Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1892 — COST OF SEEINGTHE FAIR. [ARTICLE]

COST OF SEEINGTHE FAIR.

Necessary Expenses for Viewing the Great Columbian Exposition. A great question with intending visitors to the World’s Fair next year ie the expense. It has been calculated that it will take at least a month, 2fe days, to get any sort of an Impression, and on that basis a Chicago correspondent, suggests a practicable scale ol prices. Railroad rates will probably be one full fare to Chicago from any point for bbth ways. Rooms in Chicago can be rented at $1 per day, which price will insure cleanliness and comfort. This will be S2B. Car-fare to the grounds will be about 20 cents a day, and, supposing the fair is closed on Sunday, will amount to $4.80. As for table board, it can be secured for from $3 to $7 foi breakfast and dinner. The last figure will certainly insure excellent board. Therefore S2B will cover the item. Lunch will be served on the fair grounds for a small sum—say 50 cents a day—adding another sl2. Admission to Jackson Park is 50 cents, and for the 24 exhibition days will amount to sl2. Two dollars, however, should be subtracted from that, for the visitor may well spend four days on the Midway Plaisance, where admission is free. Admission, however, to the 29 concessions on the Plaissance will be 25 cents apiece, and, adding the Eskimo concession within the grounds, the whole can be seen for $7.50. The cost of catalogues, which will be necessary to see the exhibition intelligently, will be $13.75. Car fare within the park may be reckoned. at $2. No estimate can be made for sightseeing in Chicago nor for evening entertainments, which may be made to reach any figure. As for Sunday expenses $2 a week is not too mu. h to put down under this head. Adding a few dollars for incidental and unseen expenses the total runs up to $l2O. It does not seem over confident to believe that this sum embraces all necessary expenses and that the judicious visitor need not expend more than that on essentials.