The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-05-25
REASONABLE RATES IN ST. LOUIS.
Board and Lodging as Cheap as In
Other Large Cities.

MT. george W.. MCDTlQe,
member Of the National Commits
Ision for the Worlds Fair, has Civ
en- out an interview in which he
states that very erroneous reports
have been sent to some newspa-
pers regarding the charges made
for rooms and meals in Sc. Louis.
Mr.. Mcbride has travelled widely
and speaks from long experience.
1 have spent several days in
specting rooms offered for rent, .
said Commissioner Mcbride,
learning prices asked for rooms
and board in private dwellings
and in boarding houses of good
class, both for myself and for
friends who are coming to the
Fair, and / find that the rates
charged in the residential district
are very reasonable. In my opin-
ion they are not above the rates
for like Accommodations in other
large cities.
II have been surprised to learn
how many private families are
Offering rooms to Worlds Fair
visitors, and also surprised at the
number of small lodging and
boarding houses along the car
lines running to the Fair, that
offer rooms and board at reasona-
BILE rates. | doubt if there is an
other city of the size of st. Louis
in the United States that has so
many pretty homes in its resi-
dence district, and ] find that
very large proportion of these
houses are offering rooms to-
Worlds Fair guests.
Fair visitors who wish to see
the exposition at moderate ex-
pense can find good, clean, COM
Portable rooms and good board at
reasonable rates by going into
the residence district. where more
than half the houses offer such
Accommodations.
Il am as much gratifed, too,
at the excellent street car service
to and from the Fair, which was
fully tested on the opening day
and proved equal to the task. II
was one of those who, year ago,
feared that the street car service
would not be sufficient for the
grounds at the Fair, but after see
ing the way in which the railroads
handled the immense crowds on
opening day | am convinced that
there is nothing more required in
the way of transit service to and
from the Fair. y
Mr.. McBride's discoveries in
this line are identical with those
of many other person who have
sought for similar Accommodations. |
There are thousands of boarding
houses and private dwellings of
convenient access to the Fair,
which offer Accommodations at very |
reasonable rates.
st. Louis has about 500 restau-
rants. Substantial meals can be
enjoyed at these eating places at
rates running from fifteen cents
up. For quarter of a dollar one
may get square meal at scores
of restaurants. There are many
high. class cafes where the service
is a la carte or table d'hote, with
prices not above the reach of per-
sons in moderate circumstances.
As to rooms, the experience of
a writer for the General Press
Bureau of the Worlds Fair may
be taken as indicating the situa-
ton. This attache placed a small
advertisement in a local newspa-
per for a room. He received
forty -four responses the first day,
being offered excellent rooms as
low as So per week, and large
rooms with bath and all modern
conveniences at S. per week.
There are many hotels where
clean and comfortable looms may
be had at 81 per day, which is a
low rate for city the size of St.
Louis at any time. Stories of
exorbitant charges should be dis
countenanced by prospective
Worlds Fair visitors.