Evening star., 1897-03-05
MOVING THE CROWDS
Railroad Trains Carrying the Visitors Home
Today.
Estfmates as to the Visitors in the
City-Hundreds of CMrs
Sidetracked. ..--s..

Splendid as were the arrangements for
the reception by the management Of the
various railroads centering In Washington,
the plans for starting them on their way
home were even better, and at noon today
all of the scores of thousands who came
only for the purpose of Witnessing the in
augural ceremonies or at least the. grca;
parade, had embarked on the train which
was to take them to their destina tion.
1t is believed by railroad men as the re-
suit of first estimates that when all tbs
returns are footed up it will be seen that
more than 15OUW persons, which was the
former estimate by various railway oiii-
cials, were brough. to Washington during
the past two or :hree days, and that The
number will reach at east 1IIWu.
The Baltimore and Ohio carried, 1t is
stated, almost :0,JO passengers into the
city during the eighteen hours preceding
the starting of the parade from the Capitol
yesterday afternoon, and it is believed by
those competent to judge that the PeTnsyl-
vania, Southern, Chesapeake and Chic and
Seaboard unitedly brought at least D.OV
more. The Southern officials had estimated
that they woald require about twenty
coaches to convey eXcursiOnis.s from near
by points on their line, but instead they
were compelled to use nearly one hunor.d
BY the time that the last of the paraders
had started for me march up Pennsylvania
avenue the railway companies were ready
for the outgoing traffic In each station
trains were stan ling on the tracks with en-
Gines attached, prepared to start on the
proper signal.
The first excursion train to leave for
Baltimore by the Baltimore and Oh1o de-
parted from the New Jersey avenue and
street station at 3:15 o'clock. and from
that tine until long after midnigh: trains
were dispatched as rapidly as they could
be loaded from the thousands OF persons
in waiting.
thQ
regulars and several specials for Phila-
delphia and New York. all of which were
loaded to their fullest capacity. All this
time similar scene was beiEg enacted at
the New York avenue station, with trains
fer Pittsburg and points west. General
Superintendent Fitzgerald. Assistant Cen
eral Superintendent Gibson, Superintendent
of Transportation Harney, General Agent
Alvey and many other operating officials
were constantly on duty. The company
also had large number of private detec-
tives at hand, under the direction of Chief
Detective Lloyd. and every man who acted
the least suspiciously on the company's
property was invited to leave at once,
which the party lost no time in doing.
At the Baltimore and Potomac depot the
movement of outgoing trairs began at
about the same time at the Baltimore
and Ohio, and they were dispatched with
equal promptness and celerity. AT an early
hour today most of those who had arrived
over the lines which converge here had
started their passengers, who do not wish
to remain longer toward their homes.
The official reports show that not a single
passenger was hurt nor was pocket pick
ed in either of the railway stations during
the Inauguration season.
Some excitement was caused in the Bal
timOre and Potomac station about o'clock
this morning by small fire in the ladies'
waiting room. caused by an unknown party
throwing sCme rubbish against the steam
pipes. The blaze was put out without diff
Guilty.