The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-18
TRAVELLING KANSASwARD

The stream Of visitors to Kansas which
passed through This city Wednesday was
| supplemented by another almost as large
yesterday. with the difference that the crowds
upon crowds of yesterday came from Penn
| sylvania New York and other Atlantic
States. All trains incoming and outgoing
| were loaded to their utmost capacity, and
standing room on many of them was at a
premium. The union depot was thronged
all day and night with the excursionists and
their families, while many ofthem were scat
tered through the city seeing the sights or
looking up old friends and acquaintance
who had preceded them TO the New West
and had taken up their lines in the Future
Great.
The baggage men. both train and station,
were almost worn out last night with their
long continued strain in caring the ton upon
ton Of baggage that formed part Of the great
influx.
Major Blossom of the Union Depot Hotel
was crowded all day. from 8 in the morning
until late at night, when he was forced to
close the dining-room doors TO allow his help
an opportunity to rest, and the poor girls
looked rs though they sadly needed it. The
major estimated that he had fed two thous-
and persons, and he is preparing 20 do the
same thing again to-day.
The Missouri Pacific came in yesterday in
two sections. the last arriving about 10
o'clock. The Hannibal and ST. Joe arrived
in two sections. the last not getting in unit
about O'Clock. while the Rock Island did
not get in until o'clock. The Z. & A. came
in in four sections, the last arriving at l.
O'Clock. bringing in all twenty coaches. filled
to sufocation. while the Wabash. and in fact
all the roads. were from one TO three hours
late, and all loaded down. or course all
this mass of humanity must be furnished the
means Of further transportation. and IL taxes
the ability OF the roads leading west to the
utmost to accommodate them. The Missouri
Pacific sent out three long trains during the
day and one at night as a large number OF
those arriving had tickets over the Central
Branch Missouri Pacific from Atchison west.
The Santa Fe sent out sixteen coaches in
two trains. and the Fort Scott TWENTY-FIVE
cars in three trains. while the Union Pacific
forwarded sixteen coaches fall. This makes
in all foity-six coaches fun for the Fort Scott
road since the boom began. the Santa Fe
iort,-oIe. the Union Pacific forty and the
Missouri Pacific thirty-three. Calculating
sixty persons to the car. which is not more
than the roads have been obliged 70 run on
account of the scarcity Of care, the total
number Of excur.ionists who havs passed
through the city within thirty-six hours
reached the encrm Gus figure Of s.fse. How
the people OF Kansas VIII manage to STOW
away and entertain this little army o; visitor
unless they are well spread out after they
get into the stat. puzzles the phloeoher
IA miliar with Kansas accommodations 20 fiy- /
TIRE cut. but that they will arrange il in some /
way Is cer;sin. as Kansas hospitality is pro-
eerbiri'
The food is no; yet over. but it has prob /
Ably reached its highest point. and although s
there will continue to be large crowds II the 1
Union depot for at least two days more. there 1
viii be nothing like the last two days scenes
enacted there again for long time to coEse. :
Eaasss City Zsnss, Sor. Il.