Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-28
NEW YORK's MILLION OF GUESTS.
How the Great City is Providing for
Their Comfort.
q York Jollrnal-27th1

New York Journal-27th)
New York is now entertaining at least
], 100000 visitors without a particle Of In
convenience to the city or the guests with
in her gates. These figures are supposed
to represent about one-half the number of
persons that will be in the city to-mor-
row, Friday, and Saturday.
The assertion is made by hotel experts
that all will be readily taken care OF;
that no one need be without place TO
sleep. 1t is promised that there will be
no duplication of the conditions in Chi
cago during the fair, when visitors with
pockets bullying with money were forced
TO walk about all night or rest on park
benches.
The arrivals yesterday by boats and
rail were not quite up to the average or
recent days. 1t was the lull before the
storm. said the wise men Of the trans
portation lines. The real rush to the
metropolis will begin to-day, when every
method for accommodating the travellers
will be taxed to the utmost.
At this time the baggage moving COM
panies are crowded to the limit delivering
the luggage Of incoming people. 1t Is as
serted by the companies and at the hotels
that there Is nothing 10 complain of now
on that score, that baggage is not be-
ing delivered promptly, but no promise
Is given as to what will happen When
the big rush comes II Is probable that
much of the baggage will not be Delivered
under twenty-fOur hours.
HOTELS MAKING READY.
It was said at the Waldorf-Astoria that
the hotel was taking care of it's old pa
irons comfortably, and that, while every
preparatiOn had been made 10 meet the
rush. ii was not certain that all appl-
cants could be accommodated. At ali or
the hotels, parlors bathrooms, halls ana
all possible available space will be util-
lied for cots, and each hotel has engaged
for it's guests all of the rooms that could
be secured in nearby clearinghouse
and residences.
The Hotel * eepers' Association is ope-
rating a systematic plan for the housing
of visitors. and is receiving the cO-opera
| ton Of the Merchants Association and
| the city authorities. The overflow III
| Manhattan will be sent TO Brooklyn, ana
| to other places across the rivers, where
| thousands can be cared for.
There will be no trouble in taking care
| of the people," said j. j. Breslin, OF the
| Hotel-Keepers' Association, yesterday.
1--WE have not been able to form any idea
of lust what number Of people the New
| York hotels can accommodate, since there
! is no telling how much auxiliary room
each has been able TO engage, but we are
sure that there will be sleeping places
for all, and that the visitors will be made
comfortable. The hotel accommodations
in the city now are almost double what
| they were during the Columbian cele-
| bration. when we readily handled enor-
| NOUS crowds"
! Mr.. Breslin's opinions were echoed by
| half a dozen other men at the head OF
| the big hotels.
VISITORS SURE OF PROTECTION.
The authorities in all departments
| where the protection of life and property
is concerned, have been working inces
sanity, and have perfected their plans fol
| the oventful days Chief-of-Police Devery
| decided yesterday that there must be nc
obstacle in the way of the ambulance and
Fire Department service. He then made
an announcement that was like an fee