Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-18
RUSH OF LAKE TRAVEL.

Summer lake steamship lines Of Chi.
year to resorts on Lakes Michigan and
Superior.
General passenger agents for these
lines estimate that the traffic this sum.
mcr will reach 1.5OO.OO passengers. II
not more. The Goodrich line and the
Graham Il Morton Company find nj.
ready that their bookings for accommo.
dutions far exceed those of any prcvi.
Gus year ut this time.
The Christopher Columbus had up to
June 1 booked more excursions for the
latter part Of June and July than II car.
rled during the entire season Of 1897.
The Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
Transportation Company reports dc.
inands for accommodations on the Man.
itou rs exceeding those of previous
years. Tho O'COnnOr Transportation
Company. WHOSE new steamer. State of
Ohio. hns begun service. reports boom
In IT. Joe and Benton Harbor business
that approaches surfeit.
The war IL to n great extent rcspon.
slble for this new interest In the lakes:
the improved character Of the steamer
accommodations and low rates for
travel furnish other reasons for people
wishing to he on the water when It Il
hot. steamship passenger agents lind
that the trend OF all travel Il west.
ward this season; further. that innum.
cradle Chicago people usually spending
the summer ut the seashOre Intend to
travel over the lakes this year. Again,
the lake travel h not directed toward
Buffalo rs In years past. hut toward
home resorts AMI north ana westward
to Mackinac and Duluth.
Few ChicagOans realize II, but there
are thousands Of points OF beauty ON
Lakes Michigan and superior that have
not been explored by summer tourists.
Lake lines are beginning to touch at
these points. are searching them out
AMI bringing almost to the gateway OF
the city q new world of scenery and
water delights.
Lake travel from Chicago In 1874
during the summer season did not OK
coed 100000 passengers during June,
July ana August. Ten years later In
1885 this travel had grown to 100000
Then came M era of new boats, better
accommodations and lower fares. The
result was that In 1892, just before the
Worlds Fair. thu summer travel had
crawlcd up to 100000 annually.
In 1893. when abnormal conditions
existed In the city, the estimate was
| l,t % - I, Of thA
lake boats In one way and another
during the hot months. or course
there was a falling of In 1884 and
1893. hut In 1896 nearly 1,O0O,OO0 peO
pie were carried by the boats; in 1891
, all of that number, and this year prom
ises to be the banner one since the
white city ceased to be.
To what enormous capacity the lake
, steamers have grown In the last few
! years Is evidenced by some figures.
The Goodrich Line operates the Nir
ginia. Iowa. Indiana, Georgia, Racine
Atlanta. Cheboy2an and Chicago. The
, principal points reached by 1t are Ra
{ cine, Milwaukee. Sheboygan, Kewanee
Sturgeon BOY, Green Bay, Grand Ha
. ven. MuskegoA ana Escanaba. Th,
Virginia has licensed passenger ca
. paclty of 1000 and will make 100 trips
! this season, commencing June 10. Tha'
. means 100000 passengers, according to
) the estimates of the company. The
, other boats which are used In regular
; passenger service have berth or state
room capacities for from l23 to Isl
, people. or II loaded, as the Virginia Is
II passenger capacity each trip of from
900 to l,5OO. They will carry during
= the season 100000 passengers more
That Is. the Goodrich Line will handle
, over 400, 900 Chicagoans during the sea,
(, son, ana 1t Is only one line.
, The Christopher Columbus, with
, ninety round trips to make ana some
. twenty side excursions. will carry, II
; Is estimated, 100000 passengers during
, | the season, the daily carriage being