Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-22
A MAGNIFICENT CARAV ANSARY
Washington Will Build One if She
Gets the Worlds Fair.
PAVEMsNTS IN VERY BAD SHAPE.
Danger That the Streets Will be
Rough When the Knights Come
Boarding Eates-Pension
PerquisiJes.
IN VERY BAD SHAPE.
A Big Hotel in PROSPECT.

Should Washington secure the location OF
the worlds fair, which is to be opened IN
1892 and probably continue permanently
another effort will be made by capitalists
here and in New York to secure the incor-
poration of hotel company which Will es-
tabish a hostelry with becoming proportions
and dignity to the national capital. A bill
to incorporate a hotel company with two or
three million dollars capital was defeated
in the last two congresses, and it was killed
through the efforts of rival landlords. Al
most any of the western cities OF half the
population of Washington have superior
hotels to those here. There are a sufficient
number of hotels at the capital but they are
not up to the demands of the highest class of
patrons.
IL is more than probable that the location
of the building for the worlds fair and the
hotel company will be along together 1t is
stated in real estate and financial circles that
combination of capitalists is looking around
for q large tract of land suitable for the loca-
tlon of the fair building, and that although
the proposed new hotel is not to be located
in close proximity, it is to be owned by the
same people. There is no city il the United
States having as large percentage OF WIS.,
itors who are willing to patronize really
nrSb-claSS nOut'l uS w NaSnlHRIoH.
wAsHINGToNs BAD STREETS.
Considerable uneasiness is being shown by
some of the leading merchants IN Washing
ton about the condition of the principal
thoroughfares. The district commissioners
some time ago let contracts for reasphalting
Pennsylvania avenue, which is the great
! parade thoroughfare of the city, and
Fifteenth street, which joins the avenue at
| the treasury department and runs north
| ward. These two tboroughfares aie the JOY
OF all organizations and meetings where
| parades are given. Pennsylvania avenue is
| over one hundred feet wide, and offers the
| most magnificent parade grounds to be found
| in the United States within the corporation
| of any city. The contractors have skinned
| off the old asphalt over small portion or
| the avenue, and 1t begins to look as II they
| would only get fairly at work when the tri-
| enuiel cOnclave OF knights Templar meets
| here three weeks hence. If Pennsylvania
avenue and Fifteenth street should not De In
| condition for the Knights Templar parade 1t
| would be great misfortune to the thousands
! who will come here from distance, and 1t
would be deeply regretted by all residents OF
the national capital
I A demand is being made of the commits
sioners that they COMPEL the contractors to
| put on night force Of workmen with in
! structions TO push the work OF resurfacing
| these thoroughfares, and finish the work by
the 1st of October. This, OF course, would
! necessitate an extra expense TO the contract
| ors, and they are kicking up behind.
BOARDING RATES
| While great many inquiries have been
| made for boarding house and hotel accom- mo-
| dations curing the triennial conclave of
| knights Templar early next month. those
| who have places 10 rent report that the de-
mands are in no way TO be compared with
those made for the last presidential inaugur-
| alton. One of the principal reasons is that a
| great many halls have been hired, and will
| be utilized as camping places by the visitors.
| Nothing of this kind occurred during the in
| augurati0n. The crowd which Will attend
| the Knights Templar meeting will not be 80
| large either as was here during the inaugur-
alton. The landlords will get all the money
they can out OF their rooms for rent. and the