San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02
Tourists Have Only Praise
Refusing to Cntiicise City

| from the city, we can reach hunting
grounds and fishing places, where
nature retains the wildness of its crca-
ton, unchanged through ages, al
| though the trolley and the skyscraper
are only a short distance away"
Made to Feel at Home.
Coming from Geneva. Ohio. one
woman said that she had been visiting
in San Antonio for fourteen years.
and stated that this was the first year
San Antonio had made an effort 20
entertain tourists or to accommodate
them pleasantly after their arrival.
| I'VE received circulars telling about
San Antonio's climate, and all about
her various attractions; but when we
came, we were left to find out for
ourselves. We were as much alone as
| though we were in the wilderness, be-
cause congenial people would not try
to cultivate our acquaintance. We
were strangers in a strange land. and
while we enjoyed the climate, and all
the other attractions that San An
tonic possesses, we were not made 10
feel ut home. This year, we have
made friends, We have a place 20
spend an afternoon in pleasant diver
sion, and we have enjoyed the season
more than we have in all the other
thirteen years put together" this
woman said.
One visitor from Eau Claire. Wis.
said that the hotel accommodations
and the PARKS were better here than
| in any tourist city he had ever WIS.,
tied, and he has visited all the prinei-
pal ones.
"The cost of living is much cheaper
| in San Antonio than in any tourist
resort in the United States, offering
at the same time as good accommoda-
lions as you can get anywhere" the
man from Eau Claire said. II pay
So a week for a splendid room, in
walking distance rom the business
streets, and in Eau Claire or in Chi
cago. or in Florida or California.
would have to pay double that price.
The restaurants and hotels are very
reasonable in their prices. 1t is UNI
usual to take a vacation and save
money. and still have good time.
but that very thing can be done in
San Antonio"
Wants Transportation to Medina.
A suggestion was offered by Min
reapolis man concerning San Au-
\ tonios surrounding attractions.
"There should be either a regular
bus line or a trolley to Medina Lake, {"
he said. "The lake is one of the great
est attractions that any city could
| have, but q majority of the tourists
here never have the opportunity to
visit it, because they have no cars,
and tho present bus service compels
them to spend the night. Some of us
are not prepared to do this, and COLI
sequently much pleasure is lost be-
cause we canont fish and hunt and
spend frequent outings there. An in
| terurban with regular service could
rot only take crowds of tourists to the
lake every day, but would have large
patronage from residents of this city.
With regular transportation connec-
ton with San Antonio, Medina lake
| would become one of the greatest re-
sorts in the Southwest, and would
add great value to San Antonio as
tourist city,"
An attraction possessed by San An
tonic that brings SO many lovers oil
the outdoors is her good, roads, ac-
cording to a visitor from Green City,
| Mo.
Texas has remarkably fine roads,
compared with other Southern and
Western states,- he stated, land San
1 autOnlO Is lDCdltu III Inc SchtSA W.
| the best roads of the state. There is
only one menace that threatens to dis
gust visitors who come in their cars,
and that is the bog hole pirate, with
his unreasonable prices. On stretches
of dirt road, in counties that will not
bond for better highways. there nre
places that become too muddy for cars
to pass, after even slight rains. L
have had several friends coming to
Texas who were held up by farmers
who pulled them out some having to
pay SO, some S15, ~ some only 50.
In one case, a party of cars was trav--
cling together, and the first man had
to pay SIS, the second $40. and the
last car was charged only 90 cents.
recommend that all highway. depart
ments of town and city administration
KEEP on the alert for unjust road con-
ditions."
Likes Tourist Parade idea.
Every visitor had a word Of praise
for the organizations of San Antonio
that have staged entertainments for
the tourists this winter. Plans are
under way for another tourist pa
rade, and great many of the visitors
said that they hoped the event would
become an annual affair, TO De an
| ticipated from year to year.
"Why not make the tourist parade
and Tourist Day an annual event, pc
culiar to San Antonio?" one visitor
asked. "The continuation of an af-
fair of this kind would become an in
stitution as unique as it is popular,
and would give San Antonio great
amount of publicity, and at the sam.
time would bring thousands OF visitors
here every year. 1t would become n
definite part of the plans of every
winter visitor in the Southwest"
The need for a large auditorium
was stressed by several tourists, who
| said that with the growth of San An
tonio's winter trade. present quarters
would become inadequate.
while San Antonio's present quota
of tourists are comfortably situated
in the Tourist House, it will not be
long until a larger place will be need
cd" one visitor said. at will be
wise, to look ahead, and to provide
place that will house the thousands
of future visitors to this city.
would suggest an auditorium, to be
used for conventions and special
meetings Of all kinds, in addition ia
providing a meeting place for tour
ists."
Minor Improvements Suggested.
Another visitor suggested larger
croquet grounds for the Tourist
House. and another said that the sur
face of the horseshoe grounds should