The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-02
INCOMING TRAINS LOADED
Great Crowds Arriving for the
Inaugural Festivities.
The Facilities of the Various Rail
ronds Severely Taxed - Preparn-
tions for Taking Care of Visitors
No Accommodations mt Hotels.

The lartival of visitors to attend the
| inaugural celebration exceeds that Of any
1 previous Inauguration for score or more
1 of years" This statement was made last
night by a prominent railway official.
/ one who has been connected with the
railway passenger service In this city
since the inauguration of President Grant
and who has been assigned to the duty of
! handling the crowds expected at the
| Pennsylvania station.
During the early hours yesterday the
| incoming trains, although in double sec
! tions indicated that the crowd would be
very slim. About o'clock. however. the
| excursion trains began to arrive, and
within very few minutes the depots
were densely packed by newcomers
| and their friends that it was almost i'm
possible to get either in or out Of the de-
| pot. 1t took the united force of several
! large and husky patrolmen to make
passage about two feet wide through
which persons arriving might make their
way to the street. This condition pre-
| vailed at the depot during the evening
and until the arrival of the late trains
| from the East. a similar condition ex-
! listed at the Baltimore and Ohio station.
The members of the Committee on Pub
! lie Comfort had been complaining that
| they had nothing to do. This. however.
was before o'clock in the afternoon.
| From that time on they had no cause to
worry. They had all they could do. but
not more than they were willing to under
take. They were here, there, and every
where. Should stranger alight from
train and look out in bewildered man.
ner one OF these red-ribboned gentlemen
with Committee of Public Comfort"
printed across the face of the badge
would Immediately espy him and enquire
where he was to be located In the city for
the next few days. If he did not know he
was Immediately taken under the protect
ing wing of the committee and piloted to
a boarding house by uniformed messen-
ger.
At the Sixth Street station those on duty
were A. b. Coppes. DIR. r f. Repetti. VIII
liam ]. McRae, NJ. ]. Griffith. James Col
Inns, Edward Voight, George F. Lewis.
The Baltimore and Ohio contingent in
cluded james Forsythe Alphonse
Girouard. William Bostow, NJ. A. Lynch,
J. P. Ruddy John Albert. DIR. Rice, ]. ].
Fuller. C. W. Smith. w. ". Williams, E.
II. Tucker, c. F. Calvert.
Seventy-flve Gonzaga Cadets acted as
guides and as escorts to those desiring
lodgings. The members of the Committee
on Public Comfort and the cadets viii re-
main on duty at the stations until late
Monday afternoon.
The railway officials have now made
arrangements to handle the crowd with as
much expedition as possible. The pre-
vious arrangements We're to establish the
outside station either today or early to-
morrow morning. The indications of
heavy traffic, however, compelled them to
take action, 30 that yesterday afternoon
both the Baltimore and Ohio and the
Pennsylvania Railway companies put
force of men at work at the two branch
stations whore all local trains viii arrive
and depart the Baltimore and Ohio
outer statio-s all incoming and outgoing
Western trains are to make their terni-
nus. From these points also all organiza-
tions will leave the train and proceed to
the quarters arranged for them in the city
by their advance representatives. Only
through trains and the special excursions
viii arrive and depart from the two main
depots. Both companies have inc reased
their forces In this city from outside sta
tions, several men having come from Phil
adelphia and several from Pittsburg. They
viii assist the local men in handling the
increased business.
Nearby counties i'm Maryland and Nir-
ginia are expected to send into the city
early Hsonday morning nearly their en-
tirs population. The Southern has ar
trains on the Round Hin Division, so that
all the residents of Dun Loring, Fails
Church, Waterloo. and other stations
farther along the route may reach Wash
ington In time for the escort to the
Capitol and leave almost whenever they
choose.
The Pennsylvania will run loc3Is from
Baltimore as frequently as its block sys-
TEN will permit Half of these specials
will make stops at Odeutun and all other
points this side OF Annapolis Junction, in
Chesapeake Beach Line will run several
special trains across from the bay and
transport all the residents Of that sec
tiOn of Maryland. Both branches of the
Baltimore ana Cnio VIII be taxed TO their
greatest capacity for specials during the
morning of Inauguration Day, the Balti-
NOR line running through trains from
Baltimore every half hour or oftener-
From Gaithersbnrg and Rockville the
local stops will be few. as the interme-
diate traffic is reasonably well taken care
towns are supplied BY electric railway
service as well us the Baltimore and
Ohio. Frederick, Point of Rocks, Har-
pers Ferry. and all other stations with
in half a days reach on the Metropolitan
Branch will bc given two or three trains
Monday morning, each train being in two
or three sections, of course. In all prob
ability, half the visitors to the city viii
arrive on these s"fsi local excursions.
East of the Ohm River it was possible
to take advantage of the special rates
This is the explanation Of the sudden in
nux after about : o'clock in the after
noon, when both depots were crowded
with the incoming visitors. Philadelphia
sent a large delegation. and many points
between here and that place. and even
as far west as Pittsburg, were well rep
resented. Those residing in the Western
States. and at far Eastern points, VIII
begin to arrive early tomorrow morning,
and will continue until late Monday.
At the hotels active preparations are
l.afT, l.. fq he pf he
crnors Of the different States who are eX-
Dected to take part in the inaugural
parade. Governor Shaw and staff, of
iowa IL scheduled to arrive at the Nor
nandie early this morning. His quarters
have been arranged for, and it was an
nounCed that he would arrive in the city
last night. There was some delay in the
departure of the trains, however. and the
hotel management received word that he
would not be here before this morning
Hon. Timothy Woodruff, Lieutenant
Governor of New York, and Mrs. Wood
ruff arrived at the Arlington yesterday
afternoon. They attended the theatre
last night They viii remain here until
after the inauguration ceremonies.
Gov George T. Mclean Col Joseph r
Rol,inson, and col. Philip MONTGOMERY
nf Connecticut. are quartered at ahe
Shoreham. They arrived in the city yes
terday evening, and last night called on
friends in the city.
for hotel accommodations, and will ar
rive in the city within the next day or
Two Governor Mclean and Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff. however, are now
the only State representatives who have
Governor OdeII of New York, and Gov
ernor Yates Of illinois, will he located |
at the Arlington. They will arrive in the |
STAFF, of wyoming Governor Bliss and |
staff of Michigan; Governor Stone and |