Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-05-18

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i'm the unloading of cars. but better sys-
TEN is now observed, and the work goes
ON more smoothly. There is some talk
of putting on double force all round,
the exhibitors and all, and working
night and day to hasten the unpacking
and arranging process, and unless this
is decided upon the situation May 10th
will be about as indicated in my last let
ter. | notice that great many things"
/ forwarded for exhibition are consider
ably damaged in transportation. SO far
more than two-thirds of the ARTICLES in
/ the building are from foreign exhibit
ors. The interest manifested by foreign
countries and foreign enterprise is
astonishing, and will not be fully re-
allied except by those who witness it.
\ complete resume of the display to be
made by the different States cannot
well be given for few days, as / find
few of the separate State buildings are
ready. Some of them appear to have
acted upon the old maxim of better
late than never" But there is no end
of really interesting things to write
about in general way, and l cannot
begin to give your readers the details
they will want in one, or in half doz-
Ell letters. The question of expense is
the all important one to most people
who contemplate seeing the show. Be-
Is.s.l esf -
last week, there is the matter of living
while here. Both these items of ex-
pense are going to be too high for the
majority of people unless they take
tumble, though the cost of living prom
Uses to he less extortionate than the
cost of getting here. The leading no.
averaging 81 more than their ordinary
prices. This is, of course, an outrage,
yet there is no way to prevent it, and
they justify themselves on the ground
that they will be ''chock full'' with peo-
pie who can afford to pay high rates.
The more modest hotels will charge
from So toS4 per day, prices which they
could not get at any other time. But
they all expect to be full, and more
than full, and are providing themselves
with extra cots for use in their parlors
and ante-rooms. To them, as to bust
ness people of every class here, ''hope
tells a flatterlng tale, f" and we will not
wish them any disappointment. The
Philadelphia merchant whose Golfers
the dull times have lately depleted tells
1 his importunate creditor to wait till af-
! ter the Centennial-and he waits.
But aside from the hotels there is the
everlasting boarding house, more nu-
merous here at this time than in any
other city on earth except Washington.
+ In these, people can live at little less
than hotel rates, although in proper
tion to the accommodations and luxu-
ries offered, their charges are the high
est About two dollars per day is the
+ common price among them, and from
/ that TO three dollars. L had plain
conversation with woman who runs
one of them IA day or two since, just af
/ ter she had shown me little corner
room about seven by nine, scantily fur
nished, i'll which she proposed to put
/ two persons at two dollars per day each.
In ordinary times she would have had
hard work to rent it to one person at
eight dollars or nine dollars per week
with board, but she said the Centennial
Lodging and Boarding House Associa
ton had established these rates and rec
commended people to maintain them.
There is no reason why the people of
Philadelphia should plumber visitors to
the city by means of unusual and un-
reasonable charges, but they look for
ward to it as their harvest, and intend
to make the most of it. They present
this view of the case openly and freely,
and argue that increased demand justi-
flies increased price. There are plenty
of patriotic people whose interest in
the Centennial is entirely apart from
any motives of gain, but they are Meth
er the tradesmen nor keepers of cara
lansaries! The rates given above, COW
or about the range of costs as far as can
be regulated by the clearinghouse mon
0pOly, but those who come to stay any
length of time and are willing to 60 out
some distance on the lines of street cars
can do better. A joint stock concern
known as the Patrons Centennial En-
campment has been organized with a
capital of $l50,O00, and is erecting
buildings on forty acre tract at Elm
Station on the Pennsylvania railroad.
The plan is to rent rooms at one dollar
per day, and furnish meals at fifty
cents, though the farming classes who
are expected to patronize it may bring
their own provisions if they choose.
Several outside boarding aad encamp-
ment speculations, apparently reasona-
bic in their purposes, are under way,
but there is no telling what comforts
they will possess or to what degree of
degeneracy, dirt, and disorder they may
finally come. Many people will prefer
to take quarters at rural retreats a few
miles from the city, and to these every
encouragement will be given by the
local line of travel. All this is not very
racy reading, but will interest those who
want to know the facts. The funny
side of the picture will present itself
when the crowd gathers and the per-
Torrance begins inside the canvas.
The cargo of additional British ex-
hibits recently brought by the Pennsyl-
yania, is valued at Sl,500,000, and is
said to be the most valuable cargo of
any kind that ever arrived in America
from Great Britain. Colonel Sanford
joint executive commissioner, tells a
good story of his Grace, Duke of Rich
mond, Lord President of the British
Council of the Centennial. 1t appears
that certain English lady of high rank
and culture is the posSessor of a magnfi-
icent painting which the Duke desired
to borrow for exhibition. 1t is but re-
Gently that he received the additional
title Of Duke of Gordon, and in making
known his wishes to the lady in ques-
ton he affixed his signature as "Rich-
mOnd and Gordon The lady suppos-
ing the missiye to have come from
some business firm of which she knew
nothing addressed reply declining to
lend them her picture. AS conse-