Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
SUMMER RESORTS
HAVE GOOD SEASON
Bad Weather Failed Seriously
to Hamper Play of the
American Public.
BY j. C. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September Sum
mer will be officially over on Tuesday
so far as the Summer resorts are con-
Cerned. Hotel proprietors at the
beaches. mountains, lakes and forests
say that the great majority of their
guests migrate to the cities on the
dav after Labor day or soon there
after. whether the weather is 100 In
the shade or 40 in the drizzle. This
means that the railroads and high
WAYS will be called on TO carry the
last and largest rush of the season
In the next few days.
with the season practically over
the resort keepers are balancing their
accounts. They have complained pit
terly over the late Spring, the cold
Summer and the transforms that have
prevailed in many sections. But, all
in all, the majority of them nave
found that they had an average year.
The weather did hurt the trade of
those with concessions or who catered
10 the needs of the one-day trippers.
Put the hotels did az big or bigger
business than usual, and the more eX-
pensive and pretentious cottages rent
ed as readily as usual and at hlgher
prices.
passenger
Railroad men declare their passen-
ger business was not up 10 eNpecta
tious but hundreds OF thousands vas
tied the great scenic centers Oh A,ii ~
lea and the national parks had re-
,,arkahIe visitation. The volume oil
automobile traffic perhaps suffered
little from wet weather, but the vogue
~ tho closed car nullified the erect OIL
The weather to no small degree. Hun
drods of thousands motored TO Canada'
and to the resorts of each sectlon'
Americans have learned to play ana
they nlayed this Summer despite the
weather. People rented cottages
hoping for good weather, but deter
mined 10 make the best OF Conditions
More than the usual number went out
~ Tho cities for their vacations in the
same spirit. The thought that it might
he hot was enough to start them or.
proof Of this is the level Of real estate
values prevalent today in all the resort
centers.
Transoceanic travel was unusually
heavy. even without taking into ac-
count the pilgrimage of the American
Legion. The steamship companies
got them across in fairly good shape.
They had money when they starred
and could wait a boat or two. But the
shipping corporations nave rush
hour problem waiting for them In
getting them home again, tired and
many of them broke.
Want to Travel at Same Time.
"Tbe tourist who finds that for
Some sailing dates he cannot even
secure berth in the crows nest,
said l.. B. Sanderson, jr., one or the
shipping agents for the Royal Mail
Lines. "is apt to wonder why we do
not Immediately put on more ships.
We are facing the same difficulty as
the New York subways. Every one
wants 10 go and come at the same
time.
But when the total traffic is spread
out over the year it is astonishingly
thin Last year, for example, the
boats carrying first-class passengers
out of New York had an average
of only 120 passengers per voyage.
Cabin passengers averaged only IS a
voyage. second class 65 and tourist
class, which is supposed TO have
caused great traffic increases by Of
fering salaried people cheap trans
portation, only IS. These figures are
for all lines. If traffic could be
spread over the year it would be pos
sible to give better service and re-
duced rates.
As a result of the Yellowstone rush,
the road progress of that park will
call for expenditure of So 600 900 in
the next five years. The park has
$50 miles of road.
California tourist business has been
benefited 80 per cent by completion
OF the Victory Highway across
Nevada.