Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
DENIES THE PRICES !
WILL Be EXCESSIVE
A. L. Sinclair Says Inaugural
ton Visitors Will Not Be
0vercharged for Board. /,
GOOD PLACES AT LOW RATE

Eauguraton viii find ample boarding and
rooming house accommodations and
these will be obtainable at rates which
are most reasonable. according to A.
Leftwich Sinclair. chairman of the pub
lilo comfort committee. Mr.. Sinclair
takes exception to the statement made
by Representative Davis of Texas that =
conspiracy exists among the boarding
house keepers of the city to boost prices
and that 50 per night will be demanded
for cots.
For s. a day rooms and meals win he
obtainable at homes located in some Of
the most desirable residential sections
Of the city. Mr.. Sinclair states. Rates
as low as 81 per day for room and board
will be obtainabie in many instances.
and there will be scores of opportunities
to get such accommodations at the rate
Of 50 Fer day.
Arrangements Complete.
Never before have such extensive prep
arations been made to furnish inaugura-
ton visitors with lists of boarding and
rooming houses and private homes where
accommodations may be obtained. Tho
public comfort committee already has a
list Of several hundred such places and
not a day passes without additions be-
ing made to II.
The COMMITTEES has paid inspectors
at work and no place is listed until
one of them has made personal VISIT
to the place and satisfied himself as to
the desirability OF the accommodations
offered. Persons who wish to list
rooms and board with the committee
| must permit these inspectors to make
thorough investigation before their
name and address are listed. The IN
! vestigators are supplied with written
credentials Identifying them. They are
not permitted to accept any fees Tor
making the Inspections.
Lists Furnished to Applicants.
When inquiries are received for ao-
commodations for the inauguration
copy of the list Of boarding and room
ing houses which have been inspected
is sent to the inquirer. Already many
of them have been sent out and AZ
the time for the Inauguration ap-
proaches the number of inquiries re-
ceived each day is expected to be
greatly increased.
/ The public comfort COMMITTEES an
nounces it only lists good" accommo-
dations II a place does not come up
to the standard demanded it is not in
cluded. There will be scores Of OPP
portunities for inaugural visitors to OBJ
tain good beds for 81 a night, accord
ing to Mr.. Sinclair. Even in the best
residence sections room and break
fast will be obtainable at 50 per day.
Accommodations picked at random
| from the committees lists show a room.
mont street: room and three meals for
| S135 on Clifton street: room and
| breakfast and dinner for $1.50 day
on Massachusetts, avenue; room and
! 49,, Il. FNr loxr
place. For SIS per week room and
board may be obtained at a X street
home, and for 80 per day similar ac-
commodations may be- obtained at .
Vermont avenue house.
Nearly All Sections Available.
By examining the committees lists
accommodations may be obtained in al
most any desired section of the city. At
rates that will fit every pocketbook.
Not only are boarding houses and room
! ing houses listed. but also many hotels.
One hotel on Pennsylvania avenue will
furnish room with running water in
| it at the rate of 81 per day. The accom-
modations enumerated range from ;
to 200 persons and from 75 cents to 81
| per day for rooms and 81 to $3.50 per
day for rooms and meals.
Any person having accommodations
which they wish to list with the COM
mittee should call at the rooms of the
ChamsHr of Commerce, 18th and r
streets northwest, where the committee
has a force of clerks engaged in this
work.
Street Decorations Considered.
At a meeting held yesterday at the
office of James L. Wilmeth, chief clerk
of the Treasury. of the advisory council
of the inaugural committee on street
decorations. the main subject of tho
decoration of all the government build
ings in harmony with one general
scheme was gone over.
1t was agreed by the chief clerks that
| nothing but the American flag should
be used on any government building.
and all flags so placed to be preferably
on a pole, to allow flying in the breeze.
1t was also agreed that no American
flag of any size should be used to cover
the lumber portions of any stand, plat
form or balcony, but that unbleached
cotton cloth should be used everywhere
and decorated with garlands and
shields
Frederick D. Owen, chairman of the
committee, is going to try to have
this scheme adopted on all buildings.
stands, platforms and balconies the en-
tire length Of the inaugural parade.
This form Of decoration of government
buildings with the American flag al
ready has been adopted and used by
the Interior Department and the De-
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