The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-05
CHICAGO FAIR
TAKING FORM |
AT LAKE SIDE
Century Of Progress Will
Be Staged With Magni-
ficent Setting

CHICAGO. H., Jan. 5.-(UP(.
With the opening date Just FIVE
mon hs away, the great multi-col-
ored modernistic fairyland of Chi
cago's Century Of Progress FAIR,
on the lake front, is rapidly ap-
preaching completion.
Ground has been broken and
structural work has been started
on nearly all Of the buildings. i
number of them have been cont
pleted and are awaiting the day
of June l. when the light from
the s.ar, Arcturus. will reflect on
instruments which will officially
open the doors to the fair. Gov
ernor Roosevelt, who will then be
president, has signified his inten-
ton of being present at that time.
1t is significant that the star
ArcturuS will flash the light thas
opens the fair, for it is 40 light
years away from the earth, and
the light that shines on the photo
electric cell on June |, will have
left Arcturus in 1898, at the time
of the Columbian Exposition, or
Worlds Fair.
Although the present fair will
not cover as large space as the
fair of 1898, or the San Francisco
Exposition of 1915, it will be no
less magnificent. The various
groups exhibiting are planning to
coordinate more closely, thus
keeping it more compact.
The Century of Prigress will
occupy 424 acres OH the lake
front. The grounds will include
several of ChicagO's beautiful
permanent attractions. such as the
Adler Planetarium. the Shedi
Aquarium, Soldiers Field, and the
Field Museum. Unlike most big
fairs, the grounds are not waste
land which has to be entirely de-
velOped for the event.
The minimum cost for the Cen
tury of Progress is estimated at
$25, 100000. This compares with
27,292,000 for the Worlds Fair,
$26,564,000 for the st. Louis
Fair, and $24,690,000 for the San
Francisco Fair.
The grounds will accommodate
900, 900 persons at one time, and
arrangements have been made to
take care of 100000 persons a
day. The record for attendance
at a fair was on Chicago Day, at
the Worlds Fair, when 100000.
visitors entered the gates. The
second largest day in fair history
was at the Paris Universal Expo
sition in 1900, when 100000 Wis
itOrs came one day.
1t is expected that 100000
visitors will attend the fair during
the $50 days it is OPEN. This as
sumption is based on the fact thai
at all large fairs the average daily
attendance has been approximate
~ 10 per cent of the city's popu-
lation, with the exception of the
Inflated Sesqui-Centennial in
Philadelphia in 1926.
The largest attendance on rec
ord is 48,00O,0OO, which attended
the Universal Exposition in Paris
in 1900, and the second largest
figure is 3S,000,000, at the French
Colonial Exposition in Paris in
1881. The attendance at the
Worlds Fair of 1898 was p $780,
600. and for the San Francisco
Fair it was 13,127,103. =. 3.
As the outstanding event of the
Worlds Fair was the widespread
use of electric lights, and the out.
standing event of the. San Fran
cisco Exposition was the use of
cOlOred illumination, the Century
of Progress has planned to startle
the world with the use of neon
lights, colored buildings and il
Illuminated clouds. The lighting Of
the fair is under the direction of
Joseph Urban, the master of seem
&c illumination who was RESPONSE
bic for the magnificent lighting
and scenic effects of the shows of
the late Florenz Ziegfeld and the
Metropolitan Opera Of New York,
The startlingly modern build
ings which have been designed by
many of Americas foremost arch
fleets, including Raymond Hood
and Ralph Walker of New York,
Paul Cret Of Philadelphia, and
John Holabird and Hubert Burn
ham of Chicago, will be painted in
bright colors, and brilliantly il