Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-19
Traffic is Disappointing.

ISSUANCE OF The people Is required.
Traffic is Disappointing.
Railroads Interested in the Worlds
Fair business 10 81. Louis are hay-
ing a repetition Of their experience
in connection with all events of the
kind held In the past. The fair u
not increasing their passenger earn
ings to the extent predicted. In
deed it is not increasing them at all
in the aggregate. Such events never
have, as official returns a~bundantly
demonstrate.
During the international exposi-
ton at Philadelphia in 1876 the rail-
road traffic in the country was far
less than had been predicted. Dur
ing thar of Chicago In 1898 the traf-
fic declined. as compared with the
year Immediately preceding. In 1892,
for example, the passenger earnings
of the country's roads amounted to
$141,000, 900, while they We're only
$4,000. 900 in 1898. In freight traf-
fci the showing for each year vas
also disappointing.
Railway earning at this time are
smaller than they were a year ago.
There has been a falling off In 1904
as compared with the same period in
1903. This was expected. Last
year was a period Of great indnstri-
al and commercial activity. A tenn
porary lull was looked for this year.
The June showing Of railway earn
ings has been much better than it
was on the average for the rest Of
the months of 1904. Local traffic
has shown an increase. The move
ment in the region of which st.
Louis is a center has been greater In
the last six months than it was in
the corresponding time last year.
FL Tovar.
t"The new Harvey hotel on the
brink of the Grand Canyon Is nearly
completed, As the work progresses
ii becomes more and more evident
that for novelty of architecture and
design and convenience for the tour
ist public. the new building will be
unsurpassed said Herman Switzer
Of the Harvey Museum service in Al
%auqnerqne
IT has heen decided to name the
new hosiery, III Tovar, instead Of
Bright Angel Tavern continued Mr.
Switaer. Pedro del Toyar Is ira.
ditionally credited with being the
first white man 10 penetrate into the
mysterious depths Of the Titan OF
chasms and consequently the name
will not be without historical sig
n~ificance. The naming of the hotel
after the Spaniard will be In line
with the names 'Alvaradot' 'Castane-
da. and .Cardenas,' given to the other
elegant Harvey hotels
FL Tovar' will undoubtedly be one
of the most unique hotels as well
as one Of the finest in the southwest
when completed and Its location a
few steps from the brink Of the stu
pendous canyon. Is unrivaled for see
mic grandeur In the whole world.
The Bright Angel Trail to the Colo
RADIO river in the bottom OF the
gorge starts directly from the door.
Every effort has been made to have
the hotel as finely equipped and
beautiful as any in the southwest. y
viii have accommodations for 100
guests.
eel Toyar" has been under con-
struction for many months. 1t 10
modelled after the old Swiss taverns.
ITS appearance Is that Of an immense
log house. and II Is planned for the
accommodation Of the hundreds OF
tourists who annually visit the world
famed scenic spot. 1t Is thought
that the hotel will draw many to the
Grand Canyon who otherwise would
not visit the great southwestern at
traction.
Death narrowly missed a trainload
passengers on the Colorado &
Southern road last Saturday In a
rock slide up Platte Canyon. says a
Denver paper. Passenger train No
Is coming toward Denver. had just
D%eansbury. when the engineer
heard the terrible rumbiing noise, as
the slide shot down the steep preci.
pice above the track. lie barely re-
versed his engine and backed In time