The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-23
1Ae City OAicials and Representative
Mem Of Columbus Deter.
mine That
The Good Name Of the City Shall be
Sustained, and All Visitors to
OhiO's Centennial
Comfortably Provided for and Amply
z Secured Against ExtOrtion
from Opening
OF the Wonderful Exposition Septem-
ber 4 to Close ON October 10.

The Philadelphia centennial Of 1879
placed upon the citizens Of Philadelphia
. problem for solution that previous to
hat occasion had been unknown In any
city Of America. 1t was the task Of pro-
viding, during long period, food and
Lodgings for strangers in the city far be-
yond the capacity Of all the hotels and
regnlor clearinghouse, in fact the aver
age population was about doubled daily.
II was problem Of difficulties and had
IL met with an unfavorable solution
would have seriously affected the sue
cess Of the exposition and the reputa-
ton Of the city. Tho problem was,
however, met by the citizens Of Phila-
delphia and successfully solved, con-
tributing to the success Of the exposition
more than any other influence not actu-
ally q part of Il. Columbus has the ben
eft of the Philadelphia experience and
will organize her bureau Of information
upon the plans that have proved sue
cessful, improving where improvement
10 possible, 80 as to make the system
perfect and practicable.
Inc UuIeAu WILL U0 tuOIOuSAAy OQu1P
ped and prepared to furnish free in
formation on all matters pertaining to
the care, comfort, pleasure and business
of visitors to the centennial. A general
Office or headquarters will be established
in the central portion OF the city, with
branch offices Ut the Union depot and
the Centennial park, at either OF which
visitors applying will be directed to
hotels, boarding houses, rooms, lodging
apartments, restaurants, and given all
information and assistance necessary to
their comfort. The bureau will have q
complete record of all the hotels, board
ing-houses, restaurants and lodging
rooms in the city, with the price per
day, per meal and per week that will
be charged by each, also their accom-
modating capacity. A record will be
carried out, showing each day to what
extent accommodations in these re-
spects have been extended, 80 that the
bureau may at all hours, day and night
during the centennial, be able to direct
visitors to Just such quarters as may be
desired. This.will be done by q system
of FREQ messenger boy service. Messen-
gers will 80 far as possible accompany
persons and parties direct to the places
assigned them, or which may have been
00l0cteQ, anu alBo hSSlSt III caring AOE
and transferring baggage.
To successfully carry out this plan
will require great amount of labor and
large force clerks and messengers, but
the board of directors and Columbus
citisens are determined the work shall
be done and we'll done, and that no Wis
itor shall have good cause to complain
that he was not we'll taken care Of dur
ing tho crowd at Ohio's capital.
The bureau will also be prepared to
furnish telegraph facilities, telephone
communication, railway guides, time
tables, programs Of tho centennial, pro-
grams for special demonstrations, plate
Of the city, places Of amusement and
entertainment, letter-writing and postal
facilities, locations of public institutions,
parks, ETC., and all other information tc
assist visitors in any manner. All in.
formation and assistance given will be
free of expense.