The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-03
FINANCES OF THE FAIR,
Director Schwab Says Nearly $3.50, 900 Wa
Cleared Last NORTH.

Director Schwab Says Nearly $3.50, 900 Was
Cleared Last Month.
special TO the Indianapolis journal
CHICAGO, June 2. Director Charles
Schwab. of the worlds fair, says that the
exposition has cleared quarter of a mil
lion dollars on the month of May, and as
result of q general reduction of officers. to
begin next Monday. q better result is con-
fdently anticipated for the month of June
Mr.. Schwab took o rosy view of the situa-
ton. and claimed that the financial sue
cess of the worlds fair is already assured
He says the running expenses of the fair is
but 500. 600 q week for the present. and
this will be cut down when the working
forces are reduced, as has now been ordered
by the officials. Mr.. Schwab says the re-
ceipts for the month of May have averaged
S24. 900 daily.
Treasurer 'Seeburger says the financial
statement for May is not compiled and he
does not know when It will be ready. He
gives as an excuse the extra work entailed
his department. and the sickness of his
cashier. When asked if the exposition had
made S250.000 as claimed Dy Director
said it was necessary to keep pretty good
balance on hand He was affixing his sig
nature to q bundle of checks at the time
and remarked that he was paying out
money as fast as 1t came in. He would not
say how much the exposition corporation
owed on contract account. 1t is o fact,
however that more than enough TO wipe
out any balance in the bank has been long
due contractors, and certain high officials
of the exposition have either been waiting
for the whole of their salaries or have been
paid In part only with the understanding
that when the money came in faster they
would get all that was due them.
The paid admissions to-day were 47.5S5
The official figures show that during May
1.050.O37 people paid to Geo the fair. of
whicb.numb ber q. .S25were children. and 346.-
39l persons entered on passes. This repre-
sents S519. 312. is. The total number of tick
cts sold during the month was /, 1921. 400. of
which %, 32S were chIldren's tickets. enrich
ing the the exposition to the sum of 1884,
492. There are now outstanding 2S1. .424
ticket bought during May.
Chairman Thatcher, who has proved In.
vulnerable to the cross-tire of criticism
from Europe and America in the matter of
awards. hits back at his friends the pro-
testing foreign commissioners to the fair.
by saying that three-eighths of the foreign
exhibits have not been fully installed, and
many have not even been unpacked. and
that III the exhibits were ready to he ex-
amined the Judges could 60 to work now,
He says that two weeks notice of all in
tentions to examine exhibits for awards
will be sent to the foreign commissioners
and exhibitors, so that none can complain
they were taken by surprise.
A conservative estimate made to-day by
the committee in charge of the arrange
ments for the parade and celebration OF
German day" at the exposition. June Is.
regarding the attendance from other cities,
places the plumber of German-American
visitors at 100000 and the participants from
Chicago at about 150.O00-in all ab0ut
quarter of a million. The committee ex-
poets that all Western railways will issue
round trip tickets for the occasion.
1t is now positively known that.that far
famed Oriental monarch. the Sultan of
Johore, is coming to the worlds fair. His
Majesty cabled the fact of his intended
visit to Deputy Commissioners V. w. Lake.
and directed Mr.. Lake to meet him in
Chicago. Mr.. Lake at once left for New
York. whence he Will sail for Europe on the
T. Campania. He expects TO get back to
Chicago before the end of the present
month. The Sultan Is famous for his great
wealth, and Is said to possess the finest col
lection of diamonds. rubies and pearls in
the world. He will bring retinus of ten
servants and two English ply sicians hom
he carries with him 10 looL after his health.
The papal ablegate. Archbishop Satolli.
accompanied by Archbishop Feehsn. Of