Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-04
the lawsuit Is carried against them. The
pipe alone originally cost $4,000.
"Wrecking" the Great Fair.

pipe alone originally COST S1Zo,ou
"Wrecking" the Great Fair.
The Chicago House-wrecking Company bid
$4,000 for the salvage, but have withheld
$4,000 of that amount on the contention
that they have not been able to find GER
tain fire hose, copper wire and other ma
terial which they claim to be theirs. No
inventory was furnished or asked for. The
night that the exposition closed they took
possession of all the temporary buildings
and portable property of the exposition
company. excepting the intermurai raiiroao,
the horses, wagons, trucks, stables ana
what is generally described as the general
service equipments These exemptions
have since been sold off from time to time
for about 100000
According to the contract, the wrecking
company should have finished their work ana
cleared the grounds by the first OF Decem-
Der last but its managers claim to nave
been delayed by various unavoadapie
causes, and at the present rate 1t VIII oe
another year before they have finished the
Job The leased ground has all been cleared
and restored to the owners, which Is about
half of the Enclosure. About one-thlru on
the buildings In Forest Park proper have
been torn down. The police authorities as
sert that the wrecking company might have
done a great deal more than 1t has. Ihey
declare that the contractors do not tear
down the buildings any faster than they
can sci! the material. Between four num-
dred and five hundred men are employed.
and more than 000 car loads or lumber
construction iron, water pipe, copper wire
and other material have already been shap-
ped away, which is valued at an average or
1925 to the car. This gives the wreckers
81, 300, coo for the stuff they have already
Sold and it is turning out to be a very prof.
liable enterprise. They have had no fires
and no big accidents. Three or four men
have been killed by falling from the build
ings, the result of their own caresessness,
but nothing more serious has occurred Inc
contractors are saving every scrap OF Wood'
iron and even the staff which is used, care
fully picked over and shipped away for use
in the manufacture of fertilizers, concrete
blocks, stucco and other purposes. They
have descriptive catalogue of several nun
bred pages and advertise extensively In
trade journals and newspapers. 1t appears
that they have introduced other stock with
the stuff that they bought from the expo
sitlon, whereby hangs a funny tale.
Wanted Some Exposition Whisky.
A few weeks ago President Francis re-
ceived a letter from man in Fredonia,
Kan, inclosing a money order for $3.50 and
a request for two cases of Worlds Fair
whisky" The writer explained that If 1t
were not first class he did not want 1t, be-
cause he could get all the good whisky he
wanted in Kansas for $3.50 a gallon.
The governor was somewhat surprised at
this singular order. and wrote his CORE
spondent for an explanation. The latter in
closed him one of the catalogues Of the Chi
cago Wrecking Company, in which
among vast amount and indefinite variety
of other articles advertised for sale, was
fine brand of whisky which the reader
would suppose had formerly belonged to
the exposition company. While the cata-
logue does not make the misrepresenta-
ton in exact terms, the public, reading the
item. would naturally infer that Governor
Francis and his fellow directors had not
consumed all of the hospitality that had
been provided for their foreign guests, and
that the residue was being disposed of with
other debris.
The wrecking company are selling every
thing. They do not waste chip. They
save every scrap. The grounds are strewn
with small pieces of building material
which they sell for fuel at % cents for a
one-horse load and 90 cents for a two-horse
load.
The Ferris wheel is still standing. 1t does
not belong to the wreckers, but has been
sold to company which intends to remove
it some time during the winter to Coney
Island New York. The Deforest wireless
telegraph tower will be taken down and
shipped to Hot Springs, Ark.
Chicago and st. Louis Receipts.
The total receipts at the Chicago exposi-
ton were about $14!OOO,0O0, while at st.
Louis they were about $4,000. The total
admissions at Chicago were 27,000090 and
at st. Louis 100000 The gate receipts at
st. Louis We're about 5000 600; the receipts
from royalties on sales and concessions
at st. Louis were about $1,000 900 The
gross receipts of exhibitors and concession
ers as shown by their books, which were
audited daily were about $12, 600 900, of
which the exposition got % per cent. To
this should be added about $500 900 collected
at the Filipino exhibit, upon which no roy
atty charged. The exposition company
gave 100000 in cash toward the expenses
of the Filipino exhibit. Secretary Taft has
asked Congress- n rpfIln1 the bl1t
is doubtful whether it will consent to do so.
No royalty was charged the Jerusalem con-
cession, which was owned by Kansas peo-
pie. Senator Burton was one OF the pro-
moters and stockholders. The exposition
company gave it location free of charge
on the representation that it was to be a
great educational feature. But it was a
good deal of fraud and the resemblance to
Jerusalem was purely imaginary. The Arabs
and Syrians who occupied booths and sold
trinkets and handled the camels and dom
keys, were all right.
The receipts from the intermural railroad
which was owned and managed by the ex-
position company were about $500 900. That
should be added to the rest and upon this
basis 1t is safe to estimate that at least
$10,CJ0,OOO was expended by the people who
attended the exposition, which illustrates
the prosperity and purchasing power of the
company.
Among other interesting items is charge
OF $S23OOO for insurance upon the exposition
buildings, and 1t is probable that as much
more was collected by the insurance COM
panies from exhibitors, concessioners, for
eign and state commissions, making a total
of not less than $4,000, paid in premiums,
which was all clear gain to the insurance
companies because there was only one fire
on the grounds during the entire season and
that was comparatively insignificant.
Coast Survey Steamer Overhau1ed.
The work of oyerhauling the United
States coast and geodetic survey service
steamer Racine at a baltimore shinvard