The San Francisco call., 1907-01-28
TWENTY THOUSAND
TEACHERS ARE To
VISIT CITY
Coming Of Travellers May
Be Followed by Many
Large Conventions Here
COMMITTEE STRIVES
TO GET ASSEMBLIES

As part Of the large number or
tourists promised for san Francisco
for this year are 10000 teachers who
viii meet in convention in Los Angeles
in July. and viii visit this city In
number Of excursions TO be run for
that purpose. The teachers are mem
bers OF the National Educational Asso-
citation. and through the efforts OF
members OF the California Promotion
Committee their tickets viii provide
for q trip. TO San Francisco without
extra charge.
According to previous arrangements
the association should have helc us
convention in san Francisco last sum
rner but the earthquake and FIRE pre-
vented the carrying out OF TINS plan
An effort would have been made 10 get
them here for 1907, but IL was reared
the hotel accommodations would not
be sufficient to meet so great demand
And so local assistance was given 70
Los Angeles and the provision made
Tor excursions 10 this city from that
Clarence Edwords Of the Promotion
Committee said yesterday that II was
expected TO get q number OF conVen-
tions for San Francisco for next fail or
late in summer. He had been Informed,
he said, by many architects and build
ers that enough hotels would be IN
serviceabIe condition by next July TO
meet the demands Of all tourists that
might come.
CONVENTIONS FOR 1905
Conventions usually select their
places Of meeting at least a year ahead
OF time though in some instances the
Fe Lee "a n
pointed for that purpose, and which
makes the selection at its own con-
venience. Thus, during this year the
big conventions held in various places
throughout the United States viii
largely choose their meeting places for
1905 before adjournment. At every i'm
portant convention there will be q rep
resentstive Of the California Promotion
Committee. who will endeavOr 10 get
next years convention for San Fran
cisco. II is believed that in this way
an unusually large number OF visitors
may be secured for this city.
Careful investigation OF local cOndi-
tions shows that. in the matter Of ho-
tells. San Francisco has already been
rehabilitated TO q. surprising extent
The hotels now IN use in the city have
a total Of 1862 rooms available for oc-
cupancy. while there are 1900 rooms
ready for use In various lodging
houses These numbers are being in
creased from day TO day, and the grow
ing demand for accommodations is be-
ing met now without difficulty The
foregoing figures do not include the
large number OF rooms to be found in
small rooming-houses.
MANY hotels PLANNED
In addition TO the hotels now in use
there are forty-three hotels planned.
including those near completion. When
these are finished they viii provide
1891 additional rooms These figures.
however. do not include the Fairmonr.
which viii provide 19s apartments and
500 rooms. There are other hostelries
planned which are not included in the
foregoing. owing 10 the uncertainty Of
the number Of rooms each would have
Among them are. A large hotel at
Sutter and Octavia streets, a fve-story
brick hotel at Third and Teharna
streets. a $4,000 hotel at Third and
Townsend streets. two-story hotel
end Office building at Clay and Sansone
streets and a four-story brick hotel at
Turk and Taylor streets. The new Pal
ace Hotel viii be nine stories in height
snd win contain ZOO rooms. each with q
bath.
IN every part OF the city there are
new lodging houses under construction,
and many others are planned TO be
erected in the near future.