Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-02
POURING INTO THE CITY.
Scenes at the Railroad DepotS-The Work
of the Public Comfort Committee

OF the Public Comfort Committee.
The arrival and the reception of the visiting
host is proceeding in earnest The public COM
fort committee is in full swing The gun metal
and purple silk badges of the committeeman are
Fitting through the thrcngs. Public comfort
Precipitation is dripping from many manly
brows. Words of welcome are going OF in
roleys. Messengers hurrying to and
FRO Strangers are being provided with
quarters at quick notice and at fair rates.
All the seats have been removed from the
waiting rooms of ;he Pennsylvania station and
the Baltimore and Ohio depot has been
made ready for the rush. The stations are
crowded Most OF those m waiting either
travellers or Nashingtouisns the look
out for friends. Cappcrs and runners
are out IN force. and several collisions between
these hustling gentry and the public comforters
have been reported Some Of the more obnox-
ious have been treated in an unparliamentary
manner by the railroad people
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATION.
At the Pennsylvania station the COMMITTEES
on public comfort has removed its headquarters
from the station masters Office TO the west end
of the main waiting room. The gentlemen in
charge there during the forenoon were Char
man A. A. Copies, VIM. Mcclure. Costtagnini,
j. +. Carpenter. A. J. Clark, George iepetii,
George j. Green, George I. Haslan. v A.
Strait and A. j. Schwartz. Gonzaga College
cadets are acting az messengers The following
are on duty:
First detschment-CompanyA A. Mai Sweeney,
Capt. Fenr-ick. First Lieut. Duffy. Sergt Mai.
Coughlin. First Sergt. Quinlan. Second Sergt.
Conbov. Third SeIgt. Coughan, First Corp.
Donohue. Second Corp. Cavanaugh.
Third Corp. Leonard, Fourth Corp. Brodv,
Privates Harrison. Butler. Smith. Abel. Parks,
McGrath. Petty. Ecklor, Downey, Fealy, John
son. Quill, o DonneIi
Second detachment-Capt. McGuire, Lieut..
Schnopp. Lieut. Heron. Sergeant Helm. Ser
geant Hughes. Sergeant Brooks, Corporal
Con nor. Corporal Daley. Corporal Curran,
Marstellar. DE Policy, Cross, Smith, Colum-
bus. Fersinger, Marmion, Collins, lilly,
Cooney.
AT THE b. AID o. DEPOT.
At the Baltimore and Ohio depot the follow
lowing gentlemen attending to the wants %
the visitors: Chairman John ID. Miller. Joseph
Schadt. George A. Shower. +. W Coleman,
George Breitbarth. Geo. z. Smith. Dr. T.
ID. Hester. Hunter d. Miller, Clerk
j. NJ McClintock. Samuel H. Walker. v H.
Pierce. II. ID. Simms, Frank AIdrich. NJ. VAL
lace, H. h. Simpson, {. II. Monroe. Julius
Hugle, Julius Iolson, J. McPherson J. A Da-
gan, A. Wurdeman, Watson Bowie. G.. f. Brown,
F. Detweiler. John Hockemyer. L. p.
Regan. =. J. Block. f. Emo. j. T. Curtin.
son. James o'Neill. John I. Eiker. H. Baum
garter Charles :. Miller aud Thaddeus Bean.
This subcommittee have a. messengers
twenty-five boys OF 81. Peters SUNDAY school
and twenty boys from Southeast Washing
ton. as follows:
ST. Peters SUNDAY school-w. Sullivan, III.
Green, W. Mnitngly, r. Waltermeyer. T.
Brady. j. johnson. A. Green. W Mulhail
L. Burns. H. Chandler. W. Mehler F. Boiseau,
J. Shea. L. McMinGrim, A. McMinauim l.
Farquhar. g. Driver. J. B. Skeliev, ). T..
Sicily, j. Keller, l.. McCormic. j. Mcknight.
Volunteer messengers from Southeast Wash
ington-C. j. Allen. Julian Boisseau, Chas Jer,k-
ins, Jos. Clark. Chas. Long, Ernest Gibson. 4.
shreve. JAS. Madigan. III. keleher, r. ReiBberg
l. Hogan, j. Niernstein, Harry Osborne Thos
johnson, Frank Brinkley. r. Mitchell. n.
Brinkley. :. Maddox, II. Policy. {. Pevdon.
Jos Wallemeyer, L. Hebard, Ed Clark and
Robt. Costello.
THE TRAVEL HEAVY.
All regular trains heavy and behind their
schedule time. On the Pennsylvania the travel
is coming in lively from the east and west.
No specials will arrive over this line
before early tomorrow morning. BY
s sass9 from .rrsur. s1 aSss as! SS
Chambsrsburg. Philadelphia. Reading. Trenton,
New York and nearby points will begin to come
In The heavy rush of ercarsionists is ek-
pected to reach Washington by midnight.
At the Baltimore and Ohio the first special
due Ia that bearing the TammanyItes. The train
comes in three sections. and the tigers IGD0
strong. The train il behind time and will not
reach this city. perhaps. till quite late tonight
Over this line the west is being heard from
loudly. The heaviest part OF the travel thus
far Is from that section. Heavy specials will
begin TO come in tomorrow morning.