San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-28
T. P. A. NOTES.

meeting of Post I'D" next Sunday
will make their reports and tho ar
rangement committee will formu-
late the program for the enter
tainment Of our guests.
The amount of $500 which was
promised to the Ladies association
of the Battle of Flowers will be
handed them this week, a resolu-
tion to that effect having been
passed at the meeting Sunday
morning.
Active work from now on will be
in order for every member, and each
one will give earnest efforts to the
end that the entertainment OF our
guests may be success.
To the end that the many visi-
tors to our city may be comforta-
bly, provided. for, a committee on
public comfort has been appointed
and all hotels, boarding houses and
private citizens will kindly for
ward their address and number
with the information as to rates
per day and how many they can
provide for-the private residences
to state whether gentlemen only or
men accompanied by wife and
children can be pleasantly located.
Address all communications to
"Chairman Hotels and Public
Comfort" care Chandler build
ing, Business Mems club.
Please do this at once so
proper arrangements can be made.
On the day set apart for the Battle
of Flowers our city will be taxed
to its utmost. Thousands of citi-
zens, from all over the state, will
visit our city, and it behooves our
citizens to bestir themselves to see
that they are comfortably provided
for. This can be done by prompt
compliance by our citizens in open
ing their residences to care for our
visitors at fair and reasonable
compensation.
Our city is capable of entertain
ing thousands in a hospitable man.
ner and is becoming noted as the
convention city and she must put
on her best bib and tucker, and do
the honors in her usual open
handed manner.
The Fire Chief Tobin promises
to get an extra move on the de-
partment and with FURNISHED
helmet and buckler show off the
very efficient fire apparatus in
great style.
The day of the Battle of Flowers
will be one long remembered by
our visitors and promises to be a
red lettered one in the annals of
our city.
The thanks Of the T. P. A. of
Texas are highly appreciated and
are hereby rendered to the Daily
LIGHT, Express and our city press,
for the interest they have taken in
lending their columns to the aid of
the Knights of the Grip in the
work of making our coming Ma
tional convention success.
Times are hard, money is scarce,
but we have given our word that
our guests shall be properly enter
tanned and it's going to be did and
don't you forget it, and the city of
San Antonio is to reap the benefit;
talk is cheap-it takes money as
we'll as time to successfully carry
out program when thousands are
to be entertained, but we are going
to "get there Eli" all the same.
The stated rates OF the diff
ferent hotels during the conven-
ton are as follows:
Menger--All rooms without bath,
single person or two persons, per
day $3.50, with bath $3.50.
Southern hotel-Rate 50 per day.
Baths free, none attached to rooms.
Mahncke hotel-Rate 81 per day.
Baths free, none attached to rooms.
Arcade-Rate $3.50, occupied by
two persons; 50 single, first and
second floors. Baths free, none at
tached to rooms.
Mrs. NJ. Yaklitoeh can accommo-
date fifty persons; rate from 81 to
81, according to location of room,
with or without baths.
Maverick hotel, rate $500 per
day where two persons occupy
same room; single person occupy
ing room, $3.50; public bath room.
Bexar Apartments rates, single
room and board, $3.50; double
room and board, $500; room with
odt board, double, $3.50 to $500;
room without board, single, 81 .25 to
$2.C0; meals, regular, 30 cents and
also to order.
Mr.. VIM. Payson, the live hus-
tier and running mate to II. l..
Benson, has been working success
fully on a special souvenir badge
for presentation to each delegate
who visits San Antonio during the
convention. The badge is regular
medal shaped one, with the regu-
ation bar and pendant, and will be
Of oxidized silver, with a stamped
relief of the Alamo and appropri-
atn 1nttarino arOund tho circle