Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-06-02
PUBLIC COMFORT.
How Visitors Are Cared for at
the Worlds Fair.
FREE CoNvENIENoEs FOR ALL.

Water-The Toilet Room Mystery Ex-
plained-State Buildings AS Club Houses.
WORLDS FAIR, May q. - Especial -
Now that the people are coming in large
numbers to see the great exposition we
have ample opportunity to test the
efficiency of the arrangements made by
the management for the public comfort.
So far there are few complaints. Almost
everything that could have been done to
secure the comfort of the visiting multi
tudes has been done, and in many in
stances on a scale commensurate with the
magnitude and grandeur of the whole en-
terprise. 1t is true that some of the con.
veniences have been slowly put in shape,
and during the first two or three weeks
OF the month there were some complaints,
but the managers have apparently done
the best they could. The task of finishing
up the buildings and grounds was a
gigantic one, and even these wonderful
Chicago men cannot do all things at the
same time. Now that the provisions made
for the public comfort are practically com.
plete it is timely to speak to them some
what in detail.
One first notices that ample arrange
ments have been made for carrying visitors
to and fro within the grounds. The ele.
waited electric cars, the wheel chairs, the
gondolas, electric and steam launches
carry people from ne end to the other Of
the vast enclosure and at reasonable
charges. Scattered throughout the
grounds are seats sufficient to accommo-
date 10000 people at once. If this should
prove insufficient the managers promise to
put IN as many more as may be necessary,
Except on the great days, when it is ex-
pected that half a million people will enter
the gates, a capacity Of 10000 should be
enough, for a hundred thousand persons
within the enclosure probably not more
a two or three thousand will care to sit
at any one time. There is SO much to see.
n visitors are so eager to make the
grand rounds, that the vast majority of
people are constantly on the move.
At b luncheon hour many more seats
will be required than at any other part of
the day, but the restaurants are able to
care for $1,000 persons at once. Some of
these restaurants are mammoth affairs.
and while the charges are higher than
most of us have been in the habit of nav.
ing at home, except in a few instances
they are not exorbitant, everything being
considered. One may avoid these expen.
sive places, and enter the smaller eating
places or lunch rooms, and do very nicely
at an expense of half a dollar. For in.
stance, in the southern end of the main
building is a snug little lunch room where
one may buy a good sandwich for q dime
and a cup of coffee at the same price.
1t one spends more money here than he
can afford to spend it is his w fault. for
the opportunity is given him to take his
choice of bills Of fare and schedule of
prices. Visitors from the country who
come in by excursion trains will find that
splendid provision has been made for their
comfort. In the big terminal railway sta.
ton, which cost with the tracks running
into it nearly a half million dollars. are
spacious waiting rooms, lavatories, a
lunch room where regulation railway
lunch room prices prevail, and tables at
which the people may spread out their
own lunches and buy a cup Of coffee or tea
from the cafe for warm drink. At various
places throughout the grounds visitors are
permitted to spread their baskets and en-.
joy little impromptu picnics, all their own.
Every day n sees thousands of people.
more than hall. of them from CHICAGO
taking their luncheons in this way. Not
few take their baskets to the top of the
main building, $50 feet above the ground.