Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
A Scheme to Prevent Rob-
berries and Extortions.
PROMINENT MEN COMBINE
And Form bureau Tor the Purposo Of
Protecting visitors while In Chicago,
Their Plans Briefly
Outlinsd.


the men, the women and the children will
All be there. Aunt Jerusha VIII take
her knitting and stay all day
some people. however. have been In
Chicago before when there was a crowd
and they would like 90 have morn aasur-
ances than they have yet received that
the old tactics will not ~ allowed As
soon az stranger gets OF The train, be-
is IN the hands of the philisuncs. one
grabs his valise. another his umbrella.
another his hat another bundles his
wife In a carriage be Us hustled into
another carriage and 10 takes a day
or two tu get his family aud wearing
apparel with him again.
In 1850 1881 aud 1898, water wis
actually sold on the street 90 0 aud 10
cents glass, while n miserable bed Ia
a cheap hotel cost 81 or 81
You cant reason with the hacidrvcrs,
hotel men. and transfer agents except
with a club
People have looked IN vain for some
iutimatiou that this was going to be
changed during the Worlds fair The
average muu can not afford 10 nay $40
y DAY for expenses. and this amount %
hule " any above the average in case be
goes there without q thorough previous
acquaintance with the city
some of the leading citizens OF Chi.
cago have realized this difficulty and
have formed what Is termed q Worlds
fair hotel and boarding house bureau"
which has q capital of 100000 aud is
composed Of the following mcu Of ma.
tionnl rcpute.
Officers y. o. Curry. president pros
dent Chemical National bank: Chas. h.
Warren. yicc-prcsdcut. Curtiss 4 War
rem, dry goods commission merchants,
W ID. Preston, treasurer, cashier Met
rOpOliun National hnnk. Geo. II lcif
ford, director general passenger aud
ticket agent Chicago. Milwaukee and ST.
Paul railway; Lewis W Cnss. secretary
Chas \. Swccuand assistant sccrc.
tury,
The Chemical National bank has the
exclusive banking privilege within the
exposition grounds, and during the fair
viii conduct a branch bank iu the al.
ministmuuu building.
STOCKHOLDERS.
j. q. Curry. president Chemical Ma.
tona bank
Charles -. Warren. Curtss 4 Warren.
dry goods commission,
=, w. ID. Preston, cashier Metropolitan
Edwin L. Lobdcn. Granger Farwel.
Lobdcll, Farwcll n Co. bankers
p. =, Hobbs. treasurer Aurora Cotton
mills. Aurom, lll
George H. lIcaGord, general passenger
anu ticket agent Chicago. milwaukee
~, g. Donald, Nice-chairmnn Central
Traffic association,
u. A. Ford, general passenger and
ticket agent Pcnnsy lyenio line
Charles u. Scull. general passenger
agent, Baltimore aud Ohio railroad
James Barker. general passenger agent,
"MOuon' route
Charles J.. Stone, general passenger aud
ticket agent q, 4 r. / raitOad
!. 9 FOND general passenger aud
ucket agent, Wisconsin Central railway
o., w, ~ White traffic manager, Santa
IT, Chandler general passenger and
ticket agent, Wabash uilrlnd
r. -, McCormiCk general passenger
aud ticket agent, Chicago, Hamilton ana
Dayton milWny.
- u Martin, general passenger agent
blg Four Cincinnati, o.
Colonel j. g.. Everest rpucrnl trnyol.
ing passenger agent, Chicago. NiNyuuLr,
and ST. Paul railway.
charles ". Holmes secretary Electric
Power company of Wilmington.
Milton George. president Milton George
Publishing company
Daniel H. bacon, yice-pVsident Milton |
George Publishing company, mnuu,pr
Western Rural
-! Holoh'l George w. Emerson. Lewis
w. Cnss, and others
Arrangements have been mazda ,,.t,i, |
railroads. hotels, the Worlds fair man |
ayers ana ono of tho most reliable firm |
or tourlHt agents In the United Stnteg /
a contract is given which reads:
Richardson, Mcdonnell a Boykin. |
tourist agents Ia connection with the |
Worlds fair hotel aud boarding buro.,
Chicago.
Hereby agree for the sum OF s25 "a
tract with
First Cool accommodation. room and
board mot more than two in NOM hi
Q transient or family hotel. select board
lng or private house in the city of chi.
cago for six 90 consecutive DAYS during
the Worlds fair in lS8
second transportation FOR baggage
from depot no house assigned
Third SiN adml tsiuns 10 the Worlds
Columbian exposition
Fourth Admissions 10 "gpectato.
rum the celebration OF tho great dis
CoYery the dunauc triumph of the
Epoch, orchestra, 100 pieces; chorus.
500 voices
FifihA round trip pleasure ercur.
sion on Lake Michigan, "a visit 10 Lin
coin park Ohio finest In AmericaD, 10 the
Lincoln ana Grant monuments, cOnser-
vatory and geological gardens.
Sixth Admission 20 Spiral Tower"
'Sliding railway Street IN Cairo"
Street ia Constantnople.n "Chinese
Village and "Nlaay Village"
Seventh Admission 10 Moorish Pal
ace containing over 100 figures, a palm
garden, the original guillotne Oh the
French revolution and many oriental
suriositics
Eighth Admission 10 the lannon's
Arctic whaling ship. "proRress,n built
~ 1891, fully equipped, containing the
finest collection Of marine curiosities
ever exhibited
Ninth-A Worlds Columbian erposl.
lion handbook, handsome embossed
souvenir
The conditions ARE as follows: The
subscriber shall pay 50 on delivery Of
his contract ana S27 upon arrival al
he general office Of the Worlds Fair
Hotel and Boarding bureau OF to M
authorized agent, wearing Uniform and
badge On board OF train en- route 70
Chicago.
For second grade accommodations
room and board on the above contract.
he price shall BE- $50 payable 50 down |
and S22 ON arrivals al the option Of
he holder
The Worlds Fair Hotel and Board
ng bureau hereby agrees 20 carry out
he above contract as per printed CON
iitions OF same. j. q. CURRY,
President.
LEWIS w. CASs. Secretary
Special Notice After si1 days charges
VII NOT exceed $500 per day for vom