Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-02
THE HOUSING OF VISITORS At
ST. LOUIS.

Two years ago. the estimate OF the
hotel accommodations In the city dis
quieteed the responsible men Of St.
Louis. Foreign capital seemed re.
~Iuctant TO enter the hotel field. The
Business Mems league opened q local
subscription for . . hotel and a
million dollars was got and spent In
building the Jefferson. That evidence
OF confidence In the situation was all
that was needed. Hotels. permanent
and temporary, sprung up AS sweet
peas In summer do. After that, there
was talk Of extortion by hotels. The
Business Mems league got signed
statements a. TO rates from the prin.
cipal hotels. and printed d r~eassuring
comparison with the hotel rates Of
other cities.and the fair built an enor-
nous hotel on the gronnds-the In
side I~nn--whose rate OF 81 q day,
European plan. including admission to
the grounds. regulates the prices at
other hotels. Then, to secure a pub.
lie proclamation Of the ability Of st.
Louis To properly house the people.
the Business Mems league wen 70
Washington, and, presenting facts and
figures to the democratic national
committee, induced that body to send
the national convention 10 st. Louis;
with It's nifty thousand attendants. ]
have before me now q list OF one hun.
dred and thirty hotels, eighty Of them
so good that | would send my best
friend 10 any one Of them il my other
best friends had filled my house. These
hotels. excluding ten which are fash.
ionable and expensive, will charge no
more than the Inside Inn, some OF
them not so much. On this same
list, whose accuracy Is guaranteed By
tine Words Fair company. are many
apartment houses and boarding
houses, with excellent service, the
rates Of many OF them as low as
s~eventy-ive cents a day. In fact, the
capacity Of the ST. Louis hotels alone
will not be taxed during The exposi
lion. Counting the temporary ones
,they hase now an untitled capacity Of
more tnan one hundred Thousand PEG
pie who will come to st. Louis having
made no arrangements, many arriv
ing at night and they will go at ones
to some OF the noted hotels Of which
they have heard. OF course. they vii
find these hotels full. and they will
not get themselves unpacked In |,
pleasant room without spending tina
night and part OF the next day IN
comfortably. Effort Is being made t
save even the careless people from
] discomfort. The Business Mens
league ana the worlds fair have OH
ttai ohu hSc uuiSdu5 VI tuiuI uidbol
which secure accommodations for In
quirers and protect them from impo
sition. So has the Interstate Mer
chants association, and the Credi
Mems association; the Young Men,
Christian association, and the King
Daughters; the Knights OF Columbus
and the National Educational associa
tion. The leading business men, a
much individual expense, are conduct
Ing similar bureaus. The Princeton
alumni have leased a large. wellftted
many.roomed mansion, where the.
provide for Princeton men, and in
deed, any university man. by a plai
which Will secure economy and goo,
service. Letters addressed evel
saugely 70 any Of these organization
will be put into the right hands b
the post Office NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 0
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