People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — Inhabitants ot the “White City.” [ARTICLE]

Inhabitants ot the “White City.”

It is said that the army of employes connected with the World's Fair will be so large that ordinarily it would of itself overwhelm Chicago, not to say anything about the visitors to the Fair. It is estimated that those permently employed on the grounds will not be less than 10,000. The numbers of waiters in the restaurants will run into the thousands. The pop-corn will have 1,000 and soda water man 500, the peanut man 100, California fruits 1,500, Florida fruits 500, sedan and wheeled chairs 2,000, intramural boats 300, large boats 750, while the employes in charge of the exhibits will number somewhere in the neighborhood of 60,000 to 70,000 and there will be besides a great force of ■engineers, janitors, etc. Most of these employes will come from outside the city, and must be cared for somewhere. When it is remembered that the visitors will out number those regularly employed on the grounds many times, some idea can be formed of the task Chicago has on its hands in enter-, taining all these people. The various conventions and congresses to be held during the Fair will, of course, swell the crowd of visitors to larger numbers than it would otherwise attain.