The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-21

presented on the Midway rear anu
typical representatives OF nearly all the
races OF the earth, living in their
natural methods, pracLicing their
home arts, and presenting their 30
called native amusements. The denl-
zen OF the Midway certainly present an
interesting study to the |ethnologist
aud give the observer an opportunity
to investigate these barbarous and semi
civilized civilizations without the un.
pleasant acc0mpaniments Of travel
through their countries and contact
with their peoples. Some oil the ex'
hibits in the Midway Plaisance are
valuable and interesting to o degree.
To have seen It il to carry through life
a sense OF qualification which could be
obtained in no other way, and to nave
missed it is TO lose something which u
man rather than to miss would better
run the risk Of getting in debt"
"Has Chicago done its duty by the
fair"
"Chicago has satisfactorily met the
demands made upon 1t by this eXposl-
tion, II could have done no better than
it has done"
"You undoubtedly have been inter-
ested in the question Of transportation
OF people to and from the tairT"
A HANDLE THE cRow6s.
"In studying the transportation prob
lem six months ago l was in doubt as
to their ability to meet the require
ments OF moving these vast crowds. 1t
il sufficient TO say that they have been
met, and satisfactorily, The Illinois
Central service, running every three
minutes q train OF cars to the fair COM
iortably in n quarter OF an hour, helps
mainly In the solution OF the problem,
while the cable and elevated roads and
the steamboats, do it in three-quarters
OF an hour"
"Does the attendance at present seem
TO meet the opening days OF the iair?'
'"The attendance upon tho fair yes
terday came near 100000. was pres
mt all day aud all the evening, and |
noticed that there was no crowding
anywhere, either inside or outside tho
building. In fact, the space is so vast
that 100000 people produce little i'm
preston upon 1t. There was at no time
in any part OF the grounds or buildings
as much OF a crowd as there is on
Broadway morning or evening. And
the people themselves constitute a
typical American crowd, 1t is mainly
composed OF farmers and people from
the neighboring villages and cities. 1t
was a source of delight to me to watch
It, aud study it, and hear the conversa-
tions. II is a most orderly %concourse
in which the most %considerate neigh
borly feeling prevails. There is no
pushing, no effort to elbow people out
Of the way in order to get better
places, but on the contrary there is a
good.natured anxiety for information,
perfect freedom in asking for II, and
the utmost willingness to impart it on
the part OF your neighbors when you
have the occasion 10 ask Tor Informs
ton yourself. l have yet to see upon
the grounds or in tho buildings
a single drunken or d%tsorderly per-
son. Guards and police seem to be
superiluous in such q crowd"
"As a financier you must be interest
ed in the money question which con-
fronts the Worlds Fair directors?"
"A brief study OF the financial condi-
tions, compared with those which exist
ed at Paris, gives INT a hopeful view
Of the finances Of the fair. II will be
remembered that the attendance at
Paris averaged 100000 a day. Eight.
tenths OF them came from tho city and
the immediate surrounding country.
Tue promoters oil the Paris exposition
were compelled to sell several millions
Of dollars OF lottery bonds to raise
money tor their exhibition and to those
bonds they attached coupons which
were convertible into admission tickets
to tho fair. Tho holders OF these bonds,
desiring to realize something from the
Investment, sold the coupons ut q low
figure. The result was that spectators
beset the visitor, and in their competi.
ton it was easy to buy III admission
ticket to the fair for 10 cents, and no
matter what the coupon sold for the
fair itself got no benefit from it. Here,
however, the admission is invariably
so cents. Passes are few, and the har-
vcst Of the ticket boxes go into the
treasury OF the fair. Every person who
comes here from any part OF tho land
goes back home and Immediately COM
mences missionary work for the fair.
Our people are a travelling people, and
none can prophecy tho number Of them
who will reach Chicago between now
and November. This fair Is to pull the
money out of the stockings, out OF the
old pocketbooks, aud the secret recesses
OF the cupboard and put in circulation.
CROWDS sT1LA FROM NEAR CHICAGO.
"What makes up, in your view, the
crowds who visit the tair now?"
"The crowds at present arc from Chi
cago and the country around about
within a radius Of 800 miles. Those
from beyond that limit are the ones
who want fast trains and superior &c.
commodations aud are willing to pay
for them"
"Do you think those people will
Gomez"
'"rhe magnitude of the tair and the
determination to got to II somehow has
not yet reached those who are deter.
mined TO come, aud do not much caro-
how, as long as they got here"
GLOW about cheap transportation
from points throughout tho country2'
"Uheap trains, which up to the pres.
Ont timo would havo been q failure, VIII
10 q few weeks become q necessity.
Then tho railways will meet that popu'
lar demand BY trains which will con.
form TO popular prices"
After this authoritative announce.
ment OF the course Of tho New York
Central DR.. Dopow passed to the sub
ject Of visitors from Europe.
1.-THE European visitors TO the fail
will bo more numerous than WaA al