The morning call., 1894-01-15
TOURISTS COMING.
Hotel Men Preparing to Receive
Guests From All Over the
World.

The tourist travel to California from the
East for the first six months of the current
year will exceed the estimates generally
made by conservative judges. The hotel
men are preparing to entertain a vast
throng of guests, and this preparation is
not made on vague reports of agents, but
is justified by direct application for accom-
mediation, already received and aeknowl-
edged. 1t is evident that the greatest rush
will occur in March and April, but the
season embraced in the greatest number
of letters extends from February to June.
1t is known to the passenger agents, as
well as to the hotel managers in San Fran
cisco, that the Raymond & Whitcomb
Agency has business in sight to justify
the declaration that all California records
of overland travel will be broken this sea-
son. This agency has closed contracts for
taking care Of tourist parties mum berlngin
the aggregate 1000 persons.
Another agency, with field of opera
tons mbracing Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati and st. Louis, has decided to
extend its business to California. This
agency did the second largest business in
tourist excursions TO Chicago, and has now
on The list for 1894 several large excursions
to San Francisco
Manager Warren of the Palace is conf
dent that the number of visitors will be
large. Speaking on the topic yesterday
he remarked: 1--WE have received of late
many requests for accommodation EX-
eGrsion parties are coming from st. Louis,
indianapolis and Minneapolis. Mention
is made OF these because they are large
parties. The individual applications also
Indicate the coming of many guests"
Regarding the capacity of the Palace to
shelter people, Manager Warren observed
n
say, 500 more than cur regular winter
boardeTS. If the entire house could be de-
voted to the reception OF tourists we could
take care of 1900 people. but the regulars
cannot be disturbed to make room for the
tranSients."
Manager Warield of the Baldw ex-
poets great thrOng of visitors from
February to June. The expectation is rot
based on common talk of a rush to The
Pacific Coast, but has for its foundation a
file OF letters asking for rooms. They
are coming" says Manager Warfed,
from all parts of the country, and coming
also by land and sea. | nave advices from
party of twelve. coming via Panama
from New York under the care of an army
officer. lady from Nova Scotia writes
that she will come with party of thirty
TO tarry for three weeks
You can say" continued the manager,
that in face of the hard times and gen
eral depression in the East, and with the
counter attractions of trip to Florida
fully considered, the tourist travel to Cali
fOrnia will be larger this season than ever
before known. This is not mere specula-
ton, for the letters received indicate that
the people are coming to California"
The conclusions reached by hotel man
ayers are in a measure verified by the
observation and inquiry of many people
who have recently returned from the
Eastern States. Conductors and trainmen
on the Santa Fe out Of Chicago and Kan
sas City assert that the travel to California
since early in December has been heavy,
but that it is mainly directed to Los An
geles and San Diego. yet the Midwinter
Fair will ultimately bring a very large
proportion OF it to San Francisco.