The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-10
CONVENTION
SQuABBLE
nUHINEs8 MEN DECLINE
lcnnlInuea ION 20 DID,


that Seattle. al the most, cannot acs
eGmmodate more than $4,000 people.
and that Il would have 20 strain
every effort to do that.
The management OF the leading
hotels Say that Seattle can easily
take care OF % 600 strangers for five
days that the hotels can by piac=
inE four la room and cots In the
corridors. house about 5000 people
These hotels include. of course. the
family hotels and the apartment
houses In the residence districts.
John H. McGfaw. president OF the
chamber OF commerce. said on Tues
day that tho experience aud knowl-
edge gained By the crowds which
passed through the city 10 the Port
land exposition and stopped of at
Seattle. was sufficient to convince
him that this city cannot take care
of more than 1000 30 $4,000 peo-I
pie
we heard complaints all this
~ aaon from tourists. said he. be
cause the hotels we're eougeated.
Now what can We expect. when a
crowd like the Endeavorera come to
town
The convention proposition ~aA
not turned down by the business
men. by any msann.~ said James u
Meikla. secfetary Of the chamber of
ccmmsce. la speaking Of the re
suits Of Mondays conference With
Won Ogden vost We have spent
months on this question. and have
come to the conclusion that seat
tie could not Accommodate more
than Il. 600 people. and IL would
have hard work doing that.
We had men out all over the city
iuqulriuE Of the boarding houses.
apartment houses aud roominK
houses. how many people they could
take care OF. and after going over all
the data. We learned that We conid
not begin 10 take care OF more than
u 900 atfangsrA
We then suggested tents 20 Mr..
NoEi. and that was turned down be-
cause OF the unaanitAry conditions
attendant. and tho same reason Was
given when We proposed living In
sleeping ears. So you SEQ. we did
all 40 possibly could to get that
convention. but we simply cannot
house such a crowd.
by working extremely hard. We
might take care of perhaps rs 090
people. but sc have had assurance.
and feel confident. that nome,hiuE
like 30. psople would come to this
city for obvious reanona. instead Of
the Is. 600 limit We would be in n
nice fix n that happened.
And that's not the only con 81
ton TO ponder over. Where would
We get ali the extra amount Of food
necessary 20 feed these hungry pco-
pie That's a question that ranks
with the housing question In i'm
poFsAncs And after all IL said aud
done the people Of Seattle would not
make - very much. because Of the
crowds-that is. the hotel and
boarding house people
some men have told me thai
temporary hotels may be crested for
the convention. but I hardly think
50. What would be the advantage
OF spending perhaps hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars on nhAeka. Just
for a five-dsy atayF Not mach
money IN that"
HOTELS WOULD ACCEPT.
Tho Lincoln Hotel: The city
could easily hold 81. 600 strangers at
one time And many new hotels win
Eo up before 1907. Then there are
the private houses and hotels'
The Ratnier-t Grand This city
can do equally "a well m San Fran
cisco did. whsn she had more than
So. coo At the Endeaxor convention.
OF course. Frisco has more hotels
and houses. but Ne can take care Of
p. 900 In proportion. And do Il
easiiy. too
The washlnKtou. Seattle can eas-
lily furnish accommodations for Is
000 people. Thsresn be more hotels
before 1907. and with what We al
ready have. aud the lodging houses
Of = batter class. there's not the
slightest reason for turning down
such a fine proposition IA the Chris
tiAu Endeaxor convention Of 1907. "
9. ". REEVES EXPLAINS
e. ~. Reeves has this 10 say
As president 81 the Seattle Chris
tian Endeavor untnn ana secretary
of the SEATTLE 1907 committee. 4
wish 10 eail your attention TO such
men as the following who have
stood by the Seattle 1897 commit
tee from the start James a. Mooue.
4. ]. Coiman. p. W. Baker n ).
Reekie. ~. y. Grant. Frank Water
house. y. ~. OEEood. II. G Henry. H.
T. strickland. Cyrus y. Ciapp. A. J.
Hiethen. J. ~ MecDouRaii. W q.
King. J. X. Justice. n. Shorrark. Ito
mer Huli. u. =. Morton. p. A. Hould.
q. A. Virtue. J. n. L.oWman. q. q.
Guy. Albert Hansen. Herbert \. Up
per. a. .. Flowers. W. d. Wood.
Joseph Holmes. Edwin Loudon. .. =.
Mooney. W. l. Rhodes. A. Robinson.
J. T. Ronald. I. J. wittmer. J. W.
Efaw. A. p Nichols. q. =. Butter
worth. ~ O. Shucy. r. =. Osborne.
Austin y. Grifnths. II. II. Bnulngcr,
r. II. Thomson. DIR. Crichton. /. A.
Nadcau. 3. O. Ycrkes and others.
THOSE WHO ARE MOST TO
BLAME ARE WILLIAM II. LEWIS
AND ?. H. MEIKLE. SECRETARY
OBJ THE CHAMBER or COM
MERGE.
These two men control aud have
controlled the convention committee
81 the chamber for some time.
After repeated nffsupts an fheir