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THE NEXT NATIONAL CONVENTION. 



PARTICULARS FROM THE PRESIDENT IN REGARD 



TO RAILROAD RATES, BOARDING AND LODGING, 



PLACE OF MEETING, ETC. 



fOR some time past T have been corresponding 

 with the fotir traffic associations that embrace 

 the railroads of the U.S. and Canada, to secure 

 reduced rates for those attending- the meeting 

 of the North American Bee-Keepers' Society, 

 to be held here on the 3d, 4th, and .5th of next month, 

 and have just received the last reply. All the roads 

 will return those in attendance at one-third fare, if 

 they have paid full regular rates in going to the 

 convention, and hold a certificate to that effect. 

 But as three of the passenger associations require 

 that 100 tickets be bought and signed by the Secre- 

 tary of the N. A. B. K. Soc'y, in order to have 

 reduced rates, I do not think it advisable to do any 

 thing further about the matter. 



Most of those who will attend will be within the 

 reach of reduced rates to the Ohio Centennial 

 Exposition. Let each one intending to attend the 

 convention inquire at his railroad station about 

 rates to the centennial; and if there is no reduction 

 from that station, buy a round-trip ticket to the 

 nearest large town or city, and there buy a round- 

 trip ticket to the centennial. Most if not all such 

 tickets will have a ticket attached that will give one 

 admission to the centennial grounds. If the holder 

 does not care to use it, it can be disposed of for 

 what it cost. I don't know the rates from New York, 

 Toronto, St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville, etc., but ex- 

 cursions are coming every week. The fare from 



Toledo, O., to Columbus (124 miles) is and will be 

 i3.. 50, round trip. 



No reduced rates for board and lodging have been 

 made as yet; but good meals can be had for 3f> cts., 

 and lodging for from 35 cts. up. It has been cus- 

 tomary to get reduced rates at what are called first- 

 class hotels, and the rates are frequently such that 

 only a few take advantage of them, the remainder 

 preferring to secure equally good accommoda- 

 tions at other hotels and boarding-houses at cheaper 

 rates, so that the social part of the convention is 

 divided. 



The convention will meet in the State House, in 

 the hall of the House of Representatives, at 11 

 o'clock A. M., Oct. 3, and I shall try to be prepared to 

 refer all delegates to good lodging and boarding 

 places, at rates that will best suit their pocket- 

 books, and then all can make the place of meeting 

 " headquarters " for the social part. The Secretary 

 has charge of the programme. 



A. B. Mason, Pres't N. A. B. K. Soc'y. 



Centennial Grounds, Columbus, O., Sept. 8, 1888. 



I will add to the above, that sometimes it 

 is profitable to buy excursion tickets where 

 you are going only one w^ay. One of our 

 men who runs the machinery for making 

 section boxes wanted to go to Columbus 

 Monday morning, but did not intend to re- 

 turn with the excursion ; he therefore paid 

 $2.55 for an excursion ticket, which was 

 considerably less than the fare one way ; and 

 when he arrived in Columbus he easily sold 

 the return part of the ticket for one dollar. 

 With the great attractions that are to be 



