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] | i j ! , | HOTELS HANG OUT TUIL SIGNS » Derby City Doing Best to Accommodate Visiting Host. » Thoroughbred Fans Continue to Pour Into Kentucky Metropolis by All Means of Transportation. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30.— Louisvilles ] hotel and housing accommodations ap-; proached the point of human saturation j today as thousands of visitors converged j J upon this city to await the running, Saturday, j of the Kentucky Derby, at Churchill j I Downs. Louisville has been celebrating j j Kentucky Derby Festival Week since Mon-j j day, but the carnival only got into full swing j Wednesday night when the first parade was i presented, and with it this city became a ! ! center of convention gaiety. I With hotel facilities spoken for months ; I ago, and the "No rooms vacant" sign boldly j displayed in lobbies, the Louisville Housing , Bureau is doing its best to find accommo-I dations for visitors in private homes. Many j ; already are finding it necessary to "double ; j up" or share their living quarters with! ! ; others and before all the Derby guests ar- i i rive, it is believed many more will be ; obliged to get their rest in the open in , | such ways as best they can. | Gov. A. B. Chandler and Mayor Neville j j I Miller have sounded notes of welcome to thousands from every point of the compass, j j and both have taken personal hands in mak- t ing the pre Derby festival here a pleasant j one for Louisville and Kentuckys guests, i i Visitors continue to pour into the city I j from all directions, and by every means of i travel, further bearing out the prophecy of | ; Col. Matt J. Winn, executive director of -, i j Churchill Downs that the Derby this year will attract the largest throng in the long j ; I history of the race. He believes 80.000 or ! more will be at the Downs on Saturday. Meanwhile, railroad, air line, bus and steamboat companies reported passenger traffic far exceeding that for several years, and hourly they are pouring their human I cargoes into the city. j Among the notable visitors due are Post- i master General James A. Farley; C. V. ; Galloway, vice-president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Marvin H. Mclntyre, sec-rotary ; to President Roosevelt, and a party 1 of thirty, due Saturday morning in three special cars from Washington. Railroads serving all the principal cities ; of the country are making up special trains , to bring Derby visitors to Louisville, and in | j addition, countless private cars will be avail- [ able for those desiring them. Air lines, too, [ have made arrangements to put additional planes into service for the especial accom- ! modation of Derby folk, while steamboat | companies, as is their custom, will bring | hundreds to the city and remain here as floating hotels for their passengers. Rail- j roads report a larger number of side track j j reservations for special trains and cars than , , in recent years. j Although many thousands already have ar-i rived here, the biggest part of the out-of-town Derby crowd is not expected until Friday and Saturday morning. The early arrivals are having a notice- j : able effect on the size of Churchill Downs crowds for last Saturday, the biggest open- j ing day gathering in many years viewed the sport, and the crowds all this week have been of near-holiday proportions.
