The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-10


issued from this city:
WARNING TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
An association styling themselves the Midwn-
Ter r air Hotel and Boarding Bureau have organ
IAlr. and In fact all Travellers 10 90 10 hotels Sc
IecteQ by them The agents OF the association
viii meet you on the trains ahd will tel you
among other things that all OF the desirable hotels
IN the city are their list and unless you place
yourselves In their hands you will End il difficult. If
Hcs Impossible. TO secure hotel accom- OdaIiOns as
the city Is crowded with visitors This association
has made contracts with few hotels and lodging
houses to furnish them with guests. and fer which
the association is TO receive large percentage of
the receipts. and 10 enable the hOtes 10 pay this
percentage they must raise their rates Sow We
the unders gned. hotel propretors refused TO make
a contract with this association tor the reason
that We did not wish 10 raise our rates and we
could not nay the amount they demanded unless
We did raise them. The city IS not overcrowded
with visitors. and you will not have any dificuity
IL procuring hotel accommodations without the
aid of the Hotel Bureau.
Ii appears that the Midwinter Fair Hotel and
Boarding Bureau Is in existence and has en-.
deavored to combine the hotel men. So far 1t
has met With little success, only three hotels of
secOnd-class rating, together WIFI several
clearinghouse, having lOiued II.
Representatives OF the association called on
the pToprletofs OF the leading hotels and ex-
palned their project. which was generally &C.
clined. The proposition was TO The effect that
The association had secured from The Southern
racine railroad Tor consideration OF $4,000
the sole right 10 place uniformed runners on
the trains coming west These runners would
lDuuce Eastern VISITORS 10 patroniZe the hotels
10 The ring, and the only charge TO the hotel
proprietor would be 10 per cent of his gross
receipts from any guest 80 secured. Tie guest
would pay the runner In advance and his receipt
would De bonored a. the hotel. Later the as
socldtlon Was 10 pay tie hotel man, less the 10
per cent.
For while the hotel men approached were
bothered. The alleged payment of $4,000 TO
the Southern Pacific seemed a big thing Then
again. they knew for iaet that uniformed run
ners were going on the far as LathrOp
and benlcla and endeayorDg 10 steer their
constant pa rons 10 other houses. Lastly they
were aware that similar combination bad sue
ceeded In Chicago during the Columbian Expo.
siiion.
The hotel men are feeling better about It now,
however.
delegation waited on the Southern Pacific
authorities and was assured that no bonus of
S4O,OOO or any other sum bad been paid by The
new association. Permits had been given 10
put uniformed RUNNERS on the cars on The IN
Outstanding that IL would beurh fl the fair and
all the hotels. Assistant General Passenger
agent Donaldson said that II IL was found That
liner was any attempt made by the runners To
would be Cancelled.
Finally II dawned upon the hotel men that
TINS city was not Chicago, with hundred trains
running into 1t every day. Regular patrons
from The interior patroDiZtd regular hotels
aud II was only few Eastern guils that the as
soclatiOn could gather IN.
ne hotel men are Wiling however TO have
II widely known that there VIII be no raising OF
hotel rates during The fair, and that every rep
utaDle house Will do Its utmost for Its guests
without The assistance OF any bureau.