The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-18
MILLIONS FOR VACATION.
COST OF THE SUMNER OUTINGS
TAKEN BIZ AMERICANS.

BY the 900 900 or 10000 .s0o People
who Annually Resort 10 seashare and
Northumberland TO Europe and Cities
In almost all business offices it has
become customary for everybody, from
the head Of the firm to the boy who
carries the mail, to take a vacation of
from one to four weeks. This has re-
suited in the building up Of an inn
mense business. It is impossible to
say exactly how many persons take
summer vacations. The term may be
made to include outings Of a day OF
two ia which almost everybody in the
country indnlges; but setting as a limit
a trip that occupies a week or more it
is found by the New York Sun that
the number Of summer vacations is
surprisingly large. Estimates place
the number between 5000, 600 and
10, 900, O00
The question that naturally suggests
itself Where do these S,0O0,0 900 go?
The answer is found in the line Of
summer hotels stretching along the
coasts aud dotting the lake and mount
ain districts, in the great gatherings
like the Chautauqua assemblies, IN
numerous rail aud water excursion
lines and the immense resorts of one
kind aud another. of which every
State has its quota. The people Of the
Eastern States have the New Jersey,
Long Island and New England coasts,
the White Mountains, the Adiron-
dacks, aud the Maine woods for their
summer playground Those of the
middle section find recreation among
the Wisconsin aud Minnesota lakes
Further West are the Rocky Mountain
resorts ard the Pacific States have
their special attractions in Alaska and
their own coast line. Then there are
the great religious and educational as
semblies all over the country, and there
are always trips to Europe for those
who can afford them. These various
outlets enable 5000, 600 persons to
take their vacations without much dis
turbance or crowding anywhere.
There are between 30, 900 and 25,-
600 summer hotels IN the country.
They furnish employment for 300, 900
people. New York leads all the other
States in the number Of these hotels,
containing something like 1000 of
them within it's borders. New Jersey
is a good second, while Maine, New
Hampshire aud California have many.
The largest single resort is Atlantic
City. n. J. The ordinary population
is about 27, 200. It's summer p0pula
toin varies from 5000 to 200, OOO
Saratoga is, or at least it was until re-
Gently, the second on the list. Asbury
Park and Bar Harbor are among the
largest. IN Atlantic City alone there
are more than 300 places Of public en-
tertainment. Estimating these hotels
to contain twenty-five rooms each,
which is a modest average, there are
accommodations for between 10000
and 80, 600 guests. If the hotels are
filed to two-thirds of their capacity
and one-quarter Of the guests arrive
and depart each day. this one summer
resort can entertain three-quarters OF
million people every season. The
employees who are engaged directly in
looking after the wants Of the visitors
to this great summer city probably /
number 10, 900. Cooks, walters and /
porters to the number Of one third the /
army OF the United States are kept |
busy in attending to the wants Of Wis
itors TO this one great summering /
place. Not less than $50, 600, 600, the |
indemnity paid to Spain, is expended 4
here annually for vacation enjoyment /
The same state Of affairs, on a
slightly smaller scale, prevails in many
other parts Of the country during the
summer season. In the Adirondacks |
there are more than 1000 hotels. large \
and small. There are an equal num-
ber on the Long Island coast. The /
the White Mountains and
the Wisconsin lakes show halfas many.
There are 800 in Asbury Park. Com
putting these hotels 20 contain an aver
age of twenty rooms each and to be
filled to two-thirds Of their capacity
during the summer, the hotel bill Of
Americans on their vacations must
amount 10 at least 81 500, 900 a day
during the hot season.
In addition to the hotels there are
thousands of village and farm houses
where summer boarders are lodged
aud fed. In some parts Of the coun-
lry nearly every family takes summer
5oardeIs, and there are probably as
many who find entertainment in this
way as visit the hotels. The great
American summer board bin cannot
'all short Of 80 600, 600 a week.
All over the mountain aud lake dis
.ricts are located camps where sum. /.
ner vacationists pitch their tents and
i've in more or less primitive fashion.
The number Of those who spend their
outings in this fashion grows larger
svery year. It is considerably above
he million hark nov. Their cxpen-
litures for camp outdts, provisions
md guides must aggregate s25, ,000.-
100.
Others who like the freedom Of in-
dependent vacation trips. but who do
lot care for the pinY woods, turn 70
as a means Of recreation A