Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — CALL FOR MORE CASH. [ARTICLE]

CALL FOR MORE CASH.

World’s Fair Budget Increased—Financiers Are Perturbed. Mr. Burnham has made another estimate of the amount of money necessary to finish the World’s Fair buildings and put Jackson Park in proper shape for opening the gates of the exposition on May 1. Much to the surprise of tl)e Board of Directors this estimate calls for between $400,000 and $600,000 more than any previous budget prepared by the director of works. Naturally thW directors who have heard of this estl-! mate are very uneasy. The large in-] crease over all previous guesses at the cost of building the Fair was a complete surprise, for the director of works has been very liberal in his estimates, and it was generally supposed that the top notch of possible expenditures had been reached in a previous calculation. A member of the Finance Committee expressed the sentiment of the board when he said “expenses are running away with us. ”