The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-04-01
FUh PUBLIC COMFORT.
Plans Deins, Made To-. Worlds Fair
Visitors.
Good Accom- IN oIations VIII Ee Provided
During the Exposition ut Heason-
able Eates--An Excellent

Good Accom- IN oat.tions VIII Ee Provided
During the Exposition ut Heason-
able i.ates--An Excellent
Plan.
In answer to the many inquiries from
boards of trade and similar bodies con-
ccrning the alleged plan to demand ex"
tortionate prices for accommoda tions in
Chicago next summer, Maj. W. Marsh
Kasson has prepared the following re-
port from the bureau Of public comfort:
This bureau has been established by
the Worlds Columbian exposition to CO.
operate through its hotel and roolning
department, to the best OF its ability,
with the citizens of Chicago for the
comfort and protection Of visitors to se-
cure for them suitable and desirable
lodgings at fair and reasonable rates.
The management is lzeenly alive to
the fact that thousands of visitors will
be deferred from visiting the city unless
they can be fully assured on this point,
hence every effort is being made to rea-
lie satisfactory results in this direction.
'Inquiries were sent out some time
ago to householders having furnished
rooms to let, to learn as far as possible
prices that would be expected therefor,
and the following statement gives the
general average quotations received in
reply, to cover the accommodations for
over 10000 people in the best part OF the
city lying between North avenue and
e<roaf
Price OF rooms per day without board:
''Sin gle room, single bed, one person.
$1.S5.
Double room. double bed, one per-
! son, s. 12; two persons, s2.10.
"Double- e-bedded room, two double
beds, two persons, $3.50.
"Double-bedded room, two double
beds, three persons, $4.15.
"Dou uble-bedded room, two double
beds, four persons, $3.50.
''There certainly does not seem ac-
cording to these figures to be any indi-
cation that citizens of Chicago will de-
mand excessive rates for the accommo-
dation Of visitors to the exposition, and
they can be relied upon to sustain the
good reputation of Chicago for fair and
liberal treatment of its guests. One
publishing house has pamphlet now
in press containing 4 list OF over ten
thousand places in the city OF Chicago
where furnished rooms can be had at
moderate rates. The prices given above
do not include large frst-class hotels
nor prominent new buildings in course
of erection in the vicinity of Jackson
park. Many mischievous rumors al
leging the likelihood OF high prices and
extortion generally have been origi-
mated by persons interested in outside
bo;.~ding-house schemes. some OF them
apparently irresponsible and even
fraudulent. The great mass Of visitors
will doubtless prefer the quiet and
economy Of furnished rooms such as al
luded to, and apartment hotels, ar
ranging to take their meals from daE
to day wherever it may suit their con
verience. It is estimated that from
| fifty thousand to one hundred thousand
people can be served daily with meals
within the exposition grounds alone,
while the number Of hotels and restau-
rants is constantly inc-aesinr,"
LARGE FAMILIES IN OLD TIMES.
Some New EnglaRd People Who Had =
Great Many Descendants.
Miss Lucy Z. Dow, who is about to
issue ''IIistory OF Hampton \. H.,
to which her father and herself have
devoted fifty years Of laborious research,
furnishes to the Boston Herald these
instances OF Large families in the early
days Of the town:
Nathaniel Batchelder, grandson OF
Rev. Stephen Batchiler, founder OF the
town, was twice married and had seven
teen children. His son and grandson
had respectively twelve and thirteen,
and great grandson reared family OF
thirteen. In later generations there
were families, Of thirteen, twelve. and
fourteen.
Samuel Dalton. u nephew Ct tn.
towns second minister, lad fourteen
children and his son an equal number
Two rranusOns h"l each ten. Kew.
Sinborn Cuttor placed on record that
his fourtecnth child IVA, horn October
6. about two. Sc clock in NH i'r"'ng
1875, & lapti"pl Nrto'pr~. tie, AND
' was named Wade il honor Of his grand
father Wade & torut him in mind ct
: N.uGirr thr1umh I'll '"ia3ls - heaven
he dyc,t s; was huripi 't'hrr u
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