelled to remain in town
can be measured only by the Disguised look of
the promenaders that haunted the big pier at Van
Buren-st. all day long, by the consistent and
persistent protests of the local press and the
satisfied smile of every groeshop proprietor in
town as he cOntemplates the steady stream of
patronage which flows into the front and side
entrances of his place. How long the resolve of
the Worlds Fair Directors to keep the gates
closed on Sunday will last it is impossible to say.
Fear of forcing at this experimental stage of the
Exhibition new issue upon the management, in
addition to the numberlcss difficulties which still
beset il all sides and which will require all its
talent, discretion, patience and properly directed
energy TO remove, doubt demands that in SO
Important matter haste be made slowly, especially
~ the defiance of the feeling. however unreasonable
and illogical il may appear to some which many
esimable and well-meaning people throughout
the country share the question of Sunday open
ing, may involve the mana CEMENT in disastrous
Observation-Disclosures from moral legal and
financial points of view.
Many complaints one hears thoughtessly
uttered against the present official management
of the Worlds Fair are unreasonable The great
Exhibition, as it appears, is in some respects.
i lie frto
that no person can pass through the lines on
which the exhibits appear without receiving IN
return more than compensation for the entrance
fee. and the Tabor required in passing from one
point to another. Some Of the exhibits are yet
to arrive and to be placed There is disorder III
places The unpropitous weather. the delays in
transportation, the inevitable hindrances which
have obstructed the work of preparation, ana
multitudinous causes have prevented the appear
snce Of the attractions which the show VIII
present at a later period. But now there Is
enough in the products of art and Industry, OF
enterprise and Skill of manufactures ana oil
science, to occupy much more than the single
day which the hasty and superficial VISITOR can
give to the great exhibit. There is enough ~
jackson Park now 10 interest faithful Nistor
for week, possibly for month 1t Is I'M
reasonable that a person entering the Fair grounds
exhibition should complain of its incomplete
ness,
The great feature Of tomorrow will be the light
inc of the grounds at night foretastc of what
NAV be expected was given last week, when the
interior of the rotunda of the Administration
Building was brilliantly illuminated on several oc-
casions This was accomplished by sending "a cur
rent through some eight hundred incandeSceh'
bulbs tastefully arranged in the gallery and on
standards on the ground floor. There are hitE-
s;x pretty little standards running around me
edge of the gallery. each bearing seven bulos
spread out as along the margins of leaf On the
main floor are eight large standards. eaoh WIN
fifty lights, also arranged as a great Hai. lhese
arc al! white lights. They will be used only on
special occasions
The exterior illumination OF the buildings ana
orounds will be no less effective. The dome OF
the Administration Building is cut into segments
Nv eight ribs. Between them is the rich coorns
Of gold which reflects the light of the sun for
many miles, and distinguishes this building iron
all Others az a great distance. Along each one
O. these ribs have been placed forty-cight OF the
pea, shaped bulbs Of glass, in which the heate'
6lament of carbon makes the incandescent lleh''
When lighted at night the effect is exceedingly
brilliant The surface of the dome Is not se'h'
hut there are arched scements of light meeting az
& mmon noint as though suspended in mdalr
Pen ,ath the dome is an outer gallery, along 'he
RAJ of which is d row OF the same lights, 4Oo III
number Still further down. on the cornice'
the are 500 lights also, encrcling the buildih2
VII the work is completed there will be from
6oO) 70 6.00O ncandescent lights within ana
wit out this building. Along the cornice of the
PER- yle 1000 lights will be arranged WIN
600 within it. The former are in a direct line
yitl nut any attempt at iigure-making. Muse
all will have 500 lights along It's cornice ana
90 within The Electricity, Manufactures
ort culture and Machinery buildings will be en-
rna ly decorated in the same manner. with 'o'
hts each The central basin will have between
60 and 5000 bulbs projecting inward from ''le
ndng railing, or arranged III lah'aS.i'
~ on low supports at intervals along Tic
incandesccnt lighting is in the hands OF the
lghouse Company, whose power plant Is l.
merry Hall This consists of twelve l''ooo
lynamos of the alternating multiphose type
'N by six 900 horsepower Westinghouse
i compound engines, directly conhect'
I betting, and six engines OF other patterns
On arying capacity The entire capacity o
the motive rover and dvnamos is 10000 lights
The wires all strung for this lighting bn
there are still some connections to he made an(
bulbs to he screwed into their sockets. The Al
minisration Building and peristylc lights are II
working order. The streets are illumlhatc'
BY arc lights mounted on iron post
principally, twcnty-onc feet high ABOUT 20,
wooden poles forty feet high have been erected
in the south portion Of the ground. Zach lamp
arc light is called, has an illuminating
power equal TO 1000 candles and there VII
DC $50 Of them when all are IN place. 1T Il
expected that they will all be in operation within
wo weeks. II is not much delay III settin'
'osts as in connecting wires. Most Of the lamp
hemseves are now ready for use, but only 80
them are in communication With the dynamo
.hese $50 burning every night, and, 1t a
bped, about $50 will be daily added TO tn