The sun., 1891-05-18
GREAT CATHOLIC GATHERING

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NINETY zHoUsAND PEOPLE IRY 40
| GET TO VALENTINE Hill.
| less Than Half or Then See the Corner
Stone OF the New Catholic Serisary
| Laid-Thousands walk on che RsiIrosa
Trncks-ArchbishoP Corriesn Nearly
Five Hours Going Thers-An Inpres-
| sive Ceremony-The rapai Veterans.
Not half tho reoplo who started for valen-
tine Hill, South Yonkcrs. yesterday to witness
the laying Of the corner stone Of the new
theological seminary for the Catholic arch-
diocese OF New York got there. The railroads
| were not able to handle tho crowd. The cere-
mony was to have taken rlace at 3x o'clock.
but was not held until after6
About IL o'clock people began to crowd the
Sixth and Ninth avenue elevated trains on
| their way to l55th street. where trains OF the
New York and Northern road were to take
them 10 Dunwoodie. . few minutes walk from
Valentine Hill. For about an hour everything
went WELL but shortly after noon. when there
| wns big rush. the delay began: There were
not enough trains ON the New York and
Northern to relieve the 155th street sta
ton OF the crowds that poured into IL
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blocked. and trains were compelled to wait
| on the track from the end Of the road
| Ms far down IS 104th street for long time.
| Thousands got out on the tracks and walked
| 70 155th street. Between 2 and 8 O'Clock the
rush was greatest Then the large number Of
men who crowded the tracks frightened tho
| elevated road people. and the police were called
to keep the tracks clear. They couldn't do II.
| An express train took an hour and half to 90
from lO4th street to the end Of the road.
When 1t became c!ear to the New York and
Northern ROAD that they hadn't trains enough.
elevated road trains were run from the 155th
street station to Dunwoodie. That arrange
ment didn't help matters much. The New
York and Northern tracks were filed with
trains which II required some time to empty at
Dunwoodie. Every train was crowded to it's
fullest capacity. Young men and boys rode ON
the engine. and many got on the roofs Of tho
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cd the first train and remained on i until it
game up with the next etrinx Of blocked cars.
pnrsuea Srs Y tits course until % Dunweode Was Wss
reached. A few women did some walking. too.
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:. thousands Became disaasted and started
SH%fs Soeais IN % DISCUS. Judged that the ssrensnv
a large number walked q considerable part Of
the way back.
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many priests started from New York for the
seminary size at ! O'Clock. It was Just Is
od Woodie rSsy Sai.sd 81 the Fiileth street sta
tion Of the elevated road M tor q long time before
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20 hop
WiRgsr OF Newark and dozen priests rode 10
grounds about $40, Probably. zoo priests did
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e1ample Of the people who walked q good part
The he .iesa.ed railroad men a. tho l5stD stree.
station said that about $4,000 persons bound
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to Yonkers hy boat. Ten ;horsnnd s,,E Yonkers
above YSnksls were there was ea,sulstsd
SeS sieSntne I9hipf Hi xnsH the XrehSshoD laid The
stone
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Joseph j.: oDonohue John Gilmary sbea, the
Catholic historian p1do a5d editor Of the CSoe
zeit,mS. m Johs h b. Urimmins. and James s. Cole
as ,hs ss,,ins "I 70 pianwoodie. Every train was
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before q block occurred. and trains that started
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time. TIM II must have been 2 or O'Clock before
one eseas aSf'hss have the crowd. with
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take TAXES its It's passsnGers from our l55ih sirees
station AZ almost every one who s TO- rode on err
cars this afternoon WAS nOunu LOT DuuWOoul6
The platform was always crowded. That's
how the delay occurred"
When Archbishop Corriean and his. party ar:
rived at ,Dunwoodie q great crowd greeted
men's societies OF the New York churches ar
rive at Dunwoodie at 2 o'clock AMI line the
Tsna Ierseefon q YonEsrs svenSs
According to the programme the Archbish-
Of 81. Johns College. Fordham, 100 strong. un-
der command Of Lieut.. Edwards Y; y: A; and
was to act as escort TO the Archbishop. who.
passing through the lines. was to review the
The wretched railroad. arrangements. pre-
vented the carrying out OF this plan as fully as
was dsSIred. AZ the . s9cieties @ were & not ,9 OF
as the Archbishop's escort They and he and
tho other members Of his narty, loIioTStsd 6y
the 90 eminnry grounds. The road was lined
vYit ,,aoplo