The Van Buren press., 1904-05-14
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ANVESTIGATlON.
of Admirable Ac-
comodation Assured by Acres
of Adequate Apartments.

with the near approach OF the Exposition
visit a retrospective eye is cast by prOSpec-
tive visitors over Accommodations which have
heretofore been provided in Exposition cities
and the chief facts that stand out above all
others are that accommodations have been
generally poor and universally high priced.
Conclusion has been forced upon the ExpOsi.
tinn tourist that he IS regarded as lawful prey
for everybody connected with the outht from
the man that meets him at the station and tries
to persuade him to ride IN a cab at s. on an hour
or fraction thereof to the smiling urbane boni-
face who grrets him at the hotel desk holding
the handle Of the pen directed toward bis dexter
digits
Both these gentlemen and all between have by
calculations impossible of solution arrived At
the conclusion that an Exposition visitor has
nothing with him but money and is innamed
with but one laudabie, praiSewOrthy desire
how To spend ii quickest 50 like true humani-
tariaus They all start in and help.
a description Of his trials IRON his arrival at
the depot hi, hotel and boarding house expert
cuccs, up To his fl al departure would be pie
tlre that many exposition sightseers would
recognize aud in order that II Will not be hung
in the memory gallery OF visitors 10 lhe Louis.
lana PuTChace Exposition the Exposition Itself
has gone into the hotel business erected sub
stantial hotel on the grounds inside The gates
and In the midst of a beautiful wooded country,
far enough away from the glitter and glare and
noise to be restful peaceful aud quite and near
enough to be convenient for every thing
OF course no former exposition had twelve
hundred and forty acres to dlsport in, but then
no former exposition has SO much to do IN
twelve hundred acres,
At Buffalo large temporary hotel was put up
within II few steps of the exposition gates and
ample accommodation furnished for thousands
of visitors. Its protector was local restaurant
teur StatlGr by name who knows how 70 feed
and house people on the Wholesale plan, Its
success as an example to be duplicated was the
most useful purpose it served and accordingly
when the Louisiana Purchase Exposition began
TO take shape and detail began 10 be discussed
the care taking OF the visiting thousands came
in for its share of the discussion. One bright
fellow thought Of Statlrr and his Buffalo Hotel
and another conceived the plan OF housing the
visitors right within the grounds
So the idea was born. The child IS mammoth
hotel containing over twenty two hundred and
fifty rooms ranging from ten to fifteen feet VIDE
aud twenty feet long Many OF the rooms nave
private baths attached, all Of them are outside
rooms: well and comfortably furnished. The
prices strange to say, are not prOhibitive but
within reach Of the most modest purse aud ac-
COmmOdatOns can be had for as low as 81 % per
person on the European and $500 on the Amerl.
can plan
In every case the rate includes daily admis-
sion to the Fair for IN as much as the visitor IS
already within the grounds he does not have to
pay his admission or pass through the gates
Daily the Exposition collects fifty cents for each
guest at the hotel and the only time the adinls-
sion fee is paid At the gates is when they hrst
enter the grounds upon their arrival
sunday no admission is charged RS the Fair Is
closed on that day and guests are privileged to
go in and ont Of the grounds at Will without
hindranCe or expense,
Most thorough are the precautions taken
against fire everything is hreproof tre escapes
are easy to reach. Eighty eight stand pipes
each with one hundred feet of hose are connect
ed with high pressure water lines throughout
the house making each hose connection equal
TO one steam Are engine In utility. In addition
fre eKunguishers are planted like close rows Of
trees aud bell boys lried in the use Of the ilru
apparatus guard every hall, on the alert Tor
signals
In short. the Inside Inn is one Of the Expol
ton best exhibits and is to be operated under
the o0icial surveillance thatis used in the equip
mCut and cOuiuc, of this $50 600 u)J Exposition
1t is the first time In exposition history thaI
the exposition authorities have given attention
to the housing of their guests aud ITS oMctl
supcrintcudcugp makes 10 Absolutely reliable us
10 rates and accommodations.
Many thouWud, have already engaged quart
ers there duutg the Fair period and Ms lht
knowledge of its rNisAuCc Journeys abroad II
will be much i1 demand.
The Exposition company states ana supports
the statement with It's Official word, that uD more
guests will be registered than can be comfort.
ably accommodated; thut all guests VINO reserve
pO,al Under no cirrumstAuC. viii the prices
be advanced over the present published rates,
at any time during the continuance of the FAIR
II these fair promises be fulfilled the pro.
blcm Of sight seeing at great eXpOsitiOns VIII be
satisfactorily solved aud II grateful pnblic VIII
acclaim the originator Of the scheme rs public
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