The Washington times., 1902-10-06
THOUSANDS REACH CIN'
Railroads Being Taxed to
Their Utmost Capacity.
LITTLE FREIGHT HANDLED
Small Posts Arrive From Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Numbers of Other
States Close to the District.

The corridors of the Pennsylvania ant
Baltimore and Ohio depots were crowded
all day Sunday with war veterans com
ing from all parts of the country. Dele
cations from Michigan. Kansas. New
York. New Jersey. and other States
focked into the National Capital Sun
day and last night. At IL o'clock Satur-
day night trains that had been running
as late as two hours behind schedule be-
gan to steam into the depots, depositine
their. cargoes of human freight.
The crowds at the Sixth Street depo.
have become denser and denser. All
Sunday hundreds of citizens were crowd
ing the spacious corridors of the depot
In fact, at a late hour Saturday night
the crush became SO great that. the rail-
road officials we're forced to appeal to
Major Sylvester, Superintendent OF
Police. for help in keeping the crowds
back. The entrance to the gates lead
ing to trains was choked with humanity,
and the depot ushers were powerless 10
move them back.
Additional Police.
Immediately upon hearing of this
state of affairs. Major Sylvester issued
orders to the various police lieutenan.s
to assign two men from each station
house for duty at the depots every day
for a week With the arrival Of the
police the crowds were forced back and
the passengers given room to carry
their baggage through the depot
Considerable trouble has been given
the police by fakirs of souvenirs. who
flock TO depots and add materially to the
blocking of traffic by placing themselves
in the entrances. stopping visitors from
going in or coming out. Several arrests
for violations of this character have
been made by the police. and will con-
tinue until the nuisance is abated.
Detectives have all been posted in
the two depots. and sharp eyes gaze at
incoming trains in hopes Of preventing
an influx of crooks
Owing to the exceedingly heavy traf-
nc. the railroad companies have been
forced to split the larger organizations
into sections, and in this manner they
will be brought into the city. Not one
third Of the veteran organizations and
their bands have as yet put in an ap-
pearance.
Small Posts Arrive.
Yesterday a. number of small posts
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
States close to the sDistrict. arrived,
accompanied by their drum corps and
bands, but the railroad officials do not
expect the larger delegations in until
today.
The congested condition of affairs
threatens to become worse. Additional
side tracks are being laid by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, and upon
these will be run the trains from the
West The Western delegations are
thought to be the largest Of any or
ganized bodies coming into the city, and
as yet but a few of them have put in
appearance. In speaking of the enor
nous amount of traffic, an official of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company yester-
day said:
THE crowds coming here at the pres
ent time are larger than any that I can
remember since the G. A. r. encamp-
ment of ten years ago. They have sim
ply placed us in a position where we
are afraid To back out. and yet can
hardly see our way clear to handle
them. The city will be filled with
strangers within forty eight hours. in
greater numbers than has ever been
known before
All OF the benches in the Sixth Street
station have been taken out, in order
that there may be more room
B. g. o. Very Busy.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Of
fcials are just as busy Their trains
have been, comparatively speaking. run
ming on time. The additional tracks at
the station stretching out to North
Capitol Street, came in just in the nick
Of time for the company. and now when
the delegations are transported to the
city. instead of bringing them to the
depot and choking that terminal up, the
train is switched on the improvised
tracks and unloaded there.
Exceedingly little freight is handled
by the companies. A howl has been set
up by the merchants because of this
fact. The railroad officials, however.
claim that their tracks are all blocked
with passenger shipments.
The information booths which have
been placed at the two depots. have
not as yet gone into commission. al
though II is more than likely that they
will be occupied by this morning. rhe
corps of High School Cadet guides have
lone nobly. proving valuable assistants
to the police.
Special Police on Duty.
The 800 special policemen have all |
been sworn in for the encampment exer-
Uses. Every section of the city is now |
oroperly .patrolled. The Fire Depart
nent is also in excellent shape.
Beginning at z O'Clock this morning.
additional details Of police will be sent
o the two depots.
REUNION FOURTH CORPS.
The reunion of the Fourth Corps will
e held In shern an tent at Camp Roose-
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