Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — RATES ARE REASONABLE. [ARTICLE]

RATES ARE REASONABLE.

A Impremlnn Corraeted FaaAmerican Exposition Railroad Varna and Hotel Bates Law as Cais ka Bxnaatad. Buffalo, N. T„ July 30.—A Joint meeting of railway passenger agents, hotel and newspaper men was held this afternoon with the view of adopting some means for correcting so far as possible the impression that appears to prevail at distant points that railway rates to the Pan-American Exposition are high and that hotel rates in Buffalo are excessive. The conference revealed the fact that Buffalo can accommodate two hundred thousand visitors in its private houses and ho tels at rates ranging from fifty cents to two dollars per night, and that no one need pay more than one dollar for a first-class lodging in a private house. It was also shown that the railroad rate is lower than for any former exposition for a five, ten or fifteen day ticket, according to distance, being at the rate of one fare plus one dollar for the round trip, from all parts of the country. The Niagara Falls cheap, one-day special excursions of former years, when trains were overcrowded and everyone subjected to great discomfort, are remembered only so far as the low rate is concerned, and this is quoted as showing what might be done. The passenger agents assert that the present half rates are as low as can reasonably be expected. An extension of the present limit has been looked for, as it gives too short a time for anyone td see the big exposition, but it has not yet been modified. Other points which the representatives of the publishers* association will lay stress upon are that the Exposition is com- , pleted in all details and f that both Buffalo and the Exposition are well policed and as free from dangerous characters as any city in the country. A Joint committee was appointed to deal with questions affecting the Exposition and the proper welcome and care of guests. The Exposition has had in operation for some time a free bureau of information for the convpnience of intending visitors.