Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-05
TOURIST TRAVEL
WILL Be HEAVY
LOS ANGELES TO HAVE MANY
SUMMER VISITORS
Railroad Officials Expect to Handle
Record-Breaklng Number of Tour
lists on Their Way to the
Portland Exposition
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Los Angeles may expect a far larg-
er number of tourists during the COM
ing summer season than that of last
year, and railroad officials say that
they expect the traffic over their lines
to be unusually heavy. Proprietors OF
the leading hotels, basing their opin-
ions on the expressions of tourists dur
ing the past winter to return this sum-
der, express the belief that the season
for them will be a heavy one.
Last year the country's principal at
traction was the ST. Louis exposition.
This year it is to be the Portland fair,
and as Los Angeles is on the line of
those going to or returning from Port
land, Los Angeles will reap the benefit
of the visit of thousands of tourists
who will include the city in their
Itinerary.
Added to this is the national conven-
tion of the knights of Columbus, who
hold their meetings in Los Angeles dur
ing the earlier part Of June. and the
fact that coast excursion rates will be
offered to those who are in attendance
at the national G. A. r. convention,
which is to be held in Denver during
the latter part of August.
From Southern California the at
tendance at the Portland exposition
will be large" said high railroad off,
cial yesterday. Already we are hav-
ing inquiries as to rates, showing tho
interest that Is being taken thus early.
Los Angeles will gain much of the
benefit of the influx of tourists from
the east to the Portland exposition
also. as there will be few who will not
stop over here either on their way to
or from the north. A financial reason
for this fact is that 1t will cost them no
more to go on from here to Portland,
as the return fare from Los Angeles,
whether by the short line or whether
away north to Portland and then east,
is identical.
"Of course, western roads will be
the loser on east bound travel from
the coast, but then that will be made
up by the travel coming this way.
Last year everything was east
bound. We did all our business dur
ing the time the exposition was OPEN
People waited for months to take ad-
vantage Of the cheap rates and trip
to st. Louis. and every one wanted
to go at the same time"
Yesterday marked the end of the
celery season, and last night when a
train of thirty cars bound to eastern
points pulled out of the Los Angeles
Southern Pacific yards, the total
number of cars for the season amount
ed to 1893. The celery has been grown
in and around Smeltzer, but the spe-
cial trains which the Southern Pacific
has been sending east for the past
three months have been made up in
Los Angeles. The yield shows an ex-
cess of 254 cars over that OF last year.
Throughout the season the Southern
Pacific, reinforced by the Rock ISL
and. has been running its celery trains
on passenger train time. with the re-
suit that the service has been sur
passing that of last year by two and
three days.
Beginning April 7, a new time table
will go into effect on the Southern Pa
cihc. No changes have been made In
the time of passenger trains, and but a
few minor ones in that of freights.
The Salt Lake ran an excursion train
yesterday from Long Beach to Red
lands to accommodate several hundred
members of the w. C. Il. u.
Commercial agent of deep water
ports is the new office which the
Southern Pacific railroad has just Gre
ated in order to have it's interests and
business properly taken care of in the
harbors Of Southern California. A. j.
Jameson. formerly agent at the Port
of Los Angeles, has been appointed as
the first incumbent OF the nelly ere
ated office.