Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-22
A BIG, SEASON AHEAD.
Roseate Prospects for the Summer
Excursions From This City.
WHAT THE PASSENGER MEN SAY.
The People Prosperous, and When They
Have Money They Travel.
LOW RATES OFFERED BY RAILROADS

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to-day, but this sort of thing can't last for
ever, every summer has its reputation to
sustain; indeed, there is popular supersti-
ton that the word summer is synonymous
with that Of heat, and it is safe to assume
that 1890 will take care of its laurels. There
is certain amount of heat to be expended,
and the cold north winds can't hold their
sway many moons longer. A lusty giant
from the sunny south with heavy tread and
mailed hand is coming, and even the onion
snow will stink into the Arctic regions when
be arrives.
1t won't be long before John and Jim and
Bill will don their flannel shirts and camp
suits, and in sylvan glades, along mountain
streams, on the turbid lakes or by the gay
sea shore will DEFY the summers sun. The
local railroads are prepared for the annual
rush of people. and the passenger agents
expect the excursion business this season
will simply be enormous from Pittsburg.
FEW STAY-AT HOMES.
| Ask any railroad man and he will tell
YOU that Pittsburg is one of the best tourist
cities in the country. In fact, statistics
show that in proportion to the population,
this city leads the country In fishing and
| hunting clubs. A short time ago the pas
senger agents fixed the summer excursion
rates. For tourists it will be on an average
about fare and half for the round trip;
the club rate, owing to larger numbers GO
ing. is from 15 to 20 per cent less, making a
round-trip rate of fare and one-third
These rates are good for the limited time to
any objective point in the United States
This summer the excursion tickets will be
| put on sale June 1, and will continue to be
are good for this period of time. No one
has any idea how the various local ticket
offices are loaded down with coupons.
A GOOD SUMMER FOR TRAVEL.
T have recently" said Division Passen-
ger Agent E. D. Smith, of the Baltimore
and Ohio road. yesterday, received over
200 forms. We can sell you ticket
to any excursion point in the country
| at popular rates. Will this sum-
mer be great season for excursions?
Well, should say it will be. You ask me
why; because everybody is working and
the people are prosperous. When the time
comes for closing the mills for repairs dur
ing the hot period the workmen will want
| to 60 away, The lakes, the seashore, the
springs Ol v flTglHld, the mOunLdlnS ul new
| York and the Western resorts are open to
them. Last year the Baltimore and Ohio
road alone carried 1000 people from Pitts
burg to Atlantic City. This seaside resort
| is becoming more popular with Pittsburgers
every year. The local business to Ohio
Pyle, Wheeling and other points on our
| line promises also to be very heavy.
"The popular excursions are always well
| patronized by the working classes. Ten or
| Is days in the summer, at low rates, is as
much as they want. and they always avail
| themselves of such opportunities.
GROWING BUSINESS.
'Tt is surprising how the popular excur-
| sion business has grown. 1 have watched it
for 20 years, and since the Pullman and
chair cars have been put on I notice that
even the wealthiest people patronize them,
as we'll as the poorer classes. We will run
our regular excursions to Atlantic CITY
this summer, as usual. The first excursion
from Pittsburg TO Atlantic City will be on
July 3, and they will be run every other
week for the balance of the season. The
local business will open with an excursion
to Ohio Pyle on Decoration Day. The
number of excursions and plcnics to be held
seems to be larger than ever this
summer, and altogether the outlook
that Pttsburg is one of the greatest excur-
sion towns in the United States, and whether
the summer is hot or cold, it doesn't make
any difference. Everything here depends
on how steady work has been, and as the
mills have been running right along the
peope have money, and this is why know
the coming season will be lively one for
the railroads. To q large extent the sum-
mer excursion business gauges the prosperity
of city,"
EcLIPsING THE RECORD.
Colonel Samuel Moody, District Passen-
ger Agent OF the Pennsylvania Company.
said that from the present outlook the ex-
cursicn business will eclipse any year since
he has been In the business. The inquiries
for rates and time are pouring in daily. The
Fort Wayne does big trade every year at
Rock Point. Last year 10000 people at
tended the Amalgamated Associations's pic
mic there, and this year the leaders figure
that the attendance will be $4,000. The
Colonel recently met the various commit
tees at Rock Point. and the arrangements
were completed for the picnic this season.
The Pennsylvania Company will also
run an excursion 10 Cleveland
on May 20 and 80 for the dedication OF the
Garfield monument. He expects four Sec
tions will be necessary to carry the people.
The Colonel says that most Of the dates for
the Rock Point grounds have already been
taken, and he thinks the road will soon
have to look for another picnic resort. The
rates on the Pennsylvania Company's lines
will be about the same as last year.
POPULAR ATLANTIC CITY.
For the Pennsylvania road Colonel
Thomas E. Watt, Division Passenger Agent,
said that his road would have enough to do
this summer carrying the people. The regu-
lar excursions to Atlantic City will be run.
beginning July 10. There will be four in
all during the season. The Colonel is much
impressed with lakewood as picnic ground,
and the road has fixed the rate at 30 cents
for Sunday schools and 81 for other organi-
cations. The distance is 100 miles from the
city. A few good dates are left scattered
through the summer, but Mr.. Watt says in
a short time they will be taken. Many
people in arranging for picnics secure the
grounds very often in the winter months.
The little Lake Erie always comes to the
front with good showing. General Passen-
ger Agent A. e. Clark, of the line, is salts
fed with the outlook for the summer. Mr..
Clark Is one of those who hold that much
depends on the weather. II it is warm the
business will be good; it not it may be fair,
but more likely to be mediocre.
WHERE FISHERS RESORT.
He reports that the upper lake regions
will be as popular as ever this summer for
fishing clubs. The Mackinac Islands, St.
Clair river and the st. Lawrence district
will get large number of Pittsburg's tour
lists this summer.
+. e. Randall, the local agent Of the De-
troit and Cleveland Navigation Company.
has been at work since the ice melted on |