Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-13
People of Valley Can Make
The Greatest Year of 1915

It is possible for the year 1915 to be made the great
est colonization year experienced. All the testimony
is to the effect that California is to be swamped by tour
ist travel and the number will be tens of thousands OF
homeseekers great part of whom easily be induced
here We have in this valley just what hosts OF
these prospective visitors will be looking for and the
farmers of the great growing region of the Middle
West who will constitute large part of the throng are
receiving hundreds of millions in cash for their produce
and will be in good condition to buy.
Passenger travel to the Pacific coast expositions and
to Los Angeles next year will reach staggering figures
according the cool estimates of the traffic departments
of the great railroads of America.
This the message of prosperity for California
contained in dozens of service kilograms received IN Los
Angeles the Traffic Association part of the returns
poll of every road in America
Amid outbursts Of applause, the kilograms were read
at the luncheon of the Los Angeles Traffic Association
held in the Hotel Hayward grill
One railroad alone the Northern Pacific, will spend
S2OO0000 for passenger equipment necesstated by
exposition travel and great advertising campaigns are
being set in motion by many lines and systems, to swell
the great bulk of traffic already assured Several officials
in their message assert that the European will be
strong factor in directing tourists to Sunny California
next year.
Following are five of the many optimistic kilograms
read at the traffic mems meeting:
A. G.. Johnson passenger traffic manager ChlcagO q
Northwestern Railway, Chicago:
"Trave to the expositions which will of course, be
merged with the general travel will be greater than the
travel expected would move prior to the European
war Business is rapidly resung normal conditions and
This ne in conjunction wthits connections and acting in
line with other railways will meet all requirements in the
way of transportation facilities and preparations in
progress for that purpose On the whole predict
exceedingly large steady movement during the 1915
with ample facilities to take of such increased pat
ronage in satisfactory manner"
Samuel Moody general traffic manager Pennsylvania
railroad, Pittsburg, Pa:
"I can only repeat what said while on my recent trip
to the coas-hat travel to California during the
Of 1915 will be the greatest ever known and especially will
this be true of the Far East We expect to do consider
able advertising later and unless something unforeseen
intervenes the travel will be record breaker"
D. w. Cooke, vice president and general traffic man.
ager Erie railroad, New York:
"The Erie railroad is using every resource at its COM
mand to advertise the expositions and California Great
interest apparent Prospects good Our double track
work completed affordng splendid facilities for handling
the traffic"
A. M. Celand general passenger agent Northern Pa
cifc Railway, st. Paul, Mimi:
Northern Pacific spending over 100000 for new
passenger equipment properly for food of expo
Ston travel expected next year. In addition to which our
relations with the Pullman Company enable to call up
on of that company for such further sleeping
cars as we may find necessary We expect volume of bus
mess will far exceed anything previously known In the
West"
c. F. DAILY, vice president of the New York Central
Lines, New York:
It is our belief that there will be heavy western bus
ness Notwithstanding the unfortunate doing in Europe,
together with the depressed business conditions which
California supplemented by the expOstons to be held at
San Francisco and San Diego will very large num-
Der of our people, who have in the past spent their win
ters abroad to move westward during the year. CafOr
MIA should be favored with remarkable travel at least
every indication in territory served by the New York
Central Lines fully justifes this conclusion"
Needs of the Navy. navy; Henry L. Simson,