Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-01
THE PASSING SHOW
Exact Total Attendance At the
Worlds Fair.
PARIS AHEAD BY BUT 22soooo.

CPoa What Il Costa to sAClssa Cp"-
Asose $500. 900 Of . Balasce Now o.
Hssd-C"noest Upoa the Disposit,o,
q the Buildings. and Suggestion Ther..
ser-Asdway Giories Have Faded.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The exact official
figures Of attendance A. the Worlds fair
mp to the closing Of the gates on the even
Ing OF Oct. 30 are 81. 4a0. 46l. This is pay
ing attendance-passes not included. OF
these admissions .9sS were children.
and children admitted during the last
two weeks Of last month went in at 10
cents each; previous to that they paid .
cents. For the purpose of attendance it is
just about rs sensible to count the actors.
sccne-shifters and proprieto-s Of a theater
- the men Who went in on passes during
the Worlds fair. But as a matter Of curl
osity it is interesting to know that the
actual number of free adm issious was as
near as is known at this writing 1890, GEO.
about 20 per cent. of the paid admissions.
Actual Paid Attendance At Paris.
One section Of the pass-holders that
might be included in the .attendancs" is
that in which newspaper men and promi.
nent individuals were the favored ones.
How many of these there were figures are
not ut hand to show, bu, they were a small
percentage o. the total, which is made I'M
OF the thousands Of employees of the direc.
tory and the exhibitors with those of the
concessiOuaires. While the numbers in at.
tendance at the Columbian exposition
were less than at Paris, they were not SO
much less AS has been stated The total
paid admissions at Paris were 1869. Y,s
Over !:.COO.UU tickets We're sold, but on
specia. occasions it required more than one
ticket to enter the Paris exposition. Tick.
cts there were only one franc. and they
were hawkest about in some instances ut
cents apiece
Financial situation 1t the Close.
Beginning with debt of sS,C00 OOC on
May l the Columbian exposition closes
with round e, SOC. oO0 in the treasury, 1t
depends On what it costs to -cIeau un"
how big. If any. the dividend paid to stock
holders-there is nearly $lo. QUO in stock
held BY Chicago. the railways, and citi-
zens. The present balance would give the
stockholders 70 per cent, but the buildings
have to he removed, and the wreckinS
companies 20 far have made bids that
would eat big hole in the balance The
companies also want all of the material.
1t also depends a good deal on the South
park commissioners. Taking it all in all
the park Is in much better. condition now
than when the fair managers took hold of
1t, and there is no good reason why the
commissioners should refuse to give mora
time than the contract specifies to remove
the buildings.
Time Would Help Matters
Time would even all things up. There
are already many plans for disposal OF the
buildings-some Of them. One good suc.
EestiOn is to leave the Horticultural and
Fisheries building standing. jackson
park needs u conservatory and the Fish.
cries building would be great place for
an quarium and animal house. The
horticulture is too large, but that is a
good fault and the doMe would be a great
place for palms. Then the art gallery is
likely to stay MS a museum 1t is also
proposed to move the Liberal Arts build
nave thereos-tO the Lake Front
park north Of the Art institute for the
grandest place OH earth TO hold couvcn.
lions. fairs. etc.