New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-07
he will about hold his own for a few days. which
will be all DESIRE but then shall look for con-
tinued and rapid Improvement"


tinued and rapid Improvement"
PLEASED WITH THE RESULT OF THE TRIP.
THE PRESIDENT SEEMING TO GROW BETTER
EVERY HoUR-MRs. GARFIELD CHEERFUI-Ar-
Y-GENERAL MACvEAGH BoPEFUL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE.i
LONG BRANCH, Sept &c. Z. Jones, manager OF
the Elberon, said that he in the cottage when
the patient carried in =" | was very much sur
prised TO see him recognize me by a wave OF the
hand" said Mr.. Jones' 81 asked Mrs. Garfield If
could provide the travellers with little lunch, and
she replied that they had had lunch on the train
The President then spoke and said that he wanted
something to eat Mrs. Garfield expressed her
self delighted with the result of the trip.
She said that she was glad that the President
had been removed, she thought that the sea air
would have good effect on him. She stated that
he seemed to grow better every hour Oh the jour
| ney. Great improvement was noticed when the
train reached Sea Girt where the first breeze from
the sea was received" Mr.. Jones also added that
| the physicians running around like school
| boys because they delighted with the result
| of the journey.
| Attorney General acVeagh visited the veranda
of the Elberon about hour after the Presidents
arrival and made the first public announcement OF
the of the trip His countcnance has changed
| greatly since the morning hours, when he looked
| anxious and careworn, fearing that something dis
astrous might happen on the journey. lie had re-
| ceived frequent messages from the surgeons IN
forming him that the President was doing nicely
but when he returned to the hotel after talking with
the physicians his eyes were bright with JOY and he
| smiled as he shook the hands of his friends. A
crowd immediately surrounded lin and asked for
| the
81" am willing to tell all that know" said he to
| "a TRIBUNE correspondent, because the trip has
been so successful there il nothing to conceal hat
more say than that the arrangements Tor re-
ceiying the President perfect than the
most hopeful aitcipations of the physicians had
| led us to expect. There not the slightest ac-
| cident on the journey, and the President is
certainly well now, II not better, than When ne
left Washington. 1t happened that tn time select
ed for the removal was an unfortunate one, because
yesterday and last night the Presidents pulse was
| high. When the party started from Washington
| the Presidents pulse lis. Since the
| journey his pulse down to los,
temperature not above 99.2, and the
respiration about normal. He surprised the phys
| icians by the way he bore the journey OF course
he shows signs of some fatigue aud will probably for
the next twelve hours; but then all the persons on
| the train looked weary and fatigued. 1t n long
journey, and anyone who rides in a way car for
seven hours will be glad when the time OF rest
| comes"
"Wil the fatigue re- ard h progress of recovery
81 think not, from the fact that the physician
saw that his condition is better than before he
started He did complain of fatigue the train
| On the contrary he showed lively interest in the
| trip Frequently he asked for information
| about the locality the train passing through OF
| the rate of speed at which the train was running
! ono of the prlncipal things that encouraged the
physicians the confidence that the President dis
PLAY cd in the successor the trip. He seemed to feel
certain that the removal would take place without
any accident He appeared to be less anxious about
its result than those around him.
''The physicians think that the hcd. the credit OF
h,clsta a tn Me Iaut ~ q la
| mott We power OF the Pepnsv lvaua Road. was very
happily designed 1t was planned to prevent any
trcmor or shaking by the motion of the tram. BY
this a1ran cement the train could move nj n nj Oh
rate OF speed with 20 more disastrous effects than
if il moved slowly. The train travelled at the rate
of yGve or sixty miles an hour at some places.
That is fast travelling with sick man"
" How has Mrs. Garfield endured the journey 7"
| Remarkably well and she is very much checred
at the successful result OF the removal
THE PREPARATIONS AT LONG BRANCH
THE BRANCH TRACK TESTED AND SEVERAL oBsrA-
Giles ENCOUNTERED AND REMovED-CHowDs
OF ANXIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT THE CoTrAGE-THE
| ARRtVAG-CiElRING NEWS COMMUNICATED ny
| DIR. BLISS TO THOSE ~ wAIrING-FROM HEr
| CAR INTO THE COTTAGE.
| lBY TELEGRAPH ro THE rRIBUSE.l
LONG BRANCH, Sept, 0--At IL o'clock this morn
ing everything seemed to he in readiness for the
reception of the President The track, which was
completed early this morning, had been tested by
running engine over it up TO the Francklyn Cot
tagc. The first and second trials resulted in dcrail-
ments, but without damage To anything upon
which the Presidents safety depended These incl
dents disclosed the fact that too short curve had
been made at the point where the track branches
from the old one, and worbmcn were
speedily engaged in making il longer
When the trial engine approached the cottage foI
the first time its smokcstack hit the lower wires of
the Western Union Telegraph Compauv-a lucky
} accident since it disclosed another matter which
required attention from the workmcn. The wires
were speedily raised out of the way.
Captain Ingalls,, with a detachment of men, thirty
in number. from the 1st Regiment of United States
the morning, and marched to the post at the Franck
Iyn Cottage a little before noon
Several hundred people of both sexes gath
cred upon the lawns about the cottage aud
the Elberon Hotel, idly examining the sur
roundings, but none admitted to the
cottage itself. Attorney-Gencral MacVeagh
assumed charge Of everything, for which purpose h'
j had come ON from Washington in advance. Their,
was an air of hustle and suppressed excitement
everywhere about the vicinity of the Elbcron Hotel
but much less noso than would naturally have beer
expected upon the near approach of an event 81
unique and Of such universal interest. The AttOr
; ncy-Gcncral was kept informed in regard to The
G progress made by tho Presidents train and thu
cheering information that good time bent
made, and that the President was enjoying his trip
spread cheerfulncss everywhere.
Z The day was intensely hot and sultry The occal
breeze from which SO much benefit was promised ha
not yet made its presence apparent and the first i'm
u prcssons gathered by one who had arrived ealy il
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