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

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stands and electric lights, have dark
stained polished hard wood. floors.
There aro four fast elevators. They will
DO furnished with new threc-quarter
beds and bedding, just rs any iirst.class
hotel. A special restaurant will be
opened in the basement for those nows.
paper mon alone who hive credentials
TO seats on the floor OF tho convention.
There Is slight hitch yet MS 10 the
restaurant, owing 10 the unwillingness
OF tho company, but Lam assured that
this will be overcome.
wish | could speak us enlhusias-
tically Of the Geographic facilities. In
IN interview with the Western Union
superintendent, Mr.. McAlichacl, | am
informed that this company will be
fully prepared to use what facilities
they have, though these aro limited by
tho number OF wires. There will be
seventeen sending circuits by tho day
and twenty-five by night, utilizing all
resources. Forty Chicago operators nc-
custoped 10 handling press matter will
supplement the local force. This will
include tho Associated Press. These
operators do not use tho Phillips code,
but send straight matter. More or loss
OF this matter, tho superintendent nd
mits, must he rclayed at Chicago.
"'When wc get the stuff into Chicago"
ho says, eve will BIO all right"
THE TELEGRAPH FACILITIES ARE POOR
The Americana Postal Telegraph Com
pany will be able to handle about half,
at u liberal estimate, MS much matter MS
sent by tho Western Union. But con-
siderable amount Of this must also DO
relayed at Chicago. There will be
twenty-five messengers ut the expo
sition building, and, it is claimed, suli-
cicnt wires and operators there to
handle bulletins, private dispatches and
such press matter as is likely to be sent
from there.
Now rs to the general visiting public
1t must not be supposed that the nc
commodations specifically enumerated
above cxhausts the capacity OF Mime
apolis. | have been dealing with the
Official outlook. The committee have
decided upon the issuance OF 4 coupon
book similar to 4 check book, which
coupons are consecutivcly numbered to
correspond with their registry book
Tho private citizen who writes for u
room will be entered upon these checks,
which also contains the number OF the
house, name OF landlord or hostess, rate
per day, the number OF guests that can
be entertained, together with directions
for reaching the place from the railway
station. The most certain way to get
this sort OF resting.plNcc is to write
the hotel committee, inclosing re.
tainer, and describing character OF ac-
commodations required. The check
contract will then be forwarded and
the visitor is all right.
NOT ROOM ENOUGH IN TIE CITY.
My own opinion is, after careful in
quiry, that possibly 10000 people can
be thus comfortably and in some in
stances luXuriously accommodated. The
preference OF tho visitor for New Eng
land, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois or
other surroundings will be duly hon
ored, in the old-fashioncd campmeet-
ing, Methodist conference style.
Outside OF Minneapolis, the majority
OF the visiting public and delegations
and clubs must be housed and fed.
This is the way they figure it out. The
great hotel at Lake Minnctonka, Il
northwestern watering place., will be
opened, and willsfurnish, beyond doubt
accommodations Tor two or three thou-
sand people. This is ten miles away,
but there is a double-track road, and
and the trip is about half an hour.
The facility for getting back and forth
will depend wholly upon the railway
management. The Lafayette hotel at
Minnctonka is largo one, and can
probably alone comfortably acconlmo.
date 1000 guests. In early June days
the resort is beautiful, and it is then
just too early for the usual Watering
place people. On the other hand is ST..
Paul, in hotel accommodations perhaps
superior to Minneapolis. It is n lovely
city, and will probably attract as many
people as can be accommodated by two
railways. This is ten miles, also, and
tho schedule time on the train l took
was hall an hour.