Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-08
TO BE A BIG THING SURE
Grand Preparations Being Per
fected for the Inauguration
of President Garfield - How
the People are to be Accom-

fectcd Tor the lnauSurdtioh
of President Garfield - How
the People are to be Accom-
mOdated.
From the 81. Louis Globe-DemocIat.
What with the most elaborate decora,,
tons and colors, parade, fireworks ana
the brilliant reception and ball, the IN,
auguration OF President Garfield
promises to pass into history as the
most memorable event OF the kind
known in the annals OF the nation. Inc
General Committee, having matters In
charge, is constituted OF men who ap.
pear TO have given over all thoughts oil
business, or anything else, and devote
their entire time to perfecting details
10 insure a success which will stand
unparalleled.
The most important requisite for the
complete fulfillment OF all OF the eiaDo-
rate plans, namely, money, appears 10
he on demand in almost unlimited
amounts, and certainly Washington Is
out.doing herself in the way OF liberal
subscriptions; and this, together win
the offerings OF public functionaries,
Congressman and the like, swell tne
aggregate 10 little fortune. Indeed, 1t
will take a little fortune to carry opt the
programme; for, among other things. 1t
is proposed TO erect grand arches ior
each and every State in the Union, and
in addition, triumphal arches at the
entrance to the Capitol Grounds, and
at the White House and Treasury
Rnildipos. and other prominent points
in the city. These arches will be con-
structei after pattern at once artistic
and effective, and, together with the
general display throughout the city,
will alone pay the cost and trouble Oh
visit to the National Capitol. The
military parade promises to be the
grandest in all the country seen since
the memorable review at the close oil
the war. There is hardly doubt but
what the number of soldiers participant
ing will exceed twenty thousand, and
this, Nth the civic associations and the
carriages containing the President
elect, President Hayes, the Cabinet and
the most distinguished men oil the
country, will made a parade witnessed
only once i'm a decade. The action oil
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany in agreeing TO run trains every
half hour between Washington and
Baltimore has very much simpliied 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 ad ltageous to stop at as those OF
Washington. The regular schedule
time of the Baltimore and Ohio be-
tween the two cities is but one hour,
and with its Washington depot but one
square from the Capitol Grounds, and
it's Baltimore depot within few squares
OF the leading hotels, the visitor will be
enabled to reach the Capitol fully as
Quick from Baltimore as from most o!
the Washington hotels. The fare be.
tween the two cities has been placed at
the nominal rate OF sixty cents, and
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
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 Wash
ington, 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 train
by other roads. will be run in as many
sections as will insure meeting
the demands upon it; every care will be
taken TO insure the arrival in Washing
ton promptly on time. The passenger
department of the Baltimore and Ohio
has Just gotten out very handsome lit
tie circular containing, among other
things, brief sketch of the different
presidents and also the official pro-
gramme of the inaugural proceedings.
Ii 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, t. G. X. Lord, q. Z. A., Baltl-
more, Md.