The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-25

hotels have raised any Of their rates
tor the reunion. He points out, how
ever. that according to custom the
rooms will be made TO accommodate
more guests than In ordinary times.
But this custom has been followed by
reunion has been held.
Mr.. ,Cornatzer. after personal In
vestigation OF the situation In Mem
phis writes fully Of the plans for the
entertainment OF visitors and Is satis-
fed with them. He Says;
Memphis. Tenn. May II 1909.
"Afr. p. j Hay, Southeastern Passen-
ger Agent Mobile and Ohio Rail-
road. Montgomery. Ala:
Dear Sir--In reference to my let
ter today--notel accommodations.
have Just had a conversation with the
chairman of the Hotel Committee. and
he tells me that positively the hotels
Memphis have not raised their reg
ular rates. except that they are TO put
several people In one room.
The Hotel Committee requested the
hotels not to engage rooms for indi-
viduals, for the reason that the more
wealthy people attending this reunion
would fill up the hotels, and. with the
limited accommodations In our big ho-
tells IL would be impossible for great
at these hotels that should do so.
II find that we have a great many
private homes that are being thrown
open for the accommodation Of the vet
Grams, and 1 have today arranged to
take care Of party of 100 people from
Oklahoma at seventy-five (.75) per
capita. European. This Is large rri-
yate boarding house. and. OF course.
cots will be used for the sleeping ac-
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the year this is not objectionable.
In reference to the reunion of 1901.
At that time / was living In Atlanta.
came to Memphis with the Atlanta
delegation-had no rooms reserved.
Arrived at Memphis in the morning.
and in a short time Messrs. Hilton,
Strain, Jackson and myself had Sc
cured two nice rooms on Vance Street
within walking distance of the center
of the city at $3.50 per day, including
breakfast. These same people had two
other rooms that they were unable TO
rent and there we're a great many
rooms In the same neighborhood that
were pnoccupied.
II also know a couple OF young men
who rented the Chicasaw Guards arm
DRY, fitted 1t up with cots at so cents
per night and We're not able TO NIL
their space, although some people left
Memphis with advice that they were
held up.' and could not secure accom-
modations at any price.
Memphis at the present, time IS much
better of for hotels than 1t was dur
fng the reunion OF 1901 At that time
we had only the old Peabody and the
Gayoso. Both the Gayoso and the Pea
body have been enlarged since. and can
take care of three times the number of
people that they could in 1901. We
also have several smaller hotels that
we did not have in 1901.
'I believe that all the people COM
ing to Memphis for this reunion can
find ample accommodations. and. Of
course, the expense will be what they
care to make II. There is no city that
can take care Of this reunion without
having to resort to private boarding
houses and private homes for sleep
Ing Accommodations.
You can safely say TO all your peo-
pie that they can ind good accommo-
dations at prices that are reasonable,
and IL they Win write Mr.. w. r.
Barksdale. Chairman of the Hotel
Committee at Memphis. he will be glad
to furnish any and all information,
and in the meantime. so soon as the
private boarding houses and homes are
tabulated. win send you a list.
II yours truly,
"J.sV, Cornatzar.