Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-11
WORLDS FAIR MELANGE.
- Problem OF Living ON Three
Dollars Day in Chicago.

. Lay In chicago.
OF Hotels-Dsngers of Premature
esracts-Black Flags ON Board
ing Houses = The white
Horse Inn. Etc.
81. LouIs, May 5.-The Globe-Demo-
rass special correspondence from Chica-
eogivcs the following interesting gossip
sne benefit of intending Worlds fair
visitors:
- 80. =, WIN It COST" truthful answer
y, What you please II is possible
spend great deal of money In seeing the
> isir. It Is also possible to save con-
oae II one knows how before beginning to
~ experience Those who desire to
-osee can find q fine for effort here.
Tho arst problem that confronts the intend
s1'.or Is the splace to stop The general
eSsson outside of Chicago seems to be that
must be engaged now or never There
uouos this impression is being fostered
-esE.ousiy BY interested parties in Chicago
Asery hotel-Seeper Is reaching out for con-
s<@ces with all his might and at the same time
conveying the idea that there is bound to be
1rtn OF accommodations. This will proba-
W result In the American public paving some
hundreds OF thousands of dollars more than IL
esary Contracts made now are n snare
VIII prove delusion nine times out of ten.
accommodations and better rates will
oy those who do not make engage
before coming here. There will be no
<~Sn- This Is the best Judgment of those who
nave no personal interest in high prices
iue WISE fair visitor will give himself little
~ concern about his stopping place until he
ncs Cnicago He will leave his bag in
sne parcel-room at the depot He will set out
- shAs part Of the city which he prefers and
n couple of hours he will find something to
III n1s taste and his purse. He need not take
rp q Ac
ihete viii be vast opportunity for selec-
0ea. and there will be wide range of prices
11o ease with which this can be done will sur
Rrse everybody.
icaso always was city Of hotels. 1t is
00V city of almost nothing but hotels.
Acago has been building hotels for two years
"a Anetcapoticu Of this Worlds fair. In the
2nee six months the hotel mania has assumed
aHional phases 1t has prompted the hasty
1nsformation of stores and Of manufactures
NO noeeis. Groups of residences and rows Of
AAxs nave been erected on plans which will
Hexnft their use for hotel purposes while the
HAAf lasts The exaggerated development of
80 eoxavansary idea Is one of the things worth
aeefnS- II b Chicago's exhibit for the Worlds
1Af Most of this hotel building and trans
Emfng Is OF such character that no one
need have any fear Of safety.
To papers have sounded some warnings
about mushroom structures. Down near the
1ruunds there have been erected mammoth
nua1dfngs of which little more Is expected than
0zaa they shall stand till the end of October.
Buf In the city the new hotels are well built
ami well supplied with modern conveniences
A9 q rule it win be well for the visitor to think
4wtcc before deciding that the best stopping
Hk9ce II that which advertises daily as lin
esnSe proximity to the grounds" All Of the
0oseA near Jackson park are new. Some are
Substantial enough. Some are not There is
no particular advantage in locating within
Walking distance Of the gates. The transporta-
zion problem no longer exists. For ten cents
fravr, f6S NJ nf fla
city In hfteen minutes to the gates of the fair.
l0r nickel the trip can be made by cable or
hy elevated road. There Is going to be no diff
nculty in reaching the fair from uptown
Tie opening day with it's 260. 900 visitors settled
.ahsk
Another point may be worth considering.
The visitor who locates up town will have |
1nrEer field in which to exercise selection of an
>g24ing place II there is any extortion in res |
=awant charges. and any diminuition of the |
diameter of pie, it will be found in the vicinity |
81 the fair grounds Up town the stranger will |
-0a8 with the Chicago people. He VIII fare as |
we'll and as cheaply as they do Down near the |
grounds, ii anywhere, the transient is in dan
asr OF being marked for special victim.
The European plan prevails in Worlds fair
lh0eel management. Nine out of ten of the Chi
,G1gO hotels keep the rooming and the feeding |
separate. The contract applies only to the
room The guests eats where, when and at |
What price he chooses. This is the plan of
living which four-tifths of the people who
come to the fair will find it best to adopt. 1t
may not seem the most economical at the first
calculation. but il means no meals paid for and
missed It means greater freedom of action.
There are s. and 50 a day hotels. including
board and room, but the Worlds fair visitor
who tries the American plan viii miss the chief
meal Of the day and he will find his expense
sac< cunt running higher than that OF the one
who lives just as well on the European plan.
~ to prices. The charge for a room in Chi
ceb,-hotel or boardinghouse-rangesf from 81
- = - 1zx IN r,r;ra f,r /
nxe room is now e day. Some hotelkeepers
are willing to contract to give their two
0ollAf rooms at any time during the fair.
7Eos1 Of them, however, expect to advance two
dollar rooms to g and "a in June, and If
GAcy make contracts now they insist on such
xRtes. The chances are that the two-dollar
xpoms can be had for e day at any time dur
1ng the fair, and It Is more probable that they
-wiM 90 down to 81 and ST. than that they will
ADVANCE to g and %. Put down. therefore. 81
= day Tor your room and exercise the privilege
a selection after your come. The chances are
strongly that you will do even better than this
Il fne money is an object. II you do not come
IN after June these chances amount to almost
IN two people in room the Chicago land
Iksas do not intend to double charges. The two
o611xr room becomes three-dolar room when
. occupy it. And where four people are will
- 20 crowd in together the per capita will be
1l6ilneed still more.
has,e said a typical landlord who is just
house with go rooms. lis the way we
.rcest 70 make money. These Worlds fair
5iE1aeors will want the rooms only for sleeping
SIrposes They will be out all day. They will
70 a little crowding at night to reduce
- expenses- They will come in parties. and
jssl1 not mind dous ling up. As for me, 1 would
rasher put four into one room at 81 than two in
80 rooms at g apiece. 1t means only little
errfra for towels and service So you see we
- al be suited. and the expense will not be so
Rrroat amer ALL"
II Is well to beware of the average boarding
1.ox.se As distinguished from the hotel. The fol-
5nvrfn9 IS from reputable Chicago newspaper:
n Nay be unwittingly or it maybe with a
~ FAcx remains that boarding house keepers
- throwing unenviable discredit upon Chica-
- ii the exorbitant prices they ask for board
- lodging.
I.ates Of living for visitors to the city are
daeufdc and in some places just three times
100 they were ~ the same time last year. No
Sercv whatever Is shown. and the unfortunate
~ does not care to go to the hotels Is obliged
,. - himself ruthlessly robbed. Private land
SevSsr neem to have lost all municipal patriotism
~, their abnormal craving for money. and d1S-
,reS,ard entirely the promise made to the people
- fha world by the Worlds fair omciais that
1Sxaneers would not be robbed during their stay
= tHe city.
a slisht rise in prices might have been ex.
,>-erfsd. as rents and provisions are somewhat
|S~~er' hut not even In aggravated cases does
~ rise exceed 10 per cent. while the board
5so1ae keepers show no hesitation Whatever
!. Sr,Ha n<ifng from so to 800 per cent more than
- formofly did.