The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-23
CHEAP FAIR TRAINS SOON.
80 Says DR.. Chluncey M. DepaV Of
the New York Cetnrll.
THEY WILL BEGIN ABOUT JULY Is.
Awaiting the Decision OF the Traffic
Assc citation Committee - low Some
People WIN Travsi and save Money
All Roads Getting 4 eady for the Rush.

New YoRx, June 90 The report of the
executive committee Of the Central Traffic
As. ociation on the matter of cheap excur-
sion rates to Chicago has not yet been
madfl favorable report is however,
expected soon.
Cnauncey NJ. Depew, president Of the
New York Central a. Hudson River rail
r. ad In speaking OF this new move of the
! ssociation. spoke very interestingly Of
Worlds Fair traffic:
while undoubte lly Worlds Fair
rush has set In, it Is all from places within
q radius of about 300 miles of Chicago.
People from that distance or within twelve
hours ride are pouring to Chicago, and it
is this rush that makes up the attendance
at the Fair at present. What you might
call the popular crowd has not started yet,
and will not for month. BY the popular
crowd, / mean people from all over the
country; people from great distances.
Now, take the figures for the month Of
May for New York. The entire number
OF persons carried to Chicago was only
$4,000, and this was by eight lines, so you
see that it is not much Of an increase.
"The people who are going TO Chicago
now are those who can afford to pay for
accommodations on the fast trains These
twenty and twenty-four hour trains have
palatial accommodations and only wealthy
people feel that they eau afford to pay the
price.
'But at the last meeting OF the Trunk
lines / proposed putting on cheap trains
and IL met with considerable favor. We
shan thaaa traino ,x,a ah,,,t T.,ly nj
then we may expect to see the rush. Dur
ing July, August and September, I expect
the rush will be so great as to tax the ut
termost facilities of the railroads The
great mass Of the people do not begin to
take their vacation until we'll into July, 30
that Is another reason for the back ward
ness Of the rush.
Il expect that the cheap trains will do
an enormous business. and this Is the way
calculate. In the first place. 1t will be
an impossibility to provide enough sleep
ing cars for half OF the people making the
trip, and then great many will argue
this way: Here is fast train going through
I'm twenty to twenty-four hours, on which
the fare is S25, and "a for a sleeper. That
makes q total of 500. Now can take
slower train, which takes perhaps six
hours longer, and pay $50. / will take
my chances of sleeping in the seat and save
a clear 50, which will allow me to stay
that much longer, or spend that much
more In sightseeing.
"Now ] am sure that Ii how a great
many people will talk. and you will see
that the cheap trains will do an enormous
business
Lots Of people have never ridden In a
sleeper, and to great many more the
recollection of how they used to get along
not many years ago before sleepers were
known will say. We'll, got along all
right then. and ! guess can do IL again.
Young college fellows and men with thin
money and lots OF muscle, they are the
ones who will sit up and enjoy it.
There was party of young Englishmen
over here not long ago and they did the
Fair on very economical basis They
slept two in berth and four in a section.
Thatwa the closest carrying sleeper has
done for long time. Then while they
were in Chicago they camped out /
guess they made cheap and quick trip
THE facilities for landing passengers in
Chicago near the Fair are excellent. and
nothing stands In the way of success. All
this talk of the unfinished condition
of the exhibits has delayed the rush ofvis
itors, and the Munchausen tales OF extor-
tion have added their share. saw
neither. OF course il you go to swell
places you pay the price. That is the
rule here also. The Fair is ahead of all
others in daily attendance up to date, and
now loo k out for the next three months"