The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-21
WHAT WILL We DO rTa

AN/aaT ARE We going to do about hotel accommodation in
= Az " going TO continue % sit with folded hands and hope
dHhi IL 81 cS I'M and build aHd ! couple pSs' If nedsru h S@1 : ''"A '" 70
Ar We going g sigh and say on, very. vsMF while people who
and e spend their cash with - as turned away hight after night
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Lt no indignant brother even begin to say "Be quiet, don't
We ennnet kid ourselves amy longer with the belief that by keeping
sti about our shortcomings at home we are fOoling people outside.
sneskins that i can get, throughout. the length and breadth Of the
going, 70 hunt half a night for a bed, or 10 spend : night in a hos
pta6ls hotel chair shunted and busted by the changing crews
ton not ksf ss large Is atisndsrse as had been expected. Goodness
knows What voaad have happened if the attendance expected at the
Americas Legion eonvcttion had coEle.
whtt would " do with a really big sonyeniions
IasG NSTF st Rsad Of a great government commission came here
20 meg ssetkmen IN an important conference. His reception com
for him fe arrived on . late train and after earnest effort by a
considerations hotel clerk he was landed in a bed in a third class room
Yet the instance Of the distinguished citizen is not half so damag
ing % Aiboqossgue as is The tact that practically all Of the stOckmen
entitled Is ! welcome, 'sSxd NOT ind beds and were forced to seek
refuge in the homes Of friends, OF TO get on trains and go home That
truly, IS great business for a city that aspires to be the metropolis OF
We can lake care Of the coming Teachers convention by open
ing our home. a. We have done in the past. But current traffic can,
eSs e ss %ss spse * s Rsss on business aansss' s mSp' women nUs 70 TOO. : M pntI SoteI Ta "ssom n
mcdafcna. hsve a right 10 demand them, and to pass us by If the said
We fai q realize, apparently, that fully half Of the room in the
present eormeseiai hotels is occupied by residents men here per
maneply or for long periods, OF who reserve rooms all the time be-
cause they MUST spend much time IN Albuquerque.
Why sven Santa Re, old, antique, historic Santa re, home OF
state government and politics, at which we have been accustomed
to iOIslanss sniff even Santa Fe has more available hotel room than
Albuquerque; and IL averages up better in character of the rooms
Il would perhaps Dc TOO much to say that Albuquerque business
interests have already lost more than the price Of a modern hotel in
business that has passed us by this year because Of inadequate hotel
Recommendations; but il would be very nearly true, and rs demands
upon as grow, as the rapping Of the disgruntled traveller spread, our
hhkhess interests will find themselves losing many times the cost
Of cooperation Ia q hotel construction project
The Herald does not believe II has over-stated a situation, the
gravity Of which mnst be eeer TO all who have given il any attention
There are just now signs in the New Mexico sky of a great indus
trial Development Of an importance that al hardly be overestimated
we have the opportunity 10 make out city the hub and center OF that
development and TO- reap vast benefits therefrom. But we cannot
ven start without proper hotel equipment,
This development and this opportunity are wholly aside from the
current needs Of this city; needs which demand that we stop con-
siderine high building costs and industrial conditions and hopes
for the coming Of a hotel angel" from the sky, and attend to this
need ourselves.