Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02
IOWANS ALL co TO OMAHA
Of Hawkeyes Help TO Open the
Great Exposition.
COUNCIL BLUFFS CONTRIBUTES ITS SHARE
Everybody who Can Get Away Takes
the Trip to See the Parade ana
Put tn the First Day ut
the

There was a great outpouring Of all classes
OF citizens OF Council Bluffs yesterday TO
Omaha. or the vast multitude that
on the streets to witness the great parade
and attended the opening ceremonies of the
Transmississippi and international EXPOSE
ton, this city and state furnished a generous
quota. From as early as Z o'clock the crowds
gathered at Pearl street and Broadway to
board the motor cars with Omaha their OBJ
~jective point. From that hour on UP to 1890
and later, every car of the twenty odd trains
on the Omaha line was crowded and Super
intendent Dimmock was compelled TO press
even the baggage car into service. All day
long the travel between the two cities was
immense, but the motor company had antici'
pated II and little or no complaint was
, heard, despite the fat that many OF the
cars were filled beyond the comfort point.
! Towards noon those who had gone over
simply to see the parade commenced to re-
turn and during the afternoon the streets
OF the city were thronged with crowds, no.
ticeablc among them /, ling hundreds of peo-
pie from the surrounding country.
Among the first to take the cars for Omaha
were the High School cadets In command
of Lieutenant e. o. Beardsley, and the men,
beers of Potta wattamie canton, Odd Fellows,
III 1ull uHl1OEIl. JUL VI Wiish
had prominent positions in the parade. The
city hall was deserted during the entire day
except for the presence Of Finance Clerk
True, as Mayor Jennings, the aldermen and
city officials went over in a body and were
4 the guests of Mayor Moores and city officials
of Omaha. They occupied carriages In the
parade and were much pleased with the
royal manner in which they were enter
tained.
Teachers and Scholars Go.
The Board of Education had granted a
general holiday for the city schools and
many of the teachers and several hundred
of the children helped swell the throne
across the river. The new time card on
the motor lines, which went into effect
yesterday, worked to perfection with one
exception, and that was that on South
First street and Fifth avenue, between
the court house and the turn to the trans
fer, the cars at times got badly punched
This was owing to the lack of sufficient
sidings, ncessitating all cars to make the
full round trip. This defect Superintendent
Dimmock says will be rectified as soon as
permission to put in the necessary siding.
can be obtained from the city council.
All the railroads entering Council Bluff.
brought in large crowds. many of the pas
sengers leaving the trains on this side o
the river and taking the motor cars t.
Omaha. The Northwestern, 1t is estimated
brought in upwards of 1000 people, mostl.
from northern Iowa. The excursion from
Clinton had over 500 passengers in it. TIL
Milwaukee had an excursion train from
Perry, bringing in 622 passengers, and Nc
1 had four extra coaches, all OF which wer
filled. Rock Island No. /, that reached
Council Bluffs at II a. M, had thirteel
coaches, all of which were loaded full
Colonel Davenport. of the Burlington esti
mated that his road must have. brough
in close upon 1000 persons. The road ha
a special from Ottumwa, picking up tn
travel between there and Creston and the
running from Creston to Council Bluff
without a stop. The new train from Kan
sas City on the Omaha & st. Louis cam
in for the first time yesterday morning
reaching Council Bluffs at 1855 o'clock. j
also had its contingent for the expositio
opening. General Superintendent William
of the northern system Of the Port Arthu
Route and party came in from Quincy owe
the same road in a special to attend tn
opening of the exposition and witness tn
parade.
Many of the farmers from the countr
adjacent to Council Bluffs drove their fam
lilies over in farm wagons and during tn
early part Of the morning there was
stream of all kinds of vehicles across tn
motor company's bridge. The bicyclist
were out in full force and many made tn
) trip to the exposition on their wheels
The travel in the evening was nearly a
great as in the morning, those whose busi
ness had prevented them from going durin
the day taking the opportunity to Wis
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