New-York tribune., 1907-08-20
READY FOR PRESIDENT.
PROVINCETOWN FILLING.
Rooms Quoted at so a Night
Plans to Handle CrOEcds.
rBy Telegraph, 20 The Tribune ]

Telegraph 20 TT1bCneI
Provincetown, Mass, Aug. 19-If this little
point of sand does not give way with the croWd
of people that is being unloaded upon it by
every incoming train and boat before IL a. m
tomorrow Il will then celebrate one of the most
ir1portant days in its history. OF course, the
landing of the Pilgrims was something OF an
incident back in our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
fathers time, but there were no takers TO sell
badges and souvenirs commemorative or the
occasion and no hotelkeepers TO grow r1ch IN
a day over the profits of the epoch, it may Wen
be declared that the laying of the cornerstone
of the monument TO commemorate the signing
on the Mayfower. in the Bay here, OF the com
pact under which the colony was governed is
the reddest letter date on Cape Gods venerable
calendar.
Yes sir, we'll have all of five thousand
strangers in town tomorrow" predicted the
Chief of Police as he paused in the midst OF
issuing orders to third OF his force The thlro'
a large. well proportioned officer, toucheo MS
hat and started up the street to speak with the
town crier who was just at that moment ring
ing his handbelI at a terrific rate
Notice." yelled the town crier, in stentorian
tones. Grand concert by the choir quartet
from Lowell assisted by Mr.. Smith, at the
Christian Church Tickets of admission 20
cents"
Were going to handle the crowds tomorrow
or know the reason why" continued the Chfef
OF Police. We've been promised twenty uni
formed officers from Boston and twelve plain
clothes men. If they can't protect the President
Wen swear in fifty special pohcemen-
On the summit of the hill, where the 24o foot
shaft is TO be built at a cost Of 100000, all the
carpenters that could be found on Cape Cod
were frantically saving and hammering in IN
effort to finish the grandstand that is to seat
the President and 1900 other persons at TO-
morrows exercises.
"a carpenter from down at Maiden got TIE
contract for putting UP that stand and then fell
down on it," observed Captain Conwell, the
grand marshal of to-morTow's parade Just to
show their public spiritedness. all the contractors
and carpenters in town now pitching in to
help him out. That's what call real Christian
forgiveness"
Just where two thousand of the four thousand
strangers IN town sleeping tonight would
be hard TO tell. At noon to-day rooms were
quoted at SO a day by the principal hotels, and
the supply at that modest figure limited.
I'm stopping in a cistern," said one man at
the railroad station this afternoon land what's
more. I'm thankful to get that
What was done with the warer7" asked the
man to whom he made the assertion.
"Oh, they pumped that out" retorted the
first speaker. There's more money in dodgers
than in water"
Although beds and rooms command such a
premium, strange to say, meals, and good ones.
too may be easily secured, and at an astonish-
ingly reasonable figure At one Of the hotels
where the SO a day for room alone was de-
nanded the big dining room filed nearly
all day with crowd that was disposing OF
chovder, fish, roast beef or veal and all kinds
of "fxin's.' ending with ice cream and apple
pie.
What do you charge for your dinner?' the
hotel clerk asked.
We'll. we're charging 80 cents to-day, he re-
piled, as though he expected a violent protest
His so cent meals are better by far than many
a New York dollar table d'hote