The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04
Special and Regular Trains
Crowded With People Who
Are Headed for Reno
MEAT AND DRINK ARE
CARRIED BY SPORTS
Railroad Men Figure That Aver
age Cost for Each Enthusiast
viii Be SIPS
CHANCE TO SPEND COIN
IN NEVADA is GOOD

NAN FRANCISCO is paying
\ $1,OO0,OOO to witness the Jeffries-
Johnson fight today in Reno.
The estimate is made along conser-
vatlve lines on figures collected by
railroad officials, hotelmen and others
about town. 1t is roughly estimated
that at the ringside in Reno this after
noon fully 5000 San Franciscans will
be seated. Taking into consideration
the cost of transportation to and
from the scene of the engagement, the
incidental expenses en- route, the ad-
mlttance charge to the arena and the
odds and ends while Sojourning in
Reno, 1T is admitted by men we'll
qualified to Judge that $125 will be the
average cost for each individual
This brings the approximate total
to S1,0O00OO.
This is what San Francisco is pay.
ing for its ticket to the fight.
Nearly 1900 fight fans left this CITY
yesterday. The trains of special and
regular character started at a. m.
and continued throughout the day,
sometimes within but a few minutes Of
each other. until $3.50 o'clock in the
evening. The man that missed this
train, and there were many stragglers,
has scant chance of seeing the battle
of the century.
SPECIALS ARE LOADED
OF the trains that left yesterday the
following are reported by the railroad
officials:
a: m. 125 passengers; Southern
naTf ffra 10l 90
sengers; Southern Pacific special.
1925 p. m, 700 passengers, Indoor
yacht club special, LAO p. M. 175
passengers; Sage Brush special,
2:3O .. M. 175 passengers; Levi
sOhn-Foley special. 3:25 D. m, 125
passengers; the Tribune special.
bett Special. ass D. m. 125 passen-
gers; Palace special. $50 p. m. 125
passengers; Southern Pacific No. s.
in four sections, leaving at 1907,
7;12, 717 and 1922, carrying 900.
and the Southern Pacific No. 10 at
$3.50 p. m, carrying 500.
Many trains, of course. left last week
and the week before. all crowded with
fight fans. On Saturday evening the
Union Square special, made up of guests
of the Hotel St. Francis. the Golden
Gate club and the Olympic club. num-
bering 135 in all, left for Reno. Be-
tween the hour of midnight Saturday
night and $50 o'clock last evening rail-
road men figured that 1000 persons In
terested in the fight had left the oak
land mole.
RENO OVERLOOKING
The trend Renoward. of course, has
been going on ever since Tex Rickard
announced his intention of moving to
Nevada. Ten days ago the Reno hotel
men announced that no further reServ-
atiOns for rooms would be made. Ac-
commodations in boarding houses and
private residences were also at a pre-
MUM. Under these circumstances, the
wise ones moved early and did not wait
until the last moment to catch a spe-
cia1 train. Figuring in this early travel,
railroadmen do not hesitate to say that
more than 5000 sports have left this
city in the last fortnight for Reno.
Various prices have been asked for a
berth chair on the special cars.
Round trips have been advertised for
S25 without food or berth. S35 with
food and berth. $35 with food, berth
and stay at Tahoe over Sunday night,
and so on.
From these facts railroadmen and ho-
telmen have declared that s125 would
be the average cost for each individual.
In many instances it will of course. be
much larger, when $50 arena tickets,
sections on the train, a case of cold bot
ties and fly at roulette are added. Be
sides there is the possibility of being
stalled in Reno when the rai1roadmen
attempt to get out of the small town in
one day all those who have been going
in for 10 days or more.
SPECIALS WELL SUPPLIED
Many of the special cars took aIong
a supply of foodstuffs and wet goods.
The Palace Hotel special and the Sage
Brush special are being well taken care
of in this respect, an experienced ca
terer having been employed in each
case to accompany the party
The Union Square special was at
tended by hotel emplOyes-seven bell
boys, chef, a barber, two bar tenders,
and others. There will be nothing
lacking on this train
The Indoor yacht club and Tom Cor
bett specials were also supplied with
plenty of cold meats and wet goods.
KING GEODGE CHANCES