New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-08
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VpECIAL TRAINS AND BoA's-ho'h"
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,prc1AI TRAINS AND BoATs-HofEL Aoc"""'D"
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Tho ;nf,ux of visitors by railroad ana steail-
49,. according to oil Indications will be Inc gre'
, in the history OF this city This began In soouy
measure several days ago. anu yestefo"y l" ~
formidable proportions Extraordinary prepai""'
have been inade by the York Central the hHre"
p,vcr and tue New-YOrk New Haven and Hart'of"
Railroad Companies TO meet the demands TOT P"ee SO
accommodations. Marked Indications OF what may 10
expected were seen last evening at the "'"na
station on the arrival Of the evening Trains ""',
crowded with passengers from Boston. hai ''o,u
Haven, Norwalk, Stamford and all the Nc" 1r
towns nm the rou,e and connected with the Ne" maven
and Hartford road; from FONTS up 'he "u ,I.1a,
along the Central route and still again oy the iiaio'
road and its connections The Centrai Tram ""' ."
O'CLOCK, usually consisting OF nine OF 'cu '"',
doubled I'm length and locomotive force' 'pe'c oe'"
eiv,,,esn cars aud two locomotives The cars were
..oa Gil n, neopIe Tho New Haven and Hartford
,,n ~ the same hour was In similar condition. ana
the same may be said Of all the evening trains ar'k'
4 superintendent William H. Stevenson OF tne ha''.oi'
Zine said: All the information that can secure points
to the conclusion that we shall have the greatest r
passengers to this city Tomorrow that we nave ever ~
IN the history of tho city, People going TO ponr III
from ALL directions road has exerted itself To te
utmost to this extraordinary demand We s""i'
run special trains regardless OF schedule me SINH na
cars stationed all points with engines 40 that as SOON
shall trans have extra cars anu run uou"'o
headers trains with two locomoves) Wherever the SIT
uaon requires it. There will be heavy trains 'o-nen''
AMI the early trains tomorrow Will be Ioaded anu oe
loaded according to the present indications we nave
no special rates. except for the members OF the "rahu
Army and for military organizations generaiy "heu
snail move In a body. We shall have special Tram oi
ten cars from New Tia the Grand Army men there
aud also one from Norwalx. We have made ample
ARRANGEMENTS for all passengers and there VIII 10 DO
delay in conveying and delivering them at their desuta
ton provided there delay in the depot; for sn'h
DELAY we shall responsible. rs we rent the Use OF
the deeot from the Central Railroad Company aud they
tave entire control"
At the passenger Offices OF the Cen'ra ana 'ne
Harlem roads said that preparations had been
made for large rush Of passengers Extra cars are
always placed at the largest towns said Assistant
Passenger Agent Richards and these We shall Use III
case OF emergency, as well extra engines. We can
readily respond to any unusual demand having all the
appliances for the purpose. The evening trains VIII
some OF them doubled great the extra passenger
denand. In the morning people from mp the HndSon
Will begin coming down. and then shall have large
trains. We shall be able to meet All uemdhus' h""-
ever"
A special Sunday morning train from New-Haven VIII
be run in with steamers from Peck sp ieav
irg this city at midnight to accommodate people from
Meriden Hartford. Springfield and points along these
routes.
Agent Baldwin. of the New-Jersey Central Railroad
yesterday there will be over half million visitors In
Now-York by noon Tomorrow. l make this estimate
from tile that they are coming In to-day Ihe tci
what it was the day before the Evacuation
ceremonies. and Is increasing every hour. We VIII
run In thirty traus Tomorrow morning. Each one
will consist of seven the average and every car
will contain at least fifty passengers This VIII make
about 10 900 people our line alone and have not
inc uded the Newark local our Long Branch route.
which together will amount to 5000 more Oh course
the majority will be hoss VIII, come to sec the
funeral Our difficulty at present is getting cars sul-
cient for the wds."
The Pennsylvania company has been running extra
sections the trains since fhurs1ly AMI reports ex
ccediugy heavy passenger traffic, g Tie number OF
Southern people that have already arrived is remark
able, said representative OF the road. lone OF our
heavy through express trains brought in 500 pas
sengcrs last night and they nearly all FROM States
south of Washington. but so far all travel Ia. been IRON
trade until tomorrow morning We expect to
have all that possibly handle and our facilities
The shore people reported an increase of 80 per
cent their passenger travel yesterday They put GA
extra trains uIsnt before last and crowded
hr. MoDett. the passenger agent thought that they
WAGE anna AMI Western ROAD began doubling up
ii Local Thursday also reports heavy
trains brought in immense crowds from distant points.
yesterday The Western States Will be well represented
With on. or exceptions the steamboat companies
hal similar reports 10 make Inc otarin Oon tha AT
brought 400 passengers; its ordinary list is
about one-fourih that numher We Wal
both viii be loaded down. We had applications ior pas
sge from org ,zuns numbering III all 1000 tnst We
colDp-ed to refuse for lack OF room" The New
Haven Line Also steamers last night, one
for the transportation OF tho 81 Connecticut Regiment
The expected TO bring 1000 visitors besides tho
military on nights boats. The Providence ston-
lngtou, Fall RIVER Newport and Norwich steamboats,
well oaicd. Not an extra stateroom was 20 be had
sry Of them The Fall River and Norwcn lines VII
boats. Those "f the latter Will leave at $50
inst al OF o'clock - accommodate visitors.
The Hudson River day boat. have been well patron
tzi by Western visitors, but the night line people said
that tiey hadn felt much Increase thus far They at
by srn every vino would otherwise have come to
E~w-York by thcse boats The Troy boat. however
lar number OF passengr The Saratoga, which came
down lask nght had all her ro,ns taken the nSIt pre-
vioos ls boat Will not start Tor Troy unsil tonor-
might and she will be used IA hotel 10 night for
the accumulation OF those who canuo secure quarters
elsewhere. REGULAR staterooom rates VIII be Charged
The X,yport and New Brunswick boats will land pas
ssngrrs 5cventy-nlnth-st to-day.
There ars 2OD hotels IN tina city with capacity OF
about 40 900 guests Tho majority OF these now
crowd but there are about restaurants and
eating houses, SO that the CITY Is abundanty anic
sa,vp hotels are OT eens more Than hsy
provide with sleeping accommodations The
further north one goes beyond Twenty third-s. the
greater chance he mas OF securing room. The Fifth
Avenue Hotel and Hofu an Honse the most crowded
The Ais OF these utilized for the OF cots and tho
feed 5000 people to-day. Tie Brunswick, which has
had about arrivals day Of late shows the most re.
ynarkae activity. II has 800 gueste for the day and
has rented 100 front windows SIS each. The assignee
that the present crowd has made possible 10
heresrter Ali other hotels discaim over-charging,
and state that thor front windows go
10 those guests who happened to secure the
rooms The following table shows tho capacity of the
leading hotels and the number OF guests who are sleep
ing at each:
Hotel. Capacity. No Of guests.