Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
COST OF A WEEK AT OMAHA.
Room and Board for Exposition Visitors
at Moderate Prices.

1ernGpS the nrSU CONSIDERATION Will
those contemplating a visit to the
Trans-Mississippi Exposition this sum-
mer is that of cost. 10 the few,
money is no obiect;" to the many, it
may be said that the cost of a visit to
the exposition at Omaha is moderate
and reasonable.
In the first place. the railroads have
granted exceedingly low rates. espe-
cially to the territory near by. Rooms
can be obtained at moderate cost in
any part of the city, in some cases i'll
Guiding board, and those to whom
time is money should remember that
the compactness of the exposition
buildings and the accessibility from
the center of the city make it possible
to ''see the sights in much less time
than was required at the Columbian
exposition at Chicago. One day spent
in each Of the main buildings, with
two or three days for the state build
ings and other attractions, will occupy
about two weeks, but a good general
| idea of the fair can be obtained in half
that time.
Visitors should communicate imme-
diatcly on their arrival in. the city
with the Official Information Bureau.
1910 Farnam street. Baggage can be
checked direct to this address at n
charge of rs cents to cover the cost of
hauling from the depot. The bureau
is under contract with the exposition
management to furnish free reliable
information in regard to rooms, board,
transportation. carriages. baggage,
messenger service, etc. The bureau
has on it's books some 5000 rooms,
mostly in private residences, to which
visitors can be referred entirely with
out charge. Comfortable rooms can be
obtained either near the exposition
grounds or near the business part OF
the city for 81 a night or S. a week for
a single person, and for $3.50 night
or IS q week for two. In some cases q
light breakfast is included in these
prices. There are also rooms at higher
or lower figures in all parts of the city.
The hotels also furnish the usual
accommodations at the usual prices.
In some cases board can be obtained
in the same house, and in every case
the Information Bureau will give in
formation rs to the distance from any
one of the rooms on it's list to the near.
est restaurant or boarding house.
Good board can be had for S. a week
for each person, or at usual prices at
restaurants all over the city. Plenty
of good dining halls and lunch counters
are in operation IN close proximity TO
the grounds at which visitors will be
fairly and literally treated. There are
dozen restaurants on the exposition
grounds, besides about two dozen
lunch counters, tea gardens, ice cream
stands, ETC., at all of which prices are
reasonable. At most of these the usual
charges arc cents for tea and coffee,
pies, ETC., 10 cents for sandwiches and
other things at corresponding prices.
Admission to the grounds is so cents
for each person above ~ years of age.
Children between and - years, 25
cents. These figures include every
thing within the fences. except the
amusement features on the midway,
which arc in the hands of individual
concessionaircs.
Paying S. Il week for room, another
SIS for board and so cents day for
general admission to the grounds,
makes the cost of Il week at the eX-
position about SIS.