The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-05-23
Accommodations For Visitors in Buffalo.
Hotels, Boarding and Rooming Houses, Be.
sides Many Private Homes, on the List.

sides Many Private Homes, on the List
So much has been said and written
about the ability of the City of Buffalo
to care for the. crowds which will at.
tend the Pan-American Exposition this
Summer, that a few facts and figures
will be appreciated by the general
public.
In the first place there are listed
more than two hundred hotels which
will give accommodation to thirty
thousand people; there are six hund-
red and fifty boarding and rooming
houses aifordlng accommodation for
eighteen thousand five hundred, while
seven thousand owners of houses, most
OF whom never before hung out their
latch string for consideration, have
slgnlhed their intention of opening
their houses for the accommodation of
visitors to Buffalo this summer. These
seven thousand homes will accommo-
date at least one hundred thousand
visitors.
The Exposition Company has ar
ranged to furnish tent accommodation
on the Exposition grounds for two
hundred and fifty uniformed men.
There are also two companies arrang-
Ing tent systems which will afford adj.
dltlonal accommodation outside of the
grounds to fifteen hundred or so.
In addition to all this there are a
large number Of buildings throughout
the city being remodeled and convert
ed into hotels, the plans OF which are
not far enough along to afford an ac-
curate description or to estimate ac-
commodatlon at the present time. 1t
is safe to estimate the present cap
acity of the City of Buffalo to accom-
modate one hundred and fifty thous-
and strangers. To this may be added
accommodation for at least fifty
thousand in he surrounding towns
such as Tonawanda, La Sale, Niagara
Falls, Lockport, Williamsville, Gard
ensville, Depew and Lancaster, all
within short trolley ride of the city.
Rates IN hotels range from ST. per
day upward. AS ridiculous stories have
been circulated in regard to exorbit-
ant hotel rates it is we'll to note the
rates that have been established at the
Iroquols, the most expensive hotel in
the city, these are for one in a room,
without bath, S. and upward; for two
In room without bath, $5 and up.
ward; thus making the minimum rate
$a.So per individual. The rates for a
room with bath for one person, $5, or
two in room $3.50. This is on the
European plan. OF course there are
room and suites of rooms in this hotel
for much higher rates for those who
wish to pay them, but the prices here
given are the highest in the city for
hotel accommodations as the term is
originally understood.
The Brozel after May will charge
from 81 to SIS with two or more in
room; this rate is strictly on the
American plan. Meals at this hotel
are 75c each.
The Genesee will charge from So
upward on the European plan.
Rates at the Mansion House, on
the European plan, will be from $I.5o
per day upward, with two in a room.
The New Tiff House will be run
on the European plan after May 1st,
and will charge $a.so to $500 per
day for room, without bath, and from
$3.50 to $500 with bath.
Good accommodations can be Sc
cured IN many other good hotels at
rates ranging from ST. per day up.
Among the private homes of the
city accommodations may be secured
in as good rooms as a person would
wish to occupy.