The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-15

may desire. The prices for room will
range from so cents a day up. Here is the
schedule the bureau sends out to those
seeking information:
Single room, one bed, ono person Isl to 81 80
Double room, one bed, two persons. Ito 4 GO
Double bedded room. two beds, two
persons Slo 4W
Double bedded rooms. two beds,
three ITO GU
Double bedded ROOMS, two beds, four
persons Ito 6W
These prices of course do not include
board. That can also be arranged for if the
applicant desires, but most people will find
it more convenient to take rooms and eat
wherever they may happen to be at meal
hours. Otherwise they may find they are
paying for meals that they cannot eat with
out a great deal of inconvenience.
When an application is made to the bu-
reau for a room, the applicant deposits pay
in advance and receives a receipt and noti-
fcation as to the exact location of the
room to which he is assigned. At the
same time the landlord is notified that such
a person will be with him on a certain date
to stay a certain length of time. When the
visitor arrives in Chicago, ell he has to do
is to go at once to the address given him
and take the room assigned him. He has
no bargaining to do and nothing to pay,
the landlord collecting his rent from the
bureau with which he is under contract.
One of the mistaken notions that people
not familiar with Chicago entertain is that
it Is necessary to live ON the South Side in
order to be able to sec the fair comfortably.
Ali sections Of the city are provided with
ample means of transportation, and it will
make comparatively little difference where
a visitor may be located, SO far as conven-
fence in reaching the exposition is con-
cerned. In fact, there is no reason why they
should not room in Aurora, Kankakee,
Joliet or soma other of the outlying towns
away fro,a the noise and hustle of the city,
and yet quite as conveniently situated for
visiting purposes as if next to the gates of
jackson park.
There need be no fear of extortionate
charges for water aad conyeniences at the
park during the exposition. Many people
have been not q little worried by the stories
afoat in r~eferenceto these matters. These
stories were based on q gross misconcepticn
of the concessions granted to certain exhib-
itors, and for a time it was not thought
necessary to contradict them because of
their manifest absurdity. They did so
much harm, however, that President Hig-
inbotham finally Jumped on them with
both feet" as it were, and effectually
stamped them out. There will be plenty
of free drinking water, free seats about the
grounds and buildings and free toilet con-
veniences and also free medical attendance
for emergency cases provided by the man
agement. In fact, pretty much everything
will be free after one has purchased one of
the pretty tickets of admission and pre-
scented it at one of the gates, except the
special attractions of the Midway plai-
sance. the Colorado cliff dwellings and the
Eskimo village.
Down in the southwest corner of the Hor-
ticultural building more than 100 men and
women are at work making flags, banners
and lraperies for the different buildings.
They have been hard at it ever since the be-
ginning of last November and do not ex-
pect to be through with their labors till the
eve of the opening day. They have trans
formed hundreds of thousands OF yards of
bunting into the futtering emblems of ma
tional power That will float from thousands
of masts on the eventful morning of May 1
and into banners md draperies that will
decorate niche, gallery, dome and pinnacle
until the completed whole shall be alight
with the glory Of contrasting colors. Other
thousands of yards will be used up before
they have carried out the plans prepared
for their guidance, and the decoration of
the Worlds fair buildings will mark an
epoch In the use of bunting.