Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-05
THE EXCURSIONS.
TO PINE GROVE AND ATLANTlC CITY,

I Bitter Complaints Against the Railroad
Company.
The Pine Grove excursiOnists got home
last nirht between II and IL o'clock, and
are unanimous in their complaints against
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad company for
the shabby and insufficient. transportation
furnished them. Some even go SO far as
to dcncunce the City cornet band under
whose auspices and for whose ben
eft the excursion was gotten up,
and 4 few Of the more angry ones
bestow few maledictiOns Oh the
Cumberland Valley road, the South Noun
tain road and the management of Pine
Grove park itsclf-but the great volume
of cxecration is hurled upon the Pcnusyl.
vania railroad company, and none SO vehe-
ment in their denunciatiOn rs the men,
bcrs of the band They declare that they
took every prccaution to secure the comfort
of their patrons they told the railroad
officials some days before the cXcur-
sion that they would require trans
Dortation for at least 800 pas
scngc:s and the railroad men had
promised to furnish accommodations for
900, that when the time arrived there
was scarcely seating accommodation for
700, and that in Old, dirty, uncomfortable
and condemned cars aud that, though
there were over 1, 100 passengers to carry.
no effort was made to furnish additional
cars, though, at least half u dozen empty
cars were attached to the excursion train
which left rrr Atlantic City about the same
time. With the seats and ais'cs and plat
forms packed with 4 swcltcriDg mass OF
men, women and children, the train steam
cd out of the Lancaster depot although,
there was not even standing room Oh any
of the cars the train stopped at the way
stations aud took aboard more passengers.
There was not Z. sufliciency OF water aboard
to accommodate the passengers several
women tainted and hundreds were almost
smothcrcd and iu this way went through
to Harrisburg.
On the Cumberland Valley road 4 sufIi-
cicnt number Of cars, OF rather inferior
quality were furnished, the excursion was
divided into two sections, but the motive
| power was scarcely sufficient TO carry
| through the trains, especially over the
heavy grades of the South Mountain road,
| and Pine Grove was not reached until after
II o'clock-thc passengers having been
swc,teriug in misery for live mortal hours.
Arrived at the grove, they found that
| the management had not been notified of
the great number Of excursionist;, and had
| not, therefore, provided sufficient enter
| tai,.,nent SO that those who did not take
their own lunch along, were put Oh ''slrrt
commons" and wished themselves home
| again. The grove is very pretty, they say,
but they can find groves just as comfort
| able within Il few miles of Lancaster.
AtG o'clock the cxcursion!sts turned
| their faces humcward, and for more than
five hours were again packed i'll the cars.
Not far from the Grove truck jumped
from the track causing intense constcrna
ton. Women tainted, children screamed
and men sworc. One lady, Miss Fitgcr-
aid, Jumped from the window of y car and
was considerably hurt. We hear OF no
other serious casualty. The cxcllrsionists
further complain that they We're obliged
to switch of and lay over OH sidings
while cattle and hog trains were given the
right of way. The train reached Lancas
| ter about II 80 last night. 1t ran right
| through MOuntville, carrying tho passen :
gers from that station all the Why to Lau-
easter. \ few of them jumped oft while
the train was running ut high speed, but
| whether they were hurt or not, has not
been learned. Even iT this city they were
| held for half hour 1T Lemon street.
After discl,:,ryins the Lancaster passnn-
gers, the MOuntVlllc passengers were
taken back to that station.
The band people say that they will never
| again get up IN excursion Oh the Pcnnsyl-
| vallia railroad The company treated
them just as shabbly /. few years ago when
they and the Light Guards made tho cNcnr-
sion to Gettysburg.
| The band will clear from 800 to 500 Oh
| the excursion.
| The Other Exclusion.
1t has been pretty hard to-day Ia find
| anybody WHO was on the Atlantic City cx-
| cursion, the participants generally having
| SD enjoyed it and their place OF destination
as to have stayed at the scasllorc Or in
Philadelphia under tho two day privileges
! of their tickets. OF those who returned,
reacI,n. Lancaster about midnight, all
seem to report Il pleasant trip, good cais,
good time ami Il delightful experience
at the great summer resort oi the Allan,
tic coast. Yesterdays WIS probably the
last excursion that will ever bc run from
this city to Pine Grove, while there is every
encouragement for people to go the other
way, and they will have good chance on
the 18th inst: The public confidence is
better lodged in excursions 10y the main
| lines of travel.