People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — HASTENING THE END. [ARTICLE]

HASTENING THE END.

, TH* Work of Demolition at the World’s Fair Ground* Begin*. Chicago, Nov. 2.—The exodus has be- ; gun. The aisles are filling with boxes ; and tarpaulins instead of visitors. The processions are those of heavy trucks. ■ Workmen have supplanted the natty I Columbian guards. In one day there : came a change which suggested itself in a hundred ways. The attendance fell away back to an early-summer mark, only a few more than 48,000 persons paying to gain admission to the grounds. | In its general aspect the exposition was but little changed, except that a dullness had fallen upon it and the crowd made but a sprinkling. Inside the buildings there began the sound of hammers, the hurry of step-ladders and a mussing up here and there of tiny exhibits. A few exhibitors who hope to sell all their goods had made no preparation for packing up. In Machinery i hall workmen were beginning to take apart the big steel mechanisms. I Women came from the Agricultural building’ carrying great sheafs of 1 wheat, oats and grasses. The North Dakota pavilion had been stripped of its cereal decorations by the visitors. In the Mines building several exhibitors gave away chunks of ore. coal, : stone and metals. They found it a ' quick way to get rid of exhibits. The ear sheds of the terminal station were the first victims of the destruction department. Early Tuesday morning ; a force of men assaulted the main ! shed north of the station with saw and ax, and before the middle of the after- ' noon had cut a channel through the ! eaves and roof broad and high enough ' to permit the largest-sized freight car -to pass through. People surrounded I the place and many gathered chips as ; souvenirs. I General Manager Holcomb, of the I transportation department, said that i the getting away would be easier than I the coming in. He has practically the same force he had in the spring. He estimates that only 5,500 cars will be needed to carry out exhibits, although 7,800 carloads came in. But many of the cars brought in material for pavilions and decorations as well as exhibits, and many exhibits have been sold, so that less cars will be required.