Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
TOURIST SEASON
BREAKS RECORDS
FASTENERS FLOCK TO CITY
EARLY
Hotels Filled with People Frozen Out
Of Homes Who DO Not Usually
Come Until After the
Holidays

Hotel men are jubilant over the pros
poets for a large tourist season. Ac-
cording to s. j. Whitmore of the AL
exandria and John r. Mitchell of the
Hollenbeck there are more people in
Los Angeles hotels than ever before at
this season Of the year.
The early part of December has usu-
ally been considered dull time by
hotel men, but this year seems to be
breaking the record.
I'VE have more tourists here than
we expected even under the most hope
full conditions" said Mr.. Whitmore.
ALREADY many prominent easterners
have arrived and they have come not
for few days, but for the winter"
The hotel corridors present busy
appearance. The Lankershim corridor
Is crowded every evening with people
who have come to make their home
there for the winter, and there is much
social activity.
Eastern capitalists with their wives
and families have already arrived at
the Alexandria and the same is true
with the Angelus, Westminster and
Van Nuys.
From the railroad companies come re-
ports of a promising season and the
fasteners who arrive bring news of
many more on the way here.
Breaks Precedent
The tourist season proper Is usually
not expected to open until the 1st Of
January and the managers do not ex-
pect the large crowds until later in
that month, but the rush this year de-
stroys all precedent.
Some of the hotels have been filled
with mining men during the last week.
Many from Goldfield, Tonopah and the
Bullfrog district have been driven south
by the excessively cold weather and
the lack of fuel.
1--WE have come here to see If we can
not find some sunshine" Is the word
which is being passed around on every
hand, and in spite Of the rain here,
the contrast to that in other states is
so great that people are going into rap
lures over the climate.
An eastern manufacturer started east
few days ago and got as far as Salt
Lake, when he was so badly frozen he
| turned around and came to Los An
geles.
Several men who brought their fami-
lies originally intended to remain in
| the east until after the holidays, but
| they say they grew tired of the cold
and determined to pack up a month
ahead of time.
Mitchell Surprised
ut Is simply surprising the number
of eastern people who are here" said
Mr.. Mitchell. 81 have been in the
hotel business a good many years, and
never have seen anything like 1t
before People have predicted that we
would have a poor season this year on
account of the San Francisco disaster
and other like causes, but it is already
SO good that we do not know what tc
make of 1t.
1.-THE Hollenbeck does not expect sc
much of the eastern trade as some OF
the other hotels, because we get Sc
many transients, but this year we are
being agreably surprised"
1.-THE season is simply all that we
could ask is the opinion of Chief
Clerk Lee of the Lankershin. 1--WE are
more than pleased and we were always
optimistic, so we hoped for good deal.
We expected that until the 1st of jan
uary we would be able to do little more
than speculate on the number of people
coming, but it is no longer a question
of speculation, for we already have
them here