The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-17
No. of hotels
Grand total.

Estimates as to the oOat OF tuo uOsols ~
the Worlds fair district range from $o:.
who have been over tho ground state that
the latter figures are not too high. II
would be interesting II the amount OF
money received by the hotel comia-
MES in advance payment TO- accom-
here and there will .hsir Officers give on,
the figures. Those who have had much to
do With the enterprise on the outside give
the total at about $1,000. 600. From inc
sale of memberships alone one 30 called
club took in $685. O0. Substantial i'm
provements are pointed ous az having oeen
who have sold accommodations from oas
end of the country to the other.
In architecture there is an almost limit
less range. The temporary structures are
: OF wood or of staff. Whore the buildings
are to be continued in use - large family
tered largely into the co~nstruotion. The
largest of the hotels IL the Great Eastern.
which will nave /, 100 rooms \ will cover
a space 30Ox6O0 feet.
While it 10 undoubtedly true that q num-
Der Of the more interruptions OF the newly
made bonifaces OF Chicago may oveteharRe
or swindle unwary guests, the fact remains
that. no visitor who goes to Chicago with
plane we'll matured and uses ordinary dis
cretion will be subjected to extortion.
Those who use no fo%rethouRht must NOT
complain II they meet trouble.
The best hotels Will not advance rates.
and. in fact there is every evidence that
Chicago intends to display unseltish hos
p%itality to all eomers. The Palmer house
some time ago set an excellent example
by posting q notice that there would
be no advance In prices on 40
count of the Worlds fair and no rsduc-
tions during that period; also that eon.
tracts for rooms would be entered into
at once. Some of the higher GLASS of apart
ment houses served notice IN their tenants
shat rents would DO raised May l for oil
leases running less than one year. There
may b. some hotels whose proprietors will
be short sighted and greedy enough to In
sitiou IL to adopt the same plan 40 that OF
the Palmer house and charge'only regular
rates. am.
Those who contemplate visiting the ex-
position can make arrangements for ROOM
at prices to suit themselvea They car
spend 80 cents for . bed or ssonrs q lux
urious apartment for s. per night. For s
a comfortable bed In . clean and air.
room can be secured for two per
sons, Rooms can be selected without diff
Guilty q few hours after arriving in the city
for extensive preparations are being mad
to rent rooms, and hundreds OF houses WI
DO found on nearly every residencs stree
where rooms can be secured.
Concerning the cost OF meals. would-b
visitors should fTst consult their Appetizer
A breakfast Of coffee, rolls \ = sandwie
will cost Is cents in q down town ssstau
rant. A supper with CARDINAL Bemis 9
the Richelieu, such as con be obtained l
no other city in America. will cost $2t
These are the extremes. Ono can "a fror
the first to the second, or arrangements CO
be made for three meals that will cost .
average of IS cents each. and they will b
sufficient.
. Visitors to the fair are advised TO engap
where they see fit. Tksy will ind il yer
inconvenient TO be at their boardini
houses at meal times. and those who coz
tract for board will mad that they are pa,
ing for meals that they cannot be on han
to cat. Visitors will find that they can Ii,
more oheaply and with moro confost b
taking their meals at restaurants.
TIL city proper II we'll provided vii
rsstaurants OF all grades In convsniez
locations, and hundreds of dining room
have bssn established In and about u
grounds. M. Gage, who has the ohi'
. s.S; nj, G ss s.ii:a a ssas : "a ! his n ~: :ss
q of $4,000 people day. 10 do th
viii require tables ssatinr 12.MO an
i've changes to .aeS ssas. NJ Viii sul
fee for ths big crowd. ID lAssno sma
matter TO e,aess sbepA buNstht ssAmat'
DO not stop thsre. Nh GAGE has placed
tive organs Of his hoes Of guests in geo
order. He has made . sentract for 20
tons of coffee In the belief that 1O,O0O,O
cups of that beverage will b demanded
and 80, 600 cups and sau GERS In order that
may be distributed inparsislly. For ever
day thst The fair 10 open he will requi,
30. GOO pounds of dressed beef from q stoc
yards arm and two and a half tons of ha,
for his sandwiches. to say nothing Of six.
barrels of fiour for the. bakery establish
mont and other things In proportion.
While there will DO anJ number of rel
taurants on the ground operated by 9TH
companies and individuals. from the Ca
sino to the Midway pl%atsanos. the Wsllins
ton Catering company will have the bigger
share in the feeding OF the multitude. II
amount Of space allotted to the oompan
10 1874 92 square feet. distTibutsd anon
the sixteen main buildings. In addition
piece Of ground has been secured north
E~ixty-ssventh street, 1925 feet long b. ]:
deep, upon which a two-story baildinR vi
serve a. . supply house and kitchen.
There seems TO have bsen q wrong In
preston conveyed to the outside publ
concerning che north and west sides Of Il
W Chicago 60 gst Out TO the Worlds 70
grounds. and IL mot nsosssary to liYs
the immedih,s vicinity In order 10 see u
fair comfortably. Electric O. oss town lin
arc nearly ready for operation on sixt,
third, Forty-ssvsnth and Thirty-ffl
streets. This will make rapid and Ga,
means Of getting from the vest side over
number OF cable lines By which The visi
ors can come down town In the msrnir
and then take any one Of tho many roRt
TO the grounds. There ID but little advan