The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-06-17
FURNITURE MEMS coNvgNrloM
Grand Gathering OF Furniture Manu-
facturers--NeM Railroad IsnIIdInY.


facturers--New Railroad Building.
ST.. LOUIS, June 1.-The Furniture
Manufacturers Convention has proved
great success and has added another
link to the chain of successful CONNER
cial conventions held In st. Lou =
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
to the success of the gathering. But
although st. Louis is the third manu-
featuring city in the country and Is
equally prominent as furniture jo6-
bling center this is the first time the
manufacturers in this line have met in
the Convention ity. The proceedings
were marked by harmony and prompt
ness and although no vexcd questions
| of Importance were taken up and de-
cided there was still enough matter of
interest to provide lively sessions and
well susta ned debates.
The national Headquarters of the
| Travellers Protective Association, hav-
| ing been for some time located in st.
Louis, in v hich city the National Pres
ident lives, n crowd of unusual dimen-
| sions left for Peoria on Monday to at
tend the annual convention, and Il
large percentage of the crowd has re-
manned to go on to Chicago to take
| part in the Il. T. A. celebrations at the
Worlds Fair on Saturday. The ques-
ton of the two commercial travellers
! days at the Fair, June 10 land July %
having been canvassed very fully, 10 al
= sentiment proved unanimously in favor
! of the former day, and hence while
there will be some 1000 st. Louisians
| in In Do ,ly Sntn Iny, Ia ,r..
| will bc few, ii any, on July 70.
The builders of the new Union De-
pct 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 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 crit cs
have noticed that the front is SO
! planned as to allow for the approach
and entrance of tracks from the north
and it is rumorcd that the Burlington
road, which is about to construct q
passenger depot north of the Union
depot will seek powers to run con-
Meeting linz. The Round Top Market
Passenger Depot, to 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-
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 iders made this ve'y ditii.
cult trip over the mountains last sun
day, 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 he the most difficult fifty
miles to cover within several hundred
miles of this place, and even the best
trained and oldest rider find il a mat.
ter of considerable difficulty The
proceedings took quite the nature of a
triumphal procession and the trip was
married with but very few nshaps
Although it rained hard for an hom
the elements were so obiging that al
the rain came during the dinner hour
and not a drop feel! while the men were
on the road. ! he party returned to
st. Louis by special ear and of the long
line of riders only one missed connec.
ton and was unable to return with
| the party.