The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-04-26

COMFORTS AT THE CENTENNIAL.-Those
who imagine that there will be both rush
and n scramble at Philadelphia during the
Exhibition and that each man and woman
viii practically illustrate Darwin's theory of
the survival Tor success) of the flttest, will
find themselves most agreeably mistaken.
There is apparently nothing which appertains
to the comfort of visitors unforgotten. There
is indeed a 9 Department of Public Comfort, !"
and as in no city Of the world do the citizens
understand better what comfort is than in
Philadelphia, we may confidently look for the
corresponding results applied to the Centen-
NAL. Among other things the following have
been provided for:
There will be main office and branch sta
tions, which will include a free reading room,
facilities for writing and correspondence with
an Office where letters can be sent and deliver
edl, lavatories and closets, a ot-blacking and
clothes brushing room, and several other con-
yeniences On the Hat root a promenade aud
lounging- place will be laid out under an avn
ing, where visitors can have fine view, order
refreshments and cool themselves and this
department will have the care of cloaks
shawls and umbrellas, and when man ar
rives mt the show with an ovelcoat or umbrella
he receives a check for it. designates the sta
ton in the Exhibition grounds at which he
wants to find il, and 1t is transported there
by Il spirit in uniform and delivered to him at
any hour.
Then there is the rolling chair for the use
of ladies and children. Forty miles of walk
ing will be tax on the strongest and many
could see but very little but for some device
like this. The company have ordered 800
chairs. wheels nniSpaSS nOSsbla
Chairman in uniform, informed of the chief
places of interest, are to be in service. One
who comes with lady, his wife or his chill
dren, may engaged a chair roll it himself il
he likes. AS at present understood the charge
will be 30 or 40 cents an hour.
The telegraph and messenger facilities
promise to be thorough. The wires of the
American District Telegraph Company will
spread themselves in every direction through
the buildings and grounds, SO that there will
be fifty-seven miles Of telegraph wire. Head
quarters will be established near the entrance
10 the main building. and stations Mt various
convenient points. Visitors can communicate
with each other or with the outside world.
Uniformed guides and interpreters will be
placed at convenient points.
A narrow-guage railway will make the cir
cult OF the grounds aud communicate with all
the principal buildings. 1t will be provided
with cars, all Of which are manufactured fol
exhibition and contributed as advertisements
With such rivalry, they should be neat and
comfortable.
The fire patrol will DO provided with the
best engines in the country, these being also
sent in by various manufacturers for exhibi.
ton. Telegraph lines will connect the several
fre-stations.
A blank, called the "Centennial Bank
will receive deposits cash drafts on foreign
countries and exchange money.
The restaurant charges in the grounds will
not be allowed to be exorbitant, and man
will be able to get as good dinner for 81 or
(including pint bottle of wine) $780, as he
can get elsewhere. There will be lunch
rooms where a satisfactory lunch is promised
for rs cents or so cents, and 80 Diaries, -
similar to those in New York and Boston,
where q bowl of mush, or rice and milk, can
be had for about 20 cents.
Does not that look like comfort?