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Show Apropos the hotel business in Ogden, the time is opportune to make some observations respecting respect-ing the true situation. Much has been written, more has been said, derogatory to adequacy and efficiency effic-iency of hotels in this city for a number of months past, the hotel men having not been given such hearing as they are entitled to. It shall be the purpose pur-pose of this section to make a few general observations observa-tions on the hotel question. It cannot truthfully be said that the hotels of Ogden are inadequate to the regular and ordinary needs of the city and they are not inefficient, insofar inso-far as modernized hotel-keeping is concerned, as is attested by the men who conduct them to say they are either inadequate or inefficient disparages that line of business and heaps odium upon Ogden as an up-to-date city of the first class. True it is that Ogden is growing rapidly in population, in industrial pursuits, business enterprises, enter-prises, educational and social advancement, railroad rail-road operation, livestock importance, manufacturing, manufactur-ing, and all allied enterprises that make for a large and greater city, the conclusion being justly drawn that the time is likely ripe for extended hotel accommodations. ac-commodations. Like a magnet compassing electrical electri-cal currents, Ogden is drawing heavily from the industrial world covering the intermountain country, coun-try, which means that its traveling population is increasing, calling for enlarged quarters for temporary tem-porary sojourners, and it would likely be a good investment in-vestment to build a few more hotefe and apartment houses; but to convey the idea to the world that Ogden has no place for the weary traveler to lay his head is drawing a far-fetched conclusion that is entirely en-tirely unwarranted. Except, perhaps, on special occasions, oc-casions, when conventions are being held, or when the occasion arises for a large gathering of people, but very few, perhaps none, are being turned away for lack of hotel accommodations. And, where is there a city in the world that is not taxed beyond its capacity for sleeping and eating quarters in times of large crowds of travelers or visitors? It is frequently reported from large cities that many visitors and convention delegates have no place to lay their heads, neither have they a place to eat, but they make the best of it,just as they do here in Ogden. And, again, men of business acumen do not i build hotels for special occasions,, but, rather, for the general everyday trade; they do not like the idea of starving the greater portion of the year for the, intermittant feast it does not pay interest on the money invesed. The hotels of Ogden are all rigjit; the hotel keepers are all right. The hotels of the city are modern, mod-ern, amply -equipped with the very best conveniences conven-iences in heat, light, ventilation, baths and the best-beds best-beds in the whole world. The proprietors and clerks are accommodating, congenial and painstaking. Of course it is quite universal for chronic kickers who form a part of the traveling public to always be complaining of hotel accommodations if they become be-come miffed over some trivial affair that may arise and going out with loud voices criticising the hotels. ho-tels. It is more than likely that these vituperations have much to do in poisoning the atmosphere with, oftentimes, unwarranted complaints. However, these chronic kickers will always exist, no matter what sort of hotel service they get but ex-parte criticism' should be taken with a grain of salt and judgment withheld until the other side of the question ques-tion is presented. In the future let's season hotel kicks with a large tincture of fairness and conservative conser-vative calculation. A careful estimate of the capacity of the hotels of the city, apartment and rooming houses, indicate that there is ample room in Ogden for a floating population of from 3,000 to 5,000 people which compares very favorably with other cities of the western country. |