Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-29

Livery IulnB Is IN readiness, ana Cne pro-
prietors are confident both that the
tourists will be adequately served and
that the hotels will not suffer from
lack of business. All are unanimous
in predicting a banner season.
Mr.. Mitchell Optimistic
I'VE anticipate an unusually sue
cessful tourist season and are making
our preparations for It," said John 8.
Mitchell, vice-president and manager
of the Hollenbeck Hotel Co. Our house
has done a bigger business this year
than ever before, the summer months
being surprisingly good. We have al
ready had many requests for reserva-
tions, and we expect to have a full
house during the entire winter. The re-
ports we have received from our asso-
ciates in the east confirm all that the
railroads and tourist agencies have
said about a big migration to this Sec
ton.
Not only will the quantity of the
trade this year be greater, but the
quality will be better. 1 think more
people Of means will come out here this
coming winter than heretofore, and the
amount of business done will be much
more extensive as a result"
Mr.. Mitchell is among the prominent
hotel men who state that prices will
ing to be raised this winter" he re-
marked, "and the sightseer who is in
our midst only for a certain period
each year can rest content for there
is no conspiracy among hotel men to
pick him. In the new hotel, the Alex
andria, which opens the middle or
January, we are striving to have one
of the best places in the west, and we
intend to keep the prices within rea-
son, too"
IF we do not get more people out
here this winter than have ever visit
ed Los Angeles during any season be-
fore, 1 will miss my guess by good
DEAL" said F. O. Johnson, proprietor
of the Westminster. THE year mas
been a prosperous one. People nave
plenty of money, and many of them are
going to use some of it in coming out
here. We have received large num-
ber OF applications for rooms already,
many more than in previous years.
Another factor which will drive many
and send many to Los Angeles this
year is the presence of the yellow feVer
in the south. The south will not draw
tourists this season as 1t has in the
past. Most of those who have been ac-
customed to winter there will come to
Southern California. 1t is sure to be
a good year."
Reports Are Bright
H. C. Fryman. manager of the Lam
kershm hotel, is Of the same mind on
the subject. "All we have to go by,
of course, is what the railroad men
and travellers tell u.s." he said land the
reports we have received from them
certainly point to a heavy tourist trade
during the coming months. We have
had a heavy trade all summer, our
house is full now, and we have certain
ly every reason to believe that when
the season Is really on we Will have
more than we can handle.
"At the end of the season, too, when
the last Of the tourists are leaving
and things are quieting down, there Is
to be the big convention of Shriners,
which will bring from ten to twelve
thousand people to the city for several
days. A great number Of reservations
have already been made for them. 1t
looks good for the hotel men,"
"I have every reason to believe that
the season now Just beginning is going
to surpass former years in the number
of tourists and travellers to come to
this city," stated G, G. Loomis of the
Angelus hotel We have been keeping
in close touch with the trade through
the railroads and eastern hotel men,
and we are assured that the coming
year is going to be the best yet expert
enced. have had scores Of applica-
tions for positions from the east and
this, l think, is q straw which indi-
Gates something. Requests for reSer-
vations are coming In earlier this year
than before, and 1 have no doubt about
the success Of the tourist season. Let
them all come; we are ready for them,
is the sentiment, think, among the
hotel men,"