The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-08
HOTEL BUILDING
IS NOT OVERCOME
Big iloSteIrieS will Attract
Guests and Induce
Them to Stay.
SHOWS GROWTH OF CITY
INCREASE IN CARAVANSARIES
IS INDEX OF PROSPERITY.

One of the strongest Indications Of
the wonderful era OF growth which has
been entered upon by Salt Lake is the
fact that in spite OF the numerous
new hotels which have been completec
within the past year or two, and ne
others which are now under way. there
appears 10 be g place Tor all or them
and every indication that they ali viii
be well p4troniZed. Time was, not very
long ago, when IL was customary for
people here to talk lightly of lack OF
hotel accomm Odauons- II Is a Wen
known fact that at periods of great
congestion many visitors were unable
to find accommodations or any kiEd
and tales of recent or late arrivals in
the city being compelled to walk the
streets were common
The Grand Army encampment held
last summer showed what could bs
done by the citizens in caring for large
crowds OF people at time OF great oon-
geslon. AT that time. however. de-
mand was made upon all citizens 10
opel their homes for the entertainment
OF visitors. Even at that time, how
ever, the hotels were all crowded and
additional space could have been uel-
liked with advantage. IL Is claimed 0y
hotel men that since THAI time there
has been q large increase IN the mum
Der or people who are counted IN the
floating population. It is shown oy
the directory census taken every year
that the city is enjoying q strong
growth IN numbers and IL has been
pointed out that the hotel accommo-
dations were hardly keeping pace with
this movement
The skepticaI person points out the
number of new hotel buildings when
are being erected at the present time
and claims that the completion OF Shese
Structures will provide accommooa-
lions far in excess OF the demand a
prominent hotel man Of the city, re
Gently discussing this matter, staTeo.
however that there are prooaoiy
scarcely enough odationS being
provided at the present time Tor tne
ordinary growth of the city anu thAt
the completion Of the big hotelS VII
bring about another result Wnlcn has
not been foreSeen-
house structures" he said, ATTRACTS
| new people At the present tiIle S as.,e
are hundreds of visitors who come
| here for few hours to see the city
/ and then pass on their way, never 70
return The completion OF hosteIrles
/ comparable with the best in the coun-
/ trv will do more than advertise the
| citv. Not only will larger numbers
of people come here to see the piAos'
/ but they will stop longer
| ssThe situation" he said. rs 1in11laE 10
that of the country hotels on INES
1 travelled by commercial representatives
of the large business houses, VINO are
Familiar with the first class hotels ana
arrange their schedules so that they
are able to stop over SUNDAY At III 10
/ class places. These hotels are WEI
/ known among members or the traNellns
/ D-ofsgsfou ard noted for their accom-
! modations and the hospitality proNiueU
/ there. -. -
In the same way, the new Utah ana nd
/ NeJvhOuse hotels will become known All
/ over the country as high class hostei-
ries Business men. representatives OF
! the large commercial houses IraVohns
/ in the west wealthy mining men ana
| capitalists from the east and from En-
rope, as well as the Ordinary loolLSS
| will come here and VIII count on 's -
! ing in this city not only TO see tnS
nIace but to see the hotels as Wei
| Where. heretofore, the stops have oeen
/ only for a few hours they VIII tnen
/ be OF days possibly weeks. W neroes
in the past. travellers nave AEI, nv % r.
| most prominent sights or the place sno
| departed by the afternoon or eNenins
trains, they will, after the ooInPteoeh
of the new hotel structures. arranSe 70
/ sfay over night or for severaI GAYS
! and make trips to the adjoining coun-
try. go.
4.T-bfa vTiII increase tho floating popD-
| Iation- One reason for the congestion
| OF the big cities IL the 1ect tnAs tnous-
ands Of people come there lot snort Pc
| riods and leave again after Tts.t,
| More than that, they come again ana
/ again so that there IS constantly ID
creasinr population which 10 never reg
istered by the census men or tn9 con- OH
| rrovfde visitors for the new ho5telrfes
who could not be counted upon oeIoFs
the erection Of the new hotels: II ma
b. said that the Utah ana NeWhOuse
hossIs Will be scarcely adequate TO pro
vide for this new addition to the pso-
pie Of the city. --,,
con Knutsford Kenyon the New
windsor and recently the new SemIoo
are the hotels which care tor the reg
lar number Of visitors, traVennS ing nSa
/ xr~f1T ha
one new hotel has been added ana ono
must consider the fact that oefore long.
on the expiration OF the present lease
on the Knutsford hotel, this hosiery u
likely TO be discontinued The situaSfon
ss regards hotel accommodations VIII
| then be Just what IL was before tne
| erection OF the new Senior noteL-
'sIt is only just TO assume that w1Chin
/ the next two years, and certainly By the
completion OF the Newhouse ana Otan
hotel structures. there VIII be q larse
Increase in the demand for hotel ac-
| conmodations in the city. 1t VIII be
l seen therefore, that the provision Tor
| This normal growth has scarcely more
than been made in the erection OF the
SsmIob hotel. It can be fairly said that
| the Newhouse and Utah hotels win be
| well taken UP By the additional NUM-
bers OF visitors who come mere at
7 tracted by the additional advert1senent
given the city by the erection OF the
1T Is true. OF course. that there has
been large increase IN the nuinosr OF
roorning houses within q year OF two.
but these structures provide Rcconmo-
dations OF q slightly different nature
from those OF the hotels. There Is lit
tie difference IN the quality OF accom-
moda-ions prodived. perhaps, but the
rooming house population and the
strictly hotel people are OF different
type IN that the guests at the latter
| houses are usually commercial and bus
mess men and people whose stay Is
limited to 8 shorter time than that OF
the visitors to the other class OF places
At the present time II Is pointed out
by rooming house keepers that there
Is a strong demand for houses OF the
better sort and every new structure
IS practically entirely filled as socn As
it is ready for business"