Los Angeles Herald, Volume 33, Number 145, 22 February 1906 — TOURISTS ARRIVE BY TRAIN LOADS [ARTICLE]

TOURISTS ARRIVE BY TRAIN LOADS

RAILWAYS STILL BRING GREAT THRONGS

Momentous Question of Newcomers Is Where to Find Accommoda. tions— Hotels Are Able to

Handle Crowds

j Again yesterday the almost endless line of people filed through the gates at the depots and scattered in a thonBand directions. The one question that seemed to be upon everyone's lips was, VWhere can I find r. hotel?" Fortunate indeed was he considered who had friends with whom he might rest until quarters culd be procured.

' Quartern are still plentiful but not eVery tourist who arrives knows Just where to look for them. The large downtown hotels have long been full, but there are dozens and dozens of small hotels which can each supply quarters for a few more guests and altogether they can accommodate thousands of people.

Itallroad officials find it a difficult proposition to estimate very closely just how many people do arrive each day, but several agreed that the total number for Wednesday would reach the 5000 mark.

Flrst.Class Tours a Success

, S. A. Hutchison, manager of the tourist department of the Northwestern and Union Pacific railroad lines with headquarters at Chicago, arrived In Los Angeles yesterday.

■ Mr. Hutchison is probably more closely In touch with the tourist business than anyone In the east. He said yesterday that it Is his belief that the statements about the number of people who will come westward this year are not exaggerated.

"The Hutchison tour which arrived In Los Angeles enrly this week," said Mr. Hutchison yesterday, "is the first

attempt of our roads to establish a tour for first-class passengers during the winter season. These tours were run last summer during the exposition. Already they have become so pupular that it is probable that they will be continued permanently th/ 5 year round.

"The open winter in the east is responsible for the fact that more people did not come to Los Angeles than have already been here. The low rates offered by some of the roads to Cuba and the excellent train service that they gave took a great many people to those islands.

Tourist Crop Is Assured

"It Is my belief that some people will go each year to Cuba, but that will not make any difference In the travel to California. People throughout the east seem to be so prosperous that they feel that they can well afford to travel. If they all come to Loa Angeles they could not find quarters.

"It Is my opinion that the sales during the last week or two that the excursion tickets are offered for sale will far exceed the number of tickets that ore now being disposed of. A great many of the farmers will not want to make a change until then. At this time the trains will probably be packed with colonists."