The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-04-07
70 BRING VISIT RS
SECRETARY HILL OF IMPROVE
MENT ASSOCIATION HAS IDEAS.
He Has Written Duluth PassenEer
Agent Association for Definite
Particulars a. to Excursions Here
During Coming Summer-TO BE
Literally Advertised Together
With Beauties of City. ~


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Thomas E. Hill, secretary Of the Du-
luth Improvement association, has
some clearly defined ideas on the ex-
cursion question. When asked yester-
day his opinion about the excursion
business here this summer and what the
| Improvement association is going to do
about it, he replied:
Il have written to the General Pas
senger Agents association of Duluth
| asking them as quickly as possible, to
! announce the time when they will give
excursions to Duluth in the coming
summer
Mr.. Hill is of the opinion that the ex-
! cursion season should extend from the
| first part of June until November. Said
he:
THE months Of June, July, August,
September and October are all avail
| able for excursions. The fall months
Tor September and October are especially
desirable. The weather is delightful at
| that period, the farmers have some
leisure at that time, ana many people,
In the rural districts, can more convent
| emily come in the fall than earlier in
| the season.
L have suggested, and it is merely a
suggestion, as they are supposed to
Know their business, that if the nine
roads that center here would each give
TWO excursions, during the five months,
Il would give us about one excursion a
week. 1 further proposed that they
should make excursion round trip tick
cts good for five days, giving one day
to come, one to return and three DAVIS
here. Starting on Monday night or
tuesday visitors would reach here on
TUESDAY night. That would give them
tnree Following days, with Saturday to
return TO their homes. AS to visitors
being here on Sunday I should think
IT would not be popular. for our own
people and their regular guests want
some time to look about the city them
selves. Many wish also to attend church
and 1t is not we'll to have the city over
whelmed with strangers on Sundays.
"As to the chance Of the RAILWAYS
! acced1ng to the proposition, do not
know. 1 assure them that If the peo-
| pie OF the city could definitely know
| that they are going to have a. large
number of visitors here certain days in
every week. for five months that we
would arrange a program of amuse-
ment and entertainment for their pat
rons that would make their visit here
much more enjoyable than it would be
| otherwise. We are raising as large a
fund as possible now for the purpose OF
advertising our city and it's attractions.
We propose to bring out very attractive
posters and circulars descriptive ~
Duluth, for distribution along the rails
ways at excursion times and will sup
ply descriptions of Duluth for insertion
in the. various papers at the time they
announce excursions from their towns
to Duluth. All this we expect viii
greatly increase the number of visitoss
to our city. -
1.-THE railroads do their own advertfa2
ing it is true. They will announce eS-
cursions and give the price of tickets
and date, but they never, or very Sci
j dom, go into extensive particulars
about any town. If a city wishes to be
advertised they must attend to that
through some person authorized to do
the work for the city. f. -
"As to the carnival, Mr.. Burrows
j tells me that after careful survey OF
) the situation he concluded that it would
not be wise to make a great attraction
here, inducing many thousands Of peo-
i pie to come here in a single week, while
we have such limited sleeping accom-
II modations for them. He agrees with
me that it will be best to make the city
! as attractive as possible and bring in
the people on excursions, extending
week by week throughout the season,
IF the railroads should accede to this
plan the first excursion will arrive here
! Tuesday, June 5. Continued through
five months. on that arrangement, we
would have twenty-five excursions dur
ing that period. Each excursion, with
our thorough advertising, ought tc
bring from 1000 to 1000 people. This
number of strangers, besides arrivals
: on steamers, being weekly in our city
I will tax the hotel accommodations Of
5 Duluth very considerably: True, We
I will be somewhat pressed for hote
: room,- but If a definite system can bt
I announced by the railroads think oul
! people will take such care Of all guests
I that come here this year as will make
! their visit to Duluth pleasure"