The New York herald., 1876-09-26
BUSINESS ASPECTS.
Great Indications of Marked I'm
provement in Trade.
THE HOTELS CROWDED
Proprietofs Finding II Difficult to AseOmmO.
date 10 Many Guests.
VIEWS OF WHOLESALE PEOPLE.

further canvass OF the city hotels yesterday by
HERALD reporters and inquiry at some Of the whole
sale stores confirmed the deductions heretofore drawn
respecting tho present phase Of business aspects and
the crowded condition OF the city Business generally
is doubtless on the mend, and the outlook for the
future is very encouraging Dull simes in the In
which We have been accustomed to hear Of them, may
be said to have reached their worst phase Confidence
Is restored In very large measure and tho merchants
say they have fclt and continuing moro and more
TO feel the good effects Of revival business activity
But this ACTIVITY is not duo in any considerable degree
to the influx OF Centennial visitors As nearly
be asccrtained, that has its effect only In tho
hotels, boarding and lodging houses OF the
city, and proportionateiy in tho restaurants These
Centennial visitors are rule sailing very close to
the wind They try to get tho most for their money
that possibly be obtained for IT, and they carefully
avoid any extravaganza Most Of these people en-
deavor to ascertain beforehand the cost Of every
thing they may require, and tney pay ION tho na for
the accommodations afforded them, lest by permitting
accounts to the bill may chance 60 higher than
they intended It should They also practice beating
down system hitherto unknown at city hostclries.
II asked 81 for certain entertainments they seok an
abatement TO 81 SO, while, II 81 30 be the pricc de-
manded they query, Cant you let US have It for $lf"
and the end OF the chapter They visit all the
public places OF In tho city and crowd the great
retail establishments But these they generally
inspect out Of curiosity, their addition to the
regular purchasing trade being really very small
Thousands Of these people helped 70 swell the great
rush 10 see the He'll Gate explosion on Sunday They
are mainly benefit to tho great railroad companies
running into New York. TO tho hotels when they got
here to the theatres and the horse companies On
the WHOLE they leave good deal Of money circula-
tiona ftaPt them nd n q mi
this IL not the only class OF travellers that
crowding the hotels and that have crowded them
the past month There Is In midst another
class that reflects healthier tone IN business The
purchasing merchants OF the West and South
are here, and thoy speak encouragingly and hope
fully Of the prospects 1t their homes Texas Missouri
Alabama, Kentucky, and indeed tho whole Southern
States, we'll represented It s from this section
of tho country that tho chief Improvement is reported
The South 10 recovering itself and the Southern
people taking more interest In thor material pros
perity than they have at any time since tho
ceased Tho indifference and depression that followed
defeat are fast disappearing. TO give place TO healthier
and better spirit Evidently the people OF the South
are at last aroused to the necessity for taking
active interest In their own afraira
Several OF the hotels previously visited again
made the subject OF inquiry yesterday by the HxRALDs
representatives Pretty much the same condition Of
Affairs discovered. but some additional light was
thrown the subject under consideration. Mr.. Lam
sing of the Astor House, said :-The HERALD right
In concluding that the Improvement In the retail
trade Is proportoned the crowded condition Of
the city. Centennial visitors arc comparatively close
handed They try TO get accommodated ut the very
lowest rates possible and evidently have but little
surplus cash for purchase here"
Mr.. Huggns Of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. said :-''Our
house iuil, aud we have more Southern Merchants
than wo have had for years Texas Missouri and the
wcs haye on IN u fall Wo husv
with guests at all nours, and have dad to turn
away 100 persons daily for want Of room. All
guests not by any means attracted solely by the
Exhibition, though most Of those turn away are,
for the come here late at night, rooms
from tho indications here, we'll as from converse
tons with cry merchants should certainly say that
those engaged in the ry goods and grocery trades are
speak OF the Wholesale trade.
Passing this hotel the large VIII oesalc grocery
store Of Messrs H. X. Thurber Co., In West Broad
way, Chambers street, the writer sought
tam Mr. rhurbers views ON the business outlook.
''For time past" Mr.. Thurber said, ~ have
been At great pains ascertain just how business is
throughout the country. have gathered my inorma-
places and the reports that have in have gencr
ally very good The credit system Of the South
which was knocked to pieces in 1873, being osab
Of the country is growing quito prosperous
and its Improvement Is reflected by the
improved business in our local markets. This I'm.
provement is most perceptibo the dry goods and
grocery trade. Tho advices from Georgia predicted
time full average cotton CrOp-better than
since the war; oats will be abundant and wheat
From jackson, Mlss report says tho cotton is good
though the less than at this time last year. and
the corn crop is not SO large. One experienced
respondent rough guess estimated that the cotton
crop Alabama Georgia, South Carolina and Missis
sipp would be about 4, 600 900 bales Michigan
respondent says there will be light and wheat a
fair crop In Ohio the crops are said 10 promise quito
an abundant harvest"
III nnd. :" said Mr. Thurbcr sthnt tho farmers and
merchants much better OIL than they have been
for years They arc richer strange as the
ton may seem to some persons
ITO what do you attribute the improvements" the
writer asked.
"Economy sir, has produced this result The cry
OF hard tmes' set the people to studying saving habs
and to exercise caution In all their dealings and
that confidence has been restored again thoro is
gong be very decided Improvement IN business"
THE HOTEL BUSINESS.
Mr. Ashman, OF the Sinclair House, next inter-
rogated. Speaking Of hotel business he said:-'I
never saw anything like It, We take liberties with
guests that never should have dreamed oi be-
fore this rush came. Men sleep together now who
are nllng the boarding houses In this neghborhood
and are still Obliged to send scores Of people away
'Can you form any Judgment Of the effect Of the
presence of 60 many people In this city on the retail
trader"
sI am acquainted with good many Of the large re-
taers in the vicinity and they all say they doing
good business. Besides this house u headquarters
Tor commercial men and they say that the wholesale
trade OF the city Is greatly improved Indeed all bus-
moss men speak encouragingly OF the future"
Mr. wchrls. proprietor of the Beivldere House,
which Is mostly patronized by American citizens Of
ioregn birth, such as Germans Italians, French, &C.,
said his house has been full Of this OF visitors
from Western aud Southern States tor tho past month
Mr. Dam, OF the Union Square Hotel, said :-"There
are several Texan merchants who arc buying quite
literally among our guests here Other portions OF
the South are equally we'll represented and all
be buying
Al the Westminster Hotel tho cork at the desk
said 1.-THE house is full, but receiving as
much money as we did a year ago II you ask 81 for
o room OF the people who now come they want get
ono for II 90; II you oes them one Tor 81 they ask
you II you have nothing lower. Before getting any
thing they always desire 10 know ns price and
jeavor ~ obtain II at lower ngurc In the
they dine in parties and divide single orders between
or three TO lessen the expense In fact they prac