Progress of the Chicago Exhibition.

Manawatu Herald, 10 March 1892, Page 3

Progress of the Chicago Exhibition.

Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance — the Exposition site — are in the southeastern part of Chicago, and embrace 664 acres, with a frontage of about a mile and a half on Lake Michigan. Forty-five miles of boulevard connect the site with the general park system of Chicago, which embraces fifteen or more parks aggregating 2,000 acres. Half a million dollars has already been expended in grading Jackson Park and dmlging extensive waterways throughout it. Hundreds of thousands are yet to be spent for landscape gardening, fountains, statuary, pleasure boats, etc. A number of observation towers, from which excellent views of the buildings and grounds csin be, obtained, will be erected in different parts of the Park. According to present plans fully ! 150 restaurants and cafes will be in operation in the various buildings and about the grounds. These will be conveniently distributed, and will have an estimated aggregate seating capacity of 6,000 or 8,000. Midway Plaisance, connecting Jackson Park with Washington Park, will be occupied throughout its entire I length by special Exposition features ! largely of a foreign character, such ■as the " Bazaar of All Nations," " Street in Cairo," " Street in Constantinople," " Moorish Palace," " Maori Village," etc., to which concessions have been granted, and which, in their production, will represent the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Panoramas, cyclorainas, the sliding railway, etc., will also be located there. A single entrance fee, probably 50 cents, will entitle visitors to see the entire Exposition proper. The special attractions in Midway Plaiaance will make a moderate additional charge.