Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-18
GOING TO THE FAIR.
Big Plans for Raising Money to Carry
the Masses to Chicago.
AMILLION DOLLAR HOTEL SCHEME.
Organizations That Are Collecting Funds in
Pittsburg Now.
ONE FOR THE HIGH-PRICED TOURISTS

People are already figuring on ways and
means of reaching the Worlds Fair, and
the greater problem of how to exist during
their stay at the Windy City. All over
the country schemes are being worked.
Many are on the plan of building and loan
associations, except that instead of building
houses they will spend the money in trip
to the Columbian Exposition.
The biggest plan yet thrown out for the
visiting public is from the brain of New
York man. His proposition is to build a
S1,OC0,OOO hotel in Chicago and accommo-
date all the stockholders. The plan is for
each person to put in S. and receive a share
of stock. This certificate of stock when
presented at the prospective hotel will en-
title the holder to a room at 81 per day and
reduced rates for board. At the end of the
Fair the hotel is to be sold and the proceeds
divided. This plan will take 200, 900 stock
holders, and in view of the fact that the
Fair will only last about $50 days it will be
question as to whether all will be accom-
modated
Would Take a Few Rooms Now.
Secretary Cass, of the Worlds Fair Hotel
and Boarding House Bureau, speaking of
this plan, said if the hotel were put up he
would be willing to pay 81 so day now for
each of the rooms
There are two of these excursion bureaus
now to be found in Pittsburg, and there are
prospects for number more. The.principal
one is made up of railroad men. The
payments in this are somewhat on the build
ing and loan association plan. In
it the applicant pays S3 for
membership. Agents are working
all over the city, and they get 81 for each
man they secure. The other dollar of the
initiation fee is given to the organization to
defray advertising expenses, etc. When a
member is enrolled he must deposit S. as an
evidence of good faith. The cashier of one
of the most reliable savings banks is
trustee of the funds, and the money is
deposited there as fast as it is brought in
The S. put up as deposit goes in with the
amount of the ticket, but if the member
drops out all his money except the deposit
and the initiation fee is given back.
This bureau has made arrangements with
the Worlds Fair Bureau of Hotels and
Boarding Houses by which a person is
given a room to himself and good meals for
six days for total of SIS
Life Insurance Policy Thrown In.
This bureau promises to its patrons to
take them to Chicago by rail and bring
them home by the lakes. They also give
room and board for the six days at the Fair,
admission to the Exposition for that length
of time and an accident policy for S5, 900 or
S25 week in case of accident. All this is
furnished for $40 So The rate is fixed on
a basis of S12 for railway fare. If the COM
pany can get lower rate the members are
to receive the benefit of the reduction. The
members have from the time they subscribe
mt be n n ma Ea
the S42 so, and in case they dc not wish to
go they are privileged to sell their certif-
Gates of membership.
Another organization here, headed By
George Shepard, is based on the same prin-
ciple as the one above, except that the ac-
commodations furnished will be more ex-
pensive and the benefits will be confined to
a narrower circle.
In every city in the country such bureaus
as these are being formed, and the city
bureaus are preparing to establish agencies
all through the country districts