The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-03
THE COMING CROWDS.

Fifty-Two Special Trains Are to Come IN
To-Day and To-MoErOw.
The capacity of the Union Station and
the train sheds will be faxed heavier the
coming week than it has ever been be.
fore. 1t is difficult ID convey an adequate
idea of the immense size of the crowds th at
Will pass through the station to-day ami
tomorrow. superintendent Whitcomb, of
the Union Railway Company. stated yes
terdsy that he had inform alton that ten
special trains W ould arriv g day and forty
two tomorrow. There has never been a
month in the history OF Indianapolis that
so many special cars came into the
station. Nh. w hitcomb spent large part of
yesterday and the day before systematizing
matters and organizing his forces as to
handle the thousands of people. The mat
ter OF handling baggage promptly is an
important one. Yesterday he increased
the baggage force by adding twenty-five
men. He will put on twenty-five more to-
day and further twenty-five tomorrow.
making an extra force of seventy-tive bag.
gage handlers. He has asked the Board of
Safety to furnish several extra policemen
for duty at the station during the tive
days OF the encampment.
The crowds that came TO the city yester-
day were not COMPOSE largely of people
connected with the Grand Army. but
rather people who came TO look on. The
through trains and the accommodations on
ali the roads came In Will. from one TO
begin TO get In to-day. Every road enter
ing the city expects jam, and
extra precautions will be taken
towards handling the traffic with
safety. The Big Four will handls
one of the biggest "trains" ever sent over
it's lines. Train No. IL is to run IN eight
sections. with eight coaches to q section.
These cars. OF course. do not all come of
Its own lines, but are from other lines with
which the BlR L our connects. Four OF the
sections will come OFT the Chesapeake IL
Ohio road. The ST. Louis division will
bring In two specials at o'clock. These
are all the specials that are anpounce0 for
TODAY.
Tomorrow some of the smaller lines will
be sorely pressed to handle the traffic over
them. The Chicago division OF the Big
Four will bring long strings of oars from
other roads. Ii will bring one turned over
by the Chicago IL Rock Island, one from
Chicago. Milwaukee X st. Paul. one from
the Rockford division of the Illinois
Central and private cars and sleeDers
from the Chicago. burlington " Quincy.
of soldiers over the Peoria Il Eastern.
superintendent Riley finds he Will have on
Monday "a special from Columbus. one from
Springfield and one from Lynn. The road
will also have specials from the other end.
One train 10 10 be started from Peoria. ILL.,,
one from bloomington. one from Danville
and one from Crawiordsville. One from
the Chicago ~ Rock Island Is to come over
this line into Indianapolis. AMI besides
there are several specials to come from the
Iowa Central
The Pennsylvania line from the east is
to pour many of the blue-costed boys into
the HoosIer capital. SuperIntendent OAR
lington reports that IN addition to the reg
uiar trains on the Logansport division on
Monday there will be TWO specials. and Oft
the main line from the east there are 10 come
on Monday two sections of train No. 25. two
sections of No. Is and Two of No. Is.
This number may be increased. The
Indianapolis a. Nincennes Is TO have
a very heavy local traffic and will bring In
four special trains on Monday and fues-
day. IL will also look after special TO be
turned over TO 10 by the Indiana and Illinois
Southern on Monday.
Some of the heaviest engines on the Lake
Erie * Western are I'D he used TO haul in
the coaches from that line. The regular
trains will consist or from ten To twelve
cars and Will be- run In two or more Sec
tions as may become necessary. There arc
TO be SIX specials over the road during the
encampment.
y. X Elliott. superintendent of transpor-
tation OF tho Nandalia. Is satisfied that IL
the weather is good his road will hanCie
into Indianapolis. It Will run a Dumb ber Of
specials and theI few are TO be- put IN It's
care from other roads that connect with
the Nandalia.
The Monon 10 10 use many of it's worlds
fair coaches 20 transport the veterans aud