Evening star., 1897-02-06
AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER
Business Wsa Very Dull at the Inaugural
tion Headquarters.
Railroads Arranging to Accommodate
the Expected CrOwds-Plans of the
Public Order. Committee.

The day at inaugural headquarters today
was as dull and Improbable from a news
standpoint as the weather outside was
miserable. There were but a few visitors
and their calls were prolific of nothing
worth chronicling. The only fresh happen
ing was the receipt of letter from Fort
Wayne Ind, announcing the coming of the
Tippecanoe Club of that place. The club
will have eighty men in the inaugural
parade, who will wear silk hats, black
overcoats and suits, brown gloves and
carry umbrellas. They will march under
command Of W. A. Sprice, behind their
own band
Congressional Stand.
Mr.. Hartman of Montana has introduced
a resolution In the House providing that
the Secretary Of War be authorized to des-
ignate some public space or reservation in
the city of Washington Immediately ad-
jacent to the proposed line of the inaugu-
raj parade as contemplated in the program
of inaugural ceremonies and to arrange
with the executive committee on inaugural
ceremonies for the erection and construc
ton of stand or platform for the of
senators and representa- tiveS and their fam
ilies from which to view the inaugural pa
rade. The sum of 500, or so much thereof
may be necessary, is appropriated to pay
for the construction of the stand.
Work Already begun.
Arrangements are being made by nearly
all the railroad companies for the accom-
mediation of a greatly increased passenger
traffic during the Inauguration period. ana
most of them have already begun the plae-
ing of additional tracks, so that large
number of cars can be stored without there
being interference with the prompt hand
ling of travellers by arriving and departing
trains.
The Baltimore and Ohio, in addition to
putting all the available lots the company
owns into temporary use. has leased the
Malone lot, bounded by North Capitol, 1st
l. and NJ streets northeast, and will have
track room there for about 100 hotel and
sleeping cars. The yard at New York ave-
nue. will be enlarged, SO as to provide ac
commodations for at least 120 sleeping
cars, and the lots adjacent to the south
side of the yard on New Jersey avenue will
have enough tracks placed in them 20 ac-
commodate al least 100 more.
, The yards at trinidad Ivy City and
South Brookland will be used for storing
dead coaches, as cars are called when
temporarily out of use. AT all places where
hotel and sleeping cars Will be stored the
3. and O. is having extensive sanitary ac-
commoda tions provided. They are also
completing at their Mount Glare shops in
Baltimore a large number Of handsome day
coaches, which will have all the modern
improvements, including the Pintsch gas.
The Pennsylvania people are as yet MAX
ing no preparations for storing cars here
beyond the putting of tracks already down
in complete order, but they expect to be
able to meet all demands that may be
made upon them.
The Chesapeake and Ohio's officials. for
the first time since their road has had an
entrance into Washington, are laying con-
siderable track in the southeastern section
of the city, and they will be able TO store
a large number Of cars there. 1t is under
stood that not only have the Chesapeake
and Ohio people themselves secured many
contracts for the bringing of organizations
to Washington, but through the Big Four.
its western and northwestern connection,
has arranged to transport some of the
largest organizations in Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Missouri, and other states.
The Southern railway people have reason
to believe, 1t is understood. that they will
be favored with a large share of inaugural
business from the south and southwest.
and in order to be prepared for it, they
have increased the facilities of their Alex
andria yards, to which cars will be run
after being emptied in Washington, so that
n any hundreds of cars can be stored there
70 avoid delay, they have also erected In
this city Pintsch gas plant by which
most of their cars are nov lighted.