The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-11

The tate plan agreed upon Is rs
follows One of the first class
hotels, for instance, where the nor
NAL charges for room and bath
varies from SO to 81 day, will
charge as many persons as occu-
py a SO room SO each, and those
in "a room 81 each, but no one
will be charged more than 81
day even though he be one of the
occupants of a Sc or 81 room
The hotel managers association
claims this is a fair arrangement,
since otherwise a guest might ex-
pect to hire SO room and put
in 1t as many persons as he saw
Il fit, paying only a nominal service
i charge for each additional person.
1 Such a service charge, the hotel
men say, would not compensate
them for the outlay for extra
equipment and help necessitated
by the convention
The hotel committee reports that
none of the hotels has raised cafe
rates. and that room rates will run
as low as ST. so a day. 1t declares
4 that a comparison with prices OF
cities that have taken care of pre-
vious convention crowds and with
the rates scheduled in Chicago for
the republican convention this year
shows that hotel charges here are
as low as any and in many in
stances lower.
A booklet issued for the conven-
fence OF convention visitors con-
tains the following paragraph re-
garding this subject Of food and
lodgings
Baltimore is prepared to handle
a large crowd. 1t will be well to
make reservations in advance. No
me need feel disturbed, however,
f reservations have not been Sc
.ured in advance. A very effective
Ian has been developed whereby
,ersons arriving, without having
lade reservations, viii be able to
acure comfortable quarters at no
to themselves All
lat is needed, after reaching the
ty is to make application at the
fficial headquarters. These head !
uarters are down town on the {
rst floor of the Equitable build
e, Calvert and Fayette streets.
complete regiser is on file here II
{ all the various gradations of v
uarters and Accommodations, from te
lie dollar room to the more pre- W
4 advance as to the time visitors n
xpect to arrive in Baltimore, an p
ffort will be made to have some r
If the reception committee at the h
particular place of arrival so as b
to look after those who may come
and any and all information about
seats and Accommodations can be
obtained by writing to Mr.. Robert
Grain, general chairman, Calvert
| Building, Baltimore"
Baltimore has been putting her
house in order for the past three
months, and today she is spick
and span ready for callers. Many |
of the streets leading from the con
vention hall TO the railroad sta
tons have been repaved. The
treet railway company has laid 6
peciaI tracks and loops to handle I
he crowds and ordered so new p
airs at a cost Of 100000. p
Whom the city first began to k
repare for the convention, plans b
ere suggested for the erection of d
rect arches and for decorating d
lblic buildings with colored bunt- Il
x. Later this idea was rejected ie
cause the committee on decora-
ons concluded that it would at .
lin better results by combining %
$ decorations almost entirely to
ghts and flowers and living green.
At night the stranger in town
i'll have no difficulty finding his Q
ay to the convention hall He il
ecd only gaze upward and follow [
ny OF the three great beams of f
light which viii be focused on the 4
fifth Regiment armory from three S
ifferent parts of the city. These /
AA0 win RHllAS 4OI vi LiNAAi
he tops of Emerson and Bcivi- {
lere hotels and from the tower of {
-he Maryland Causualty Company
The appropriation for this spe-
cial lighting is $4,000 The con-
yention hall itself will be q blaze
of lights. the ribs of the curying
roof being outlined by 10000 cleo
trie bulbs. The block of Bolton
street leading to the main entrance
Of the hall wfll be brilliant with +.
a cononade of electric lamps on
pillars so feet apart. The portico
Of the city hall viii be outlined
| With electric bulbs and some of
the city's principal monuments will
| be treated in the same way. no
supplement this display by tho city
the proprietors and tenants of all
tall buildings have been asked to
I leave the lights burning in upper