The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-28
THE COST OF VACATIONS.
ENORMOUS EXPENDITURES OF
AMERICAN PLEASURE SEEKERS.

IO.O8O.OOU Americans Take More
Than a Weeks Vacation in the
summer-Where They GO-2O,OOo
summer Hotels and How They Are
Ruu-Largest single ResOrt-Mosi
Fnmous American summer Hotel
10000 Ynchts-Great Cities as sum-
mer ResOrts-IIow Much Americans
spend in Resting.
New York May 26.-There is no business
in the country that has grown SO rapidly
Of recent years as the summer vacation
business Twenty years ago the ordinary
American would have stood aghast at the
idea OF leaving his business for two or
three weeks in The summer season. Con-
sequenuy he never thought Of Offering
such a rest to his employees But the sum
mer vacation habit gradually fastened It.
self upon US and has grown stronger every
year until it may be said to be charac-
terisGc American habit
In almost all business Offices it has be-
come customary for everybody, from the
head of the firm to the boy who carries
the mail. TO take a vacation of from one 10
four weeks Professional men were among
the FIRST TO take. up the vacation idea, and
many factories have adopted the plan Of
shutting down for a week or two In the
,,i.773o Of s,,p,Doar in order 10 give all
their employees an opportunity for a sum
mer outing.
All this has resulted in the building up
OF an immense husiness-that of catering
10 The needs of summer vacatonists. How
extensive this business Is it is impossible
TO realize until one begins to investigate.
In point of capital invested. persons en-
ployed or patrons served II ranks far
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-. - -. 80 i-,,i,,1 o,tin, 81 a dav
- tl,,t .,Ir,osf ,,,,e,,,bod,, in Inc
-, i,a,lge put Getting as a unit
80 .,,at oc.,,rtee a xyaek or more of
-, ~ is 800 rat rhe rnrnber Of sum
- vocations ts surprisingly large. The
~ lac the number
i ,l,t,,' noo ooo and n 900 0O0
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I,ttIa reesction They are greater
-, 49, artira ,,onIilation ~ anv one of
re a so1on an,one the smaller European
,..t.ors Tbe,, moan that one person in
a,.-r,, Ton tbe country over takes some
l,,1.7 of q summer outine.
To ali this humber stood hand in hand
a., rvo,ld form line reaching around
.,'tira bo,,ndarv Of the limited States
- ,,n,,Id tal1a 50 GOO ordinary passenger
ooacbos 70 hold Them or a line of the
,sreeet OCEAN steamers reaching two-thlrd
.,cross The Atlantic ocean. If the whole
tbrone was gathered in one place it would
form a standing room only crowd large
enough TO cover all available space on
the island OF Manhattan
where DO Vacation Hunters Cos
nh o,,as,io,, that naturally suggests it.
se1e is "vVbere do these 5000 900 go? The
a...,,.or e fo,,,4 m ne line Of summer no
az s,ratoi,ir1, o1one onr coasts and dot
-. ~ 80 "a mountain districts in
.''o s.I,ori,,,,s III, ne c,lautanaua
elIe $50 ,lro rail ana ater az
-. - ~ i,,,n,erse .,resorts.,
ee 7-,.a "a another ~ which every
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~ '1o 1e tT, r-,s,arr stotes have
49, 49, ~ IsI,nd ana New ENGLAND
coasts the White Mountains. the Adiron-
daoks and the Maine woods for their sum
mer background. Those Of the middle Sec
tion find recreation among the Wisconsin
and Minnesota lakes. Further west are
the Rocky mountain resorts and the Pa
cifc states have their special attractions
in Alaska and their own coast line. Then
there are the great religious and educa-
tional assemblies all over the country, and
there are always trips to. Europe for those
who can afford them. These various out
lets enable 5000. 600 persons to take their
vacation without much disturbance or
crowdlng anywhere.
w.. &c., 90 rroto1 En,n1oxas
There are between Do'VVO ana zoVVV sum
mer hotels In the country. Ihey Iurnish
employment Tor SOoO'O people 9o'oVo more
than are employed as clerks IN All the
stores OF the country, twice as many as
are employed as pookKeepers, three tunes
as many as there are physicians or Jaw
yers, ana nearly ten times the number IN
the standing army OF the Unfted States.
New York leads all the other states In
the number OF these hotels eontalnng
something Ike 1900 of them within its
borders. New Jersey is good second
while Maine New Hampshire and Calfor-
mia have 4,S0J or more each.
Largest Singer Resort.
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