The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-10
THE CENTENNIAL.
Letter from VIZ. 9. BsrsI.nd.


MeComb City InteligeRcer.i
I FAIRMoUNT Pax, PaGLADELPHIA1
4 az A pril "a b, 1876. ROSE
EDTroRs fNTELLIGENcER: Many Of my
1 frIeuds 1T MeComb City wish 10 know what
! Is going on here, aud As / cannot find time
20 write all, you will do ms the favor BY
| inserting lette- from me Ia the Intelli2en-
! eer. s.tf-st r4
The preparations for opening OF the 10Th
of May are going on very rapidly, and
v.rything is being done on a magnificent
scale. All the buildings properly belong
| Ing to the Commission are in manner fin
/ ished; yet there are hundreds OF other
/ buildings, the property of indiv idials and
/ OF States. that are still un tinishe / !; buthow
al are TO be done in time for the ''open-
! Ingn l cannot see. Exhibitors, too,
have been very slow ia forwarding their
! go DDS, and the result Is a perfect jam
every where. The side tracks leading into
the Park arc literally packed with railroad
cars, filled with goods foreign aud domes-
tic-for exhibition; and exhibitors are
wild because they cannot get their goods as
fast as they want them, and it seems to me
that the sportarioh Department is not
up to the emergency. Cars stand outside
for days; and when in the Park, my cars
stood twenty-fonr hours before they were
unlocked so tlrat | could get at the con-
tents. In this manner much valuable time
is lost; and it has created great deal of
dissatis faction. Three hundred and fortv-
six ears stood on the siding inside the
grounds Saturday. waiting to be unlOaded.
have at last been able to get at all tie
materials for the Mississippi building upon
the glound, and will, if the weather con-
TIMES fair, complete the work by the 9Th of
May. have the frame up, and on Friday
commenced TO put up our rustic work; and
ifthe crowd of people, that already is gath
ering around the building looking at our
uateriaAs is any Indication of the interest
that will be taken in this class OF work, am
sure that the State building of Mississippi
will have more visitors than all the other
State Buildings combined. All the Safe
buildings are put up by Philadelphia con-
tractors, OF materials purchased here, except
Ohios, which is partly built OF stone and
marble from thai State New Jersey has
furnished her own roofing and tiles, and
West Virginia has furnished the dressed
lumber of different kinds for part of the
tractive i'll the State buildings, except the
architectural designs, which are really adj
mirabIe.
The prevailing idea has been that the hotel
accomm ndations would be insufficient, and
board aud lodging very high. But any one
stopping here week will find that there
are already hotels and boarding houses
around the Park sufficient to accommodate
many tens of thousands. Several more
mammoth establishm ents will be opened IN
a few days. la addition to hotels, there are
thousands of beer saloons and eating stands, |
and how many peddlers of pea nuts, ginger
cake and other eatables cannot say one
thing is certain, they are swarning already |
around the Park like flies in the summer
time, aud represent all nationalities. Board |
and lodging ranges at 81, 50, SO aud 81 a
day Good meals can be had at from 25 to
so cents each at the restaurants; and
room. with one bed in it, at from 30 gents to
81 90. | pay, at second-cla hotel near
the Park, So 90 per week for my board and
lodging, and hardly think it will be much
higher, as there is so much competition.
Landlords are trying to put up prices, but
when an attempt is made the house il
emptied at once OF boarders, as there are
Others eager to take them in.
There is very strong effort on foot to
get fares on the rail-oads reduced to half
rates, and feel almost certain that this |
will be the caseAfter the first rush is over. |
The New York Press are moving in the |
matter; aud | see in a Philapelphia paper |
that Col. Scott has been asked 70 reduce the |
rate from New York to one fare for the |
round trip. 1t would be money in the
hands OF the Railroad Companies If this |
were done, as thousands all over the Union |
would come bore that otherwise win stay at |
home. E1HI 5fEf- -
l have not yet had time to look through |
the Main Buildings, as it will take days. |
MY own work, and the trouble l have had |
in getting the materials, have so far oceu- |
pied all my time. l will, however, during |
this week take time and see what is to be |
seen, and will in another letter, give you |
an Idea of what there Is here worth seeing I
g. BERGLUNa.
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