The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-02-17
TO BE A BIG THING SURE.
GRAND PREPARATIONS BEING PERFECTED
FOR THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
GARFIELD. - HOW THE PEOPLE
ARE TO BE ACCOMMODATED.
Lrrom the s.. Iouis Globe-Democrat.l

W HAL Will TIC i1lOoG OAtsOOi@I- N<NNO-S-
tons and colors, parade, fireworks and
the brilliant reception and ball, the IN
auguration OF President Garfield prom
ises to pass into history as the most
memorable event of the kind known in
the annals OF the nation. The General
Committee, having matters in charge,
is constituted of men who appear to have
given over ali thoughts of business, or of
anything else, and devote their entire
time to perfecting details to insure a
success which viii stand unparalleled.
The most important requisite for the
complete fulfllment of all OF the elabor-
ate plans, namely, money, appears to be
on demand in almost unlimited amounts,
and certainly Washington Is out-doing
herself in the way of liberal subscriptions;
and this, together with the offerings of
public functionaries, Congressman and
the like, swell the aggregate to little
fortune. Indeed, it viii take little
fortune to carry out the programme; for,
among other things, it is proposed to
erect grand arches for each and every
State in the Union, and in addition, tri-
umphal arches at the entrance to the
Capitol Grounds, and at the White House
and Treasury Buildings, and other prom
inent points in the city. These arches
l, tal of Harm of
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 Capitol. The mill
tary parade promises to be the grandest
in all the country seen since the memor-
able review at the close of the war. There
is hardly doubt but what the number
of soldiers participating will exceed twen-
ty thousand, and this, with the civic as
sociations and the carriages containing
the President-elect, President Hayes, the
Cabinet and the most distinguished men
of the country, will make a parade wit
messed only once in decade. The ac-
ton of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company in agreeing to run trains every
half hour between Washington and Bal
timore has very much simplitied the
question of accommodating the great
crowd of people in attendance; in fact,
has practically settled it, for by this
means the hotels of Baltimore will be as
advantageous to stop at as those of Wash
ington. The regular schedule time OF the
| Baltimore and Ohio between the two
cities is but one hour, anu with its Wash
ington depot but one square from the
| Capitol Grounds, and its Baltimore depot
within few squares Of the leading hotels,
the visitor will be enabled to reach the
Capital fully as quick from Baltimore as
from most of the Washington hotels
The fare between the two cities has been
placed at The nominal rate of sixty cents,
AMI there will be no increase whatever
| in the charges at the Baltimore hotels
For the accommodation of those who
desire to remain in Washington to wit
ness 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 accommodation
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 viii insure meeting the de-
, mands upon it; every care will be taken
to insure the arrival in Washington
promptly on time. The passenger de-
partment of the Baltimore and Ohio has
just gotten cut very handsome little
circular containing, among other things,
a brief sketch of the different presidents
and also the official programme OF the
inaugural proceedings. 1t 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.
?. A., Baltimore, Nd.