The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
GENUINE WESTERN SPIRIT.
Is WHAT THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
ATM AsHINcToN Is MASrFEsTING IN
TIE DIFFERENTIATION TO MAKE
1T THE BIGGEST EVENT
Is HISTORY.

The general commit: e il charge
of the inauguration proceedings at
Washington next month appear to
be composed OF men who must have,
at some period of their lives, lived
West, and been imbued in the true
spirit of enterprise. Certainly the
men at the head Of it are energetic,
and so progressive as to insure the
completeness OF every detail in such
good time as 10 leave no chance for
a failure. Money rolls in to pay the
expenses without stint, and while it
is not known publicly just how
much has been subscribed, it must
be in the neighborhood of thirty-fve
or forty thousand dollars. The
plans perfected for the display, and
attcndent proceedings, is upon a
very elaborate scale, and calls for
the employing of not only very lib
eral means, but brains of no mean
order. Among the grand features,
it is proposed to throw arches across
Pennsylvania avenue for every State
in the Union. Each arch in some
way be distinctive of the common
wealth in whose honor it will be
constructed. Other arches will be
placed at the entrance Of the Capt.
tol grounds, at the Treasury build
| ing and at the White House and
other prominent points throughout
the city. In addition to these dec
orations, all the public buildings
and very many private structures
will be profusely embellished with
flags and bunting, AID if the weather
is only propitious the spectacle pre-
sented will eclipse anything OF
the kind ever before attempted in
the country. The acceptances of
invitations to military organization.
are already SO general as to lead to
the belief that there will be fully
twenty thousand uniformed men in
line, not counting the civic, Masonic
and other associations. The matter
Of providing accommodations for the
immense number Of People in at
tendance has been given no little
thought, and through the co-opera-
ton of the Baltimore & Ohio Road
Il it has bcen settled in the most salts
factory manner. The b. & Q. is the
only double track between Wash
ington and Baltimore, and with It's
very extensive facilities can readily
carry out the promise made, which i:
to run trains every half hour between
the two cities. This viii lead to the
practical throwing open of the ho'
tells OF Baltimore to those in attend
anee at the Inauguration, and the
ride being but one hour, the proba
Utilities are that those stopping il
Baltimore will reach the Capital
in fully as quick time ..as those who
stop at the Washington hotels. The
Washington depot OF the line is i'm
mediately adjacent to the Capitol
grounds, and the Baltimore depo.
within few squares of the leading
hotels of the city. The exceedingl,
moderate enarges made at the Bal
timore hotels will remain in force
the proprietors pledging themselve'
. not to increase their rates IN any re
spect. The fare between the two
cities will not be more than sixt,
= cents, which is a mere nominal rate
The B. & o. being the only direc
{ line from St. Louis and the West t.
/ Washington, its train reaching ther
seven hours in advance of the tastes
: trains of other lines. The numbe
that will 90 by this line is simpl,
beyond computation. In order t
!, fully accommodate this greatly in
/, creased travel, the B. & o. has pu
E on extra slecpers and large mum
{. Der of extra coaches, and will affor,
) every comfort and convenience il
e reaching the National Capital. Th'
company has recently issued a yer
neat little circular containing sketch
: os of the Presidents from the found
' alton OF the Union to the presen
!, time, and also giving the oilicia
: programme of the committee il
: charge Of the Inauguration. The Cir
: cular can be obtained from any {
= the B. & o. agents, or by dropping
postal card to c. X. Lord, G.. p. A
c Baltimore, Md, and it will be for
| warded by return mail.