The daily gazette., 1880-08-07
THE JEFFERSON EXCURSION.

The Republican, of yesterday, indulg-
ed In mean and spiteful attack upon
the Jefferson Club excursion 10 Coney
Island, and allowed the reason for its
attack-because the excursion was not
advertised in that paper-to appear with
out any attempt at concealment. So far
as could he learned, all who went on
the excursion were highly pleased, and
the only annoying incidents were those
the management could not by any means
prevent. One of these mishaps was the
loss OF car, which was taken from the
middle of the excursion train, by the
pennsylvania Railroad officials, while it
lay In the Jersey City depot. The seats
in this car were numbered, land of course
tho who held checks for the seats were
in quandary when they boarded the
train to return home IN the evening.
However, Col. Bart was equal to the
emergency, and by judiciously crowding
the other excursionists little closer, all
of them cheerfully complying with his
| request, he succeeded la seating all who
held checks for seats In the missing car.
The other annoying mishap was the de-
parture of the boat from COney Island,
at night, earlier than the advertised time.
| When the excursion arrangements were
| first made with G. A. Dadmun, General
| Ticket Agent of the p, w. q B. X. r.
Co., choice was given the club of an
hour for leaving Coney Island, the times
designated being 7, s, $50, 9:15, 10 and
1870 o'clock, p. IN. The 9:15 boat was
accepted and duly advertised, and not
until the day previous to the excursion
| did fhA M ranaipa IN
the contrary. Then they were informed
that the boat--the Kill Won Kull-would
leave at nine O'Clock, and this announce
ment was carefully made in all the cars
on the morning of the excursion. On
arriving in Jersey City, Col Hart found
awaiting him two dispatches from Penn
sylvania Railroad officials, announcing
that the boat would wait for the excur-
lists until 9:l5 o'clock.
This announcement was not general
| ly made known, bnt some people learned
OF it, and to their sorrow. In the evening
Col. Hart found the Captain of the steam
| er preparing to leave at 9 O'Clock, He
demonstrated with him and showed the
last two dispatches, but he refused to
look at them and declared the railroad
company had nothing to do with his
| boat. Col. Hart notified all the people
| he could find to be on the boat by nine
| O'Clock, but owing TO the fact that the
captain of the steamer did not even wait
until nine O'clock, but steamed away a
few minutes earlier, about a dozen ex-
cursionsts were LEFT ON the iB and. Al
jersey City Col. Hart notified, the rall.
road officials OF this mishap, and they
agreed to accept the excursion tickets on
any of their regular trains next day
This agreement they faithfully complied
with, but the p, W. & B. officials refused
to honor the tickets, and exacted fare
from all the belated passengers who held
them. In all other respects the excur'
| sion was very successful. 1t was well
and jndiciously advertised, and only the
mean disgusting weather that prevailed
"Wednesday night and Thursday morning
prevented it from being grand success
At the Island every body had del ght-
full time, and were pleased with Coney
Island, ard the opportunity thus afforded
them by tue Jefferson Dem ocratiG club
OF visiting this great national resort.