, 1890-11-27
THEROUTEOUTLINED
p. b. Groat, of the Northern Pa
oifio, Makes Some Timely
Suggestions.
Many People Desire to Go East
With the Exhibit Car
Minerals.


mittce Friday received lengthy
communication from Mr.. p. b..
Groat, emigration agent of the I'm
ion Pacific railroad, giving the
northern and eastern route of the
car according to his ideas. Mr..
Groats efforts rehighly appreciated
by tho committee, as his heart APP
pears to be in the work of assisting
them. He submits the route sub
ject to change should the committee
wish otherwise, and asks to be noti-
fled by wire of any change 30 ar
rangements can be made for trans
portation of the car.
The route he suggests Is as follows:
From this city to st. Paul over the
Northern Pacific railroad; from that
point to Chicago over the Wisconsin
Central, and IT advisable will make
three stops. After leaving Chicago
by the Wabash route, the car Will
stop at Monticello, Bement and De-
catur.
Leaving Decatur on the Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville railroad will
stop at Sullivan, Mattoon, Newton
and Olney, Illinois, and Evansville,
Indiana, leaving on the Chicago
u Eastern Illinois. Princeton and
Vincennes, Indiana, will be visited
by the Ohio & Mississippi railroad.
Washington and Mitchell, Indiana,
will be reached, leaving Mitchell by
Chicago railroad. The car will stop
at Bedford, Harrisburg, Blooming
ton, Green Castle and Crawfords-
vile, Indiana. The car is then
switched on to the Toledo, st. Louis
Il Kansas City road, visiting Frank.
fort, Kokomo, Marion, Bluffton
and Decatur, Indiana. and Delphos,
Mnumee and Toledo, Ohio.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton q
Dayton road then carries the car to
Petersburg, Lima, WapaSoneta,
Sidney, Piqua Troy, Dayton, Mi.
amisburg, Hamilton, Brighton and
Cincinnati, Ohio.
BY the Baltimore Il Ohio, Cum
minsville, Madisonville, Greenfield,
Chillicothe, Paleski and Athens,
Ohio, and Parkersburg, Va, are
reached.
The Columbus, Hamilton Valley
Il Toledo road next carries the car
to Gallipolis, Logan, Lancaster, Co
lumbus, Delaware, Marion, Upper
Sandusliy and Fostoria, Ohio.
The car then takes the main line
of the Baltimore Il Ohio and stops
at Tiilln, Mansfield, Mount Vernon,
Newark, GAINESVILLE, Cambridge and
Bellaire, Ohio, and Wheeling, w.
Va, Washington and Pittsburgh.
On the Pennsylvania railroad
fourteen stops are suggested, as fol-
lows: Braddock, Greensburg, Johns
town, Altoona, Huntington, Har-
risburg, Lancaster, Cattesville and
Philadelphia, Penn, Trenton, New
Brunswick, Elizabeth, Newark and
Jersey City. From thence over the
New York, Lake Erie Il Western
Railway the car will travel to Pas
sale, Patterson, Middleton and Port
Jervis, n. J., Binghumton, Oswego,
Waverly, Eiinira, Corning and
Hornellsville and Salamanca, in
New York, Meaderville and Green
Vile in Pennsylvania.
The New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio road will transport the exhibit
to Finley, Kenton, Rochester and
Huntington. This route as splanned
Will necessitate ninety six stops, and
will require ut least five months.
Mr.. Groat also states the routes
taken by California OH Wheels, and
makes suggestions so that good terri
tory Will be covered not worked by
the exhibits of the Golden state.
AT the meeting of the committee
yesterday afternoon 1t was decided
to call IA general meeting of the COM
mittee, to be held at 10 o'clock A.
M. on Tuesday next, when the se-
lection of a route and choosing of an
agricultural expert will be finally
decided.
Applications for positions to 20
East with the exhibit are flowing in
so rapidly that clerk will soon
have to be secured 10 file them
away.
So as to relieve the secretary from
this pressure the matter as to who will
accompany the agricultural eX-
hibit will be decided on Tuesday,
the mineral display attendant hav-
ing been settled upon some time
since.
II. III. Kemp thus far has forty
varieties of ores and concentrates
and twenty different kinds of min
erals ready. He Is prepared for the
design of the architect, and In
very short time could be in shape to
start.
Mr. j. B. Fisher Is making plans
for lighting the car by electricity,
and it was expected that after Tues
days meeting of the committee, all
arrangements will be consummated
whereby the car can be made ready
to start on its mission.