Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
COUNT UP THE COST.
A Valuable List for Prospective
Worlds Fair Visitors.
1t Enumerates Most of the Attractions
Covered by the Single Admission Fee,
and Gives the Cost of Visit to
the Novel Side Shows,
SURE OF YOUR MONEYS WORTH.

JACKSON PARK, CHICAGO, May 11.-Di-
rector General Davis has furnished the
national commission with the first COM
plete and official announcement of
| charges within the grounds, together
| with detailed statement of the ex-
hibits that may be seen free of charge.
The report says:
One Price for All.
''The fee Of fifty cents charged for admission
/ to the Worlds Columbian exposition covers en-
trance to all parts OF the exposition grounds,
| including the Midway Plaisance a total area Of
about 64O acres It covers also admission to all
the buildings Of the Worlds Columbian exposi-
tion including all the special exhibition build
ings allied with the several great departments,
the floors. galleries and dome of the administra-
ton building, the monastery OF La Rabida, con-
tanning all the most valuable and authentic
relics of Columbus now eXtant the Woman's
building and the United States Government
building. the battle ship and all the state build
tngS ana the pav1l1OnS or foreign ma tons. There
| are innumerable other attractions OF which no
mention can be made in brief report, all of
| which are covered by the single entrance fee
Agriculture and Horticulture.
SIN Jackson park are the great departments
and their allied outdoor exhibits and annexes,
| follows: The buildings of the department of ag-
riculture, with outside exhibits, including the
| windmill exhibits and the agriculture exhibits
OF France and her colonies The buildings OF
greenhouse annexes, nurseries. plantations,
| flower gardens and lawns, under the care of
American and foreign exhibitors, The depart
ment of live stock includes the stock pavilion,
Or show ring, and also additional structures for
| the sheltering of stock. The exhibit of the de-
partment of live stock will include special
shows throughout the exposition period; in adj
| dition to horses, cattle, sheep. swine, etc, it
will include an extensive bench show of dogs,
| fat-stock show. poultry and pet-stock shows,
and homing- pigeon contests.
Fisheries.
I'm the department of fisheries will be shown
the methods and products of fishing industri
throughout the world, which will occupy the
central portion of the structure. while of the
two annexes of the building one will be filled
with a magnificent aquarial exhibit under the
auspices of the United States fish commission
and the other with q complete exhibit of angling
| appliances and material gathered from all over
| the world, the most unique and interesting ex-
| hbition of the kind ever made. Adjacent to the
| Fisheries building and in the north entrance Of
| the lagoon is the fish storage yard for renew
1 ing the supplies of live fish for the aquaria,
the anglers camp and the Izaak Walton fishing
| lodge
Mines and Mining.
Gin the building of the mines and mining de-
partmept will be i'll trated ancient and modern
| systems of mining and metallurgy in use
| throughout the world, with specimens of
native minerals of our own and other
| countries, and refined products and
metallurgical process. Within the Min
| ing building will be shown the process of
| washing and cutting diamonds by natives OF
| South Africa, the diamantiferous clay being
brought to this country for this special purpose
| and transported from the storage yard at the
| western extremity of the grounds to the Min
| ing building by automatic conveyorS An i'm
| portant annex to the mining exhibit will be the
| exhibit of the oil industries, covering 1000
| square feet.
| Machinery.
'"The buildings of the department of machinery
| include, besides the American exhibits and the
| steam and electric power plant, extensive and
interesting displays from Germany, France,
Belgium and other foreign countries A por-
ton of the great exhibit of Frederick krupp, of
| Germany, which is installed in a pavilion on
the lake shore south of the monastery OF La
| Rabida, is also included in the classification of
| the department of machinery.
Transportation.
"The transportation exhibits department
will display most extensive collection of
vehicles used on land and water from the most
ancient time down to the present day. In
cluded in this department are the outside ex-
hibits of the Pennsylvania railroad and the
New York Central railroad each in it's special
| pavilion
| Manufactures and Liberal Arts.
! ''The great building of manufactures and lib
| eral arts covers more than thirty acres Of
| ground floor. In this are included the manu-
| featured products of over eighty nations aud
| colonies, as well as the educa tional exhibits
| included in the department of liberal arts, un-
| der which are also classified a magnificent col
| lection of musical instruments both ancient
| and modern from our own and foreign coun-
| tries.
| Electricity.
1.-THE building of the electrical department is
occupied by exhibits alone: and the electrical
plant of the exposition, which will be one of
| the most conspicuous features of the electrical
| display, exceeds in extent and power any in
| stallation heretofore attempted
The Fine Arts.
a -
| are occupied by the choicest examples OF mod
ern art from foreign countries and the best col
| lection ever yet made of the productions OF
American artists
Forestry.
1.-THE forest products Of our own and other
countries will be shown in the Forestry pavilion,
lying directly east of the Anthropological build
| ing The results OF systematic forest culture
will here be shown and the most approved
| methods of planting and res oring forest areas
which have been destroyed
Woman's Building.
| "In the Womans building will be shown the
l best productions of woman'S work from all
| quarters of the globe. The building will be one
OF the most attractive features of the expo
| sition Adjoining it will be the Children's
building, showing the methods of training and
caring for children, and will be Of equal inter
| est and advantage to children and to parents.
What the Government Offers.
| "Tne great building erected by the United
| $500, 900 is filled with the most complete and
best-arranged collection which it is possible to
| secure from all the government de-
partments and the National museum
at Washington. Lying just of shore,
| northeast of the Government building, is
| the reproduction Of modern warship, with the
| latest designs in armament and defensive
| armor. The United States signal station and
nfe-saving alton stand in close proximity upon
| the north entrance to the lagoon
Administration Building.
| 1.-THE Administration building, the central ar
| tistlc structure Of the exposition. is also open
| to the public, except the offices of administra-
/ ton. The elevators run without charge,
| and the public is admitted to all the floors, the
| galleries and the dome during the hours when
| the exposition is open
other Attractions.
| 1.-THE list of the state and foreign buildings is
/ too long and their attractions too numerous &c
| be given in detail but it may be worth while TO
mention that their historical collections and IL
| Illustrations of natural products and resources
will be most attractive.
1.-The Shoe and Leather building on the lake
| shore, east of the south pond contains the
great collection representing the leather indus
| try in all parts OF the world
1.-The department of ethnology and archaol
ogy occupies the Anthropological building at the
southeast corner OF the grounds, and its exhib-
| IFS illustrate the development Of the hui
| man race from the earliest times me
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