New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-07
INCIDENTS OF TIE JOURNEY.

TALK WITH MR.. BROWN, THE PRESIDENTS PRI-
vATE sECRETAgY-THE TRIP UNMARRIED BY ANY
UNToWARD ISCIDENT-THE PATIENT TREATED
AS II IN HIS CHAMBER At THE WHITE HOUSE
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rHiBUNEl
LoNG BRANCH, Sept. 6.-J. Stanley Brown, the
Presidents private secretary. has established his
headquarters at cottage directly oppo'itc the Ell
bcrOn and little to the east of the Presidents cot
tagc. He accompanied the Presidential party, and
was much fatigued by the long journey and the
anxious anticpatons of the result OF the Trip.
When asked to tell the story of the removal he
piled that the whole trip was absolutely devoid of
any significant incident.
"I doubt if the removal could have been more
skfully planned or the arrangements more per-
fcctly conducted Every detail arranged
infinitely before started, and the programme
was strictly adhered to- The time for starting had
been fixed ut q o'clock, and promptly at that hour
the ply sicans went to the Presidents room and an
nuunced that everything was IN readiness To start
on the long journey The prospect, of course,
that the President would have to suffer the fatigue
of a long tedious journey; but the news that the
hour had arrived for his removal seemed
to cheer him. He had been restless
several days. anxiously anticipating the event He
wanted to be removed to this place because he felt
confident that under the influence of the air he
would mend much moro speedily. When the ar
rangements for his removal being made he
was kept informed and knew thoroughly the whole
| programme.
"The physicians were the only persons who re-
! moved the President from his bed in the White
House. They lifted him in sheet. and he was car
ried to a bed in the lower corridor OF the " lite
House. When he was fixed comfortably the bed
| was carried to a covered express wagon which
| was waiting at the door In the bottom of
| the wagon springs had been placed TO prevent any
| ioting Preparations had been made to keep
| the streets of Washington free from noise. IL was
| remarkable how faithfully everybody complied
with this instruction. The street cars had stopped
| running and no vehicle of any description passed
| the express wagon which bore the President The
streets filled with people of all kinds but there
was no demonstration of any description. noticed
that great many men uncovered their heads as the
| wagon moved slowly along the street The people
knew that the President in the wagon and they
seemed to think that his Improvement depended on
their quetness During this trip the patient was not
disturbed in the least. There were three railroad
| tracks over which the wagon had TO pass but the
jarring was avoided by filling the tracks with sew
eral inches of sawdnst The experiment proved tC
be good one, az the wagon passed over the tracks
| as smoothly rs it would have moved on woodeI
| floor.
| "The transfer from the wagon 10 the train wa
snecdily made, and then the party was ready Il
start on the journey. The train was started with
out any noise There was ringing of bells o
signals by whistles. When the President was mad
comfortable in bed the physicians told the conducto
That they were ready to have the train started.
wave of the conductors hand was the signal to tn
engineer, and the train moved slowly out OF tn
depot ut 6:4O o'clock. About twenty minutes he
fore pilot engine had been started to precedo III
train over the whole route to see that the trac
was kept clear and TO prevent any train from pass
ing the one in which the President was.
! 'srhe train consisted Of an engine and three cars