The National tribune., 1907-01-03

These doubts have now been happily
dispelled. They were freely expressed,
| and had their proper effect in stimu-
latng the people of Saratoga and the
Department of New York, G.. A. r., to
! rise to the emergency of q great situa-
! ton. Great as is the gathering at the
National Encampment, its proper enter
| tainment Is more question of Will
and purpose than of anything else.
| Everywhere that we have been the
troubles and difficulties so loudly COM
planned of could have been entirely
| obviated if the people of the city and
the railroad officials had walked up
thoroly to the magnitude o. The occa-
sion and made adequate preparations.
There Is now convincing demonstrations
| that the Business Mems Association of
Saratoga, the people and the railroads
| have thoroly walked up to the magni-
tude of the situation; they are warmly
anxious for the National Encampment
to be held in Saratoga, and they are
making every possible effort to prop
erly receive and accommodate the
| throngs which it will bring
| A representative of The National
Tribune has paid a visit to Saratoga
and carefully studied the city, it's facil-
tiles, and the temper of the people. He
came away copginqsd that everything
was favorable to making the 41st Ma
tional Encampfhent held at Saratoga
one of the greatest and most enjoyable
! -, l., ;.,
no necessity of eniarging upon the
beauty of Saratoga in the Summer sea-
son. 1t is sufficient to say that its at
| fractions have made it for nearly a
century the favorite Summer resort of
vast numbers Of the best people of the
country. 1t has, therefore, made a bus
mess of entertaining these crowds, and
has raised that to the perfection of a
science. 1t has hotels the like of which
are not seen elsewhere i'm the world and
lodging houses and rooms almost with
out number. For various business rea-
sons of the strongest character, the peo-
pie of Saratoga desire the Encampment
to come there for advertising purposes.
They do not want 1t so much for the
money that may be made out OF the
Encampment as they do for conclu-
sive exhibition to the whole country of
their ability to take care of great masses
of people at reasonable rates and afford
them a satisfactory outing at moderate
prices Saratoga has been suffering
| from the competition of other Summer
resorts, and her business men now feel
that something unusually strong and
decisive must be done to regain for her
the prestige which she has in some
measure lost in recent years. Therefore,
the most unusual efforts will be made
by the hotels, the business men, the
people generally, and the railroads to
take care of the National Encampment
in an eminently satisfactory way. The
whole of the great Department of New
York, G. A. r., feels that its honor as
q host and its obligations to its COM
rades are involved in the manner in
which the National Encampment will
be entertained at Saratoga, and it will
give all its potent assistance in bringing
the highest content to the comrades.
4 The railroads are equally ser sitive as
to what is expected of them. They are
aware of the criticisms as to the man
ner in which the crowds were handled
at other places, and feel themselves OH
trial against their Western competitors
: They say that they have heretofore
handled crowds Of more than 0,00(
a day in Saratoga with perfect ease and
satisfaction to all excursionists, and will
make extraordinary efforts to improve
} upon this.
The hotels guarantee accommoda.
: tions of the best quality at reasonable
, rates. As was stated in the Nationa
: Encampment at Minneapolis. one hote
can furnish quarters for all the Depart
ments of the @. A. r. upon the grounG
: floor, where they will be easy of access
and visitors seeking their comrades viii
not have to climb from cellar to gar
ret, as was the case in Minneapolis
Another hotel can provide similar ac
commodations for the headquarters O.
!. the women's auxiliary organizations
:, There is room and to spare at reason
able rates for all who wish to go Il
/, HotciS thu poy iiO.SSi iotoS' foA tu'
, great mass of comrades who do no
want to go to hotels. sufficiency o
lodging rooms at reasonable rates will
be provided. Sd far 1000 rooms hav,
been listed at SO cents and under, ant
$4,000 at 81 ana under. All these ar,
=, represented by the Committee of In
= spection to be good, comfortable rooms
such as we should be willing to hav,
/, our comrades occupy.
There will be an abundance of cater
ing establishments. Those alread.
q there will be supplemented by tent
and booths upon vacant lots, and tn
food furnished will be under rigid in
n spection of a committee which viii
scrutinize both the meals and prices
a and Immediately close up any places a
4 which the food is inferior or the price
f exorbitant.
There are a world of attracti on
:. around Saratoga. It is in the center o
d beautiful and picturesque region witt
charming villages and delightful view
d within easy reach by trolley. It Is no
q far from Lake George and Lake Cham