Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31
HOTEL men ON
G. A. R. OUTLOOK !
well Do the Best We Cam Say
The Bonifaces on the
Situation.
3 OCULAR C j |: 4 PATRONS ARE FIRST
But scvcnty-tive Per Cent Of Rooms
To be Reserved for the
Visitors.
/ REG ULAR PATRONS ARE FIRST

What are the hotels going to do
about housing their regular patrons,
commercial travellers, tourists and in
ter-state guests, during the G. a. r.
encampnent?a
The hotel man answeres:
Well do the best we cam,
This morning the leading hotels
were visited and the above question
asked. AT present the hotels are all
crowded, each doing about all the
business they can comfortably take
care OF The same condition obtains
in the scores of roominghouses. There
is some congestion in the latter but
not in the former This is because OF.
the. extremely heavy tourist travel.
but 1T is expected that before G. a.
| r.. week arrives conditions will some
what improve in this respect.
But then. 1T will be a case of
s"donble up, whether convent or not.
If will have to be done. The veterans
must be cared for and the hotel,
keeper can not turn away his regular
patrons.
faS ~ lily IGoplS5 lNlip
viii be here during the encampment.
5of course nobody knows. but the cons.
sensus. Of opinion among the hotel
lRproprietors is that there willstbe less
than some estimates have figured, but
enough to make the landlord and
Ilandlady sweat drops of blood to take.
care of.
Gus Holmes Of the Knutsford was
asked the above question today and
replied somewhat sarcastically:
Throw 'em out, of course Then
seriously, he continued; Now have
/ jguestst who have made this their.
i home for years. Can 1 turn them out2
II received a telegram from man
who has always MADE this place his
5head quarters,e asking for rooms and a
sample room. Can say no, you can't
have them
~ don't know Just what the condi-
lstion will Sfbe but we will do the best
we can. / have one large room which
i shall have fixed up nicely and put
asnnmber of cots in 1T. We will be.
able to take care of p bout $50.
At the Wilson5it Was estimated that
400 viii be cared for but of course
all available space will be occupied
and 1t will be necessary to double
up" as much as possible as at other
WILL RESERVE FOR PATRONS
Mr.. Porter Of the Kenyon said:
aNVe will reserve Is per cent of our.
rooms for the G. A.. r. and 25 per cent
for our regular patrons l think ithat $
fair, don't you?
We have many patrons who make
this place their home While in the city
and they must be taken care of no
| they think of Salt Lake City and the,
hotels If they were told to go else
| where? We, will be able to take care
! of between 500 and 700 but that will
necessitate putting two. and perhaps
three beds in a room where conNen-
| lent and agreeable to all parties con-
l$cerned.
Eyes, the volume of business at the,
present time is very good. In fact !
may say it is better than it has been
| for the past IL years.
! "Do the best we can was the duet
| from ohm ConGron and Zen Haywood
at the Cullen. vs.
timed, "but the condition is not a con-
gestcd one. We will be able to take
care of $50 any way. There VIII not
| be as many people here as some
lsimaginc but IL the situation is prop
erly handled, as no doubt 1t will be,
! allawill be cared FOR.
But, even a. few thousand people
coming into the town makes an awful
! difference "a Take the race meeting as
| an example. There We're probably.
4 i, 500 newcomers here during the meet,
4 and all the hotels We're overlooked with
1 guests at first. They soon got located
however, but during G.. A. r. week the
visitors will be housed according to
carefully laid plans and. Well do. the
4 best we can.
The same condition Of affairs exists
| at the smaller hotels. All IRE making
4 preparations. for the visitors and all
\ will. use every bit of available space.
" Some of the hotel keepers do not take
kindly to the idea of committees and
/ the council telling them how to run
Itheir business and regulate their prices.
One said: .a
"Supposing the prices are raised a lit
1 tie, what them DO they suppose we
can afford to ship in here extra help
at cost of s35 per head and then pay
1 them So per day, discommode our regular
4 patrons and go to extra expense in
every way without extra returns? Not
yet!''
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