The record-union., 1897-06-30
II Has Begun From the Large Cities
in the East.
By Thursday the Prairie Lines Will Be
Dotted With Long Trains.
The Rio Grande Road Estimates
That 1t Will Need Eifty-two
Trains to Garry the Business
the Last Three Days of the
Week Over 1000 Tourists
Reached ST. Louis Yesterday
and 10000 Leave Chicago.

DENVER, June 29.-The Christian
Endeavor movement from large cities
of the Atlantic Coast has begun and
by Thursday the prairie lines will be
dotted with long trains bearing excur-
sionists westward.
Major S. K. Hooper, General Passen-
ger Agent of the Denver and Rio
Grande road estimates that the trans
portation department of the Rio
Grande will require fifty-two special
trains to carry the business which will
be offered during the last three days
of the week. Orders have been given
for thirty-one Of the finest to be had
for use out of Denver over the scenic
line Friday. The forces in the repair
shops and at division points have been
largely augmented on the anticipation
of the tremendous rush.
The Union Pacific, through Colonel
George Ady, reports twelve specials
engaged for the trip over the. line from
Chicago and Missouri River points and
train accommodations at Ogden. over
the Central Pacific is said to be the
largest in the history of the road. In
Southern Pacific has attempted more
than even such a great system can
hope to perform and if late comers fail
to reach San Francisco in time for the
EndeavOr meeting, it will be because
cars could not be secured for carrying
the vast throng.
The Santa Fe reports eight special
trains through La Junta, westward
next Thursday and six on the day fol-
lowing.
ST. LOUIS, June 29-The city is full
of Christian Endeavorers who stopped
here on their way to the international
convention. More than 100 coachloads
were landed in the city this morning.
there being an aggregate of 1000 tour
lists. These people who came in on
special trans over the Wabash. Wanda
liza, Cloverleaf, Big Four and Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern roads. repre-
sent nearly every State east of the
Mississippi River and north of the Ma
son and Dixon line. Ohio, Indiana.
New Jersey and Virginia and Southern
Illinois each had big delegations
Several hundred local members of
Christian Endeavorers took the visit
ors in charge. Special street cars had
been chartered and visitors who de-
sired were taken to points of interest
about the city. They will continue their
journey tonight with other delegates
that are expected to arrive later.
CHICAGO, June 29-It is expected
that by IL o'clock tonight fully 10000
delegates to the annual Christian En-
deavor meeting at San Francisco and
others taking advantage of the low
rates for trip to the coast will have
departed from Chicago over the diff
ferent roads leading west Excursion
lists poured into the city from east and
south all day. Twenty sleepers on the
Santa Fe will leave at 1920 tonight.
comprising three special trains. The
Santa Fe expects to carry $500 or 5000
people
AT and IL O'Clock the Burlington
road will run special trains from the
Union station and these will carry 500
Chicago and Illinois delegates. Four
teen sleeping cars will be occupied by
the Illinois people. The Burlington is
the official line for delegates from this
State
The Rock Island will carry a num-
Der of special coaches. Five sleepers
will be filled with Chicago passengers
for San Francisco, three will be re-
ceived in addition to those from the
Pennsylvania road, from the Michigan
Central and five from the Baltimore
and Ohio. The Northwestern will di-
vide it's 6 and 10:30 trains into sections
and run as many cars as necessary.
Among those who reached Chicago
early to-day the largest delegation was
that from Pennsylvania 1t came over
the Pennsylvania road. was divided into
two sections. There were 500 dele
gates, representing the banner Chris
tian Endeavor State. The train bear
ing the party attra cted attention be-
cause in it were the officers of the
Christian Endeavor Society. Every
road is taxed to it's utmost capacity.
The Pullman Company has every car in
use and is repairing many other cars
to meet the demand.
KANSAS CITY. June 29.-The rush
of excursonists to the Christian En-
deavor convention in San Francisco is
already straining the reserves of the
union depot and railroad officials at
this point. Kansas City being the nat
oral gateway for this traffic from the
East and South there is every indica-
ton of the biggest crush of excursion
lists that has ever been known here.
The baggage departments are already
overrun, and the prospects are that ex-
cursionists who do not carry a liberal
supply of raiment in hand satchels Will
be sorely inconvenienced upon reach
ing the coast. The Wabash road
brought in two carloads of Endeavorers
from Decatur. H., this morning and
three more carloads picked up along the
route. Tomorrow mornings Wabash
trains from ST. Louis will be run in five
sections. each section carrying six to
eight sleepers Tomorrow, the Rock
Island will have a special of fourteen
sIeepers through from New Jersey and
another of eight sleepers from Ohio
points. The Santa Fe took out twen-
tv-two extra chair cars and sleepers
To-day Tomorrow it will carry a
special of fourteen sleepers for st.
Louis and one of nineteen from Chi
cago and the East. Ten sleepers were
sent to Topeka to-day 10 transport
crowd of 800 Kansans. Thirteen extra
sleepers will come in over the Chicago
and Alton tomorrow morning. Nine