The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-11
FINE DAY FOR OUTINGS
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FAKE AID
sANTAGE OF THE WEATHER.
Unnsual Sunday Excursion Crowds I'm
the City-vehicIes of All Kinds
At q Premium.

1.-The Good Old Summer Tin1e" Is here
II TIE signs of the times seen yesterday are
to &c taken for what they represented.
Down town streets were crowded while
In tpe residence portions men and women
sat Sn porches or Under big shade trees full
Of Tsoilage enjoying Sunday paper or a
uov3L Excursionists flocked to the city in
greet numbers and everywhere was
mar<sed evidence that people enjoyed the
chafge from cool. rainy spring weather
20 sne more pleasant early summer sun
shire.
"1.his Car to the Circus" IN a flaming
red noster on the front end of Vest Wash
ingfpn-street cars; "Band Concert at Broad
Ripple" on other cars and other similar
eigrss were few OF the evidences that the
strsst car company was ready and willing
10 darrx people to the parks. The biggest
I crot'u went to the show grounds to watch
theS enormous task of preparing the
circfis for the two big Shows to-day.
The cars to Broad Ripple were crowded,
wbs2e Fairview had one of the largest
Icroads at this time of year in the
History OF the park. Riverside and Garfield
par<s were also well patronizad.
AZ panorama OF spring and summer cos
tunes filed the sidewalks on Washington
STREET. Summer hats with large clusters of
ftiee with grill work'' Jokes worn by
young girls and women added TO the evil
DENIES OF summer. Men we're attired In
fheS new spring and summer clothes and a
few venturec out in straw hsts, even the
famous Panama, which was relegated
last summer. being in evidence. Every
gown and hat bespoke the glac tidings OF a
sursner day.
MANY ExCURSIONISTS.
Ekcursionists visited the parks and the
eronpdo found v,.,ok ,oIoo-,,..
protuenading around Monnmenl place. The
cascades were in operation and attracted
mush admiration. both from Indianapolis
people and visitors. as the fountains have
beeA idle since last fall.
TAe largest Sunday excursion crowd fol
thif time OF the year was haadIed at the
un'bn Station. The station master esti-
thrtugh the gates, either coming into In
diakapolis or leaving on the excursions tC
othsr cities. with the percentage greatly ir
favfsr of those who came here's There were
foul excursions out Of town. The l.. E. &
W. carried large crowd to Fort Wayne
and Lima, o.. and the Big Four road rar
excursions to Danville, ILL.,, CIR encastle anC
Terse Haute and TO Cincinnati. and all OF
then were well patronized. The excursion
trans Into indianapolis were as follows
Pettnsylvania. from Madison: c.. H. & d.
froh Cincinnati and Decatur; Il. E. & w
fToEa Michigan City; Big Four, from La.
fayatte and Aurora, and Vandalia, from
Tet<-s Haute and Greencastle. All of the
trasas were well filed excepting the one
\The Union Station employees and railroad
emftals predict that cheap excursions bott
CUT OF and into Indianapolis, this summer
Wit be we'll patronized, and tkey expect al
xeckrds to be broken.
Ezsriy yesterday morning four carloads Of
recsuits for the United States navy passed
fhrfugh Indianapolis from ST. Louis TO Gin.
c1nHati, bound for the East.