New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-08
HOTELS AND CLUBS FULL.
NEVER SUCH AN INPOURING or VISIT
ORS no THE CITY.
ALI, OBLIGED TO TURN AWAY GUESTS WHO
go FROM ONE TO ANOTHER IN
VAIN QUEST OF ROOMS THEA

TRES AND sTORrs CROWDED
| The unusual manner IN which tho hotels Of
this city arc now being thronEcd to their utmost
! canacitv was described In yesterdays Trinuna
While # 70 natural that ns tho international
Yacht races and the Dewey celebration approach
crowds should flock 70 the city, surprise mas
beon expressed that tho influx should begin 50
carly and should be go unprcccdcntody heavy
for this time Of year
The hotel proprlotors arc a BIT overcome ~
the enormous inpoming ~ visitors. who have
thus early I'm the season filled their hostl'reS 10
the brim and their souls with regret me mo-
tells are already preparing To folio" the Il'
,bo, adon,ed during tho yacht races Of 1870,
when they all obtained l'sts ~ adjacent board
ing houses and referred visitors they we're un-
able to accommodate to them. What IS true OF
the hotels IS likewise true OF those clubs that
maintain bedrooms for the use ~ their mem
hers The rules I'm all such clubs apply limit
IN tho time that any one member can occupy
roofn continuously Under ordinary conditions
this rule is "A dead letter. "a there arc Sen"rA'y
more rooms than applicants but now In all Inc
clubs I'm the city such as the University Metro
nolltan. Knickerbocker Manhattan and others
that maintain sleeping rooms. It IS being rigldiy
enforced on account Of the excess Of applicants
over rooms AT the disposal of the members.
THEATRES AND STORES CROWDED..
The theatres too. show the enormous increase
~ neouio i'm town. and at the more popular pays
sreculators are regularly present on the SIDE
,,,r,s I'm front Of the theatres. and unless one
has had the fore'hought 10 secure seats n al
vance il IS Impossible to secure them without
having recourse 20 these harpios ne great
stores AS we'll are oyercrowded for THIS time OF
year and there IS now almost as much delay j"
| getting what one wants as In the busiest part oil
tho winter season. ordinarily at this time Of the
YEAR the roof garden OF the Naldorr-As'or'a'
,baro there arc music and other features TO
amuse. takes caro- Of large portion of the gueS'S
DURING tho evening. but the cool weather Of last
night drove All but a. few hardy ones 10 TIE
o,,,d door With the result that the corridors
were overcrowded and bore the general appear
arco they usually take on during An evening IN
the height of the season. Later than O'CLOCK
tables IN either Of tho palm gardens could only
10 had oftor long delay. and the large dining
room M Thrty-third-st. and Fifth-ave.' was
,ro,ydod 70 rs full capacity. The correspond
,r, dining room on the Astoria side. at Thirty
,C,,rth-st IS used as a billiard, reading writing
and lonnging room in summer. but In view OF
.bo rraeent pressure on the hotel the manage
,ant intends shortly 10 change IT back into a
d,ning room and TO reopen the smaller ballroom
a. the rear Of the Waldorf reading and
writing room.
SEPTEMBER BREAKING RECORDS.
A. the Manhattan Hotel yesterday II was
said that they had never before been compelled
to turn away people in such large numbers @'
this season.
AZ the Holland Il was the same save 'na'
While at this tire # the year they usually
hoy
turn thorn away nightly by the score. The
manager Of the Holland said While thinN
tho coming Dewey parade and the yacht races
nar.ialv account FOR the immense crowds, l
believe thev are due more to the great pros
nor,tv ~ the country than to anything else.
In eon+or1her last the number OF guests eN-
cooded those OF the previous year and the pres
ont sentonahor bids fair 20 break all records
for the corresponding month IN previous years
From the present outlook. l SEQ no prospect OF
any let Up until after the Christmas holidays Il
there IL any then !
a. the Fifth Avenue all rooms are engaged
after September a. and at the Hoffman, Alpe-
narie. Murray Hill and Imperial the same taie
is told
MANS QUEST OF \ ROOM
Az indicating the practical aspect Of the
crowding a man yesterday described his some
what awkward experiences on the previous
night to a Tribune reporter. Said be.
Il went TO one OF the largest downtown hotels
about midnight on Wednesday, and said that
would take room The clerk smiled rcsre'
fully, and replied that every room IN inc n" w.,
,-ae taken was somewhat incrcduiouS, U"1
be assrrod mo that they had not even co'
I left for a weary wayfarcr was much puS
4 ont for IL was quite walk TO the next ho'r
in the downtown district. ] was, however, Jus,
b about to start ont FOR ~ when n squad y sai
eyed travellers came trooping In ana also ASK
for rooms. They mentioned casually ths' "o' .
room was left at this other hotel which was
j about to seek Moreover. the clerk told me ina
the uptown establishments had been t'iephohlhe
, TO him that they We're full. and To- send no one
n az ,s,rnck out on both sides. / quietly de-
Z | te--lnined to run uptown and spend the nlgh'
- at my club 50 7 called it up on the telepnohe
and asked 10 have my favorte room saved 1oi
me The answer came back that every room Al
< the club was already occupied an almost un'
r precedented state Of affairs
- "Thoroughy worn out implored advice from
g the clerk Of the hotel whence was telephoning
| He told me that there was only one other r.
9 spectacle hotel to apply to and so I set out foi
70 '' %Footsorc and weary politely asked for =
" room .....-. -.,. t,,o o,or, cot,
q | "'Can'f YOU put me away In some nook ~
s granny heseeched IN utter detection
e "Onc IF the hallbOys. bless HIM JUST theI
mined lp and reminded tho clork that there Wa
one room on the NTH floor that had been water
soaked I'm a storm a few days before and tina
r. had been closed unfit for use. grdspe} a
r. the thought Ike a drowning man at n straw
l So up we. trudged t. the top OF the building an'
a., took possession. Tho carpet WAS watcr-s0ake'
, and the mosquitoes were thick Put ! had
place to lay my weary bones at any rate, an
I went 10 sleep with the proud distinction Of oc
s. cupying the last aNailall" room in lower Ne"
T. York
J." IF things run Ike this" added the gentleman
u 70 thu reporter u think I shall build "A few
., hotels IN NeV-York FOR an investment"
4 PFNNSTLTANH POPTLTST TICKET.
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