The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-05
no! FOR DETROIT.
To the Editor of the EAGLE.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
In less time than one month an excursion
party will leave Wichita for the northern
lakes, the objective point being Detroit
and the main attraction the silver ami
versary of International encampment Grand
Army of the Republic. The present de-
sign is to leave this city on Saturday,
August l. on a solid vestibule train, with
no change of cars until Detroit is reached,
on Monday morning following. If the
party so desire, stop-Otf will be made In
Chicago on Sunday morning, which will
enable all to attend church of their own
selection in the second largest city on the
western continent AS many as desire can
spend the day at the parks, taking in the
worlds fair at Jacksons or the animals at
Lincoln, or if they prefer an object lesson in
patriotism visit to Libbey prison will
we'll repay the time spent.
NV experience in attending these en-
campments has learned me that it is al
WAYS advisable to reach ones destination
the morning before the procession forms.
| Two-thirds of the crowd has arrived by
| this time and the pot is beginning to boil,
and before midnight, has boiled over
hence the late arrivals find as rule that
they are not in II"
In conversation with parties who intend
making this trip, quite number have eX-
pressed a desire to return to Chicago by
steamer via Lakes St. Clair, Huron and
Michigan. making u brief stop over at
Mackinaw | have no doubt but that a
satisfactory arrangement OF the kind can
be made at q nominal cost in addition to
the round trip rate The time consumed
| in the voyage would be possibly three days,
and there is no question in my mind but
that party of congenlal spirits could put
in n rec four daVS most rOVaiiV.
| advance this idea based on the eXper-
| fence of a similar voyage made by SIX
| Wichita people who were attending the
| national encampment at Minneapolis in
| 1884, and who conceived the plan of going
| by rail to Duluth and thence by steamer
around the north shore of Lake Superior,
and through the Straight of Mackinaw
into Lake Michigan, where one gets taste
| of mid-ocean in boundless eXpanse OF
water, as it were, where for hours and
hours the steamer glides along with no
| land in sight-only white winged schooners
and an occasional steamer leaving dirty
streak behind it along the horizon like
half erased pencil mark on sheet Of paper.
was one of the six who
made that trip, and I look back
upon it with far more roseate
| impressions than is presented to my mind
| of certain ocean voyage from Portland
to Boston. For the round trip from
! Wichita to Detroit we are promised the
special rate of one fare. There are intlu-
ences at work now which l have reason
to believe may reduce this materially. but
at all events the fare for the all rail route
will not exceed ($24 90) twenty-four dollars
and ninety cents with certain stop over
privileges to be enumerated in the future
In consequence of the vast crowd that
will be at Detroit and the difficulty in
providing accommodations for their enter
tainment, it is the part of wisdom to Sc
cure quarters in advance-and good
while in advance too, hence any one deslr-
ing to ioin this party will confer a favor
by making their wishes known to me at
as early date as practicable. This, of
course, applies to all persons, whether COM
rades of the Grand Army of Republic or
not residing anywhere i'll Kansas or Okla
homa. Respectfully,
III. STEWART.