Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
THOUSANDS Of
TOURISTS ARRIVE
STATION MASTERS LOOK FOR
RECORD CROWDS
Charles J. Bloom Of New York Ems
ploys All Known Adjeetives in
Describing Southern
California

Los Angeles yesterday extended
welcome to more than 1000 tourists,
most of whom came from the middle
west and places near Chicago. This
was the first number 20 come from
these places on the excursion rates
which went into effect OH the 18th of
the month.
The throng of people was not large
enough to crowd the different depots
except Immediately after the arrival
OF trains. The station masters, when
asked as to whether they were kept
busy directing the people, answered
that their work was now comparatively
easy, but shook their heads when they
thought of the crowds that are to come
and said:
Just wait few days and we wont
know hardly where we are. Then we
will have to answer so many ques-
tions that crowds of tourists will prob
ably haunt us in our Dreams
The baggagemen were not idle yes
terday and handled many pieces of
baggage. At all of the baggage rooms
trunks were piled in great heaps.
Two Trunks Have Stories
At the Santa Fe depot two little
trunks had stories of their own to tell.
One was a neat little steamer trunk,
encased in leather and almost covered
with labels, showing that it's owner had
been almost around the world. There
were labels that had been pasted on 1t
in Sweden, Germany, France, Hawaii
and in almost every state in the Union.
The other piece of baggage was only
little wooden chest, such as was
used by our grandfathers. Probably it
had done service for several genera
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wear because its sides were of sturdy
oak Recently it had been lowered from
the garret and given a fresh coat of
modest drab paint. 1t had not heavy
leather straps to protect 1t from the
baggage sma sher but was wound round
with a piece of rope, similar to a
clothesline, to protect its lock.
Every train yesterday had it's share
to unload at Los Angeles to swell the
large crowd of people who have been
here all winter many of whom will
stay until after the fiesta next May.
Several of the trains had so many pas
sengers that they had to be divided
into two sections.
Tourists on Every Train
Today the trains that will arrive will
bring even more than did the trains
yesterday, and it is expected that by
the end or the week more IHdH oUUO
tourists will arrive in Los Angeles
each day.
Unlike former years, most of the
people who are coming will stay for
three or four months instead of one or
two, and many of them are coming to
make their homes here for an indefinite
length of time.
That Southern California is the most
delightful spot on earth during the
winter months is fact that has been
known in the east for several years,
but the fasteners are just waking up
to the fact that Los Angeles and her
sister cities have just as many charms
during the summer as in the winter.
To impress upon the residents of far
away Maine that Los Angeles is not so
hot a place In the summer that life Is
almost unbearable, but on the contrary
is more pleasant than many of the
northern states, has taken a long time.
In speaking of Los Angeles and
vicinity a few days ago, Charles j.
Bloom, a retired New York financier
who has spent several winters and
summers here, said:
"This little spot appeals to me as be-
ing Gods chosen spot on earth. / have
travelled around the world, been In