The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-11-17
Centennial Accommodations.

Ie ANCU OFh llCfotlt, w SdIioiS o1S
enquiries of those who are desirous of
being informed as to the reduced rates
of fare and the hotel accommodations
which will be extended to visitors to the
Philadelphia Centennial, makes the
following statement:-
l. The managers of the railroads
which run into Philadelphia are engalg-
ed in conferences, with view to the
establishment of excursion rates OF fare,
and will probably be able to make pub,
lie programme, which will luclude all
parts of the country, in time to allow
people everywhere to make their prepa'
rations.
9. With the consent aud encourage
ment of the managers of leading rail
roads, and of the heads of the Centennl-
al Commission, q company calling Itself
the centennial Lodging House Agen-
cyn is now engaged in making arrange,
ments with boarding house keepers and
the occupants of private houses in Phil
adelphia, by which great deal of house
room will be definitely engaged before
hand, at specified prices, for the accom-,
modation of visitors and it is intended
to perfect this system so far as to enable
railroad companies in all parts of the
country to sell to those who wish them,
With their railroad tickets, coupons en-
titling the holders to specified accomo-
dations-lodging and fOod-in Philadel'
phia at fixed rates, and for such periods
as may be desired. Agents of the COM
pany will then be placed Oh every IN
coming train to direct the holders OF
such coupons to the places where lodg:
ings have been engaged for them, and
by hand maps of the city and other
means to explain to strangers how most
cheaply and conveniently to reach the
Centennial grounds and see the other
remarkable and historic points of the
CITY. We print elsewhere some details
showing how this plan is to be carried
out.
3. Itis proposed to run Exhibition
trains between New York and Phila'
delphia at such times and rates as tc
make day at the Exhibition an easy
achievement for the population OF Ne"
York and its suburbs, Between Jersey
CITY and the Exhibition ground the
time of these trains is, we hear, not te
exceed two hours.
4. Almost every town and village
near Philadelphia is making preparations
to receive strangers, and there IS reason
to believe that in number OF them
some organized effort will be made tc
make known at distance the style ano
price of Accommodations that can be 90
lained.
5. The fruit and vegetable gardeners
within fifty miles of Philadelphia began
already last year to make preparations
for the extraordinary demand which
they anticipate for their products IL
1876, and the amount available in the
city will be very greatly increased ovel
previous years, so that prices OF these
kinds of food will not probably rise
Moreover many, of the villages in New
Jersey where truck farming and gar
dening are pursued, such as Vineland
have hotels and houses capable of accom-
mmodating strangers at reasonable rates
and have such frequent access to the city
as is convenient to visitors.
On the whole it is safe to assure the
thousands who desire to attend the Cen.
tennial Exhibition from distance, ano
the greater number of whom must nee
essarily be people of moderate and linn
tied means, that they may count upoI
doing so at an expense which they vii
be able pretty accurately to calculate be-
forehand, and without being annoyed
by confusion or needless trouble.