The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-28
THE CROWDS POURING IN
INCOMING TRAINS BRINGING PEo-
PIE FROM EVERY DIRECTION.

Merchants Week Most Auspiccuslv
nauEurated-Every Section ofGeor-
Ria Represented, ana Florida ana
south Carolina Seeding IN Their Peo-
pIe-savannsh Doing Its Bast to lake
Care Of Them All.
Merchants week has begun and is well
under way. Yesterday opened bright and
clear, and everything had a propitious ap.
pearance.
The streets presented gala sight, with all
the hotels and most of the business houses
covered with bunting and flying flags. The
morning trains came in crowded. The
visitors, many Of whom had friends in the
city, first made themselves at home and
then took in the sights.
The merchants did a good business. The
parade Of the veterans aud the cavalry in
the afternoon captured the visitors Mum,
bers of people visited the cavalry encamD-
meut during the day. The visitors are all
Interested in the cavalry, aud big crowd
can be counted on for the tilt Thursday
afternoon.
THE STREET CARS PACKED.
The street cars were well patronized;
IN fact, so well that they were
not able to accommodate the crowds.
all the visitors wanted to ride
on the electric cars, but a largs
portion of them were disappointed. People
were jammed in the cars like sardines, and
the conductors in many Instances passed
crowds Of would-be passengers without
stopping the cara
AS usual the crowd on the first day was
not very large, or did not appear so. Sew
eral hundred visitors-in fact l 500 t. 1900
visitors-can be scattered around Savan-
nah's broad streets without making
any great show. There is no rom
to be disappointed, however. In fact,
appearances ere deceptive, as the
figures show there are over 5000 visitors in
the city this morning.
INCOMING TRAINS CROWDED.
The Central railroad trains from Atlanta,
Augusta, Milien and Lyons came in heavily
loaded all Of yesterday. The accommodate
tion trains during the day brought in many.
No from Atlanta aud Macon came in at
az 6:l5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with
over 800 people on board 21S having excur-
sion tickets The Lyons train came in
crowded shortly after.
How many people have you brought into
Savannah to-dayH MORNING News re-
porter asked of General Passenger Agent
Charlton at the Central depot last night.
About 900. l shoud say, - he replied.
His estimate was not far wrong. The
official figures were telephoned the MORN
mo NEWS Office later. Eight hundred and
forty-four people came in by the Central
and It's branches on excursion tickets, be-
sides perhaps hundred more on regular
tickets.
TIE FLORIDA CONTINGENT.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
brought in a good crowd in the morning
The fast mail at noon from Florida was
packed, standing room being at a premium.
There were about 210 people on board for
-1yr 1NFAE d,
few passengers only having been
taken on at WaycrOss and JeSup.
Train No. rs. from Jacksonville. came in
last night with eight coaches, packed. A
number Of people came in by the Charleston
and savannah trains also This brings the
figures for the Savannah, Florida and
Western and the Charleston and Savannah
railways about up to the Central rairoads,
without including the special military train
that came in on the Savannah, Florida and
Western with four troops of cavalry.
The steamer Katie arrived in the morn
ing with over 100 passengers from
up the Savannah river. The Alpha
came in at O'Clock in the afternoon from
Beaufort, Button and Port Royal, with
over 300 on board Add these figures and
then add the more than 600 people that were
already in the city, having come in Satur-
day and Sunday aud during last week up TO
yesterday morning, and the result is some
III lij0 hClS lDO4 AipOA VI D,OOO.
Besides, there were large numbers
of people who came IN from
the country by private conveyance.
There will De a few more people in Savan-
nah this morning than there were yesterday
morning. If it keeps up at this rate the
attendance will double last years
THE HOTELS BRIMFUL.
Tho hotels last night were crowded, and
some of them were turning people away.
The registers at the De Soto, Marshall
8creven, Pulaski and Harnett showed from
100 to 200 arrivals at each hotel. There was
hardly a room at any of the hotels, ex-
cept perhaps the De Soto, that was not
occupied by from one to q dozen persons.
The hotels are putting in cots in every
available space and will do all they can to
accommodate the crowds.
The restaurants did q rushing business
yesterday. Fried s. Hicks ere crowded all
day. It is as natural for the country people
to go to the market restaurant when they
get to Savannah as it is for water to run
down hill. They are always fish hungry, too
when they get to town.
There is plenty of room in Savannah for
all the people who want TO come. II the
hotels cannot accommodate them Secretary
Max Robinson has a long list Of boarding
houses, at all points, at the Merchants
week headquarters, No. Al Bull street.
to which he will take pleasure in directing
them. Boys will be sent with strangers to
the places of accommodation they may
select