Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-06-15
suRNlTuRE MEMS CONVENTION
srand Gathering OF Farnitnre Manu-
facturers--Scw Railroad Building.

facturers--Sew Railroad Building.
ST. LOUIS. June 9.--The Furniture
Manufacturers Convention has proved
|, great su ccess and has added another
ink la the chain of successful CONNER
.ial 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 as
/, the success of the gathering. But
although st. Louis is the third manu-
factu ing city in the country and is
equally pr eminent as a furniture Jo-
binC ccnte' 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
well sustained debates.
The national headquarters OF the
Travellers Protective Association, hav-
ing been for some time located in st.
Louis. in hich city the National Pres
idcnt lives, a crowd of unusual dimen-
sons left for Peoria on Monday to at
tend the annual convention, and a
large percentage of the crowd has re-
manned to go on to Chicago to take
part in the T. p. A. celebrations at the
Worlds Fair on Saturday. The CUES
ton of the two commercial travellers
days at the Fair, June 10 and July 26,
having been canvassed very fully, 10 cal
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 2G.
The builders of the new Union De-
pot are ahead of time in their work,
and the largest Union depot in Amer
lea will be open for traffic this sum
mer. The main building is in a very
forward condition and the sheds with
their thirty-two parallel tracks and
the two and a 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 engagements, Expert critics
have noticed that the front is so
planned as to allow for the approach
md entrance of tracks from the north
and it is rumored that the Burlington
road, which is about 10 construct a
passenger depot north of the Union
d pot will seek powers to run a con-
necting line. The Round Top Market
Passenger Depot, to accommodate
railroads using the Merchants Termi-
nails, is about 10 be constructed and
work is already commenced on the
Belt Line of the latter terminal sys-
TEN, which will skirt 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 at 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 the mountains last Sun
dav. among their number being four
gold medal men 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
married with but very few mishaps.
Althoue h it rained hard for an he ur
the elements Were so obliging that all
the rain came during the dinner hour
and not a drop fell while the men were
on the road. he party returned to
St Louis by special car and of the long
line, of riders only one missed connec-
ton and was unable TO return with
the party.