The herald., 1897-07-01
THE RATE SETTLED
FIFTEEN DOLLARS ROUND TRIP
TO SAN FRANCISCO
47O Pullmans Started Yesterday to
California With Christian Eu-
deavorers-Other Notes

Anybody who thinks Leonard Merrill $
office with the Christian Endeavorers
sinecure needs but to go to his suite of
rooms in the Bradbury block for about
half an hour to be fully convinced to the
contrary. There isn't buster man in
town, and his courtesy and patience
have, so far, been inexhaustible. Aside
from the important and necessary thou
sand and one details in connection with
the reception and entertainment of the
thousands of visitors there are untold
unnecessary demands on Mr.. Merrill s.
time.
For instance: If woman has a spare
room in her house and thinks to turn an
honest penny by renting it. she sails
down to the Bradbury block, presents
Mr.. Merrill with wide, sunny smile
and, incidentally, visiting card, and
mentions the fact that, "for considera-
tion,' she could be persuaded" ETC.,
etc. Then there are those citizens and
citizenesses who expect a sister or a
cousin or some other relative that they
haven't seen for a century or so, but
know to be Christians endeavoring to
get to California, and therefore likely to
take advantage of the present reduced
rates. Does Mr.. Merrill know SO and so
mentioning the name-from such and
such-signifying a more or less remote
town-and if so what delegation will
they be with, when will they be due here
and if not, why not.
OF course this is all by the way, and is
a sample of what Herald reporter saw
and heard while waiting to speak to
Mr.. Merrill yesterday. When at last that
time arrived the vice president of the
local order stated that the round trip
rate to San Francisco had been definite
ly set at SIS. This rate will necessitate
departure north on the excursion train
which will leave here Monday evening,
July 5th. But the return trip can be
made at any time and by any train up
to July goth, and any one who decides,
after going on the SIS round trip ticket,
that he or she wishes to delay in return
ing may do SO by paying the other So
at the ticket office in San Francisco, and
the ticket will then be extended to July
26th.
There will be reception committee
of sixty; thirty each of ladies and gen.
lleHleH, QeleSSllOUS lIUIH WHICH Will go
out on the road to meet all incoming
trains. Other delegations meet the trains
at the stations here and all will be pre-
pared to give any and every kind of re-
qured information to the visitors. TIL.
general headquarters will be at the Y.
NJ C. A. on Broadway. A register will
be kept, and a bulletin and informatio
committee will be on hand day and
night.
Transportation arrangements have
been made with the managers all over
the union and Canada to read by the
way of Ogden coming west, and they
have but four days to spare, but the
thousands upon thousands of delegates
will have a month after the convention
closes when they can come down here
and visit this section, and that is the
point to be worked for.
Two hundred and seventy Pullman's,
with an average of thirty people to the
car have started from points east of
the Rockies in the last twenty-four
hours, and they have only just begun to
move.
The first train due here is a solid train
from Denver, bringing the Colorado del
egation, and is scheduled to arrive al
$3.50 Saturday morning. Other trains will
follow all day.