Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-12
THE OUTLOOK FOR our GREAT HOTEL.

1t is perhaps known to but few of our
people that every minor hotel and gen.
teel boarding house in this city is filled
to its utmost capacity with guests. We
had occasion to select suite OF rooms
two days ago for family on visit
here, and called at nearly all the first
class boarding houses in the city, only
to be told at each place that they had
no vacant rooms in the house. The
family was obliged to go to one Of the
suburban towns for accommodations.
The hotele are crowded with guests,
and the strangers who are now coming
here in large numbers are compelled to
go into the country or leave for San
Diego or San Francisco. They are ac-
tually forced away from Los Angeles for
lack OF accommodations.
Either we must increase our hotel ca
panty or we must philosophically con-
template the departure from our city by
thousands of intending sojourners.
What is the remedy for this? We
cannot afford to lose the vast sums that
would be spent here by visitors who
would remain for several months ii they
could find the accommodations they
want. Minor hotels are numerous but
insufficient to meet the demand. Our
regular hotels have all the business they
can do with the great number OF tran
sient travellers who are constantly COM
ing and going.
1t would seem to be a necessity Of the
situation that we should build at least
one great hotel that would accommodate
80 large number of people that it
would relieve the pressure upon the
other places devoted to the acco mmoda-
ton OF visitors. The foundations OF
such hotel are laid, and large part of
the material for its construction is on
the ground. The Tenth and Main street
hotel. carried out on its projected plans,
would not only afford this relief, but
would attract a class OF rich people
here who now refuse to come because
we are without such hotel as they are
used to. These people are generally
used to city life, to the theater or the
opera in the evening, and to all the at
fractions OF a populous center, and will
not seclude themselves in suburban
caravansaries however luxurious or at
tractive their tables and equipments.
The effort which is now being made to
secure the completion of the Tenth and
Main street hotel is progressing vely
encouragingly. Mr.. j. o. Plank, the
great hotel man of the east, who is at
the head OF the richest hotel syndicate in
the country, agrees to finish the structure
on the original plans if our people will
subscribe one hundred thousand dollars.
Over thirty thousand dollars of this
amount has already been signed for by
a number of prominent citizens. Not
cent OF this subscription is to be paid
until after the hotel is up and running.
There is hardly any doubt that the sum
required will be raised. Such an i'm
provement will increase the value OF
property in its immediate vicinity many
times the amount OF the subscription
asked ior. twill favorably affect prop
erty values all along Main street in both
directions, and lower Spring street will
also feel the good effects OF the great
hotel in its vicinity.
A 6rst-class modern hotel in this city
would be tremendously valuable ad-
vertisement. The Coronado has given
to San Diego publicity which she could
never have achieved without it.
Whilst Los Angeles has been made
famous all over the world by her mar
velous productions and matchless re-
sources, a frst-class hotel would add to
her attractions and bring here in large
numbers class of rich people who will
only 60 to a place which has the hotel
accommodations they have been ac-
customed to. Many OF these would in
vest capital here in real estate and in
outside property, so that we would be
benefited in several ways by the compile
ton OF this splendid Main and Tenth
street structure.