The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-12
RUSH BEFORE OPENING DAY.
ATLANTA SIDEWALKS AND STREET
CARS UNCOMFORTABLE
CROWDED.

of Cars Per Day-Afianta'S MidWat
VIII Compare FaVOrabIy With
That OF Chicago. While the Number
of Fakes and FaIsirs VIII BE Less.
Features of the Opening CeremO-
MES Reviewed.
Atlanta. Ca. Sept. 1.-THE streets Of
Atlanta are filled with a crowd which has
been gathering for a week, in anticipa-
ton Of the opening of the exposition The
sidewalks are 50 crowded in places that II
is difficult for ladies TO make their way
and the street cars are uncomfortably
full
on the exposition grounds several thou
sand men are at work putting on finish
ing touches and clearing up odds and
ends. The clear weather has been made
the most of in covering the avenues with
crushed limestone. and this blue paving,
which approximates the color Of blue
sky. harmonizes well with the green OF
the plaza and the terraces The orna-
mental columns have just been set up at
the grand stairways leading up the ter
races around the plaza, and figures OF
heroic size are now being placed on these
columns. The lakes are nearly full Of
water and this puts the finishing touches
TO a landscape Of surprising beauty The
borders Of the lake and all the terraces
are covered with sprigs or running honey
suckle which has taken on fine growth
during the recent rainy weather.
The exposition officers are moving out
10 the grounds and the admission de-
partment is fully organized To-day a
r.tf .Vrsa1
by the department or concessions. The
midway is about ready for the opening
and will compare favorably with the one
at Chicago There are fewer fakes and
about as many good attractions. The
foreign villages are being hlled with
people really Imported. Two hundred
were brought from Hong Kong for the
Chinese village alone
The exhibits have been coming in for
some time at the rate Of hundred car
loads a day and are nearly all on the
ground. In the United States government
building the exhibits are in place and
make a display in some respects better
than the one at chicago. This is proba-
bly, true Of the fisheries exhibit. The de-
partments of forestry and mines, which
the government board undertook TO man
age, are getting into superb shape, and
will surpass anything ever made in
America In the same building the Ar
makes a fine appearance. In the agri-
cultural building the exhibits tare about
placed. When the work Of placing the
louisiana exhibit is done the agricult-
ural display will be complete. In ma
chinery hall and the manufacturers
building exhibits are getting into shape
rapidly. New England shows up strong
~ in the exhibits and the manufacturers
from the land of steady habits are going
10 reap a large share of the commercial
benefits following this exposition.
The pictures going up in the art build
ing are of exceptionally high character.
Horace Bradley, chief of the department,
SAYS the display will rank with anything
ever seen ia America. He has kept out
Indifferent pictures so well that the dis
play appears TO be a collection of mas
torpieces The exhibit will be ready by
the opening President Collier said this
morning that the gates would open on an
exposition practically complete.
The directors are in fine spirits and the
finance committee is serene. The heads
of departments are overwhelmed with
work but business Is admirably sytem-
lied and there is less friction aid less
confusion than would have been deemed
possible at this stage. The public COM
fort department has its hands full, but
handles business with admirable dispatch.
Chief Smith has arranged TO have repre-
sentatives on all the trains an hour out
of town, SO as TO place the visitors.
The Indications are that in all ordinary
occasions the visitors will be comfortably
quartered at reasonable rates. On great
DAYS there may be some crowding, but not
long at a time.
The department of publicity and pro-
motion has billed Louisville, Knoxville
and Chattanooga heavily on account of
Blue and Gray day, on Sept. p. A
great crowd of nearly 100000 Grand Army
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Chattanooga and about 1900 Sons of Vet
Grams are counted on at Knoxville. The
most of these will be in Atlanta on
Sept. p.
The opening day promises a large at
tendance. A movement is on foot to close
all the business houses from noon till
4 o'clock and almost the whole adult pop
ulation of Atlanta will be on the grounds.
An imposing military pageant will be a
feature of the exercises and arrangements
have been made for a chorus of thou
sand voices, taken from the public schools.
The exposition management has recog-
nized the negro race by inviting Booker
T. Washington, president Of the Tuske-
gee. Ala, Normal and Industrial school,
10 deliver an address. He is a pioneer in
technical education among the negroes,
and is a man of exceptional ability. His
address is expected TO be a significant ut
terance.
day will be a spectacular production rep
resenting the storming of the Chinese for
tress Wei-Hai-Wei Pain has the con-
tract and has made arrangements to pro-
duce the spectacle at the lower end of
the lake, where it can be seen over the
water from the plaisance giving the ef-
feet of view of the battle from the sea.
Five hundred people will be in the per-
Torrance and a painting 300 feet long will
be used as a background The railroads
are advertising heavily for the occasion,
and q great crowd is expected.
The movement begun by the department
of publicity and promotion to bring 1OO-
600 school boys here makes wonderful
Roadway Schools from Virginia to Texas
are arranging with the public comfort de-
partment to locate their pupils These
schools will come successfully at the
dates selected by the chief of public com
fort, so as to avoid crush at one time
The exposition is working wonderfully
we'll in all departments and gives every
promise of immense success.