Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-25
WINTER INFLUX
STILL CONTINUES
TOURIST TRAVEL BREAKS THE
RECORD
Los Angeles Prepared to Entertain
$4,000 Guests-Cost Of Living Is
Reduced and Accommodation
Are More Plentiful

Every indication now points to the
fact that Los Angeles will see more
wealthy people from the east this win
ter than 1t has ever seen before. A
number of the hotel keepers stated yes
terday morning that they are surprised
at the number of wealthy easterners
who have arrived so early I'm the sea-
son. for they do not begin to come as
a rule until after the holidays. If this
early arrival is at all auspicious of
what is to follow, Los Angeles will this
year register n record breaker.
The passenger officials say that travel
from the east is remarkably good for
this time of year, as this Is usually
the dullest season. They state that
there are more people coming on first
class tickets. who want the best ac-
commodations they can get and do not
haggle over the price that is charged
for them. than have ever come to Los
Angeles before the holidays.
"Of course" said one general pas
senger agent, travel Is not as heavy
as it was when the colonist tickets
were OH sale, but it is heavier than we
have ever had In November before"
coIonists Still Coming
All Of the limited trains have arrived
on scheduled time, or nearly so. dur
ing the past week. At the different
stations are seen new comers who are
not the well dressed wives or daugh-
ters of rich man or the spick and
span heir of wealth, but are the
colonists who could not leave the dis
tant homes for the new ones in time
to take advantage of the excursion
rates.
But many Of the persons who step
from the trains are those who give
the appearance of having travelled
much and carry with them the air of
people who have seen the world.
At the hotels the number who ar
rive is about the same each day. Many
of the hotels are already nearly filled or
have engaged their apartments to peo-
pie who expect to arrive soon.
People of prominence already arrived
state that more of their friends expect
to spend the winter here than have
ever done So They account for this
by the fact that the eastern country
has experienced exceptionally good
times during the year and people feel
t.lat they can afford to travel.
Can Take Care of $4,000 Guests
Wealthy farmers who have never
seen California before are coming in
large numbers. They have received
large returns from the bountiful crops
of the past season and are willing
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rich harvest in travel.
The new Alexandria will be opened
soon after the first of the year and
will add to the many first-clasS ac-
commodations of the city. The man
ayers of several of the better class
hotels state that it is their intention
not to raise the rates after the holi-
days, as has sometimes been done, but
that they are receiving patronage
which furnishes them good profit and
they are satisfied.
The city i'm general seems to be pre-
pared for the largest crowd of sight
seers it has ever held. Additional
clerks have been added at the postoffice
for the handling of thousands of let
ters that will be written to the less
fortunate relatives and friends at home.
Many new first-class restaurants and
cafes have been opened, and in con-
nection with the ones already in opera
tion, will be prepared to feed all who
may come. 1t is estimated that at
least $4,000 guests can be comfortably
taken care of this winter.