The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-06
VISITORS ROLLING IN.
Nearly Every Town in the State Repre-
sented and More Coming.


Such extensive preparations have been
made by all the railroad and steamboat
companies that people from all over the
Sound will pour into the city in thousands
all morning. The rush had already begun
last night, for the railroads made the re-
duced rate of one fare and one-fifth for
the round trip take effect yesterday and
many persons took advantage of the fact
to get into the city ahead of the day.
These forerunners Of today's crowd filed
the hotels and gave them an appearance
of iveliness and hustle such as has not
been witnessed for some time.
The Northern Pacific railroad will put
extra cars on the trains arriving at $40
and noon, sufficient to accommodate
all passengers, as well as on the
trains leaving at 6:15 and $50
q. M, TO carry people from Puyallup
and Sumner. who wish to attend the recep-
ton at Tacoma. The Lake Shore road will
do the same with the trains arriving at 10
q m. and 1910 p. m, and will also run
special train from Sedro, arriving at ga m.
The regular trains on the Columbia &
Puget Sound road will also carry extra
cars to accommodate the visiting crowds.
Steamboats, on almost every route on
the Sound have made special rates, and q
large number Of boats which do not make
regular trips to Seattle at all will bring in
special excursion parties. Yesterday the
Delta brought in q big load of excursion
lists from Union City and other ports on
Hoods canal, having made special rates
for the occasion. The steamer Fair
haven has made q special rate from
Fairhaven and was expected to bring in at
least $50 people this morning. Yesterday
the steamer Henry Bailey made special
trip up the Skagit river to bring down
about 200 people from Mount Vernon and
= number from other points on the route
The Yakima is expected in with load of
excursionists from Port Gamble; the Pol
itofsky q load from Port Blakely, and the
Mabel load from Snohomish. Nearly all
the boats whose regular time of leaving is
this morning will remain over until evening
TO take part in the reception and furnish
accommodations to those who want to
return home immediately. This is but a
partial list of the boats bringing in excur-
sion parties
In addition to this the steamers North
Pacific and Greyhound make q special trip
to Tacoma in the morning and will return
accommodate those who desire to partici-
pate in the reception there. The former
boat leaves the City dock at 5 o'clock and
the latter at 1880. But one fare will be
charged for the round trip.
Sheriff ]. HI. Woolery, one of the COM
mittee appointed to entertain visiting
county officials, has written to the several
sherifis of the state and today the follow
ing sheriffs will have their headquarters at
Sheriff Woolery's Office: I. Il. Hayden,
of Colvilie; r. Delaney. Port Townsend;
]. H. Price, Tacoma; w. b. Gould, Port
Angeles; James Pitt, Port Madison; +.
X. Pugh, Spokane; James Burton, Sno-
homish; f. w. DeLorimier, New What
com; III. III. Carter, Montesano; ID. NJ.
Dickworth, Shelton; Ben Holmes, Ka-
lama; d. w. Simmons. North Yakima; f.
c. Shimson, Goldendale; Gilbert Dixon,
Pomeroy, and J. Fl. Woolery, Seattle.
Among other visiting county officials
are H. Hammond, county treasurer of
jefferson county, and Treasurer b. l..
Davis, of Skagit county.
Postmaster Griffith Davies and Assistant
Postmaster Colkett are prepared to enter
tain the visiting postmasters.
About fifty newspaper men are among
the visitors. and will be looked after by the
press committee consisting of Colonel John
g. Egan, of the Telegraph: L. w. Cowan,
of the Press Times, and Will II. Parry, Of
the PosT-INTELLIGEscER.
The influx of visitors into Seattle today
will be larger than was ever known before
in the history of the city. All day long
yesterday by every boat and train fresh
contingents arrived, and by evening nearly
every available room was taken, and the
hotels had telegraphic orders ahead.
By the setting of the sun
this evening, every city, town and hamlet
in the state, will have paid respects to the
chief magistrate of the nation and the
Queen City of the state. Even Tacoma
will come over and see how things are
done in the metropolis An order was re-
ceived at the Russ house last evening for
twenty rooms, in one batch, for Tacoma
ties, and this is only one instance.
Inquiries at the various railway and
steamboat offices reveals the fact that the
officials are fully alive to the great traffic
they will be called upon TO handle today,
and it is thought by them that sufficient
arrangements have been made 10 accom-
MEDIATE all who may wish to participate
with Seattle in extending cordial well
come to the president
Superintendent Iadeau, of the Northern
Pacific. was first visited. He said. I'VE
EXPECT to handle fully 1000 people be-
tween Tacoma and Seattle to-day. The
train which arrives at $40 viii have eight
extra coaches, and the train at noon
the same number. We look for 9