The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-26
PREPARING FOR A RUSH.
How the Crowd will be Handled at In
auguration Time-Enlarging the
Western Union Telegraph
Office.
Washington Post.

The operating room in the main
office of the Western Union Tcle-
graph Company in this city is I'M
dergoing an enlargement and extern
sive repairs which will make its ia
cility for handling business over
one third greater than it possesses
at the present time. This is to be
done under the supervision of Mr.. M.
Marean, the manager, whose extern
sive knowledge of every detail of the
needs of the office, is being exercised
to make the telegraph facilities of
this city equal to any in the country
outside of New York. This improve
ment has been contemplated for
some time and is now being pushed
to completion to meet the demands
which the inauguration will bring
upon the office.
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD DEPOT.
The rush of the travelling public
to and from this city during the in
augural ceremonies is being antici-
pated in wise manner by the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad officials
by an enlargement of their depot,
corner of New Jersey avenue and c
streets, to nearly double it's present
capacity for accommodating travel
ers. The addition is on the north
side of the present structure and is
about thirty by eighty feet in size,
rising three stories. The second of
these stories will constitute the main
floor and will be about even with
the street, allowing an entrance to
be made without using the staircase
which has always proved an annoy
ance. The main floor will be the
waiting room where will be located
the ticket and telegraph offices.
This arrangement will reserve the
present waiting room which is on a
level with the tracks as an exit only,
the passengers passing to the trains
without going through it.
NOTES.
Under the arrangements made by
the inaugural committee with the
Thomson Houston Electric Lighting
Company for the lighting of the in
terror and exterior of the Pension
Building, the committee agreed to
pay the cost of putting the wires into
the building. Yesterday the con
tract for doing the work was award
ed to Mr.. Morrell Marean, of this
city.
Representative Bowden, of Vir-
ginia was at headquarters yesterday,
and stated that the Harrison, Nor
ton and Bowden Club of Norfolk in
tended to participate in the inaugu-
raj parade. They intend to bring
500 men, and will be under command
of Thomas Lowry.
Hon. A. NJ. Clapp, the chairman
Of the veteran committee, stated yes
terday that no definite arrange
ments had been made with Col.
Britton as to whether the veterans
would be permitted to use carriages.
rule has been adopted
prohibiting any carriages in the line,
he thought that on account of the
age of the veterans the
rule would be disregarded SO far as
it applied to them.
Roger c. Spooner, the resident
of the civic commit
tee at Madison, Wis, writes that
their excursion will bring 200 men.
Chairman M. M. Parker, of the
civic committee, has gone to New
York.
John L. Freeman, of Louisville,
has written to Col. Britton, inform
ing him that the Henry Clay car
rage is in that city, "and is strong
enough to make the journey over the
Allegheny Mountains as it did in
if the committee will use it in
the parade.
A carriage, formerly owned by
Gen. Grant has been rendered the
committee by Daniel Ammen, of
Md. He suggests the
appropriateness of using the vehi-
Gle to convey Gen. Harrison to and
from the Capitol, but informs the
committee that he is unable to bear
the cost of renovating and painting
it.
The committee ON comfort at the
ballroom yesterday awarded to
James Grant, of Washington, the
contract for furnishing 5000 hat
boxes at the inaugural ball. Mr..
Grants bid was the lowest received
or at the rate of "A cents per
box.