New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
TOURISTS FACE A
 HOUSING PROBLEM
But Few Accommodations for
 Americans in Montreal

Montreal, Aug. 10 (UP)-Some of the vast army of American visitors to Canada this summer are literally 1 sleeping in the street here. This is not due either to reverses at the nearby race tracks nor to overin- diligence in alcoholic pleasures but rather to a paucity of hotel accom- modations. All hotels and roomine houses in the city are crowded to overflowing, and almost any night one can see American tourists sleep- ing in their cars along Dorchester street. the rooming house district, for want of quarters in the city.
 Neither bribery. influence, stand ing in the community nor wealth will buy room in this city once the quarters are filled. Hotels do their utmost to place all guests. At one downtown hotel the clerks and bell boys were busy until ? a. m. trying to find quarters for their overflow guests. In some cases. they parked them as far as nine miles out of town.
 A Surplus
 But even so, there is a surplus. And this surplus sleeps in the street venient to the hotels and then makes itself as comfortable as possible for the night.
 Even the hotel bathrooms are let at fancy rates. One American off, cial who lives permanently in Mon- treal has been coming down town to one of the big hostleries for his morning bath and breakfast while his family is away, but recently he has found that the system does not . work. for fellow countrymen are sleeping in the bathrooms.
 There is no way yet of knowing ' what the total of American guests Every hotel in Montreal is over- filled, and reaping a harvest of from $S to $50 per room double.
 It is likely to the total in all Canada will run into several mil lion.
 For instance, Windsor report says that 1855 900 persons crossed in- to Canada from the states on July 1, but that this record was exceeded in three days this week.
 On the basis of three persons to a car practically 100000 visitors came to the vtce of Quebec alone last year, according to figures of the tctr nf Thtc o n in crease of about 33 per cent over ths previous year. and it is believed tha' this years figures will surpass 1922 , vastly. The minister estimated tha the Quebec province guests spen l s62,000,o00 in 1927 compared tt r 50, ,oOO, 900 in 1926.
 S Liquor is one of the attraction 0 for visiting Americans. Some ar' = known to come here from New Yorl
 for the week end and stay intoxicat
 ed until their return. The Quebe
 liquor commission store opposite tn
 Mount Royal hotel and anothe
 near the Windsor and Queens hotel
 are the magnets to which thousand . hasten upon arrival.
 Buy AmerlCdn Hye r There they buy American rye
 Bourbon and Scotch whiskey at req
 sonable prices and as one America @ official puts it. They hug thei . packages like the bottles wer n babies"
 The hotels and restaurants SC v beer and wine. and the taverns bee |, and these places are we'll patronizet u Many guests seem satisfied with tn 's milder stimulants and very fe' V Americans make show" of then l. selves on the streets or in the cafe n Occasionally one sees visitor wh e wants to roll dice with the ta,
 starter in front of the hotel or wh h wants to make a speech on tf I. street. But for the most part. thos " '. imbibe do so quietly. 3t Of course only part of tf to guests are lured by liquor. Many al