The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-09-13
Throns the Trains Rum
ming to Cleveland.
GENERAL {, R. ECKLEY
Former Colonel Of the eoth.
Passed Through the City
--he Is Ninety Years
of Age.

Every train that passes north over
the Wheeling and the Valley railroads
is thronged with grizzled veterans Of
the war of the rebellion. The passeng-
er trains have been provided with extra
coaches, but even this does not provide
sufficiently for the passenger traffic, as
many persons who have Travelled to
the Forest city have been compelled to
stand in the cars. In addition to the
old soldiers, hundreds of civilians from
this city and other points have gone to
Cleveland to see the parade and inter-
esting sights of the encampment.
The appearance of the soldiers en-
phasizes the fact that those who parti-
cipated in the great struggle are rap
idly
NEARING THE BOUNDS
OF life. They are generally aged and
broken down men, who forty years ago
entered the army in the prime of their
young manhood, and who have now
reached the three score and ten.
Among those who passed through
Canton on his way to Cleveland was
General E. r. Eckley, of Carrollton.
who was colonel of the 9Sth regiment.
He is 80 years of age, and still quite
vigorous in mind and body. He was
at one time, Immediately after the war.
congressman from this district and
was for many years prominent in the
politics of the district.
1t is surprising to note, however. that
among the veterans, there are many
who show but little of the
RAVAGES OF TINE.
They went into the war in their boy
hood, some Of them in the closing
years, and they are to-day men from SO
TO gu years of age, and still vigorous
and active.
Almost every old soldier in Canton
VINO Is not incapacitated by reason of
physical infiTmities is in Cleveland
this week, and the reports that come
from that city are that they are all
having q good time.
Despite the fact that so many Can
tonians went to Cleveland the first
three days of the week large crowds
went on Wednesday. The Grand Army
band left early in the morning to oc-
cupy the post of honor in the monster
parade which occurred during the day.
The band was engaged for the purpose
before going 10 Tacoma. 1t marched
at the head of'the procession. Over
the Valley and the Wheeling hundreds
OF veterans and many others, taking ad-
vantage OF the rates and big day, went
TO Cleveland
HUNDREDS WENT.
The railroad business this week ras
been absolutely unprecedented.
More people are leaving town at pres-
ent than have ever gone cut at any one
time in the history Of the town.
Both the Wheeling and the VALLEY
have had all the business they could
possibly handle. Wednesday morning
an early train left on the Wheeling
with IL coaches. Six hundred people
got on at Canton, 100 were added at
Hartville, 800 at Kent and 200 at Bed
ford, besides several hundred at inter-
mediate points. An ordinary coach
has seating capacity os Go. On that
train alone there were something like
] 500 people. A person with a thirst
for mathmematical calculation can
figure from that the amount of space
each passenger occupied as the train
pulled into Cleveland.
On the Valley the early morning
train carried the Grand Army band
and several hundred others ard Il spe-
cial was run at shortly after O'clock
PACKED TO THE DOORS.
The problem of handling the traiIlc
Is not yet solved. The railroads have
taken the aCnton people to Cleveland
in installments and they will have to
bring them back altogether Those
who come back at the end OF the week
will probably have to put up with bag.
gage coaches and freight cars, as
every available piece OF rolling stock
on two wheels will be taken into re-
Iuisition. A grand rush will be made
On Friday and Saturday and many are
pound to be left over Sunday in Cleve-
and.
The Fort Wayne, while it has no d.
rect line to Cleveland, has carried
many Canton people there Passen-
gers over the Fort Wayne FIRE transfer
ed TO the c. & p. On Go miles of its
rack trains ran FIVE minutes apart