The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-02-18
GENUINE WESTERN SPIRIT
Is What the Inaugural Committee at
Washington Is ManlfestiDE In the De-
termination to Make it tho Big
Rest Event I'm History.
n. Louis Republican.

washington is ManifestiDE In the De-
termination to Make il the Big
gest Event in History.
II. Louis Republican.
The general committee in charge of
the Inauguration proceedings at Wash
ington next month appear to be compos-
ed of men who must have, ut some Pc
riod of their lives, lived west, and been
imbued with the true spirit of enter
prise Certainly the gentlemen at the
head of it are energetic, and so progress
i've as to insure the completeness of
every detail in such good time as TO
leave no chance for a failure. Money
rolls in to pay for expenses without
stint, and while il is not known public.
ly how much has been subscribed, il
must be in the neighborhOod of thirty
five or forty thousand dollars. The
plans perfected for the display, and at
| tendant proceedings, is upon very elab-
crate scale, and calls for the employing
of not only very liberal means, but
brains of no mean order. Among
| the grand features, 1t is proposed
to throw arches across Pennsylvania
avenue for every state in the Union.
Each arch in some way TO be distinctive
| of the commonwealth in whose honor it
\ will be constructed. Other arches will
| be placed at the entrance of the Capitol
/
| the White House and other prominent
points throughout the city. In addition
| TO these decorations, all the public build
Ings and very many private structures
will be profusely embellished with flags
| and bunting, and il the weather IS only
| propitious the spectacle presented will
eclipse anything of the kind ever before
attempted in the country. The accept
ances of invitations to military organiza-
tons 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 attendance
has been given no little
thought, and through the co-opera-
| ton Of the Baltimore and Ohio road il
has been settled in the most satisfactory
manner. The B. and 0. is the only
double track between Washington and
Baltimore, and with its very extensive
| facilities can readily carry ont the PROM
| Use made, which is to run trains every
half hour between the two cities. This
will lead to the practical throwing open
| of the hotels of Baltimore to those in
attendance upon the Inauguration, and
| the ride being but one hour, the proba-
bilities are that those who stop in Bal
| timore will reach the capital in fully as
quick time as those who stop at Wash
| ington hotels. The Washington depot
| of the line is Immediately adjacent to
the capitol grouds, and the Baltimore
depot within a few squares Of the lead
ing hotels of the city. The exceedingly
moderate charges made at the Baltimore
! hotels will remain in force, the proprie-
tors pledging themselves not to increase
their rates in any respect. The fare be-
tween the two cities viii not be mere
than sixty cents, which is q mere nomi-
nal rate The Baltimore and Ohio be-
| ing the only direct line from st. Louis
and the west to Washington, its train
reaching there seven hours in advance
of the fastest trains by other lines. The
number which will go by this line is
simply beyond computation. In order
to fully accommodate this greatly in
| creased travel, the Baltimore and Ohio
hiss put on extra sleepers and large
number of new coaches, and will afford
every possible comfort and convenience
| in reaching the national capital. The
company has recently issued very
| neat little circular containing sketches of
| the presidents from the foundation Of
the Union to the present time, and also
| giving the official program Of the COM
mittee in charge of the inauguration.
| The circular can be obtained from any
of the B. and o. agents, or dropping e
postal card TO G. K. Lord, @. p. A., Bal
| timore, Nd, and it will be forwarded by
return mail.