The morning times., 1897-03-01
RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS
Everything Ready to Handle the
Inauguration Crowds.
Chances of Accident Reduced to a
Mih1mum-Noted Arrivals at
the Depots Yesterday.

h-AN IdllGOdCS UdfluS Ter
iiiindis In Washington have completed ar
ranSements for handling the tio crowds
lhae VIII come to the city this week
On the roads entering the Sixtb stree.
depot no change Will he made in t,,o ros,
ular train schedule, but a number or SOC
tons regulated by the demand will no r,,n
Supt. Fitzgerald and Assista ant Gen. supt
Gibson Of the b. * o. VIII come over from
baltimore and from this end keen in
touch with the traffic along the line
Additional tracks are beingIaid ON yvbic,,
to store the extra sieeperS that will como
To Washington. AT the New York avenua
yards of the b. & o. there will De room
for about 175 OF these cars, and the n,uV
yards on the Malone lot will accommodate
l60 more. Cars on local trains of this
road viii be hauled back to Baltimore
after unloading their passengers here. 1t
has been decided TO limit trains 10 ten
coaches.
Three additional tracks have been Laid
on Sixth street, adjacent to the Pennsyl-
vania depot, and the facilities for handling
trains there will be fully equal To the
demand.
On all excursion trains there will be two
conductors. One OF these will collect
time To the running OF the train. It has
been decided by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to start the running OF trains
from Baltimore at $50 O'Clock on the
morning of the 4th and to run them on
ten minutes headway. On all roads addi-
tiOnal telegraph stations Will be estab-
lished between Baltimore and Washing
ton to reduce the length of the blocks into
u-h TN sfs Divided and ar mn
time win two trains be allowed In the
same block. Another element of safety
is to reduce the speed at which trains viii
run, the average time with the Baltimore
and Ohio between Baltimore and Washing
ton being fixed at one hour and fifteen min
utcs
II is planned to move the bulk of the
excursion business into the city on the
night of the 30 and early on the morning
OF the 4th.
Additional flagmen have been provided
along the entire steam railroad trackage
or the city. They are to lie within com
municatiug distance.
Every possible precaution against acct
dent has been taken. They are now in
better condition than ever before 10 take
care OF large crowds under pressure, and
ttit OilI1laiS ~ iINt AllC ltttlt III TINS
week to be disposed OF without an acct
dent.
Gov. Asa s Bushnell Of Ohio and party
reached the city at 3:15 o oclock yesterday
afternoon. The special train conveying
them consisted of the private car OF Presi-
dent Ingalls,, OF the Big Four Road, for
the Governor and his family, two Wagner
slcepers. dining and baggage cars. 1t
2:30 p. III. on Saturday, arriving in this
city over the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road. c B. Ryan, assistant general pas
scnger agent ofthe latter road, accompanied
the party and had cha rye OF the train The
Governor viii have his headquarters at
the Arlington, while the ma jority OF the
staff viii have quarters in the train during
inaugural week. The party was composed
OF the following: Gov. and Mrs Asa s
Bushnell and maid, Columbus. Dr. and Mrs
Henry c. Dimond. Springfield; Hon. and
| Mrs. J F. McGFew, Sprin Sfieid; Major GEN
and Mrs. Henry \. AXline, Columbus; Brig
adler Gen. and Mrs W. T. Orr, Piqua:
BrigadieT Gen. and Mrs. ]. p. Loves. Miss
Alberta Loves, Mr.. j. Z. Loves, jr.
Dayton; Brigadier Gen. J. Kent Hamilton,
| Toledo: Col H. L Kingsley, Cleveland;
| Col. and Mrs ID. l.. Cockley, Miss Fanny
| l. Cocklcy, Shelby; Miss Nellie Straw,
| Cleveland Col and Mrs J. W.
| Barger, Miss Mary Lee Corwine,
| Hon S. L. Patterson, Waverly; Col.
| and Mrs c. B. Wing, Miss wing, Cincinnati,
| Col. and Mrs. c. E. Burke, Miss Jessie
| Burke, Miss Selma Sullivan, Cleveland.
| Col Charles +. Fisher, Mrs Z. j. Fisher,
| wilmington. Col. and Mrs julius Fleiscf-
| mann, Lieut. Max FleisChmann, Cincinnati
| Col and Mrs. Henry II. FTettyman, Miss
| Ella PTettyman, Mr.. William n. Pretty
| man, London: Col. H. d. Knox. Marietta;
| Col and Mrs. L. h Anderson,
Coshocton: Miss Ada NJ Anderson,
| TYRONE. Pa: Col. J. Linn Rogers, Columbus
Col II. A. Marting, ITonton; Col. and
| Mrs r. c. Mckinney, Hamilt on Col. Alex
ander Gordon, Hamilton, Capt. George An
drews, L s. A, Columbus. and Mr.. and
| Mrs. c. p Ryan, Cincinnati.
Gov. John R. Tanner, Of Illinois, and
| party reached the city over the Baltimore
! and Ohio Railroad at GLE O'Clock last
| evening The governor came in the pri-
] vate car Virginia. Of President Bacon,
OF the baltimore and Ohio Southwestern.
In the same car were the members OF his
personaI party, Mr.. and Mrs r. B. Van
| Cleave. and- Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Peters.
The other members of the governor staff
followed in Pullman coaches.
Those included in the party are: Gov
Tanner and wife, Inspector General Van
Cleave and wife, Col. Isaac Elwood, Mr..
]. W. Gates, Col. Smith and wife, Col
Lcstner, Col. j. Lambert and Wife, and
Miss Anna Lambert, and Miss Jennie
| Stevens.
The program of the party includes a
reception rendered by Col. Abner Taylor,
ex-member of Congress from the First
| Illinois district, tomorrow afternoon, from
tor O'Clock, at Rauscher's, and u banquet
at the Masonic Temple at So'clock tomorrow
evening. given by the Illinois Republican
Associat ION and Congressional delega-
| tion.
other prominent arrivals yesterday were;
Senator-elect and Mrs. Platt, of New
| York, who arrived on the 4:3O p. m
train over the B. & O.; Mr.. +. NJ
Murphy and wife, of Arizona; Senator
elect Pettus, who succeeds Senator Pugh
of Alabama; Gov and Mrs. Cheney, Oi
New Hampshire; Gen. C, j. Bills and
wife. of Nebraska; Senator-elect Fair
banks, Of Indiana: Senator SpoOner, of
Wisconsin, and Hon. W d. Woodmanseer
who is prominently identified with the