The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-28
Depopulation Of Middle States
Told in Newspapers.
STORIES ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Fron the Twin Cities. Denver and
Salt Lake Comes the Ttdings Of
the Enormoas TSansc 90 the West
That 0verburdened All the Rail-
Foads-AIl Lines Forced te Car
~ Extra TRAINS for Crowds.

From all parts OF the Western half o:
the nation come reports OK the dspoPala-
tson 81 the Fast and the rash Of people
10 the great West, where they are settling
and preparing 10 reap tire fruits 81 tfIirg
in the richest soil on earth s.. Paul wsas
the headquarters for the Westward move
rsent. and concerning the conditions there
the day OF the second honeseekers' excur-
sion. the Pioneer Press had Efls TO say:
Land seekers and setGisrs traffic kept
the railroads hiistiing yesterday, and IT.
appeared for a time that the entire popu-
Iatlon % several Eastern states vas M
grating Eest- Al the union depot there
We're immense crowds OF excars.onLs1s all
trying 70 get the first trains going West.
The morning train for the cnast~No. OF
the Northern Paci:ie-earriet fourteen
cars OF passengers and baggage, all the
engine could haul and there was fully a
carload left on rhe platform Ii has been
long time ssgice the Northern Paci8c
has been onIsgst! 10 refuse to carry pas
seEgers because of it's oser-crswaed train,
bar this was me ease with this train.
There 10 room for mere. The
regular train, NO z. with three aadt-
iloriai coaches. pulled out In the evening
similarly crowded and a second section,
containing ten cars followed the first Sec-
ton half an hour later. Nearly all The
passengers were bound for the far West.
one party OF eighfy-three being ticksfed
70 W ASbifSI0U4i were fFDiG alitIit-
gan. Hereafter these excuT sionistx viii be
sent oat daily under the haleTare rate.
which goes into effect today. and the
traffic viii rot he congested as It was
yesterday and the day previous.
Great Northern Crowded.
THE Crea; Nerthern trains were equally
So crowded. The morning train for the
West carried three extra coaches out OF
81. Paul while the regular night train
also carried three extra coaches. This
~sxfex fkatt rcd fns1
Of fourteen cars; carrying passengers for
Montana Washington and oregon. The
500 also left the ugGion depot with extra
coaches conveying passengers to the Pa
eific coast
I'm addition 10 the regular trains. which
carried one or more extra coaches. the
immigration department OF the Northern
Pacific succeeded In bringing TO ST. Paul
fro,n Chicago. Missouri. Kansas and other
points enough passengers 10 Ill two extra
trains. The Chicago. Great Western
brought five passenger cars and twenty
freight cars In during the night. which
were transferred 10 the Northern Pacific.
and the Wisconsin Central brought large
number OF west-9ound passengers. The
Northern Pacific immigration department
also reports that yesterday IL sent from
Kansas City 90 passengers and their ef-
fects. going by way OF the Burlington to
Billings Mont Another large movement
comprising 600 settlers. VIII pass through
81 Paul Tuesday next. destined for points
along the Northern Pacific. The 500 train
yesterday morning contained fourteen
ears. III passengers being consigned TO
the Canadian Pacific and tho remainder
going to North Dakota.
Tale From Salt Lake.
From the Sat Lake Herald comes the
announcement that the anticipated rush
70 the Pacific coast points following the
announcement of unusually low rates from
the AtsgA1rt riNer bore down on local
roads yeste.,las ard its unprecedented
proportions quite overwhelmed passenger
uffscfa.s with delight Something like i5oa
through passengers were handled by roads
centeFing here and in Ogden during the
day. SIX hundred and ninety-three were
delivered 90 thu Short Line by connecting
lines. about - per cent of them being
punkards and Quakerss bound for points
in Idaho, with n view Of settling perna-
nentiy Others of the passengers who
went through we're seeking homes i'm Ore
gon and Washington while a great many
others had taken advantage of the rate
mainly for the purpose Of sightseeing.
The Rio Grande Western handled In
all about so people. half Of whoFu were
turned over TO tho Short Line and the
remainder TO the Southern Pacific at og-
den. The Union Pacific turned over rs 10
the Southern Pacific, al California pas
sengers. and a great many more who Sc
lected the overland route were delivered
so the Short Zine"
Deuver's Announcement.
The Denver Republican says: Several
hundred homeseekcrs on the way from the
eamped In the union depot yesterday
Life was "a burden for everyone at the
depot who had occasion In mingie with
the crowd. Fer a time during the morn
ing even standing room WAS ar a pre-
MUM IN the waiting rooms. ard during
the whole day IL Aas n difficult matter
10 pick way through the congiomarare
mass OF luggage scattered about over the
aoor. The hnsnNss-ekerS came in groups
beginning with the Kansas branch az the
Union Pacific at % q. IN. which brought
In s~uuf isN ON the Rock Island. which
ARR. si at Ss3s n. IN. there were from
sixty 70 sosenty-age, and the Burlington
arriving A; a IT. brought about the
same number Another tnion Pacific
Kansas train arriving a. noon brought
nearly 100 persons
'"The greater portion OF those passing
ShrouGh here saft last night fer Oregon
and Washington. while others were ticket
eli 10 Sai.dAe Grsaiero. I<sadvslte and PIE
chile All sections 0f the Mississippi valley
contributed their quota To fhe homeseek4
ers and ono PARTY consisting of twenty
persons, same fTnn sullivan county in
Eastern Tennessee