New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-27

sons can served at once In external appearances M
Globe %asSe SS lne ss with steep eaSs
As the building IL 10 stand only unti the hhh,v
The Whole a,ir is the ightest Kind Of balloon work"
There ample protection against IRE however anu ,n
be put upon it, The Globe will supply an ann I'M
portant want, in furnishing at the Exhibition Exhibition
of the Pennsy Railroad fair hotel accommodations
for the large number Of people Who make no r IN
be pretty sure TO find there. II will be the piinc
pal resort OF the thousands ThS MI come OH tb 10 T o
Across the way this great caravansary Is solu
brick building, five stories high ana OF tfangu ly M
which looks If II had come to stay Like us negnpol
however, it is only temporary hotel inns Is ne iia run,
continental branch OF philadelphia nestSmoWn nos,
Kngslay the landlord OF the Continental, VIII manage
In close proximity to the Exhibition there at least
dozen small tayerns, recently built or now GOING up
They are for the most part nc OF While
they not worth naming separately their hn
commodatons in the aggregate VIII DE equa 10 losc VI
a single hotel Of large dimensions
ENLARGEMENT OF THE HOTELS.
Arriving TO the third division in my classification,
ud the propreors of most OF the old hotels were
busy during past Summer adding new ACCOMMODATIONS
and improving their old The proprietor Of the Con-
tnenal has built 100 new sleeping rooms, has put ID
rew elevator in place of the old slow motion screw AFFAIR
ono of the first the countrywhioh all travellers VIII
remember The house has also been renovated from top
to bottom electric bells put in all the rooms, and many
| other improvements made The proprietor viii have
during the Centennial year. unique advantage III con
Quoting the TranscOntnenta Hotel adjoining the Exhl-
bton grounds guests take their choice between
the two establishments, spend portion on ther
time at one and then he transferred without trouble or
EXPENSE 10 the other The price of board at the Cont
| mental is - so per day.
The Girard House passed into the hands OF Mchlpph'
| Vosnrg a Co. a few weeks ago. The new proprieors
have reurnshed il throughout reannexed part OF the
original building that had been cut of and arranged for
small European hotel and made many mllroveI1eIiHo
in the interior arrangements. Ihey nave engaged ~
in private houses III the NiCty 10 hou pan W
the overflow Of their house during the Centennial Col
McKibhin thinks the Exhibition VIII last Two years
From the number of letters he has ALREADY received
persons wishing to secure accommodations thus long IN
advance. he is convinced that the crowd OF Vsoi WI,
be immense that IN single summer ana tail nol n ~,
OF them Iud lodgings in the city Inc charge " the
The 81 sferhcns Hotel on Chestuust above Tenth,
has been Reconstructed from basement TO roof consider
ably enlarged and refunished throughout and IS now
sInGc the most attractive smaller hotels Its rate
is - 80 Other good secondcass houses use me Term
in reference TO their prices rather than TO the character
of their accommodations the C0Onnade, at Chestnut
and Fifteenth the Ia Pierre, on Broad near chestnut
! the Bingham. at Eleventh and Market, and the 81.
| Cloud on Arch-st. near seventh. Among the hotels
charging - - so day which can be reconinehasa
are the American and Washington on Chestnnt-st; INC
Merchants Fourth-st., near Market, and the -
Elmo, Archst., near Fourth. All these houses are
making preparations for the rush OF Cenehhl ~,
have built additions and Others have engaged lhe
upper stories of neghboring buildings orsleepng rooms
There is some talk among the propfetors OF the Ola
hotels of raising their prices, hut the general uue
standing that the increase snail not ~
pr dav and that there shall be no increase unless the
| prices of provisions advance considerably
| The fourth method of providing for the influx OF
visitors next year-tha of lodgings in private houses con
trolcd by company and Systematically leased AT nNed
and reasonable pIicess in the hands OF entcrpislng
men who have the cooperation OF the managers ol Ic
! principal railroads centcring in Philadelphia 1hls
project has already fully described and II need only
be added that is fully assured ana tha II at
mlts of almost indefinite expansion. Philadelphia mas
more spare houseOOm than any other city IN the world
! II needs only the proper machinery for brng
| ing those who willing TO let lodgings
ranl IN 1nsllrp
BILE provision for least 100000 people. The Cenen
NAL Lod gns house Agency furnishes this machinery II
to visitors for breakfast and supper Tor any
number Of days desired, and its Onnuses VIII convey
them the depot directly TO the quarters they may
select With all these various projects for sheeTlng ana
visitors the Centennial mammoth hotels,
clearinghouse hotels Ivy the acre, extensions OF OLD
hotels aud private lodgings without limit II VIII he seen
fiat no one need stay away the great fair next year
! from fcaI of having no place 20 lay his head.