The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1904-07-08
An Interesting Letter
From Mr.. {. H. DabbS.

Ed journal Having been here
some two months at the Fair as
superintendent of Mississipp's ex-
hibits in Mines and Metalurgy
Building, I am in position. per.
haps, to give visitor some hints
about the Fair and the city that
will be useful. At any rate some
suggestions are offered, which be.
lieve to be good and useful to those
who only have few days to
spend here.
Many of the Lee county people,
contemplating a trip here during
the Fair, have no doubt been to
st. Louis, and know the city fair
ly we'll, but in case there ara some
who will make their trip for tht
first time, some idea of how the
streets run, also the cars, should
be helpful. Union station where
all the passenger trains stop is on
18th street running north and
south aud served by car line
called "Elghteenih street" II
order to reach the fair grounds
from this point, take this car 60
ing north and transfer to either
Page, Olive or Delmar lines.
There is no uue sine to suf
fer on this question, howevar.
as the cars are properly marked
and policemen are on every hand
to give you any information you
desire.
The question Of a boarding place
is an important one The hotels
are usually high, crowded and
hot, so it is advisable to steer as
far from them as possible If ac-
commodations Can be secured
elsewhere, and this is usually tn
clse. Unless you have made ar
rangemepts for lodging before ar
irving, l would advise that you e
to some hotel for the night, il
case you reach here then, and the
following day, get a paper for 6
penny, look in the ''"ant page
for places for rooms, and fuo
lquarters in the residence portion
of the city. There are numbers
Of places in that portion where yOu
can secure rooms for 81 per day,
each person; then you get meals
where it pleases. Also, in some
of these homes you may be able
to take breakfast. Places on Olive,
Delmar, Washington aud Page
Istreets are some of the best loca,
tious, especially after number
$500, though many before that
number are excellent. Streets be
ginning with and running parallel
with the river are numbered, be-
ginning with First at the river,
until about "Twenty Third is
reached when they \are named.
Streets running from the river,
are invariably named. Usually
a block corresponds to one hun
dred numbers, so if,you are at
5000 or "Fifty Hundred as it is
called, you are so blocks from the
river. By knowing this one L.
able to tell where he is just by
glancing at numbers OH the doors
One of the streets running from
the river is taken "a starting
point to number north and south.
This is Market street, | believe,
All doors north are designed "N"
for north, and correspondingly for
points south. BY remembering
these few facts, the number OF
your house, aud your nearest car
line, you should have no trouble
whatever in being sat home" in
any part of the city. | consider
this feeling too, as partly essential
to the enjoyment of the visit
Without knowing exactly where ]
am, or where | am going, would
make me miserable. l have been
in that condition, and have seen
others in it, at once arousing my
lsympathy.
By securing places out as far as
| 5000 on Delmar or streets
south you are in a convenient
walking distance from the fair
grounds, through Forest Park.
one of the finest parks you can
| find here. This, however, would
not be much lnducement, for with
a days walk before you at the
grounds, you would prefer taking
the car both night and morning.