The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-09
JUST LIKE A COUNTRY FAIR.
Public Accepted Serious 1nconve
nience in Good Humor.

Did you ever 60 to country fair2 Yes7
Then you know how the people got from
their homes yesterday morning down 10 their
places Of business in the heart Of the bust
ness section Of the great city OF st. Louis.
You have stood at the entrance To the
Fair q 'ouEds and watched the procession
come in; now ii carriage with liyeried coach
man and royal trapplngs: next u doctor =
brougham. tall and digniiied; then comes a
farmers wagon rough and spring!ess. the
bottom covered with straw and on IL sat
the ole" 'ooman and all the gals of the
family. Next passes brand new Brewster
buggy, with spanking pair OF bays. and
IL passes into the grounds, from the re-
marks Of others about you sou know that
the prosperous merchant Of the village has
entered.
young blQods of the country. Now an OK
team passes. Here ana there a stray BIZ
cycist whris along the side path Of the
highway and finally hundreds Of dust-be-
grimed. weary pedestrians pass by and
are lost IN the crowd within. This Is about
the WAY It was In 81. Louis yesterday morn
ing between the hours OF ! and o'clock
on Grard avenue and Del,nar boulevard.
Some were in elegant traps drawn by
handsome teams. Some came down in auto
mobiles others on bicycles. express wagons,
hucks.ers wagons and every other kind of
wagon. Hundreds were on horseback. while
countless numbers walked. One old la
hor.r who was trudeinG his way down was
heard TO remark as handsome team drew
hy: That's always the way. These street
car men think they are hurting the com
pany. May he they VIII keep a few uickeII
out Of their pockets. but they can all order
their carriages and ride down TO their
places Of business. can't afford that and
have got to walk or lose my living"
Livery Men Very Busy.
The Suburban was the only street car
line In operation In the city. and that was
unable. of course. TO meet the extra de-
down OF all the other roads. The cars on
that road were literally covered with men
and women willing to face any danger and
Inconvenience to get downtown People
the sides, rear ana front platforms and
bumpers. regardless Of the danger their po-
sition involved.
Before noon traffic on the Suburban was
seriously interfcred with. and by O'Clock
II was practically suspended. All the street
railways in the city were then tied up and
the masses of employees in the stores. offices
and other places OF business began 10 make
arrangements for the trip homeward.
Olive street at O'Clock presented scene
the Ike OF which had not been seen before.
An apparently endless caravan Of vehicles
Of every description filed In unbroken pro-
cess!on westward. The Old omnibus that
the "Dne Hoss Shay. was pulled from its
obscurity and pressed into service. Fur
niture Fans rattied over the coppie stones
loaded with human freight Truck wagons.
delivery wagons. lumber carts: IN fact. al
most anything that went on wheels had a
IT'S in wind that blows no good" said
the Hveryman. Amen said the bicycle
dealer Never before In their business
careers. had they had such a rush. Any
people who had long ago discarded the
wheel rented one yesterday In preference to
footing # for miles TO their homes. The st:
Louis public Is good uatured. and II laughed
and jcked yesterday as Il rode home In the
early twilight, apparently in as much glee
as II the whole city was out for a great
straw ride. The novelty OF the experience
made everybody htiarioua