Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-14
CAME TO SEE us
The Fourth Annual Hoosier
Excursion Brought
THREE THOUSAND WERE HERE
The Visitors Carefully Inspected the City
and Went HONS With Their
Arms Full Of Bundles

sect onto de Hoosiers, Swipsey," re-
marked an Arcade bootDlsck 80
the Indiana excursion swept into
Monroe street yesterday afternoon.
"Dere's more'n q million Of en-"
There were not quite . million; but
more than $500 residents OF northern
Indiana and southern Michigan ate
Grand Rapids peanuts aud reyeied IN
street car rides yesterday.
The excursion came IN forty-eight
coaches divided into four sections.
The first installment eonslsted OF eleven
car loads of happy Hooslers and pulled
INTO the Union depot at 1876. Five
| minutes later twelve more carloads OF
Indiana tloaters arrived in blocks of
from one TO ten. The third section
consisted OF thirteen cars, but the
number was no hoodoo for At 1906 IL
| steamed into the depot in first-class
condition. The last train load arrived
| at III O'Clock. aud contained = dozen
| cars TANNED full of expectant lads
| aud lassies, with and without chape-
ronee. Wurzbur2's band assisted by
committee of business men received
| the visitors, who filled the train shed
and depots and poured into Ionia
| street.
swsmped the Restaurants.
At the corner of Ionia and Monroe
| streets the excursionists disbanded and
made q raid for the hotels and restau-
| rants. Some Of the visitors had been
| on the road since o'clock In tho
morning and chop houses that adver.
tised call you want to eat for . quar-
ter" got the worst of 1T.
Many of the visitors had been here
| on previous excursions and they knew
| just what they wanted and where to
| ind it. Those that came last year and
waded through the debris of Iona
street, piloted their way through the
brick and mortar of Monroe, and nsvi-
gated the perilOus chasms of Pearl
street were delightfully."- astonlshed to
see that they could cross the streets
without danger of being mired and
subsequently run down by q hack or
an electric car.
Some of the excursionists came for
fun and some for revenue only. Those
that were bent on having . good
time invaded the resorts. Some Imblbed
The fresh breezes and odorlferous river
water of North Park, inspected the
soldiers home, read all the tombstOnes
in the soldiers cemetery, carefully ex-
a:nined the pavilion and had q riotous
old time riding back on the dummy"
Others went to Reeds lake, and rode
over its blue waters and pickerel
weed In the steamers. A few Of the
amateur sporty" visitors took IN the
summer gardens and held three-round
contests with the deadly book beer.
Matlnees were held at Smiths and the
Grand. and both opera houses were
crowded with the sightseers.
Inspected Everything.
Florence Bindley and "The Pay
Train" were greeted by an immense
audience of excursionists, while the
masculine element of. the visitors wen,
wild over the pretty girls and the fas-
cinating unconventionality of Smiths.
The city hall was carefully inspected
by the guests, who went from the base
ment to the tower. "Grardpa" Bren.
nan is still making explorations to see
that nobody carried off any of the
thing or steam heating apparatus. The
court house was also inspected and wa!
was pronounced q credit to the county
Hundreds OF the visitors went home
with stiff necks from looking at the
Michigan trust building. The new po
lice headquarters was carefully exam.
med and if there was any object of IN
terest IN the city that was overlooked
it was because the excurslonsts die
not have time enough to continue theil
explorations.
Hundreds Of visitors invaded tn,
Wholesale and retail stores of the Cit,
aud purchased everything from eho,
polish to silk stockings. The clerks il
the dry goods stores were kept busy
dong up bundles of dress goods ane
clothing.
The excursionists were all wei
dressed and we'll behaved. This 10 tn
fourth annual excursion that has beer
run to this city and it bids fair TO be ,
permanent thing. Grand Rapids ha'
not seen 90 MANY bright eyed ros,
checked girls for many day, and ]
they're to be a constant feature of tn
excursion, we can't have too many o
them.
| TALES OF TIE HOOSraRS