New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
Local Intelligence.

the Madisonville boat Camelia arrived at
the Milneburg pier on Sunday, her passen-
gers-four or five hundred in number
found a large crowd-say three thousand
men, women and children-waiting for
tran sportation to the city. The accommo-
dations afforded by the Pontchartrain rail
road we're so totally and VIGOROUSLY made
quate for the purpose, that little panic
was created, in which a contest for places
took place between the single young men
on the one hand and women and children,
with and without male attendants, on the
other, in which the former were triumphant
ly victorious The rush was so great, how
ever, that hundreds of cigarettes were
smashed all to smithereens in the melee, in
which their gallant and lordly owners and
smokers were contending valiantly for the
first and choicest seats in the train. But
the ''boys" had the satisfaction of seeing
the discounted women and children left on
on the wayside to wait an hour tor another
train and another contest with men equally
resolute to provide for themselves. BY the
time the half-past eight o'clock train
reached Milneburg, several hundreds had
grown quite desperate, as it was the only
one that would come up to Canal street,
and the contest was renewed with more
ferceuess, but the same result as before.
The gentlemen usually got the seats in the
cars, and the women and children were
graciously permitted to ride on the plat
forms, steps, gravel cars, and wherever else
they could catch hold of anything to hold
On to.
That the crowd of people was unpreee-
dentedly great is very true. But under such
circumstances, with every lake bound train
c-ammed quite full, and steamer full Of
passengers expected from across the lake,
the superintendent should have put on an
other train, or at least added a few more
cars to the one already running. About
thousand people remained for the last train,
$50 p. NJ These were all left at the old
Elvsian Fields depot. Here, at least half the
load of people found themselves from one to
two miles from home, with goodly proper
ton of them in charge of sleepy young chill
dren, who had been crowded out OF the two
preceding trains in the manner above re-
cited. Again there was necessity to rush
for transportation. Those whose route took
them I'D town near the river, ran for the
levee cars belonging to the New orleans
City Railroad Company. Those who were
foremost in the race were gratif1ed TO see
car. which proved to be No. l3S, steadily APP
preaching. They hailed the driver and asked
him to stop He paid no attention. The two
or three passengers already in the car rang
the bell. Still the car went On, with long
stream of ladies and gentlemen ana lew
children chasing frantically after the
annarentIv comatose Jehu. Finally, some
of the more active runners among Tue
gentlemen overlook the car anu sue
ceeded in getting it stopped about op
nosita the Mint. When taxed Tor MS
want of attention, the delinquent driver al
leoed. "a an excuse, that he had orders MOI
m atom his car on Elysian Fields street
which might have been valid enough whlie
the steam cars were running, but was lal
from satisfactory at twenty minutes pas
fen However, when the car had been once
stonned if remained So For one OF the pas
senoers wanted fifty cent bill changed
This took the accomplished knight Oh 'h'
yb;n fully ten minutes TO do, so that tht
livelie st expressions of impatience escaped
from the thirty or thirty sufferers KEEP
in waiting. :;
II will be seen, therefore, that there L
Gonna r;sk of comfort for up town people u
go 70 Milneburg on Sundays At least thu
Fill he SO until better regulations are en-
- -, tho railroad lines. The people d'
not care to work too hard on Sundays an'
holidays and those who are sensible are no
likely to be caught twice IN the same un
pleasant fix. ~