Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-07-16
Good Hotels as an Asset.

Burlington is discovering for itself
the value and Importance of good
hotels as a part of a community's
! assets. Outside of places which are
summer resorts and nothing else,
there is probably not another city in
| the United States of the size of Bur-
lington possessing three hostelries as
large and up. to-date as our own.
| Where attractive hotels abound
there will people go, and where people
go there is the place for hotels. Bur-
lington long discussed this hotel
problem and as a result of prolonged
agitation our enlarged hotel accommo-
dations came with rush. A splendid
trade has already been established,
although it requires more than one
season for the travelling public to be-
come thoroughly alive to improved
facilities of this kind, with the whole
country bidding for patronage.
In the meantime Burlington is not
inclined to want to monopolize the
tourist business of Vermont We are
glad to see such cities as St. Johns
bury pushing successful projects for
adequate hotel facilities, and it is to
be hoped that other places in Vermont
may do likewise. Indeed it would be
great thing for the Green Mountain
state if twenty big summer hotels
could be judiciously distributed about
the state in spots where summer visit
ors would be most likely to sojourn
during the heated term.
Vermont is far ahead of the White
Mountain region in attractions for
tourists in point of beauty of scenery
as we'll as in the immediate vicinity Of
the mountain heights and sooner or
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hotel capitalists and the travelling
public will make the combination
necessary to demonstrate our superb
ority in this respect. In the mean
time we must work and hope that the
Green Mountain state may speedily
come into its own as regards splendid
hotel accommodations in all directions
Burlington Free Press.
Some one of the Montpelier Argus
staff has been doing bit of politi c al
pipe-dreaming of late and presents the
following summary of the situation in
the state:
1t is stated on good authority that
Judge George M. Powers of Morris.
vile. when interviewed recently on
the question whether he would be a
candidate for governor in 1914, replied
in the negative. There had been
rumors in the air that Judge Powers
could receive the nomination of the
Progressives without question and
that there was strong likelihood of
his nomination being endorsed by the
Republicans. Judge Powers has been
generally considered a Progressive.
The expiration of SenatorPage term
| I'M fofn
hence will no doubt demand the atten-
tion of the politicians of the west side
of the state between now and then and
friends of the judge would not be
urprlSed to see his name come in for
J prominent mention in connection wit
the office by the time the voters are
called on to select the successor to
Senator Page.
Prominent Republicans had hopec
: to see both wings of the party come
I together by the selection of strong
candidate like Judge Powers. Now
| they are as far apart as ever and it is
doubtful if they can agree on &
I ''peace" candidate.
Among the names mentioned in con
nection with the governOrship are
, Lieut.. Gov. Frank E. Howe, Secretary
; of State G. w. Bailey, State Highway
Commissioner Charles Gates anc
Roger w. Hulburd.
! The Progressives have trotted ou
no candidate to head their party ticke
so far. I'll
Some developments are looked fol
within the next two or three weeks il
f, the senatorial fight. That Charles A.
Prouty would have announced himself
before now had he intended to be {
candidate against Senator Dillingham;
! is generally believed. An announce
ment from Governor Fletcher whe thel
! he will or will not be a candidate il
{ looked for after his return from
Gettysburg. Reformer.