The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-25
DEFENDS HIS NATIVE CITY
A Buffalo Man Sensitive About Ere
quent Criticism.
Prices Not ExtOrtionnte, He De-
cIares, and Ample AceOmmOda-
lions for All who visit the Place
During the Pan-American show.


There is joke just now going the
rounds which generally provokes smile
Of good nature although not one smileT
in ten thousand can tell you why he
smiles or what is meant when the Cheer
ful Idiot asks him If he is "a Buffalo
There is one man who used 10 smile at
this question, but who does not smile
now. Any reference to his native city
arouses his pugnacity. He is native
BunaICniau he is sensitive on the sub
ject. For the time being It will not do to
joke with him, and least of all concerning
his native city on the shores Of Lake
Erie.
A few days ago another Buffalo man
gave the reason for this seemingly mex
PlicabIe iH-humor whenever Buffalo was
mentioned He was one OF a group Of
men sitting in the cafe Of the Shorehan.
Said he:
Our city has spared no pains to make
the Pan-American Exposition q success
Everyone in the city has been interested
in the enterprise. even the school children
Civic pride in our Lake City has reached
a degree of intensity never before realized
by US, although we have always been
proud Of our city That the world might
get acquainted with Us has been the chief
reason why BA4ltllt3llI--S WI fAttA 5AAl
and day 10 get the exposition. Now VIC
have-got it, but so much has been said
and written about the ability of the city
Of Buffalo to take care of the crowds
which are expected to attend the Pan
I American Exposition, and such unkind
Z insinuatfons have been given out in ref
erenCe to extortionate prices for board
! and lodging that We are sore and feel
/ that we have been wronged, and that our
/ heroic efforts 20 make the exposition a
/ success may result only in q sense OF in
/ justice and heart-burnings-
Buffalo is abundanJIy able to take good
| care Of its guests and visitors, and il will
| There are listed more than 200 hotels
which will give accommodation TO 10000
/ people There are also oeJween coo and
/ 700 boarding houses, affording also Iodg-
/ ing accommodations for 1900, while 1000
| owners of houses. most of whom never
s4fore hung out their latchstrfugs for a
/ consideration. have signified their inten-
/ ton of opening their houses for the ac-
/ ccmmodation of visitors to Buffalo this
summer. That does not look like surdid-
! ness, does it? That is civic pride in our
/ glorious city. These 7,000 homes viii ac-
/ commodate 100000 visitors
! 1.-THE Exposition Company has arrang-
/ ed to furnish tent accommodations on the
| exposition grounds for 250 uniformed men
/ There are also two companies arranging
/ tent systems which viii afford additional
! accommodation outside OF the grounds for
| about 2,Go0 more.
/ In addition to this. there are a large
number of buildings throughout the city
now being remodeIed and converted into
/ hotels 1t is safe to estimate the present
capacity If the city of Buffalo to accom-
modate $4,000 strangers. Then there are
! the surrounding towns of Niagara Falls.
/ TonawaH3a. LOckport, La Sale. Depew,
and Lancaster. all within a short trolley
ride of the city.
Rates in Buffalo range from 81 a day
! upward. As ridiculous stories have been
circulated in regard to exorbitant hotel
rates, it is only necessary to name the
| prices that have been established
| at the Iroquois. the most expen-
sive hotel in Buffalo. These are for one
room without bath. 50 and upward, for
! two in a room without bath s. and up
| ward This makes the minimum TaIe FOX
| one individual 81 80. The rate for q room
| with bath for one person is s. OF for two
| in a room $3.50.
/ "A number of focal reliable agencies are
| engaged in locating visitors IN homes N
| the city. These can be relied upon as
| honest. straightforward, and efficient
| They are composed of business men of in
! ers in the city, and visitors may feel as
| sured of courteous treatment and safe
conduct to accommodations which have
| received careful inSpGCtlOn.