Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-01
TOURISTS PREFER
GREAT SOUTHWEST
CUBA'S ATTRACTIONS FAR
OUTCLASSED
Railroad Men say That Traffic &c
Southern California Is lncreas-
ing in spite Of Efforts to
Divert Travellers

notwithstanding the fact that a
strong movement has been started by
Atlantic coast railway companies and
steamship companies to direct the
wealthy travel which every year mi
crates to the southwest, to the warm
climate of Cuba, the railroad officials
and the hotel managers and public
officers of Los Angeles do not seem to
feel any alarm that the number of
tourists which every year come here
will in succeeding years decrease.
From my personal observation
said G.. II. White Of the Southern Pa
cifc yesterday. 'T would say that the
number of people who come to Los
Angeles are increasing rather than de-
oreaslng. They not only come to Los
Angeles during the winter. but are
coming in large numbers during the
summer months"
All Of the larger hotels have been
completely filled with guests for sew
eral weeks and 1t is not an uncommon
thing for the Angelus, Lankershim,
Hollenbeck or Van Nuys to turn away
at least 81 score of travellers each dur
ing q single evening.
There are scores of people in Los An
gees now whose checks are good when
drawn in six and not a few of them in
seven figures. Many Of these people
have visited Cuba and say that one
trip was enough for them to the land
which is often stricken with fever and
which can only be reached by a sea
trip that is rough more often than 1t Is
smooth.
Il am glad to be back here" is an
expression that is usually given voice
to by a person who has spent one win
ter in the Angel city and returns for
another season.
improvements Are Suggested
"I acknowledge" said a prominent
merchant yesterday, that 1T would be
much more pleasant for the tourist If
the streets were kept a little cleaner
and many other Improvements We're
made, but it must be taken into con-
sideration that Los Angeles is growing
faster than any other city along the
coast and that we have a larGa problem
to meet.
with our climate the mos, lightful
in the winter months of ann | earth
and our boundless beautiful scenery.
I don't believe that we should fear
that we will not receive the lions share
OF the tourist travel during the winter
n months."
The files in the local freight offices
of the railroads show that more auto
mobiles owned by private parties have
been received this winter than during
any previous winter season. This would
indicate that the oiled roads of South
ern California are being looked upon
more favorably by the autoists each
year.
more people have come to Los An
geles this year." said T. G. Peck, as
sistant general passenger agent for the
Salt Lake road, yesterday, from the
states west of Chicago than ever before.
The unusually warm and open winter
in the far eastern states has kept
many people from coming out here.
II believe that the railroads make a
mistake by not giving tourists rates all
of the year round except just during
a short period in the fall and again
in the spring. I believe that they
would derive a greater profit from it
than they are now getting, because the
trains would be filled all of the time and
in both directions