Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-27
They VIII Haul Nearly 1000, 900
People to New York,
FREIGHT TRAINS LAID OFF.
Governor Wells aud FAIRY due This
Afternoon nctwcen 100000 aud
100000 People There Now.

metropolis have already afecmblcd In
Sew York. to participate In the great
reception 20 De- rendered 90 the nations
hero.
Il 10 estimated that from GO1OoO to
100000 people In oxcoca u the regular
Inhabitants. were In the city yesterday.
and almost each succeeding hour swclls
the number. The hotels arc packed
almost to their fun capacity. Several
railroad companies have stopped run.
Ming their frcight iralns. because Of tho
heavy passenger traffic. Every state
In tho Union has ia representatives
there.
Utah 10 represented by it, chief *.
ccutlvc-iiebcr. NJ Wells. Tho Cover
nor and party were 10 arrive IN New
York today In their private car. Rooms
naye been ,rcrcrved FOR the party at the
Governor Richarda Of Wyoming win
ru 90 the Parker hotel
one 81 the officials VI tho New York
central railway Gays that there were
more vlaltora In New York Tuesday
man on the day ~ the dedication OF tho
Grant tomb. 10 was estimated that on
that day. April "a. 1891. there were 66i
900 visitors there.
dost " the ullroda agree that un.
l"'a weather conditions are most uufa-
yprhhlg. tunrc will be g 900 goo visitors in
New York ON Friday ana saturday.
THIS means that tho railroads and fer
Rios VIII have to handle such crowd,
na never before Active proparations
nto DO progress day and night ln anti
cipuiinn of these conditions and the
mahaEcfo 81 an the lines declare that
ihey DO not anticipate single hitch.
me fennHylYnnln company hna even
some 90 far 19 90 ISSUE orders that no
ttrlEht trains are 20 be- run on tho
sew York division on Friday and sat-
urday, The company will thus be
hhle 10 have extra tracks Tor It's pass
CuEor trnflc.
Al available passenger equipment Of
ne various railroads In being conccn-
tutcd nt the most udvnntnrcous Tor.
mini Tor hauling crowds into New York
Al the roads have been running about
o.thifdH ~ their capacity Tor the last
/ week Railroad men themselves OK.
! press natonlahmont at the great nd-
| vance movement toward New York
Low ratco do not 40 Into effect until
/ Thursday, go their inducemont haze NOT
| brought tho thousands who have come
~ for Ia advance of the reception core
| monies. II shows too. the rnllrnnd men
say, that the VISITORS who arc now
/ Eolng to the city. have plenty 81
money TO npcnd. The railroads will
| make no reduction even after Thurs
| day Tor points within a radius Of 100
/ miles Of New York. The rnto after
| Thursday Tor points beyond that radius
wit be one and one-thlrd fare Tor tho
| round trip.
Edgar Van Elton. general supertln-
| dent Of the New York Central says:
| We shall store cars at Crotun and
/ HINfUINunmH and
| whore We shall have cars for any omer-
| Fcncy. II ~ likely that the biggest
| al parade"
| Another representative OF tho Now
| YORK Central SAYS
There are already more visitors In
| New YORK than there were on the day
/ the Grant tomb was dedicated and with
| good weather there VIII certainly be-
100000 here on the day Of the land par
I'VE nrc making such extensive and
! ryHtoWntiC preparations. however, that
| we shall have no trouble On handling
| the crowds on our lines. There a. one
| problem 20 which We have had 10 give
| special attention. That IN how TO get
the suburban residents homo at night
| after the ceremonies ARE over, They
| VIII not want o. stay I'm the city. and
| they would probably have trouble In
| finding n place 90 sleep n they did
| lN' lhl' az winch NlAitnfa are pour
| ing here now ~ marvellous, Many fam
ilira In New York are now entertaining
| from one 10 ton guests ana the hotels
| are nllod with patrons, There will be
no trouble about accommodations. how
ever. as there nrc thousands ~ plncoa
whore temporary lodgings can be had,
| nnd surely there are enough restaurants
90 feed the crowds"
W. ~ Hunter, spoke az 70 roprest n tn 3
tive OF the Delaware. Lackawnnna and
| Western railroad;
we mn moving our extra equipment
10 the western ond NJ our line and To
tho termini al oEwcgo. Ithaca ana uti-
| ca, We nrr all ready now 90 receive
| the lmmonfc crowds that tho Niekol
Plate, WABASH and Grand Trunk lines
report they viii bring. We shall run
| an our regular trains In two or three
sections, besides putting on extra
trains, As 10 our lines IN Jefrey. we
| shall run trains over thom IN street
car ordcr-atart them out ns fast ns
they are fllsd. We can do this with
safety. AS we are protected hy the block
system, We shall hold twelve trains
In the station 20 be scnt out without
schedule"
n, T.. Baldwin, general passenger
ngcnt N the New Jersey Central,
"Thc public Is too uncertain to make
any estimate now as 10 the number OF
visitors that viii be In New York on
Friday ana saturday There seems 10
De no doubt though, that Now York
| VIII have greater crowds than ever be-
! fore. I learn from our nFcnts that
many persons are coming 10 tho city
| on Thursday meroly 60 see the dpcurn
tons ana return home NJ night They
do not care 10 be caught IN the sam
that VIII watch the parndea on FRI
day and Saturday"
| OnlCialH OF the Metropolitan system
say that truilc figures turned In indl-
Gated that already there We're prohn-
bly, one million visitors IN the city.
| President Nrrelnnd said there would be
double the number on Friday ana sat
urduy
rnE SOUTHERN PACIFIC Cur-oTr.
importance ~ Entrance Into salt Lake
fully Appreciated In Colorado.
The reorganization Of the Central Pa
| cInc and lts formal incorporation into
the Southern Pacific company has been
followed hy the announcement of tho
| imWglutU-cuutructl o. CUTOFF or a
new line into salt Lake city. The old
liur rounds the northern shores OF the
Great salt Lake, Tho new line viii
reach Snlt Lake city south e. the lake,
| 70 Win lcavc the present line az sta
ton called Wells, about sixty miles west
of the Utah line, and run IN "A southeast
orly course through Elkl county Me-
! NINu. and NOOolo county. Utah, touch