The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-27
DON'T REALIZE.
No Proper Conception of the
Enormous Crowd
Coming to Topeka on Santa Fe
SEEMS TO PREVAIL.
Arkansas City Alone to Send
1000 People.
Newton, 5000, Winfield, 1900,
Emporia, 1000 and So On.
May Not Be Trains or Cars
Enough.
SANTA FE COMPANY
Should Have Guests From All
Over the u. s.
No Such Chance for ADVERTISE
ment i'm Its History.
WE SHALL HAVE 10000
Should Have Guests From All
Over the u. s.
No Such Chance for Advertise
ment i'm Its History.
WE SHALL HAVE $4,000
People and Better Get Ready
for 100000.

Nobody who has not kept close watch
of the development of the Santa F'e
celebration of Fail Festival week has
reaIiza ton of the immensely the dem
Onstration is going to attain. The peo-
pie of Topeka, themselves, who have
kept pretty well posted on this matter,
scarcely appreciate what is likely to
take place that day.
The Journal is not stretching the facts
when it states that the railroads will
have the greatest difficulty in getting
all the people here. From advices re-
ceived from Winfield, Wellington, Ar
kansas City and the entire southwest,
it is more than probable that hundreds
of people viii be left standing on the
depot platforms unable to get on the
trains bound for Topeka, unless they
come in box cars.
From Arkansas City alone 1000 peo-
pie are coming. This means four trains
of ten coaches each, including baggage.
If it takes four trains from Arkansas
City alone, what viii be the state of
affairs when Winfield attempts to send
1,5O0 people, Wellington 1000, Newton
5000. Emporia 1000 and every other
town along the road from 500 to 1000?
1t is plain to see that they will not all
get here on Santa Fe day unless they
begin coming on Monday.
The Santa Fe demonstration first ask
ed for 100 horses to haul it's floats, now
it has had to engage 200, and before
that 800 horses will be barely enough.
Already so floats are planned or under
construction which will require 200
horses to haul, counting four horses to
the float. No Priests of Pallas or
Yelled Prophets parade was ever half
as big.
This Santa F'e procession would as
tonish Chicago or New York. 1t would
crowd the streets of either one of these
cities. If given in Chicago. 500. 600 peo-
pie would gather on the streets to see
1t, or if in New York. 100000 When
10000 men get at work on q celebration
its magnitude soon grows beyond all
computation.
1t is quite evident the Santa Fe man
agement itself does not comprehend the
enormity of its own blowout If it
did. it would be issuing invitations to
railroad presidents and directors all
over the United States to be present
whole railroad on parade. No such
sight was ever seen in the United
States and probably never will be
again.
The Santa Fe management ought to
make excursion rates for all points east.
west. north and south of Kansas for the
people of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Texas,
Nebraska, Colorado and Okla hOma will
never have another opportunity of wit
Messing such a show.
While the attendance during Festival
week from along the line of the Santa
Fe will be unparalleled, the northern
and central parts of the state will send
enormous NUMBERS OIL people AS VIII be
seen by reference to our dispatches from
day to day, Beloit has already made
arrangements to send 300 or 400 people,
Blue Rapids 300. Holton 600, Abilene
S00 and so on through the list. 1t is
quite apparent that more than $4,000
people, perhaps 100, 900, will be here.
This will put a tremendous task upon
the Committee of Ppblic Comfort and the
Bureau of Informa ton; there will be an
unprecedented demand for rooms. While
ii is quite probable we shall be able to
feed all these people, there will be diff
1iculty in providing them a place to
sleep.
The registration of rooms should be-
gin by the 1st of September at least. All
the tents at the fair grounds will be
utilized, and last year even the cattle
barns and exposition hall were turned
into dormitorieS.
The people of Topeka must rise to the
emergency and handle this crowd prop
erly- 1t is time to begin active work
in this line at once.