The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-11-29
AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS
Plenty Of Room for Visitors to thu
Columbian Exposition.
George ". Chllds feus ThroaaA Hh Pa-
per OF His Personal Observations While
at the Dedication of tho Fair
Buildings.

contrary have been wldei p1pAlShess,
it is desirable that it should be under
stood that, during the continuance OF
the Columbian fair at Chiea-e in 1898.
there is every reason to briieve that
there will be ample accommodations
provided for all persons. NO matter how
great their number, who r,ay wish to
visit the exposition.
The Philadelphia Ledger makes this
statement upon the basis of personal
observation and investigation of the
length and breadth Of Chicago's exist
ing and projected resources. The num-
ber of the entirely respectable hotels
of the city is already exceedingly large
Some of them are as enthusiastically
magnificent and as sunr nousl- pro-
vided with all the appliances and ft-
tings of luxurious living as the most ex-
acting could demand. The charges of
all the hotels of this class are high. but
not exorbitantly so, or. in fact. no high
er than they are justified in being by
the luxuries and comforts provided for
guests, or than are the rule In the best
hotels of other cities.
Those which may be called the sec
ond-class hotels, in which many luxur-
les and all the comforts of agreeable
living may be enjoyed. are still more
numerous. Their charges are not high,
being no higher than those of similar
hStels in Philadelphia or New York.
There are many third and fourth
class hotels in Chicago. decent, cleanly
and fairly comfortable, the charges of
which are so low as not to tax unduly
the holiday purse Of the average salary
or wage-earner.
In addition to the hotels the name of
respectable boarding and lodging
houses of higher or lower class, higher
or lower prices, is legion. Further,
there is in Chicago a class Of fat
houses scarcely known in this or in any
eastern city. It is class of houses
generally of three stories, each entire
story being a separate fiat, all having a
common entrance and stairway, but
each having its own hallway.
Many of these fat houses are situated
in the pleasantest parts Of the city, are
handsomely constructed without and
within, and large proportion of them
are elegantly furnished and supplied
with housekeeping facilities These
flats, in good neighborhoods. rent for
from twenty-five to thirty dollars per
and in more pretentious houses rent for
from forty to ffty dollars per month.
Restaurants of all classes are numerous
and their prices are generally moderate.
1t is scarcely possible that at any
time between the opening and the
closing days of the fair there will be a
vaster multitude in Chicago than there
was during the days of dedication
week. The presence of foreign
and native dignitaries; Of the high
est officials Of all countries, OF
the federal and state governments
of the United States; of the most dis
tinguished and representative men of
the new world and the old, together
with the imposing ceremonials atten-
dant upon the dedication of the fair, at
tracted to the Columbian city an enor-
nous body of strangers. There can oc-
cur next year no celebration of similar
importance or dignity to draw so many
far and near visitors to Chicago. Yet
with its present accommodations all the
citys guests during s.1e dedication sea
son were well bestowed, and, as far as
the LedSers observation went, at nc
more than fair cost.
Great as the accommodations were
they viii be very much greater during
the summer of 1898, and in furnishing
them care has been taken TO provide
for the poorest as well as the richest.
AS an instance of the many prepara-
tions which are making for the be.
stowal of visitors to the fair may be
mentioned the construction in six sec.
.ions of hotel near the fair grounds
which viii accommodate, when I'm.
ished. six Thousand persons at charge
of one dollar per day for rooms without
meals Another hotel of high class and
vast proportions is being erected with
in five minutes walk of the exposition
on the lake front, and these two, o1
different classes, viii have many coun'
terparts.
The result of the Ledger's oheerva-
ton is that no one need stay away
from the Columbian fair through fea;
of not being able to get any sort Of &C
commodations required and a. faii
price for the kind required. whether II
be that of the most sumptuous and lux
urious or the plainest and simplest
get respectable, cieaniy and comfort
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