Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-23
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Preparations that are Making for the Enter
tainment Of the Crowd In Washington.

Preparations that are Making for the Enter
tainment Of the Crowd In Washington.
An idea of the public desire TO witness the
parade ON Inauguration day is shown in the
extraordinary prices asked and contracted to
be given for windows on Pennsylvania
avenue In not a few instances rs much rs
$50 has been obtained for a window, which
will not accommodate more than four persons
and il seems that no sum less than $40 is
asked for window, however small
Some of the owners of buildings on
Pennsylvania avenue actually gave notice
to leave to tanapts in the upper
stories expecting to realize more from the
rent of the windows for the single day OF
Inauguration than from several months reg
ular occupancy. The public stards on Penn
sylvania avenue, il is estimated, Will accom-
modate at least seven thousand persons, for
all of whom seats are required to be provided
at an expense not exceeding 81 each. Many,
however, prefer to pay the exorbitant win
dow rates than trust to the weather rroba-
bilities
The work of providing shelter for the OK
pected visitors Is one Of difficulty. Balti-
more and Alexandria will no doubt provide
for large part of the overflow and the COM
mittee in charge is making every possible
arrangement for quarters There Is proha-
bly, no city Of its population In the world that
has as many hotels, restaurants and eating
houses. So that the question of feeding the
multitudcs does not give much concern. II
is the trouble of sleeping" them. The
chairman of the committee on public COM
fort has had registered with him so far 100
rooms, with accommodations for about 1000
persons. Besides this, thirteen hotels have
agreed to furnish accommodations for l,oN
persons besides those who will have quarters
in the hotels themselves There are in all
hfty-two halls that can easily house over
l5,OO0 persons So far but about $4,000 per-
| sons have spoken for places. This does not
of course, include the thousands of private
residences that will have a number of guests,
nor one-thirtieth of the boarding houses,
some of which will have as many rs two
hundred extra gnelts. About twenty vacant
houses have been offered the committee for
lodging purposes. The supply Of cots is even
larger than the demand, though the cot-mak-
ing establishment has so far sold for use here
over 10000 cots.
About fifteen dning-rooms have made
preparations to feed 1900 persons. Some OF
them have already contracted for their meats
and groceries, The dairy establishments OF
| the city and surrounding country are making
| arrangements so that there will be no scarcity
| of milk, and the baking establishments are,
| besides increasing their own facilities, arrang-
| ing fer a supply of bread from Baltimore
| the I'd to the 9th of March.
\ number of the larger military and civic
organizations will be guartered in public
| halls, and will have their "rations' supplied
| by caterers. All of the Pennsylvania regi.
ments will be provided for in this way.
The Arlington hotel will accommodate
| about six hundred persons. They have
rented twenty-five parlors to Presdent-elec'
! Cleveland and his New York friends his
| private secretaries and the members of his
! gubernational start. The Ebbett has accom-
| modations for more, but will only consent &c
take about eight hundred, Mr.. Willard being
| opposed to overcrowding. The Riggs house
\ with its anneNes, will house about one
| thousand, though they will feed about tifteeI
hundred people. Wormley's, being already
| full, will make no further efforts in tina
| direction.