The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-09
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6, Is

$50 100000 to build noxious and impera-
| tive sewers; but, above all, the natural
situation of Philadelphia is sanitarily su-
perior to that of Washington. If the
iather of his country selected the seat Of
government with a desire to
Kill of politicians, he made
an excellent selection, and his
panegyrists have failed to give him glory
for his noble work; he could hardy have
found another location Oh the continent
that combined so many unwholesome ad.
vautages. Here the young girls have
brighter conplexions, and the young
men have not that hangdog, hackneyed,
ysit and mien peculiar to Washington
adolescence, Perhaps it is because they
are not government clerks and do not
live in eternal trepidation of loss of
office.
propose to write series of letters
from this city during the continuance of
the Centennial Exposition. A distin-
guished author has said that any one who
will only write what he sees and hears
with veracity will blunder into writing u
good book. 1 hope to blunder
into writing u reliable letter by
this rule. l shall not write in the in.
terest OF the exposition or the exhibitors,
but / hope to write letters that will con-
tain useful and interesting information
to those of your readers who will not,
and be helpful to those who will come TO
the great show.
To those who propose to spend less
than two months III Philadelphia l
would earnestly say, do not come now.
The exhibition will be inaugaratcd
with much ceremony on the 10th OF this
month, and the hotel keepers are very
anxious to see you, but everything is in
very immature state OF advancement
At present there is one of the greatest
exhibition of scatfoldinS, boxes, lumber
and dust the world has ever seen. AT
many points kosmos is rising out of
chaos, but not for two or three months
yet will the panorama reach its
climacteric of beauty and order.
For those who can come bIt once
and spend only limited time here, it
will be found much better to defer the
visit until September or October, or at
least until August. By that time hotel
and boarding house keepers will have
learned that all the world and the rest of
mankind are not tributary TO their pock-
cts. Better Accommodations will be OBJ
tained at more reasonable prices, and
the Exposition will be seen to the very
best advantage.
Of course everybody here is expecting
the city to fill up Immediately, and the
honest old Quaker spiders that have
spread their nets for flies are almost innu.
merable. l interviewed two or three
hotel keepers yesterday, by asking them
what they would charge me for two
rooms and board. / found that the
prices ranged from So to Sl2 per day. /
explained that l wanted the rooms
during the entire time of exposition, but
they would not submit to any reduction
of price, saying that there was every
probability that they would not have n
vacant room, and that they would be
compelled to turn away many whom
they would be unable TO accommodates.
told them that l thought they were
mistake en-, that there WAS an impression
extant that hotel accommodations could
he had only at exorbltant prices, and
that this impression would prevent many
from coming to Philadelphia, while it
would cause others to seek cheaper quar-
ter. in the cooler and pleasanter sur
rounding villages.
Yesterday. while looking for an office,
| came to a second-story door in the
building corner 7th and Chestnut streets,
bearing, in large, gilt letters, the legend:
"Keelv's Motor" entered and found
very handsome room, occupied by very
handsome and. as / found afterwards,
very intelligent agent. Upon learning
the object of my visit, he informed me
that he could communicate nothing con-
cerning the motor to the press; that they
were compelled to keep the entire matter
in the strictest secresy, ,nasmuch as Mr..
Keely had not yet perfected his plan to
a point that would enable HIM to secure
a patent covering the whole OF his dis
covery, and since the publicity already
given to the matter had sent hundreds of
scientific detectives upon the search OF
the wonderful secret. He further laid,
as did also Keely's attorney, who
came in while we were talking,
that in all probability IN
the course of another month
the world would be singing with pra'se
of the wonderful discovery that would
make steam and electricity appear as
backneyed schemes. 1t was impossible,
listening to these gentlemen, not to BE-
come impressed with their Intelligence,
earnestness and apparent sincerity. They
showed me two large bars of iron that
had been hberally pulled apart, not
broken or twisted, by force developed
by this machine, which they assured me
was zoo pounds to the square inch over
that of gunpowder. They said that the
only thing now that delayed the utiliza-
tion of the discovery, was the difficulty
found in procuring any substance that
would withstand the terrific force OF the
vapor which caused water to percoiate
the most solid substances. came away
with the impression that il the keely
motor was hoax and sell, 1t was GER
tsinly we'll managed anu we'll sustained.
nave purposely retrained, in this let
ter. from saving much about the Exposi-
lion. for the simple reason that it Is In
tNO cDaOllC slSlc
There will be time enough for TINS DUR
iny the six months that prop ose to re.
main here. In my next letter l will tell
YOU all about the grand opening ceremo-
nies, which will take place on the loth
INST. Till ther au reroir. Z. A. ..
TuE New York Tribune styles Mr..
Wash. Mclean, OF Cincinnati. the
democratic Warwick ofthe West Let
US see. He made Douglass President,
Pendleton President, Tom Scott Presi'
dent. and is now making Mr.. Allen
President! As a Warwick Mr.. Nc,
Lean Is an eminent success.-Cgeretd"d
Plain Dealer Dem
THERE was little tornado in Chicago
on Saturday, but.it spent'ts nos'iy on On
churches. All the other buildings IN
Chicago were so heavily weighed down
-;,h mortOsges that no whirlwind couio