Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-10
TRIP TO ST. LOUIS
Waterbury Han Describes Incidents
En- Route and at the Fair.
Grandview Hotel,

guests arrived IN THIS city at OLD
O'Clock Tuesday morning. The sight Of
the st Louis station was hailed with
shouts of joy and murmurs of delight
I from the soldier boys. who were in ex-
cellent spirits considering the long jour-
ney. The trip might have been pro-
ductive of much more fatigue and
WEAKNESS except for the splendid
weather throughout the two days. jour-
ney, the picturesque scenery presented
to view along the line through New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Can
ada, Michigan Indiana and Illinois,
and the fine railroad accommodations,
especially in regard to sleeping quar-
tiers and the serving of meals. How
could there be much fatigue or wear1-
ness under such circumstances, when
such jolly crowd of fellows were
making the trip?
On arriving in st Louis the glee club
gave a. short concert and then all
boarded trolley car, which carried
them to the Grandview hotel, where
they will stay during their sojourn IN
st Louis. The Grand view Is situated
several miles from the center of the
city, but alongside the fair grounds.
| It is one of number of hotels Drllt
for the express purpose of caring TOT
the crowds which are expected to at
| tend the fair but haven't made an ap-
pearance so far The hotel, like sl1ch
| temporary structures, Is not marked
| by any rich elegance or splendor, but
| 1t is palace compared to some.
When the party arrived In Jersey
| City they boarded two Pullman tourist
sleeping cars which were In waiting.
They Immediately adjourned to the
dining car, where an excellent meal
was served. And here it may as well
/ be stated that all the meals served on
| the train were very good and were
relished by the boys, whose appetites
were in good working order At q
o'clock the train left Jersey City. For
the next two hours the journey was
delightful. A cool breeze swept across
/ the fields, upon which the rays OF the
4 sun, slowly sinking In the west, were
| beaming. The scenery was grand. On
| all sides fine farms, well kept orchards,
| interspersed here and there with a
nook or dell or marsh, commanded the
! travellers attention 1t is fine pas
toraI country. At the forks of the Lee
| high and Delaware rivers the Lehigh
i Valley railroad enters Pennsylvania.
The company's one regret was that it
was too dark for them to see the rough
/ but picturesque scenes in the state
1 where William Penn and his brother
/ the Indians. Night had enveloped ev-
erythfng In darkness when our train
passed through the coal mining dis
1 trict But there was one magnificent
sight It was vision from distance
of Wilkesbarre and the Wyoming val
/ ley Thousands of electric lights IL
| lumined the city and presented brill
liant spectacle. Wilkesbarre was
reached about IL: 45 and there was a
five minutes wait, sufficient time to
make a raid upon nearby restaurant.
After the train left Wilkesbarre nearly
everybody retired for the night.
"A number of the company arose as
early as 3 O'clock Tuesday morning,
and from the observation stand had a
view of beautiful Lake Seneca. At
| Gas Buffalo was reached Breakfast
was served at the City hotel. After
one hours rest the train departed. For
| the next three or four hours there was
! panoramic succession of interesting
scenery. Lake. Erie, the Erie canal, the
Niagara river, were all seen in full
| sp1endor.
The Journey through Canada was
marked by cool, delightful weather,
and the sight Of acres and acres of fine
pastoral land. At Windsor the trains
were run onto ferryboat which
brought them across Lake st Claire
! into Michigan. The tourists had one
hour to see Detroit, with its fine built
but very smoky buildings. 1t Is a
1 pretty city. It's streets are wide and
| finely paved, not with Belgian block.
Leaving Detroit at o'clock the boys
did not feel the time passing before
Montpelier was reached at O'clock.
There the glee club gave concert and
was roundly applauded.
| After Fort Wayne was reached at 8
! o'clock the majority of the company
were rather tired and retired. They
arose early the next morning to view
the great farms in Illinois. As far as
the eve can see are acres and acres of
the finest farms with the richest soil
4 INA ginable Innumerable and unlim-
/ tied are the corn fields, which have rs
! running mates fields of wheat and rye.
/ Fields of potatoes are seen here and
there Now and then the monotony, If
such 1t may be termed. is relieved by
scenery which is typical of New Eng
| land. A few soft coal mines were also
seen along the line. The remainer of
! the journey was uneventful except that
view of a small part Of the Mississip-
pi and Missouri rivers was obtained
The boys are sending home number
/ less souvenirs.
Papers of needles and pins presented
to Joseph Kelly before he left Water
bury >came in rather handy.
The Pullman tourist cars IN which
the company made the trip are new
ones, this being the first hme that they
have been used
Edward Bergen, trumpeter, met his
brother, william Bergen, in Buffalo.
i William Ii civil engineer on the
Nickel Plate railroad.
Janitor John Laughlin of the City
i hall and Patrick Holohan stood the
! journey well and were among the best
spirited when the end was reached.
The attendance at the fair so far has
been far below the expectations of the
managers. Some of the hotels are APP
parently doing starvation business.
Mrs Mccarthy and Miss Nora Me-
| Carthy of Fuller street made the trip
with the company and stood It well.
They will spend two months or more
with relatives, Mr. Harmon and family