New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-03
TOURISTS HOMEWARD BOITND

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Bundles and baggage landed at the railroad
depots, bundles and baggage piled on the piers q,
tine steamboat companies, bundles and bags pervad
ing the elevated railroads and the street cars all
have announced for the last week the return Of va
cation sojOurners In the country. For the Lao.
seven days streams of bronzed and dusty peonIs
have been pouring into the city from every railroad
| and steamboat line that has a terminus here Yes
terday was the red-letter day of the week in ,ba
| return OF visitors TO the city from seaside
| mountain and country resorts. The ho,.
weather wave that struck the metropolis carried in
on its crest thousands Of persons. The opening q,
| the public schools tomorrow Of course brouob,
back tho teachers and scholars and with the children
| came many Of their families. Exclusive Of tbis
| class many persons among the returning army vera
| lured home by discOnsolate male relatives who
| compelled to remain for most of the time in the
| city, have been filling their letters to the absent
ones for the last two weeks with descriptions Of
| how delightfully."- cool" the weather has been in
the thick of brick walls and dusty streets Doubt
full as these statements must have seemed in the
light of the weather here yesterday the returning
tourists were able to appreciate their probable
truth by reason of their own country experience Of
| cool weather recently. The occurrence Of Sunday
soon after the first OF the month also unquestion.
| ably brought back yesterday, for the enjoyment OF
day of rest from travelling before resuming bus-
| ness cares, many persons whose engagements or
habits always bring them home at the beginning Of
autumn.
The movement into the city of summer visitors TO
the country continuous all through last week
But the transportation lines and the baggage ex-
press companies report that the returning travel
yesterday was beyond precedent. This cor.
rObOrates the reports of tho various summer
resorts that the number of people spend.
ing a part or the whole of tho season away
from the city far exceeded that Of last year. On
of the lines the travel surpassed even that dnr
ing 1876, at the corresponding season. when, by
reason of the Centennial Exposition. it excep-
t0nally large. although the facilities for the
handling OF baggage were increased III expectation
of a rush. the movement h0meward last week taxed
the companies beyond their capacity. Baggage 90
ing out and luggage coming IN have been delayed
everywhere, and the various offices OF tho
baggage express companies yesterday seemed
TO wear more Of a character of Information
bureaus than anything else. From early morning
until late at night, from ferries and steamer
streamed into the city long lines OF dusty, travel
stained persons. busters, QIpsacks and country
flowers and ferns held by children or young women
having eyes To the decoration of parOr walls were
numerous on crOss-town street cars and rapidtrau.
sit trains. The city front seemed almost a tangle
OF wagons loaded o an extent terrifying to the
server with trunks and yases OF every age and
condition. And IN the express stations IL would
have been hard TO decide which was there IN
greater acknowledgement Or the profanity of the
baggage handlers.
Judged by the returning hosts, the travel this
season has been greater III proportion to the east
and to Long Island than 10 the mountains, in this
State. AT the Liberty-st. station of the New-IoTk
Transfer Company lDOdds EXpress) the agent said
yesterday: is home travel larger this year than
at the same time last year, Well, l should say
" have got more than we can manage with de.
livering baggage to-day. have been waiting two
hours trying 10 get couple OF additional pOrter
and they haven't turned up yet. / tried 10 get two
the day was too hot and the
work too lively for them to undertake
the job. Baggage has been pIling IN this morning
at a tremendous rate, and yet our heaviest time
when the ABB and $50 D. IN. tIalns arrives yet
steady all this week We have handled. on the
average about 900 pieces OF baggage day. To-
day We will receive, beyond doubt, 1000 pieces.
This is far III excess of what We did at this time
last year. Taking the deliveries all over the city,
1t would be safe TO say that one-half more baggage
Is now being handled than at the same season IN
twenty new wagons in order 70 meet the
incoming rush and they were called into service be-
tore time could De had 10 paint them. 1 know Of
no special reason why travel should be 50 lively
this year. But do know that every body seems To
be on tine move. he travel to Long Island has
been larger this year than ever before
The movement OF baggage by the baggage-ex-
press companies Is probably the best test of the
amount of summer travelling. and the same story
as that told AT LIberty-st. was repeated, with
variations everywhere. The baggage agent
of the, Fan River Line of steamers sud
been carrying back 10 the CITY an average OF about
l, 100 passengers day. We are taxed 10 Mt
most capacity, he went on, - and our accommodate
tiOns are all that limit the number OF persons Who
would row return home by our routes. Oar sum
mer business has been steadily increasing for sry-
era years. and at 4 moderate estimate We have had
this year 10 per cent more OF that kind oil travel
than We had last year. The last week has been
pretty even one, because OF the limitation OF our
accommodations, ana so ito not feel to-day an
especially heavy day on that account. 1t has
seemed TO however. that people THIS
summer have gone more To the Eastern resorts than
TO the mountains. We had over 500 passengers On
the Fall River GOAT that came III this morning. The
tide of travel mas also strongly turned hOnlewaId
from Newport and we are bringing down horses and
carriages OF summer residents there daily"
AT the Duane Street Station of the New-l ork.
Lake Erie ana Western Railroad the baggage-rOom
presented the appearance OF jungle OF trunks.
- This week has brought back thousands OF travel
ers," the agent SAID and to-day has been the
heaviest day of tine week. la tact,
every month this summer has been
better than the corresponding month of the pre-
ceding year; this has been the busiest MONTH and
to-day has been the busiest OF the year III the way
of baggage handled for returning travellers. We
will handle before night is over 1000 pieces Of
baggage brought in eight or nine trains, eXclu-
slve OF the baggage on our way trains The return
travel has been certainly Toto 10 per cent more
than that OF last year during the week. To-day We
will handle more baggage than We did on any one
day in the Centennial year The only featured
have noticed about travel this year Uas been the
tremendous rush over our road INTO sullivan
County"
Heavy boatloads of returning tourists came IN on
Fiday night and yesteday by the Albany aud Sound
steamers. In tact this travel was large as tho
utmost facilities of TIE water lines could accommo-
date. The office OF tue New York Transfer Con-.
pany at DesbrcsseS-st was nearly oyerw helmed
by the deluge OF baggage to be delivered. Inc
clerks and agents, submerged in trunks yalise'
boxes and bundles, were too busy almost to women.
safe word rs To the evidence they possessed that
the first of September host was returning. W ag0hs
by the dozen impeded the movement OF pedestrians
in Nest-st. and returning passengers turned III
themselves to help In the hunt for their luggage IN
The wilderness OF the express office. The express
company WAS comp elled by the rush yesterday 70
call IN the services of numerous outside express
wagons At the Grand Central Depot Mass oil
lllI1ns