The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09


from Topeka. Having heard that the ex-
cursiOnists did not propose to bring their
he notified the hotels here to ex.
pect a rush for dinner. We believe Mr.
Jones paid the road SO much for each ex
cursIon car, and took his risk Of bad
weather ahd y small crowd, or tine day
and big crowd, and fixed the price of
tickets and took the proceeds OF their sale
himself. The day was fine, and the crowd
OH both trains much larger than he ex-
pected. He says he got all the cars that
he could persuade the road to spare, and
that they let MIN have ali they could. He
Was promised train of two cars TO run
between the grove and this city ali day,
but Friday was informed that the cars
could not possibly be had, and that he
must wait for them until the Topeka
train got in, aud then use some of those
cars.
That train got in quite late, and mean
time scores if not hundreds of our people,
old and young, were YEARLY watt ne at
the depot for the train 10 run up and
down 10 the grove. Had the Topeka and
Wichita trains started two hours earlier
than they did, it would have been a great
deal better for all parties.
Those trans were cTammed full, and
brought about 300 people, 4 large part OF
whom soon wanted to get their dinners.
The hotels had not prepared for such
rush, but ali did their level best to ac-
commodate the unusual demands upon
them. The DelmOnIco dining room tables
were besieged from IL 80 To 1870. The
Windsor set over 300 dinners, and the Mer-
chants aud Sherman probably as many.
Other places were busy, and hundreds
lunched at the grove. Nobody had to go
home hungry or thirsty.
The travel from the city TO the grove,
and the attendance from the country in
wagons, was more than double what Mr..
Jones had calculated. He had not ade-
quately estimated the immense effects OF
thorough advertising. The consequence
was that before he knew 1t he had an ele-
plant On hand loo big for him to manage.
The grove was packed, the platform and
seats were insufficient, the trains came in
so late that all the programme except the
contest for the organ had to be abandoned,
the crowd to see and hear the contest was
so dense and the young trees so thick that
the heat was intense and the people very
much In the way, and then the supply OF
cars so insufficient that when one train OF
two ears came down in the afternoon from
the city, the rush OF =, 1000 people to get in
to those ears to 20 to the city was sc
strong that many of those who wanted tC
get out could not and were forced to re
turn with the train. Then the multitude
swarmed the track for an hour. until 1
train of eight cars came do wn, and we be
lieve !. 800 people got on those Cars. They
were so packed that the collection of fare
was impossible, and many rode free. Thi!
relieved the pressure, however, and as II
was yet quite early all who wished to gel
10 the city for supper must have done so.
| Driving back we met several enterprising
vehicles going out to pick up any strag
giles, and feel quite sure that nobody wa
lett in the woods.
Carefully estimating Mr.. Jones eXpens
es and receipts, without any figures from
him to go by, we figure that his net prof
its were as much as some newspaper
make in year. Some people think then
about $500, others as high as 81 600, bu
nobody but himself knows. We are in
formed that - Mr.. McClary deposited mon
ey TO guarantee the railroad company il
pay for the trains, and thus became y 81
lent partner In the jubilee enterprise, an
no doubt takes "A share OF the proceeds
Ii MIR. Jones realizes for himself $500, b
will doubtless feel repaid for his excl
tiOns, which included over = months har
4 IA a :
gain into loss.
Profoundly rs we respect MIR. Jones, w
cannot pronounce him an entirely and al
together successful jubilee manager
We saw about 5000 people Saturday VIII
could all have managed the Fourth of Ju
ly good deal better than he did. Nil
Jones acknowledged this himself. Hi
only consultations are a clear conscienc
and 3 full pocket book. He has also al
quired a reputation, aud is now so eXteI
sively known that the next time lac &C
vertises a jubilee people won't besiege u
with the question "WhO is JOnesr' II
Is known all over the state now, and hs
got 100 acquaintances, where he had on
, a week ago. That is Of itself worth a goo
deal OF trouble, and q lame leg, whiC
latter affiicLion MIR. Jones secured by al
( almost superhuman eXertions to NAL
/. the crowd at the grove perfectly comfor
n able.
, That Mr.. Jones did not have the Sigh
= est intention Of disappointing any one, /
). one who saw him Saturday could dOub
n His objects were simply to get up goo
|. jubilee, and give the EmpOria hotels
i chance TO exercise their table walters.
= had no idea OF the immense circulate
aud influence Of THE News as an adye
Using medium, and when he arrived he
u Saturday with the Topeka train, al
o found n tidal wave Of humanity Pouriu
r IN from sill directions, he rallied all his e
L ergies and made desperate effort 20 =
l. commOdate everybody. But it was q
J. late TO improve the grove, or enlarge d
: platform, or furnish enough cars, or es
4 ~ out the full programme. All tn
|. Jones could do WAS to proceed with q
r contest, which was fairly and square
'e done, aud to pack the people snugiy in
The cars, which they saved him the trou