Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-20
COST OF VISITING ST. LOU.
is EXPOSITION

The first question asked the writer
on his return from st Louis by al
least score of people; What about
eXhorhitaut hotel rates and high prices
generally" This being the most i'm
portant of all Information. II Will be
the first subject handled. In the first
place II has gone out that the landlords
| have doubled the rates. and that high
| prices prevail on every hand We de
sire TO state In the beginning. ii any
one wants to be robbed. the place to
20 is ST. Louis. because there, are fax
IRIS at every corner and crosswalk.
hut II you know your own business
and have sufficient will power and
mind of your own not to be imposed
| upon you stand no more show of being
| robbed in st. Louis than in any city
in the land II one is dead anxious
| they can part with their money in Du.
range, In Denver. or any other city
only the allurements are greater in a
| large city. Some peope try to save
money by going to the cheapest places
| and nine times out of ten they get the
worst of the deal. For instance. in
The immediate vicinity of the Union
Station are what are apparently lot
of cheap barber shops While in st
Louis we read OF several people be-
| ing held mp for dollar, where the ad-
yertised price was 10 cents. The rob
bers simply added little hair tonic
or shaved the neck. and charged the
80 cents for the extras Had the trav-
| eler inst stepped into the Union Sta.
lion barber shop. a first-class place
with everything clean and neat. they
would have paid Is cents and received
better treatment. The same Is true
in other parts of the city You can
get shaved at the Planters, Southern.
or any of the big nrst-Ciass shops for
10 cents or you can hunt dirty 5 or
lO-ceni shop and get held up on the
side Again there are plenty of con
lidencc men in the city-long lost
friends who are willing to aid you-a
brOtherly act-but If you accept of
their services yon are mighty apt to
part with your wad. Several instances
OF this character took place during our
short sojonrn in the Worlds Fair city.
These stories travel. and give the ay.
erage person the idea that II is dan
gerous 10 be abroad, while one is Just
as safe in the big city as in Denver II
they attend to their business. One can
stray of and get mixed up with the
low negro and white dives without
much eXertlon and not only part with
fl, .n
Therefore, We say. if one is looking
for places to part with money and get
little in return, st Louis will furnish
the artisans to do it.
But We are depressing from the real
object Of this resumc-hotel rates
We made careful study of the cost of
living and sleeping. and ascertained
that II one is desirous of paying ex-
horbtant rates and obtaining little in
way OF comforts it is an easy matter
10 be accommodated There Is no
question but that the leading hotels
have doubled their rates. For instance,
at the Planters, where the writer had
stopped two years ago ON the Amer
lean plan for 81 80 and 81 day, the
European plan We wer informed that
the cheapest room in the hotel was 81.
and one with bath So TO so for a sin
gle person doubling mp for two. All
the Union Station hotel, where we
have secured room with bed and cot
to accommodate wife and daughter at
different times for $3.50 per day. the
rates are now Sc At the Hotel Jerfer-
son. the new and handsome edifice on
Washington avenue, one will have to
pay all the way from 81 TO 500 a day
for rooms for one person. We know OF
one Denver woman attending the
Woman's Biennial Club meeting, pay
| ing SS for room without bath, but good
| location This, mind you, for room
without board. Therefore, II any Of
I our readers are going to st. Louis to
put ON style and stop at the aforesaid
| places they can expect to pay hand
sumely Tor the privilege. On the other
,hand. one can do the Exposition and
put in ten days to TWO weeks Just
about as cheap as in any large city,
Denver excepted the latter being the
! most reasonable restaurant city in the
! United States. so far as omr experience
| goes, and we have been in most of
them. There are lot OF very good
| hotels that have not raised the price,
and there are possibly 10000 rooms
throughout the city that can be OBJ
tanned for 81 a day for each person,
and where two occupy a room for a
4 couple OF weeks reduction on that
In planning a visit to the Exposition,
the best time to arrive in St Louis Is
In the morning. This gives one the
forenoon to look mp rooms. In case
no prior arrangements have been
| made, there IL a bureau OF Information
in the Union Station where You will
be directed without charge. Or you
can get on a street car and take spin
around the city and pick out a suita'
BILE location in very short time. Some
are anxious to get near the grounds.
This is all very well. but there Is little
difference in being a mile or four miles
away as the street car fare is the
same. and very little extra time con
sumed Therefore, put in the first few
hours In looking up a location, making