As blog readers know, The Omega Scale Railway town on Murphysboro will be receiving a hotel in the near future. This building is for short term stays primarily. Some guests may stay longer but the better part of long term stays were arranged at boarding houses. The usual terms were in fact room and board. This means a room for sleeping and three meals a day at the dining room table. Fare was often delicious but not for the calorie conscious. Such boarding houses were operated as for men only or women only. The one near the passenger depot catered to railroaders and was located just a short walk east. There were probably a number of other boarding houses but the hotel and the boarding house referred to were the only ones omscaler saw on the Sanborn fire map. At any rate a little information is better than none. Still working on the building, omscaler
