The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-05
CORRESPONDENCE.
our chicago Letter.
CHICAGO Nov. % 1873


Worlds fair, as we are qui sure il wi
come to Chicago in 1899. This will 500
now be decided, when Congress meel
in December. A great many people VIII
have never visited this city have no ide
of it's accommodations, or it, magnitude
and as IL was mostly destroyed by fir
In 1871, think it cannot be possible tina
it could be built up sufficiently to &C
commodate such thing as the World
fair, so propose, in what little ma,
say to enlighlen the people OF the East
or who may chance TO read your valua
BILE paper, on this one particular point
which Is quite essential just now, or il
case the fair comes to this city. Ant
now what are our hotel accommodations
In one of my last letters made mention
certainly Of one of the greatest and mos
commodious hotels o. the city and of tn
world. For that matter we have other
which will accommodate their hundreds
and thousands; and find in my mean
behring's, one of the oldest, but not by
any means the largest, with Vermonter
who is proprietor corner of State anC
Sixteenth streets. This hotel il easy O
access by cable cars, which pass it,
doors, while it is directly connected
W lil6 ldIkCoI Ou5luc5o uOuoCo uuu buOpl
IN the city; also to the leading places oil
amusement and clubs, 81 that its guests
have facilities and conveniences in thit
way which are in themselves great at
traction. The City Hotel was erected
in 1879 and is a very substantial, fine
four-story brick structure, having di-
mansions of S0x150 feet. 1t contains
over one hundred commodious sleeping
rooms, comfortably furnished, has desir.
able parlors, is fitted with call bells,
annuncistors and all modern Improve
- ments. 1t Il provided throughout With
everything that thought could suggest
or money buy, to conduce to the COM
fort of its guests. A noteworthy fea-
ture is that there are sufficient num-
Der of large fire escapes. conveniently
situated. A telegraph office is also one
of the facilities. The dining room is large,
airy and commodious, and the tables
arelliberally provided with the best the
market affords Everything about the
establishment is kept in faultless order
and it is the boast and pride of the pro-
prietor that this is one of the cleanest
and best kept hotels in the West. The
rats of course vary according to accom-
modations, (all the way from $3.50 to
$1,000, are remarkably reasonable for
such admirable accommodations. The
owner and proprietor, Mr.. W.T.. circuit,
is one of the oldest and best known
hotelmen in the city. He is a native OF
Vermont, but has resided in Chicago for
the past forty years. AS far back as
1854, he was proprietor of the old City
Hotel, corner of Lake and State streets,
and has ever been well and fayorably
known to the travelling public, as well
as to the residents of this community.
/ will not continue this letter with the
description of any more of our hotels,
but In the future will give the BANNER
readers description of more of the large
hotels which this city contains-these
are costly, roomy and beautiful to be-
hold inside and out with the permits
sion of its worthy editor.
henry A. Sloan, Geo. s. Sloan. i
called to-day upon these gentlemen, and
it being a very busy time of day with
them found them out and did not have
a chance to have q good talk with them;
but found two busy houses sin business
up to the neck" OF course everybody
is looking over the stock of poultry, get.
ting ready for Thanksgiving on next
Thursday. Mr. Henry A. Sloan's place
of business is 116 South Water street and
he deals in poultry, game, oysters and
fish. As it need scarcely be mentioned
the wholesale handling and shipping of
poultry, game and sea food, constitute a
very important factor in the sum of the
commercial activity in Chicago at the
present day. The vast amount of CAPT.
tai invested the extent of its Operations,
and the general interests involed, ali
place the business at once among the
great branches of trade and com merce
in the Garden City. Among the leading
and best known houses in this line in
the city can be named that of Henry A.
Sloan, whose connections extend
throughout the entire country, and
which stands by common consent among
the most stable establishments of the
kind in Chicago; none maintaining a
higher reputation, and few il any re.
ceiviDg large measure Of public favor.
Mr.. Sloan, who is a gentleman in the
prime of life, was born in Thetford Cen
tire, Vermont, and prior to coming to
Chicago-some sixteen years ago, had
been engaged in the same line in Man
chester, N. H., some % or 90 years being
in this line of business over thirty-five
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cious enterprise, ana Is popular ano
respected memoer OF the frouuce E1
change. ne aIeo oeaIs very oIeu.taoie
war record serving IN me lale reoeiion
from 1901 10 1000 ana took aGllVe paItln
fourteen Oh the mosC teIrinc DaItIes uur-
ing ina! lour year struggle. onaIIng
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ona woniS he ant m tnink that ali the
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