New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
THE PASSING THRoNe


Frederick A. Belts. Of Hartford. Natlo,st -.
missioner Of the louisiana Purchase Frno,i.,-1
was at the Manhattan on Tuezga,
HOTELS AT Il assured" said ba -
EAPO5ITION. those who are in close touch yvt,5
the situation that despite an
sidered reports TO the contrary ST. Louis win ~ -
position II take good Of the crowds TIA, -,
flock to the exposition One provision thai -
been made by the exposition company which T. :
new departure. is for hotel within the ex,o,i+t.
grounds. to be controlled by the exposition an+r,
ties IL will be known the Inside Inn II h -,
in course OF construction, and when coroulsts5 -,
be capable Of accommodating six thousand paon,
The rates viii range from 81 s. a day v,f5 =
cents added for each night the tenant slss-,
within the grounds as the equivalent OF the asrt
sion fee that would be expected at the a.
trance IL the exposition patron were living a.,
side the grounds and were admitted d.rr
Besides, there viii be regular meal service ~ -
cents for breakfast. the same charge for u,r,s
and % cents for dinner. Facilities will be prov5
TOT feeding one thousand to fifteen hundred AZ .
ume Outside the grounds a new hreproof bofaI
caIed the Washington has been built and Is non,
oelng furnished. that will accommodate Eve 1,,
urea guests Half a dozen large temporary hotel.
are being built near the grounds. as also eight ~
Ten apartment houses that will be opened 10 er,o-
sIuon patrons. Then. In addition a sygtsr,s.l
Oon - beng made under the direction ~ -
LOUIS that will be available for the use OF sfs1
i,s rO1el SO registered Will be inspected and uii
at tnatlon viii be given It's character "a
Paclty and the charge that will be made for h r.
1IiPosltlon visitor arriving in the city al ni1bs
with no previous arrangement for oiarterz S 5.
Ecu ony 70 apply at the bureau Of information IA
means and a messenger win conduct him n tEs
the Teeft may select BY keeping close check upon
VII De avoided, and the stranger within me ces
gates win receive the maximum OF cornfor7 ny s
the minimum Of effort and friction % '-'
- - eraham Of Oil City. Penn, identified with
'''' petroleum interests was guest at the
AIbemarle one day this week Re-
ILLS VI plying to inquiries he said Those
GROWTH. during the 49, = 80 - - - vas
velopment Of the oil regions OF
"eSterh pennsylvania. in the COS, would scarcely
recognize the municipality Of to-day, with sub
s-dhuaL modern business blocks, handsome homes
and well paved streets. II is the home OF 2o0oo
People. Inc population has doubled in the last
what might be described AS ranid h. - 70. no"
-ess gradual, and the improvements are stable and
5eadquaTters and situation OF the offices o. the
o1d 90 Ou company controlling the producing
and PeHnsyvan eidS I; IS ais6 tb1 f Dsc o of
many important concerns engaged in the manu-
Iaeturing OF producing machinery The Oil Wen
ttl-PI.y COMPANY expanded its manufacturing plant
an area Of about one hundred acres. The present
Pie b OF OIL above 81 - barrel makes il profit
that f das n ar y tag Oh wells INTO produete9 Wells
day are considered worth pumping
Alfred Dodge. who developed the feltmaking IN.
dustry, by inventing machinery adapted TO rs
manufacture. brCadened its practi-
POUNDS cal uses and founded the town OF
TOWN IN DolgeviIe IN this State. but who
CALIFORNIA. has shifted his activities 10 Cali
fornia, is in the city. Il have Just
completed and now equiPping a factory said
Mr.. Dodge. around which the town OF DolgeviHe
Cal, will be built The site-an extensive tract OF
land purchased by Henry F. Huntington first vice
seven miles easI ~ 7 os STe-alss 90 ,,y, = .y
or miles south Of Pasadena. 1t is in a garden spot
IS also in the wool belt which is i.19oTial5 n re-
6 tq4 70 our lndqStry ana TIE climate Is especially
now laying out the town. The factory which will
Operators viii begin running in April ''5 1t WH. y
course De EXPANDED as the conditions Of business
enterprise. and | 1eel that from every point Of
assurance OF a large success"
Henry A. Everett. of Cleveland head Of the Ever.
ett-Moore street railway syndicate is at the Meth
erland- Seen shortly after his ar
ELECTRIC rival. Mr.. Everett said: Through
RAILWAYS the forbearance and consideration
IN OHIO. CT its creditors. the syndicate has
reduced its obligations from ST.
100000 TO 100000 in the last eighteen months and
additional eighteen months extension has been
given, within which expect TO clear the business
up completely. II should be understood. continued
Mr.. Everett, that the embarrassing obligations
af1eced none OF the constituent Corporations; they
critics comprised the Detroit United Railway. which,
with the suburban lines TO Trenton, Flint, Pontiac
and Port Huron represented 526 miles; the lines OF
the Toledo Railway and Light Company, the Lake
Shore Railway, between Cleveland ana Toledo, and
the Northern Ohio Line. between Cleveland and
Akron. The latter, as also the Toledo company,
controls the electric lighting in the respective
cities of Akron and Toledo The aggregate mileage
of the syndicate hnes-abOut nine hundred miles
has all been built within the last eight years. No
new lines have been built this year. but We have
been greatly improving the equipment and pOwa
same territory covered by our street railways nave
some earnings from that source have aided ma
teriaHy in reducing the obligations of the syn9l-
cate The development of electric railways n
Ohio in recent years has been phenOme1aL and the
service we have established between cleveland al5
Toledo is notable. The distance is 10 miles anu
trains run hourly a schedule that makes tl5
trip between the terminal points IN SIX hours !IS
there are three limited trains each way daly, lna.
make stops at eleven principal points. ana So'01
the distance in four and a half hours