Evening journal., 1910-10-06
CRUSH ON THE
BATTLESHIP
Delaware Crowded from Early
in Morning; Thousands
Await Their Turn
SCARCELY ELBOW ROOM
ON THE DREADNAUCHT

Thousands Of people who went to
Fourth street wharf this morning to
board steamers for We battleship
Delaware presented a, erious problem
to the steamboat company, and all
the steamers leaving from the wharf.
starting at o'clock, were filed to
their capacity
Those who had deferred their trip
to the battleship expecting that they
would be able TO inspect It more COM
fortably to-day, we're sorely disap-
pointed. and the visitors TO the vessel
this morning had very little more than
elbow room. Owing TO the delay in
transferring the crowds on and of
the battleship, the steamboat COM
pany found II impossible to maintain
strict hourly schedule to the battles
ship.
Five thousand persons we're jam4
med about the wharf at IL o'clock
/ this morning, iostling, pushing, el-
/ bowling and squirming for places I'M
| the incoming boats Added TO the
waiting mob we're the passengers dis
charged from each steamer, who had
to push their way through the jam
before they could proceed uptown.
AZ one time the jam extended from
the wharf to Third street and as far
back as the tracks of the p, B. and
W. Railroad.
Jam On Battleship.
The steamboat company made every
effort 10 insure the safety of the big
crowd, and had it's special officers and
employees stationed around to facili-
tate entrance to the wharf and de-
parture from the steamboats,. Tho
street railway companies also had an
extra force of employees about the
wharf TO direct visitors TO their cars.
special officer OF tho p, p. and w.
Railroad Company was stationed et
the railroad tracks TO control trafic
, across the tracks and 10 keep per-
j. sons out of the freight yard.
/, Two steamers were run TO the bat
4 tleship. but many found that these
\, could not accommodate them ouickl,
"a enough. and took advantage OF m
,'s many launches making trips TO IN
,d vessel Some OF these we're ratn'
nt dangerously crowded and the nay
~ gators had TO take espe~ ~ kss VII
u larger boats passed Them.
dy AT the hatfloship, both officers Ar
iackies we're astOnished when The
rs saw the big crowds that came I
nd overwhelm them. There was mucl
ie delay In putting the passengers Oh
le the battleship, and this was mads
D. worse after the . o'clock boat. when
% some Of the visitors started on their
+ return trip. Toward noon the crowd
on the warship got so big that the
p officers got worried. and IL Was
: thought that Captain Cove mightNaad
> Il necessary 10 issue orders providing
that visitors could not be taken
aboard until those brought by the
previous boat had left.
Want Visit Prolonged.
AS the result of the extraordinary
interest shown I'm the battleship to-
day. there is an agitation to have the
hattleship stay here several days be-
yond the time announced for its de-
, parture. Sunday afternoon. Congress-
man Heald spoke to Captain Cove in
, regard to this but Captain Cove said
he had his orders to sail on Sunday
i afternoon at o'clock This is not
y regarded as the end Of the matter.
, however. and it is not improbable that
an effort will be made TO have the
Navy Department permit the vessel TO
! stay here longer.
There were no accidents at the
! steamboat wharf this morning. and
the company expected no trouble
=. handling its traffic The officers OF
the steamboat company said today
= they could manage the big cTpwds OF
visitors and that their only hhiculty
was the overflow Of visitors on the
battleship. The . o'clock boat to tho
battleship carried 1900 passengers,
and the Jam on the Delaware can be
imagined.