The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-15
MPARE REP.
C0NVENTI0N0F
1924 AND 1875

Cleveland, May Is. Automobiles
will travel over roads whore saddle
horses, OK teams and mule drawn
vehicles were used; palatial lake
steamers viii, supplant the very
earliest type of steamboat and in
many other ways the Republican
will outshine Ohio's last Republican
National Convention at Cleveland
convention in 1876 at Cincinnati, hut
IN the matter of high price for
hotel room, the latter city holds Il
slight edge over the very latest thing
in political conventions
The average cost of sleeping ac-
cOmmodations for one in Il first
elias hostelry here in June will be
from So to $3.50, while the flies of
the Cincinnati Commercial back in
1876 show, that 81 was the fair
price paid by visitor Ia the con
ventiOn that nominated Rutherford
u. Hayes, ~ years ago.
While various mode of tranSpor-
tation, now considered crude were
itOrs to Cincinnati in 1876, as June
10 of 1924 approaches, high powered
automobiles from points as remote
as Los Angeles will convey guests
to another Republican national con
Vcntion in the Buckeye state. Steam
figured in rail and water tranSpor-
tation to the Cincinnati convention
OF 1876 as it will here but with one
difference: this year marks the cen
tenary of the launching Of the first
steamboat at Cleveland, now IA Lead
ing lake port.
Following adjournment of the con
vention at Cincinnati the Cincin-
natl Commercial reported that
the convention hall held often as
many as 5000 at a time, and, posi-
lively, there was chair for every
person. The auditorium here will
seat more than $4,000 ut the coming
convention.
The Commercial estimated that
not less than 5000 were in Cincin-
natl during convention week., and
that Of these AT least / 900 remain
ed eight days Five thousand stop
ped ut the hotels. 1t is estimated
that multiple occupancy of nearly
1000 rooms at public and residen-
tial hotels here in June will be
inadequate to accommodate conven-
ton guests, and must be supple
mented by quarters in clubs and
private dwellings.
Then. it was reckoncd, strangers
in Cincinnati spent 100000 for
food, drink and lodging Of this
sum $4,000 was said paid for
eight days of sleeping accommodate
tons for the 1000. who remained
the full period. Total receipts of
hotels and boarding houses were es-
timated mt moro than 1925 900.
conservative estimate places the
probable earnings of hotel accommo-
dations, exclusive of all other re-
ceipts, for six days of the coming
convention period, at 100000 or
100000 a day. There is less differ
ence between the hotel rates per
person. The individual first class
rate then was 81; ut the convention
here So to $3.50 will be representa-
i've rates per person charged for
the best rooms ut leading hotels.
Guests may be more crowded than
their predecessors of &c. although
cots were resorted to even then.
The largest number reported to
have slept at a single hotel at the
Cincinnati gathering was nearly
1000 at the Grand Hotel. THE av-
-efage Of the Burnet House for live
days was S75, and that of the Gibson
House for three days nearly 900.
The largest number at the st. James
was on Wednesday night, when 5S3
strangers slept in the house. The
Arlington 5 highest number at one
time was nearly 300, and the Wal
nut street house about the same
The Crawford House entertained
from $50 to 300, and two or three
other hotels had $50 or So" the Com
mercial said in 1876.
Two of the hotels here have 900
rooms each, and each room can ac-
commodate several persons.
Over the same Ohio that was ira
vcrsed in June, 1876, by creaking
carts and lowing oxen, airmail planes
will fly in June, 1924. The pilots
looking down, will glimpse roads
black with motor cars. Tho passage
.of the planes will be heralded by
the government radio station at
Cleveland.