The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-10
COST OF VISITING THE FAIR
FIFTY DOLLARS WILL COVER THE
COST OF TEN-DAYS' TRIP.

FIFTY DOLLARS WILL COVER III
COST OF A TEN-DAYS' TRIP.
The Reports of the ExtOrtiOnnte
Charges MT Hotels and Restaurants
Are U~ntrue-Bonrd Cam BE Had
as Cheap in Chicago as Elsewhere.
Jackson Park, Special Correspond
ence-There seems to be 4 decided ten
dency here upon the part Of the visitors
to Chicago, specially from the North
west to avoid the hotels and to seek
lodging rooms in private houses dur
ing their stay at the worlds fair. This
is said to have resulted largely from
the reports sent out early after the
opening of the fair to the effect that
hotels were charging exorbitant rents
n that they We're inclined to bleed
people for all extra services. This is
in every regard q misunderstanding
and a very false impression at the pres
n time. There is no city in the
United States of the class Of Chicago
in which the visitor can live as cheaply
as he can in Chicago. The price Of
lodging and board is much lower than
in some Northwestern cities OF less
than 100000 inhabitants. Whatever
might have been the intention of hotel
Keepers when the fair opened, there
has since such a thorough lesson adj
ministered by the failures Of some
~thirty-five hotels in the vicinity of the
fair grounds that there is no dispose
ton to overcharge; but, on the con-
- fra nv it Oftpn nyoitnc q ooo1 1oaI of
wonder as to how they can afford to
furnish lodgings at the cheap figures
which they are now making to visitors
to the worlds fair. There has been ac-
c~ommodation provided here for at least
100000 visitors a day, and there is
probably on the average less than So
OOO. The uptown hotels retain Il great
deal of the worlds fair trade, but as
soon as it is discovered that the people
become greatly exhausted by walking
around the fair grounds all day, and
that it is much. preferable to obtain
hotel accommodations near the
grounds, it is probable that the hotels
j., near the grounds will get a very gen
crous patronage, especially from the
people who come here with but Il linn
tied time to see the exposition at their
disposal. Visitors will secure quarters
~ 1uC VdAltIu, S1Culleu TlSuC at TIE
t1fty-seventh n Sixtieth street en-
frances, OF some other hotel only a
short distance from the exposition
grounds. All of these hotels furnish
single room or double room accommo-
datlons at from 81 a day and upwards.
Meals are furnished at restaurants
close at hand at prices from 25 cents
and upwards for Il full meal. Nearly
all restaurants near the grounds have
a plan by which they give q meal, con-
sistng of your choice of several kinds
of meat. with bread, butter, potatoes
and coffee or tea for 25 cents. There
are also several camps of tents in the
vicinity of the grounds where lodging
can be had for so cents per diem. On
this basis the living expenses of the
fair can be reduced to $1.25 per diem,
and very comfortable quarters with
BOARD at a restaurant can be had at
81 per diem, or even $1.5O. There is
no crowding at the hotels or other in
convenience such has been reported
in the newspapers throughout the
country about the time of the opening.
Those who live up town have to bear
the additional expense each day Of 10
or U cents for car fare to and from the
fair. Most people spend at least 20
cents per day who live up town for cal
fare besides losing two hours time
each day. Accommodations on trains
from the city to the fair can be had as
late as II midnight, S 70 that the visitor
may attend the theaters and return to
his hotel near the fair grounds without
Inconvenience.
The cost of seeing the fair proper
with exception of the 5O-cent en-.
trance fees is about what one wishes
to make it. The Midway Plaisance
usually constitutes the greatest ex.
pense to the curious visitor who desires
to see everything there is to be seen,
If it is the desire of the visitor to see
all the fair proper in as short a time as
possible and with the least fatigue. he
should get quarters as near rs possible
to the grounds so that he can devote
all his time to sight seeing. He will
then waste none of his leisure by losin.
an hour in making Il trip in the mo1nins
from an uptown hotel to the fair;
distance Of eight miles, and another
hour in returning at night.
The fair proper can be seen witbcu
the expenditure of Il cent except wha
is paid in gaining entrance to thu
grounds. This added to the necessar,
living expenses will not exceed an eX
penditure of $3.50 per diem. while boil
may be reduced to s. per day and ever
$1.75. 1t is safer, however, to allow
margin of 25 to 50 cents a day for in
cidentals. A nan will wish to buy
guide book or take a ride on the cleo
trio boats over the lagoons OF on tn
intrammal elevated railroad, which cal
ries one around leading points at clos,
proximity to the various buildings upo1
the grounds. A ten days trip to tn,
fair will cost then 500 to $50 for liv
ing. $3.50 for incidentals and as muc]
additional as n cares to spend on Mid
way Plaisance or at the theaters in til
evening. Perhaps $40 will give til
visitor all he wants to see of these
This will make an expense all told o
$3.50 for the ten days. He can max
it $3.50 If he so desires, but $50 q
the outside ought to fully bear his eS
penses here in 4 liberal measure unles
he has expensive tastes. Another fac
which should be borne in mind by thos
who contemplate making visits to Oh:
cago to see the worlds fair is that chi
dren involve no extra expense for rool