New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-03
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STILL WORKING ON THE FAIr
THE OPENING DAY ONLY A BREAK IN THE
BUSY SCENE AT JACKSON PARK.

READY-sEvERAL OF THE DUILDINGs STILL
CLOSED ENTIRELY OR IN PAET-TIE
FIRST DAYS TOTAL ADM,sION-NEw-
JERSEYS BUILDING DEDICATED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBuNE.l
Chicago, May 2.-Aftrr the immens, crowds ana
the general air of hurrah AT Jackson Park ye'ter-
day, the Worlds Fair seemed to-day to relapse
by comparison into painfully dull ard unfinished
state. With the sense Of relaxation natural after
so earnest an effort to put the great Fair into
presantable condition for the opening ceremonies,
the incompletences of the exhibition became even
more strongly marked, ard the signs of pr'para-
ton and installation every hand were ap-
parenty a. pronounced as they have been at any
time in the weeks before the grounds opened
10 the public So far as the work Of building the
Fair is concerned, yesterday was, in fact, simply
a brief breathing spell. Early this morning an
army Of workmcn took mp the tangled ends where
they left on Saturday and department chiefs
resumed their occupation Of hast ming that delect-
able day, probably about June /. wien the Ex.
position will BE- entirely completed.
The employees who swarmci through the pass
gates this morning would have made respectable
attendance for most shows. Inside the grounds
they scattered everywhere from the banks Of the
agoon TO the huge roof Of the Manufactures
Building against which they made half-dozen
little clusters like flies. Under the same roof
the scene rcsemb'ed fair suddenly converted into
the freight house Of prosperous railway line.
In the Mines and Mining department or two
Western States have their rocks, highly interesting
TO the mincraloest, no doubt, but Other exhibits
are hardly beyond the plans and specifications
period.
The Art Building and Horticultural Hall were
closed entirely. and most of the other great de-
partments were practically impossible because Of
the work being done in unloading and arranging
the exhibits.
The fair weather Of the morning had dried tho
walks and carriagc-ways 50 that passage from one
part Of the grounds 20 another was made easy and
practicable, and some of the tres and plants
along the avenue had taken courage to blossom.
But altogether, notwithstanding tine improved con-
ditons overhead and underfoot, the Exhibition
looked haIer and crrder, perhaps, than il did
yesterday, when the interest OF the ceremonies
Of the opening and the vast and crowding throngs
Of sightseers gave TO the scenes in Jackson Park
an animation and excitement which more than
made up for the defects of incompletoness and the
miseries of locomotion. The reaction from yes.
terday showed itself conspcuouy in the at
tendance at the Fair, which could not have ex-
ceeded $4,000 or $4,000
THE SIZE OF THE OPENING-DAY CROWD
There is still some dispute about the size OF
the crowd which visited Jackson Park on the
opening day. Many of the morning newspapers
estimated yesterdays crowd at from 300, 900 to
100000. This afternoon, on closer count at
the Exposition grounds, the total of paid ad-
missions reduced TO about 100000. Perhaps
10000 or 10000 persons were admitted on
passes but the exact number has not Yet been
ascertained. According TO these figures. the paid
attendance yesterday was nearly twice as great
as that at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhi-
biton the opening day. There were at Fair
mount Park 1912 paid admissions on May 10,
1876 and the total paid and free, was ls6,S72
On the following day. which was fair. the paid
admissions dropped to l4,792. The figures for
the four succeeding days We're lo,259 1853.
1886 and 1876
Only a few times during the Exhibition did
the figures exceed those of the Chicago opening
day On PENNSYLVANIA Day they reached 267,-
l6o: on Delaware, Maryland and District OF
Columbia Day. l6l ,35j, and on the day OF the
International pyrotechnic contest. l76,?94 There
will be many days at this Fair, no doubt, on
which the total attendance will equal. il not eX-
ceed the highest figures reached at Phladeiphla.
Even with the backward state OF the ENhiblt'on
TO discourage visitors. it is not likely that tho
daily admissions for this week can fall anything
like as low as they did az Paramount Park from
May 10 70 May ID.
The wind was blowing strongly from the west
this morning, the first time in IA week that 10
has blown from that quarter. IL was not uh'A
noon, however, that the blue sky actually made
its appearance. and then it was only TOR SNORT
time While the clouds were rolling helVlly 10
ward the lake. the wind was growing freSher ana
bv the middle of the afternoon the atmosphere
La n
people. AS was the ease yesterday. pressing toward
the railway termn Still, many strangers were
in the streets all the morning, and arriving at
.he grounds one encountered goodly number Of
visitors One of the attendants however. r'-
marked that the crowd was really only about the
number at the last Sunday opening.
THE GROUNDS IN BETTER CONDITION.
The grounds were in much better condition than
Yesterday: in fact most of the roads per-
feet. and even IN better shape than they would
have been if the sun had been shining The sand
and gravel owing to the wetness yesterday, have
become packed under the weight of the crushers
and rollers that are constantly moving upon their
surface. and the scrapcrs have carried oil much
Of the accumulated mud. About the worst spots
were in the northern ends of the grounds, around
the Art Building and along the avenues on which
front the State buildings and the ediices OF for
cisn countries: apd the south front of the Manu-
features Building and the Mining Building where
long lines Of loaded hoN-cars are still standing.
All day long teams were hauling the contents OF
these cars over the plank roads into the great
structure themselves. especially in the building
Of the Liberal Arts and Electrical Hall, while in
the Mining Building and the Transportation
Building movable dcrr"ks wer" at work shifting
the heavy material which goes to make up the eX.
hibits and the frames for the construction of the
pavilOns.
NOT ALL TIE BrILDINGS OPENED.
Some irritation was caused on account OF re-
fnsal 10 admit people To certain parts OF the build
ines where work was most actively going on.
I he north and the south ends of horticultural
Hall are practically closed. The Fine Arts build