The Bessemer indicator., 1893-06-17
FURNITURE mEn.sconvENrron
Grand G..horins of Furniture Manu-
facturers--NaM Hntlroad uniIdlng.

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fscturers--Nsw Hailroad Building.
ST. LOUIS, June a.-The Furniture
Manufacturers Convention has proved
great success and has added another
link to the chain of successful CONNER
cial conventions held in st. Louis.
Trade after trade has met in this city
in convention and almost without ex-
ception delegates have gone away en-
thusiastic as to their treatment and rs
70 the success of the gathering. Iiut
featuring city in the country and is
equally prominent as a furniture jo' =
bing center this is the first time the
manufacturers in this line have met in
the Convention City. The proceedings
were marked by harmony and prompt-
ness and although no vexed questions
of Importance were taken up and de-
cided there was still enough matter of
interest to provide lively sessions and
we'll sustained debates.
The national headquarters of the
Travellers Protective Association, hav-
ing been for some time located in St
Louis. in " MEN city the national Pres
ident lives, . crowd of unusual dimen-
sions left for Peoria on Monday to at
tend the annual convention, and 3
large percentage of the crowd has re-
manned TO go on to Chicago to take
part in the 7. P. A. celebrations at tho
Worlds Fair on Saturday. Tho ques-
tion of the two commercial travellers
days at the Fair, June 10 and July 20.
hnving been cauvassed very fully, local
sentiment proved unanimously in favor
OF the former day, and hence while
there will be some 1000 st. Louisians
in Jackson Park on Saturday, there
will be few, II any, on July 26.
pot are ahead of time in their work,
lea will be open for traffic this sum-
mer. The main building is in n very
forward condition and the sheds with
their thirty-two parallel tracks and
the two and . half acres of glass in
the roof are nearly ready for business.
The depot covers an area OF twenty
acres, but already there are rumors of
proposed enlargcments. Expert critics
have noticed that the front is so
planned as to allow for the approach
and entrance of tracks from the north
and it is rumored that the Burlington
road, which is about to construct q
passenger depot north of the Union
d mot will seek powers to run a con-
Meeting line. The Round Top Market
.sseuger depot, 10 accommodate
railroads using the Merchants Termi-
nails, is about to be constructed and
work is already commenced on the
Belt Line of the latter terminal sys-
tenn, which will shiit the city few
miles beyond the limits and take care
of the immense amount of through
traffic without passing through the
center of the city Mt all.
The popularity of cycling in this
section Is growing rapidly. Annual
meets take place on fixed dates, among
them being the ride to De Soto on the
first Sunday in June. Seventy five
uniformed riders made this very Diff
cult trip over tho mountains last Sun
dav, among their number being four
gold medal mon from Chicago, who
came specially for the purpose. The
distance is only fifty miles, but it is
believed 10 be the most difficult fifty
miles to cover within several hundred
miles of this place, and even the best
trained and oldest riders find it mat
ter of considerable difficulty. The
proceedings took quite the nature of a
triumphal procession and the trip was
marred with but very few mishaps.
Although h it rained hard for IN he ur
the elements were SO obliging that all
the rain came during the dinner hour
and not q drop fell while the men were
on the road. The party returned to
St. Louis by special car and of the long
line of riders only one missed connec-
ton and wns unable to return with
the partv.