The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-08-12
The Masonic Excursion.

ON" hundred and .i.i,ty-tv" ,ifiz"r' OF
his locality board Il RI" "vaurSIpu rrum al
;ui> place On Wednesday, morning last,
each armed with a long coupon ticker call
ing FOR one passage to- Cape May and re
turn. The train upon arrival here Iirea'iE
contained about thirty ar forty passengers
from Pom Deposit and intermediate sta
mons making Il 1niai If something over Iwu
hundred persons. Til, hTE!'r vas in
IRE. sed at various pDiI,tS between here "ut
Delaware CIV t" somewhere in tur nri-,n
uiE..5ro,i q: i"ur hundred upon arIlE.l! ~
The last urmed peace, whrre thrE took III"
steamer Ci."". Upon the arrival al the
Steamer III IL" whAr: ,Ii" WAS fuhnd I" nave
III board -n.ur iiN" ar >:N hundred persons
from Philadelphia ami other points. This
mrtunrr va, added To 1T pnri Penn and
Bombay Hook, until a 1"tai passenger i'~I
ni arnHt twelve hundred WAS itl"!!.I bS
The time TIE steamer cleared the last ar"i'
ping place aud headed for Cape May iair.-
ne. The run down was pleasant aud with
ont intidcu; worthy at rorr, hut Whe'i The
steamer reached the landing the troHhi"
urg,n. The R"pubiir with over II thousand
passengers had lAn,!tr: igst a!ieai of the
Fri,., ana the little ou"-hnrse railroad
nurg:!IIn. between HE laI!..ing ami Cap
May city WIS taN"d nryol.i its rap.rity IA
transporting this crowd Bot WHEN Ia"
Twelve hUIlred from the Ci.''Ic were added
The scene li-,.tLic nua al r"m!H~Dn ""'.>-
rontnauHru. Tine eAcur>!.uIsir ''I!.ult aitaY
they had reached he rrr thai tt"-ir tickets
cII!rrr h,.,i No Cnupuu I"r thr. mi" "1'T in
the cars attached OF It suri, coupnn had
been attached " had hrrM to!n OF hy lac
steam boat official. as they landed AMI each
person was Required. TO purchase Il rtE't
before Iuty werr allowed 10 hoard the train.
the scene here WAS a rough and tumble
scramble for the ticket window, the strong
croWdipg the weak away and rendering II
i'm possible fer II i;iy who had Untortun-
afr!y vrntGred alone upon the trip to 81
cure the necessary pt>teuarh. IN far T.
many gentlemen who did uui fancy Sucii 4
scramble i'll rough crowd We're compelled
TO i.wait their thinning out ana dlu E"1 .
reach Cape May city until just ahGa. time
t" leave on the return trip. missing entirely
the privilege Of Il bath or Il look around III"
place. This kind Of treatment was not
reli,hed by the rxcursionist+ and their feel
ingS were freely expressed upon the sub
iect. The ticket held by them called for a
"trip to Cape May (uot Cape May ianding)
and return. This contract the company
failed 20 fill and the extra fare OF ten cents
each way was eNtortca for transportation
frnm the landing t" Cape May and Return.
The small amount of money thus "run%
from unwilling PURSES was not however tile
chief cause ri complaint. The i!nperirct
arrangements and Insufficient capacity of
thl. little one horse railroad IL cunFey them
from! the UlaGc of ,andiGG. ,tIe rough usage
received at the hands uf employees Of the
concern and the detention o: r;any 1T the
landing for several ho"rs was tha real
grievance and Il just caHSe ot rompgint
Very few of the company coN,:l b. i"HlGed
to take the trip again unless these wrongs
are rghted
- Remember iirirEley x McCuilnucn's
excursion To Rochester next Thursday,
August 18th. on the favngiie steamer Pint
BoH. II starts from Port Deposit and stops
~ Hare lie Grace.