New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-23
A CROWDED CITY.

70 the statements of hotel clerks and the
,,,oa4es OF other persons whose occupations bring
~ into contact with the travelling public are accurate,
che number Of strangers who have visited this city dur
g. the past three weeks Is much larger than for any
o9 Of equal length during the last ten years. The
groads are doing very large business and hotels are
av r1ing hundreds away. During the eight days end
sent 10 there were nearly $4,000 arrivals registered
40 Of the hotels and Of boardtnghouses have
,nrned to good account this usually Improbable inter
val preceding the Winter season. The visitors come
bdv from the West Southwest, and Northwest, but
v section OF the country is represented here, and the
oer of foreigners in the city unPreccdentedy large
uhps the Centennial Exhibition is doubtless the main
onse OF this remarkable nux still it is believed that
en- unusual number OF persons are in the city who arc
not on their way to from Philadelphia, Merchandise
~ nearly every offered at lower prices than hayo
nalued for years. and merchants state that the city
ia full Of buyers,
oa cannot walk about the streets without observing
.nat the vast majority Of the strangers within the
are from the country, and belong to that class Of
voo,le known to hotel clerks as the "duster commu.
,tvs These have all been or all going to the Cen
Innll Exhibition and their travels would be very in
onplste did they not visit the metropolis. They
usally in families and parties Of persons living in the
sa,re neghborhood. and many little village has sent
hi,r large quota Of its ablebodied citizens. From the
town of Knsman, Ohio co persons, oneenth s entire
DopuIation were in this city early in the week. and
az n
now travelling together through tie Eastern
stotes having already seen, in company, the
vyonders Of NewYork. These so-called Centen-
NAL visitors are Of the most transient kind Many take
ony single meal in tho city, though by far the greater
number spend night here coming III the afternoon
and departing by the morning trains And while they
are here" remarked hotel clork yesterday, &" our
guests are the busiest people you heard Of They
90 eerywhere and what they have not had time to
ihev ask me about while 1 am making out their bills
gueA questions as have answered during month past
These people have read about things Of which
never heard TAcy don't have time to take their busters
on; they come their busters they eat in their busters
and to tho best Of my belief they sleep in their
spsers Why man told me that he counted Oh
linen busters the other morning on Broadway
between Union-square and Wallst But II any
one supposes that behind that expanse OF linen there
beats heart unused to the ways Of the world he is
much mistaken have found our guests TO be shrewd
venformed, weto-do persons, with desire to take
advantage OF others, and with intention of being
cheated themselves They practice economy for it
cords With their tastes and habs but they are not mean
about It, and they dc not to regret any expense
which brings them adequate return They pay their
hotel bills promptly, and class OF customers which
we should be glad accommodate the year round They
Ike to be wen taken Of but they are n9 overexact
ing and always ready to accommodate their fellow
guests ourselves"
Visitors whose every day tastes alike, and whose
modes of life at homo much he same, choose very
dssimilar accommodations IN the city, The larger num-
Der Of country persons stay at the smaller and cheaper
hotels where they find greater comfort at less price
But not few TO whom visit to New-York would mean
very little they could not tell upon their return Of the
spendors which they had seen here and whose ohlSt
satisfaction IN the future viii be derived nom haI
mOurnul narration Of their expenses pats1nzs the up
town hotels AS stated above, the betteTknOwn hotels
obliged 70 secure rooms at boardng-houses.
hotel proprietor stated Yesterday that one difficulty
a., rroft The
from the fact that many large parties we're travelling
together, and that tho members OF each party were
always DESTROYS to stay at the same hotel He Thought
that many, finding this impossible, had made shorter
yst in the city than they otherwise would made,
and added that party of 20 persons to his certain
knowledge came here 20 stay several days, but hCong
nne al the station IN time Tor the next train. At
OF the large uptown hOuSts Decs nave bctn
ta it9 then eli me meals ais there '''
Inquiries made at several hotels in different parts of
the city excited tile following facts:
At tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, about 700 persons are daily
SSiasd 10 60 elsewhere We nave been doing what We
ea rushing business for several weeks past said one
OF the clerks and there seems 70 be prospect that 1t
will continue for considerable time
The Hoffman House has about go rooms, and they are
all constantly occupied and many persons are daily
turned away The register shows large increase IN he
number Of arrivals that OF Last year II was stated
cSSRtsy, that they belonged to all classes that
paratiyely few stayed longer than day or two The St
ana has equal difficulty IN accommodating the applicants
Tas Hotel Brunswick, with 200 rooms, was 6led the
clerk stated with Centennial visitors" belonging 20
the middle classes and he considers them very desirable
customers at the Windsor Hotel 1000 more guests
have received thus far during the present month
than received in July The Gisey House was never
20 ul as il has during the last three weeks At the
Grand Central Hotel the increase in the number OF guests
the period OF last year has been moro than 20
Per cent
At the Union Square Hotel there arc daily about 200
persons nearly al OF whom from the country, At
The Nicholas Hotel the number Of daily arrivals IL
eonmOdated al have ascertaned," said gentleman
IN the Office, "by conversation with my guests, that
OF them in the city on business. great many
Of them have bOeu to Philadelphia and are on ter way
home and large number expect 70 visit the Exposition
but Sill proportion here solely for buslness
while Others combining business with pleasure !
the present who OF late years have purchased thsi
goods Of travelling agents, or Ia the largo cues nearer
home"
The downtown hotels are fully as crowded those IN
Hotel where from the nature OF It's custom the prOpre
tors accustomed 10 rapidly succeeding arrivals OF
transient guests, the sh Of visitors Is sald 20
be unprecedented On average, $50 persons are dairy
only night, and many desire Ouy single meal At
tho Park Hotel the facts similar, nearly ali the
sons sleep every night at the Aston House. and the
spacious unch-rOOm aud the diningrOOm adjoining
crowded dnrng the middle OF the day. Tie cashier said
that 10 was unable 20 state how many persons ducd
there daily but that he believed the number " DC very
largely in excess OF their ordinary custom.
IL Is impossible 20 estimate accurately the number OF
persons who daily n the city 10 stay longer
shorter time gentleman VINO mas inade cafeiui in
quuics relative 70 the matter stated yesterday that he
believed Is had averaged for fortnight past ifo
COCO 70 5000 and far higher estimates have been made
will gradually diminish for the approach OF colder
Weather and the opening Of what ~ IN many departments
Of industry busy VIII recall 20 their homes
large class OF travellers