The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
ROADS ARE: PREPARED
FOR DOVES EXODUS
Eastern Lines VIII Run Eight
Trains to Transport Res
torationists.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1870 far as the
railroads are concerned, everything is
In readiness for transporting John
Alexander Dowie and his followers to
New York Wednesday next. B. N.
Austin, general passenger agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio in Chicago, and
chairman OF. the committee of railroad
officials having charge of the arrange
ments for carrying the restorattonists
eastward, announced yesterday that all
the roads interested in the movement
were prepared to furnish the necessary
equipment on schedule time.
owing to the fact that DoWie and
all his followers in this part of the
country are going to leave Chicago on
the same day, the various trains de-
parting within an hour of each other,
the executive officials of the railroads
are watching the plans and awaiting
the outcome with considerable interest.
The movement from Zion City and
chicago is one of the largest of its
kind In the history of railroading and
the traffic arrangements were COM
pleted only after several weeks of close
study and planning on the part of the
passenger officials.
Pays Railroads $4,000.
The transportation of the Dowie host
involves cash payment of about $40,-
600 to the railroads, and nothing has
been expended by the latter in adver-
Using, the Zion City authorities at
tending to that themselves.
According to the arrangements the
eight Eastern roads which will carry
the DoWie party to New York will turn
their passenger Equipment over to the
North Western not later than Tuesday
next, SO that thesfrains may be placed
in position in Zion City, enabling the
North Western offfcials to commence
the return movement toward Chicago
at 9 o'clock the following morning.
Each train is to be made up and taken
to Zion City in the reverse order in
which it is to leave Chicago on the
eastward journeySo In this way the
from Zion City directly to the tracks of
the Eastern lines without turning.
Schedule Is 'Arraigned.
The trains of the Eastern roads, to-
gether with their equipment and the
times for leaving Chicago Wednesday,
are as follows:
Train Coaches. sleepers. Time.
Pennsylvania = (Fort 81 p. m.
Baltimore & ohio....5 9 100
Erie ..................6 2 100
Wabash .............8 :. 800
Michigan Central s 8 ~~-@3: 100
Lake Shore ..........5 8 $3.50
Nickel Plate .....!.. L s. $3.50
So perfect are the arrangements that
have been made that the~North- Western
officials intend handling this vast volume
Of foreign equipment. from Zion City to
Chicago without interfering with the reg
ular traffic on THAT division of the system.
Each of the Eastern roads will be obliged
to deliver one; baggage car Monday. so
that the work Vofbloading may be COM
pleted before the coaches and sleepers
arrive. szz.ss :, >. s---z4,4.---s.~z
The North Western will not bring any Of
the eight trains into Chicago proper, but
will run them from Evanston over the
Mayfair cutoff and the st. Charles air line.
Some of them will be delivered to the
Eastern roads direct, while others will be
: turned over to the Belt Line for. delivery.
DoWie himself will travel over the
Nickel Plate, and his train wifi consist Of
one private car, five sleepers and one
baggage car. He will be furnished with
hourly Geographic messages informing
him of the whereabouts of each of the
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