The Portland daily press., 1901-02-08

length Of tune, and was obliged to make
q four days contract In order 10 secure
the apartment.
The other hotels are not backward In
raising their prices. Some OF them put
In beds arranged like hunks in steam
ship, one above another and about three
tiers high. BY this means room ordi-
narily capable OF accommodating four or
six people, can be made TO do very nicely
for fifteen or twenty, and It does not re-
quire any more towels for the room, and
very little more soap. II Is On old trick
among Washington hotelkeepers TO turn
their regular guests out during the In
auguiation week and let their rooms to
others. Only few now do this how
ever.
An inquiry among all classes OF hotels
has developed the fact that all OF them
have apartments which they would re-
serve at prices ranging from double that
ordinarily charged for person TO triple
that usually charged for the rooms, and
contracts are required, in all cases, Of not
less than i've and not more than seven
days, at this rate.
The owners OF lodging houses have en-
largsd ideas OF finance, but not In such
proportion. At the same time they are
imbued with the idea OF making hay
while the sun shines, and the sunny
season with the Washingtonian b Se-
tween March first and seventh on in
augurstion years.
The Inauguration of President McKin-
ley will be one Of the greatest spectacular
events ever seen In this country. The
number of troops to participate in the
parade will surpass that seen In any
inaugural parade In this generation. The
decorations and electrical effects will also
be on q sumptious scale and the display
OF fireworks in the evening something
gorgeous. An attempt is being made TO
have fiotiIIa OF light draught vessels
from the navy engage in an aquatic
parade on the Potomac. There are lot
of suoh craft as the monitors and dis
patch boats available and the probability
is that Secretary OF the Navy Long will
order some of these craft 60 rendezvous
at the Washington navy yard.
Those Maine people who remember the
meeting OF the Grand Army in Portland
in 1891, WILL II they recall to their men,
ory the scenes OF that time, have very
good idea OF what Washington is like dur
ing Inauguration period. It's hotels
crowded to the last limit, its eating
houses, cafes and restaurants hardly ade-
quate to meet the demands made on
them, and the strests so congestsd with
people that movement on the route OF
parade is almost impossible. This much
must be said about Washington, however,
and that is that the route OF the process
sion from the hill hack of the Capitol to
18th street and Pennsylvan Ia ave, or
even to Washington Square, Is the best
thoroughfaEe In the world over which
procession could move. The great width
of the avenue, the grandeur OF It's appear
ance, with the massive Capitol standing
guard on the hill at one end, and the
solid great treasury building overtopped
and tianked by the White House, and the
rising spires of the tremendous war, state
and navy building, make picture that
only needs the snowy coiors OF the march
ers to make tremend ously imposing, the
Congress OF the United States reviews
the procession at one end, from the east
front OF the Capitol. and the newly in
augurated President reviews 1t at the
other end from a stand in front of the
White House.
1t is possible for party OF tourists COM
ing to attend the inaugural to so arrange
affairs as to suffer but little from the In
convenience or crowded hotels. The
rooming houses away from the center OF
the City OF Washington and easily acoes-
sibly by its thoroughly adequate street
car facilities, are numerous enough 20
accommodate almost any crowd that is
likely to come and II one dces not desire
this sort OF accommodation, there Is am pie
room In Baltimore, which 10 but 10 min
utes away by railroad train, Even II this
wers not so, and one had to nut up with
the inconvenience or Washington hotelF,
yet the scene co be Witnessed at the sec
ond Inauguration of President Mckinley
would nearly, IL not quite, renay for the
annoyance attendant upon visit at this
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