The New York herald., 1922-12-25
WINTER RESORTS SEE
HUGE SEASON AHEAD.
Indications That More Pe0-
n pie Will Leave North
Than Ever Before.
TRAVEL STARTS EARLY
Florida, California and
Other Places in Warmer
Zones Benefit.
MANY TAKING LONG TRIPS
Fears of Continued Coal Short
age, Besides Dry Law,
Help Movement.
MANY TAKING LONG TRIPS


knowledge of the coal shortage is ever
present to the lands where the sun
shine is always warm promises to
reach unprecedented volume this win
ter. according to the general passenger
agents of the railroad and steamship
lines that handle and profit by such
travel, and it is becoming abundantly
clear that the winter is almost as
popular as q vacation time as Is the
summer.
This winter, unless the passenger
agents miss their various guesses en-
tirely more people will go to Califor-
mia. to the West Indies, to Bermuda.
and particularly. to Florida. than ever
before in a like period of time. The
crowd has started for the warmer
climates earlier than usual and it is
larger crowd than usual. In addition
there are indications that, as a crowd,
It will spend more time away than
usual AS one passenger agent said:
There are plenty of people with
money, that is clear. l don't know
where they get it, but l am glad 10
say they are spending good part of it
with us"
lExpect 10 Per Cent. increase.
From all indications and with every
one Of the railroad men knocking wed
and avowing that it is really too early
TO make prophecies. It is clear that un- !
less there is wholly unexpected slump, |
the travel this season from the neigh
borhood of New York city to the terri
tories wherein lie the winter resorts, will
exceed by 10 per cent that of last win
ter. Actual figures are out of the qucs-
ton, for there is no agency that checks
this travel. To the passenger agent. |
though, the total volume of business tells
the tale.
An indication OF what this means IS !
furnished by the figures of the Furness
Bermuda Line for the last week On
Wednesday it shipped 200 people - :
muda for Christmas week and on >. ar
day 600 more. This brought comment
from General Passenger Agent Outer
bridge as follows
1--WE never did business like that |
before That's the biggest crowd we
ever carried out for the holiday week"
But Florida win probably fare even
better. as it is not so FAR away as Cali
fornia and does not neccssitate a Sea
"Trip. las DO the West Indies and Ber-
muda. The greatest rus" for Florida 4
usually comes after the holida- season. 4
starting in the first week OF January.
1t IS then that the fashionables depart
from the colder territory as the large
hotels at Palm 5each and elsewhere do
lot usually open until after the New
Year. n
Hnr mi sn
But those who patronize the Poinci-
ana at Palm Beach and similar hostel
ries at other Southern resorts are not /
the only ones who 70 South for winter
holiday. Between 10000 and 60. 600 peo-
pie. for instance. go to resorts on
the west coast OF Florida. such as ST. 4
Petersburg and Tampa, which are be- l
coming increasingly popular Nearly all /
of these tourists start usually before the \
first of the year, but This season the I
rush began as carly as November ! and I
il has been keeping up ever since s. Il
B. Murdoch OF the Scaboard Air Line
says:
''Thc travel became very heavy about
December l5'aud Il appears possible 4
that business will be- nearly twice az
good as II was last year. Traiu rescrva-
tions are difficult to make now. nearly
crything being taken up to the end I
Oi 'snhaTN. mere mas DCen a SurpriS- j
Ing dema nd for drawing rooms as dis /
tinguishcd from berths and sections.
The demand Tor reservations has been 20
great that we are told tho Pullman i
company is out OF cars. The rush Is \
the greatest since, 1918 easily We will 1
put into service on January / a through 4
car from Boston TO st. Petersburg and 4
there is not berth TO be had in il \
for the first four days. The greatest \
travel appears TO be TO ST. Petersburg /
and Miami. We have sent an unprece-
dcntcd number of people into Miami I
so far in this month. And from some
of those resorts down there the reports
are that the hotels are not only doing
a big business. but people have TO stand
in line for their meals at the cafe
teriaa."
There Is sharp competition between
the Golden West and the sunny South.
az is clear when one talks with the
railroad men. California. however. is
getting its full share of the winter
travel with crowds OF people going TO
san Diego, Los Angeles. Pasadena and
santa Barbara.
Many Go In Private Cars.
Private cars arc used 20 consider
able extent and the passenger agent OF
one line that does an enormous fer
Western business said tho movement
OF private cars from tho East TO Cali
fornia IN December. thus far. has been
amazing.
Indications. based on reservations and
inquiries. arc that the travel TO Cali
fornia for tho winter season, which
starts In October and lasts until March.
will be much greater than laet vear I