The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
TO BE A BIG THING SURE.
GRAND PREPARATIONS BEING PERFECT
ED FOR THE INAUGURATION OF
PRESIDENT GARFIELD-HOW
THE PEOPLE ARE TO BE
Accommodated,
From the So. Louis GIobe-Dsmocrat. j


What with the most elaborate deco
rations and colors, parade, fireworks
and the brilliant reception and ball, the
Inauguration of President Garfield
promises to pass into history as the
most memorable event of the kind
known in the annals of the nation.
The General Committee, having mat
tiers in charge, is constituted of men
who appear to have given over all
thoughts of business, or anything else,
and devote their entire time to perfect
ing details to insure success which will
stand unparalleled.
The most important requisite for the
complete fulfillment of all the elaborate
plans, namely, money, appears to be on
demand in almost unlimited amounts,
and certainly Washington is out-doing
herself in the way of liberal subscrip-
lions and this, together with offerings
Of public functionaries, Congressman
and the like, swell the aggregate to a
little fortune. Indeed, it will take a
little fortune to carry out the pro-
gramme for, among other things, it is
proposed to erect grand arches for each
and every State in the Union, and, in
addition, triumphal arches at the en-
trance to the Capitol Grounds. and at
the White House and Treasury Build
ings, and other prominent points in the
city. These arches will be construct
ed after a pattern at once artistic and
effective, and, together with the general
display throughout the city, will alone
repay the cost and trouble Of a visit to
the National Capital. The military
parade promises to be the grandest in
all the country seen since the memoir
able review at the close of the war.
There is hardly doubt but what the
number of soldiers participating will
exceed twenty thousand, and this, with
the civic associations and carriages con-
tanning the President-elect, President
Hayes, the Cabinet and the most dis
tinguished men Of the country, will
make a parade witnessed only once in
a decade. The action of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company in agree
ing to run trains every half hour be-
tween Washington and Baltimore has
very much simplified the question Of
accommodating the great crowd of peo-
pie in attendance in fact, has practi-
cally settled it, for by this means the
hotels of Baltimore will be as advan-
tageous to stop at as those of Washing
ton. The regular schedule time of the
Baltimore and Ohio between the two
cities is but one hour, and with its
Washington depot but one square from
the Capitol Grounds, and its Baltimore
depot within a few squares Of the lead
ing hotels, the visitor will be enabled to
reach the Capital fully as quick from
Baltimore as from most of the Wash
ington hotels. The fare between the
two cities has been placed at the nomi-
nal rate of sixty cents, and there will
be no increase whatever in the charges
at the Baltimore hotels. For the &C
commodatlon of those who desire to
remain in Washington to witness the
grand display Of fireworks and attend
the grand reception and ball, trains will
be run way into the night and as late
as there are people who wish to return
to Baltimore. The Baltimore and Ohio
being the only direct line from st. Louis
and the west to Washington, it has
made every preparation for the accom-
mediation of the very largely increased
travel which it will have next month.
The "Daisy Train" which leaves here
in the morning. and which arrives in
Washington seven hours in advance of
the quickest trains by other roads, will
be run in as many sections as will in
sure meeting the demands upon it ;;
every care will be taken to insure the
arrival in Washington promptly On
time. The passenger department of the
Baltimore and Ohio has just gotten out
very handsome little circular contain
ing, among other things, a brief sketch
of the different presidents and also the
official programme of the inaugural
proceedings. It can be had of any of
the Baltimore and Ohio agents, or will
be promptly forwarded by return mail
to all who care to drop postal card,
giving their address, to G. K. Lord, G.
P. A., Baltimore, Md.