Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-23
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
iiasses TO the Grounds,hard to GET
Feeding the Tliiiion==Camping
Out==Fil1e Display from
CoIorado=-Modelo of
the Santa Maria.
From our Special Correspondents

have considerable trouble III getting the
cards bearing the signature of the new
superintendent of admissions. Every
person having a pass is required to
show his card each time he enters the
grounds whether an employe or visitor
Even foreign commissioners are COM
PEELED to throw open their coats and
show the tickets to conylaGa the guards
that they have not farmed out their
passes to friends. The mild insinuation
that these representatives Of foreign
government ould be guilty of selling
or lending their tickets is 2 new scnsa-
ton to them. They say the exposition
company might with equal propriety
put detectives on their track to see
that they were not guilty of carrying
away every thing Of 8 portable nature
within reach.
The regulations now in force are lax
compared with the precaution that will
be taken next summer to prevent the
misuse of complin?e entary tickets. The
photograph of pass-hoiders will be
glued to their omplimentaries. By
this simple system of Identification the
abuse Of passes will be prevented At
least 10000 persons Will sit in front of
the camera during the next three
months and have photographs made
for fair passes.
The catering company that has the
contract for operating all the American
restaurants has just let the contracts for
the erection of its general depot, store
house and kitchen in the exposition
grounds. The building will be 125 feet
wide and 325 feet long, two stories
high.
''In this building all the heavy cook
ing will be done," said Mr.. Gage of the
catering company last evening" "Our
bakery will be $50 feet long and IS feet
wide. fitted up with twelve ovens, the
| combined capacity of which will be
from seventv-fve to one hundred bar
rels of -four a day. The second floor
of this building will be used as dining
room for employees. II room $50 by
100 feet we expect to feed from Is, 200 to
$4,000 employees each day. Seats will
be provided for 800 men at time.
1--WE are just beginning to make esti-
mates of the quantities of food we will
serve" " continued Mr.. Gage "At least
fifty beeves, or $4,000 pounds of meat,
will be served each day. When the
buildings were dedicated last October
we used 5000 pounds of ham one day
in sandwiches. The average consump-
ton during the exposition will be much
larger We shall have from 120 to 80
eating places, some of the large build
ings being supplied with a dozen or
more.
From 3,0OJ to 5000 cooks, walters and
dishWashers will be needed. Our first
contract for coffee was 100000 pounds.
That Will make 100000 cups. We
have bought 5000 stools for the lunch
counters, 1000 chairs for our tables
and 90 900 coffee cups. We will be pre-
pared to serve 10000 people day, and
on the usual estimates our receipts will
be from SG,000,000 to S10,000,000 during
the season. Three grades Of restau-
rants will be operated-one a high class
place, where the service will be similar
to that III the best restaurants in the
country; another where popular prices
will prevail, and third grade where
bakery lunches will be served.
a company has been organized for
the purpose of providing visitors with
all kinds of things needed in camping
out. A village Of tents will be laid out
south of the park provided with all
sanitary arrangements, watchmen, etc,
and everything at hand for the comfort
and convenience of parties desiring to
occupy tents instead Of hotels or board
ing houses.
Though Colorado is generally looked
on as a mining state its people claim the
right to rank it among the agricultural
States and the grangers have decided to
make fine showing. The exhibit will be
under pavilion eighty feet long forty
feet wide and twenty-three feet high.
1t will be entirely covered with grain.
The columns will be wrapped with
grain; the arches will be covered with
grasses: the frieze will be composed of
a series of pictures wrought in colored
grains. Several tables will support
grain in glass jars stacked in pyramid
Close to the main enterance will be a
display of mineral waters with a foun-
tain playing mineral water for the bene-
fit of thirsty visitors. Grain in the
stalk Will be shown upon the panels of
three octagonal upright cases. There
will be 400 varities of wheat, 100 of oats,
35 of Barley and So of rye. The above
is but small number of the interesting
exhibits to be shown by the Colorado
grangers.
The model of the Santa Maria sent to
| tho Exposition by the government of
Santa Domingo has arrived on the
grounds. It is eighteen feet long, seven
feet wide ana eight feet deep.
The officials have received from the
Netherlands description of the Dutch
exhibit In addition to the art section,
there will be a large collection illustrat-
ing conspicuous industries. There will
| be two diamond cutting and polishing
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