The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-10
CROWD THINNING OUT.
THE RUSH TO The CITY NOW
TURNING HOMEW ARD.

Three Hundred Belated Tybee Excur-
sionists Arrive at Daylight, and the
Rest Come Up on the Forenoon
Trains-The Street Car Lines Taxed
to Handle the Crowds-A Derailed
Locomotive Upsets Yesterdays
Schedule to and from Tybee-What
Receiver Myers Says.
The May week crowd has begun to thin
out. A good many left By last nights
trains, but there are still a good many ere.
The last of the Tybee excursioaists arrived
from the island yesterday forenoon. The
fast train which came up at o'clock yes
terday morning brought about 500 who had
spent the latte, part If the night waiting in
the train at Tybee. a more tired looking
lot OF PEOPLE is seldom seen. About 500 re-
manned on the island all night and came up
on yesterdays trains.
There was a good lea, Of containing bY
nearly everybody After the departure CT
the train from 7 bee q little after mid
night "Wednesday the belated excursion IS
were told by the .ra!a o.fci IS and officers
OF the road tha anJt er train would follow
in less than an hour, and that
there would be 10 delay in getting to the
ivy 1t4SbSGl Oh OuC nun ~ vas uctl4if
daylight before the next train showed w.
The trains got OUT of schedule, and tie off.
GERS of the road failed TO get them under
control again.
5000 TYBEE VISITORS.
There were various estimates yesterday
OF the size of the crowd at 1ybee, but ) 900
which is Supt. Cobs estimate-is be-
lieved TO be pretty near righ-, although
some put it as high as 5000 and 1900. Tbs
railroad did not have all the trouble in
handling the people. The street car lines
run all night on all the lines lead
ing to the Tybee depot, and
conductors and drivers were tagged out
with the nights WORK. Yesterday the
Tybee schedule which was advertised to be
the same as the day before was broken into
by the derailing Of a locomotive.
The locomotive was derailel at the switch
at the President street depot while drilling
cars rly yesterday morning and blocked
up full train Of cars in the car shed. The
locomotive was still off the track last night.
Toe aft rnoon schedule was not adhered to,
a ID all the trains left behind time.
WHAT RECEIVER MYERS SAYS
Receiver Myers was seen yesterday, and
he said that the crowd was too large to
handle rapidly, and that when it was found
that people v ere still docking to the depot
in tie afternoon, the company stopped
selling tickets, and told the pc pie they
could not tell wien they could be brou ght
back, but that the people wouldn't take
no" for an answer, and many OF them
crowded into the trains in spite of the in
juncti n. Receiver Myers said that Supt,
Cobb addressed the peopls in a little speech,
in which he told them that the crowds
were SO great that he could
not tell when he would be able to
get them back to town, and bring item
safely. NJ. Myers said, too, that the delay,
were in the line of precaution. His In7t-uc-
tons were TO get the GRO IDS back to town
safely, if it should take al niglt to do it,
and, be added, sit did take all night, but
we brought the thousands to the city with
out accident"
Mr. Myers was asked why the trains were
delayed 50 long at the Savannah, Florida
and Western crossing, and he said tie
facilities of the terminal were not such as
would permit of bringing in more than so
trains, and it was too late at night to think
of ge ting permission to use the track OF the
Savannah, Florida and Western to their
depos. Between dumping the people out il
the mud and sand at the Bilbo canal in the
dark 1ess, to walk in at the risk of accident
and discomfort, it was III 1ught best TO keep
the waiting trains outside until they could
be brought il with safety. He said that no
such crowds were expected, aud that the
crowd was handled as well as could be done
with the facilities at his command.
WEEK OF CROWDS.
The week up to last night has been
a crowded one for nearly everybody.
The hotels have been turning people away
since Tuesday afternoon. The Pulaski was
full, and put in cot; until all the available
space was taken up. TIE Screven is &C
commodati0g $50 people. The parlors,
halls and office were full Of loungers yes
tie day morning, who were unable to get
lodging at all. The Marshall house was
packed. Proprietor Clarke said that the
mouse never accommodated SO many peo-
PIE. Cots were put down everywhere,
and people occupied them at almost any
price. The sidewalks in front Of the hotels
were used by people who slept in chairs.
Freid q Hicks fed over 1900 people We'd eS-
day, and were unable to wait on a good
many who were too hungry to wait for
others to get through eating.
By tonight though the crowd will have
pretty we'll scattered. The outgoing trains
to-day will carry away the crush that came
in Tuesday and Wednesday to take in the
gala day at Tvbee.