The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-15

RoNj us W tlio lCtuNi lHSts' Luz run
accommodations in Minneapolis for Wis.
itots-and by Accommodations" hero
mean such US aro extended to visitors Mt
national convention in Chicago, where
every room is made to do double, triple
and quadruplo duty-are limited in ca
pacity to about 5000 people.
This will cover tho delegates, alter
mates, newspaper men and important
political personages from the various
states OF tho union. This 5000 practi-
cally represents only the convention
proper-the strictly official list. To ac-
complish even this much tho hotels
must BIO jammed and the large office
buildings must be emptied OF their reg
ular tenants. Three or four OF these
great edtcGs are but little more than
half occupied anyhow, the town being
greatly oycrbuilt,
As far as they 10 they will offer first
class quarters for those who arc 10 oc-
cupy thom. 1haye been through every
ono OF them personally, and think it is
not an cxaggcration 10 say that there
are some 400 first class, bang-up offices
hero awaiting the growth OF the City OF
Great Expectations With the Masonic
Temple, the Offices that will be tenn
porarily vacated by patriotic occupants
and those already empty places per-
haps IN equivalent for 600 rooms arc
available. Add to these the entire sur
plus hotel accommodations OF about 800
moro and you will have tho rather OK
travagant estimate Of 1900 rooms.
With I'm average OF four or five guests
to room this viii accommodate" the
official fraction OF the people who arc
expected.
THE DIFFICULTY OF FEEDING VISITORS.
From my observation this is n broad
ly liberal estimate. This refers to sleep
ing and working accommodations alone.
Where are they 10 be fed? Tho Great
West Hotel, with its subsidized anncXes
is expected to care for u couple OF thou
sand guests. 1t has dining room ac-
commodntions for about $780,, squeezed.
am told that the kitchen facilities arc
excellent, but the cullinery capacity OF
n hotel is usually only equal to its most
extended bedroom accommodations. 1t
is more apt to fall below that than to 60
above it. Ii the West expects to feed
1000 guests daily considerable num-
Der OF them will go without food or wait
a long time for it. 1t would take three
or four hours to give that many people
dinner alone.
There arc two large restaurants out
side OF this stablishment-one at the
top OF 4 mammoth office building. One
oil these will scat possibly 300 people at
time. How satisfactorily they can be
served is something know nothing
about. Thereare but two small elevators
to reach this restaurant, and these
would probably decide how many people
can DO accommodated there. Tho other
restaurant is on tho ground floor in o
central locality, and will be good to
handle rs many persons. All OF the
other public places OF serving meals will
not together cover more than one OF
these. =,
EVERY CITIZEN IS A COMMITTEEMAN.
From this it will be seen tina. the ex-
listing feeding facilities will Just about
equal the slowing away or sleeping CO.
pacity-both stretched to the utmost
and altogether this will be to accommo-
date the members of the convention
proper-about 5000 persons. IfNIinne-
apolis people We're like tho New York.
ers, or Chicagoans, or the citizens OF
large cities, whore tho visitor is expect
ed to take care Of himself, root, hog,
or die, this would be sorry outlook for
those who expect to be hero next Juno.
But they are not. They are in one res
pect villagers. They have not reached
tho metropolitan spirit of first-come-
1rst-served and dcvil-talie-the.hind-
most.
The whole city seems to have organ
lied itself into IL general committee OF
entertainment, and to have surrendered
all individual and private rights into
the hands OF executive committees OF
the most respected and enterprising
citizens. These committees arc doing
what could scarcely be done elsewhere,
and was never attempted in Chicago.
They have taken charge OF the entire
surplus accommodations of the city,
hotels, restaurants, private boarding
houses and office buildings. and having
made registry of tho whole are appor-
tioning the supply to tho people who,
in their Judgment, are most entitled to
them by reason OF their political i'm.
portance to tho occasion.
NEW YORK GOT HALF IT WANTED.
When Mr.. Dwight Lawrence, OF Now
York, came here and wanted eighty OF
the best rooms at the West he was
astonished to DO referred to commit
tee. The proprietor had periodically
surrendered all rights. Tho committee
adjusted tho claims OF Now York by
giving that delegation about half OF
what it wanted, and with 4 view to the
rights oil other states. j.. OF course, every
delegation wants to be quartered at the
West. Thirty-two states have been
heard from thus far and have gone or
are going through tho same process OF
pairing down that tho New York repre-
sentatives have gone through. Thc'dis-
tinguishcd guests have been provided
for at tho West.
Perhaps the newspaper people will be
pleased with the Minneapolis manage
mcnt, so Ear MS their personal comfort
and the facilities for doing their work
are concerned, than any other class
connected with tho convention. As
the whole thing is q gigantic advertis-
ing scheme on the part OF promoters OF
tho city interests tho utmost efforts
will be made to leave the very best i'm
pressions upon tho medium OF public
information. 1--WE intend that the
newspaper correspondents shall be not
only satisfied" said Senator G. A.