Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-04

llOIS, usually I'VE OF ten minutes apart
Some of the trains in the sections.
however. which stopped along the line
to pick UP way passengers. were run
ming half an hour to an hour behind
their scheduled time. AS q result Of
the heavy list of passengers and the
extraordinary number Of trains sched-
ules on all roads entering Washington
were badly dtsarranged and on some
few lines the schedules were abandoned,
the trains running altogether on dis
patcher's orders, changed almost at
every station along the line.
Pullman Trains Out Of Supplies.
Early this morning the Pullman officials
began to be deluged with wire messages
from Pullman conductors on trains south
and west Of Washington telling Of the
exhaustion Of supplies Of all kinds. A
heavy extra train from Florida, due to
arrive here at 1855, but reported two
hours late, wired that there was not q
clean towel or piece OF linen on the train,
while the diner had run out of food and
had to buy supplies along the line.
Similar reports came from more than q
dozen Pullman conductors on trains due
during the morning and early afternoon,
and officials OF the company here were
kept busy wiring instructions and order
Ing food of MI kinds from Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
From O'Clock this morning until short
ly after noon trains arrived in the Union
station sheds at about the rate Of one
every two minutes. Ushers, assistant
stationmasters. porters and special off,
GERS abandoned all effort to keep track
of the arriving trains and learned where
they were by dashing down the platforms
and asking some member Of the train
crew.
Shortly before IL o'clock Station Master
Roby, in response to a request for an
estimate OF the number Of persons who
had arrived from Z o'clock this morning
up to noon, said:
from $1,000 to 100000 persons I believe
You will be well within the truth, but
nobody in the world could make anything
like an accurate estimate"
Praise Is given the railway officials
and employees Of the Union station for
the careful and adequate arrangements
made for handling the hugo crowds. Dur
ing the entire period Of extraordinary
traffic not the slightest congestion has
occurred anywhere within the station or
sheds. and not single case of serious
illness or accidental injury has been re-
ported to station officials or at the Red
Cross station in the east end Of the con-
course.
The crowds have been kept speedily
moving in the right direction and there
have been plenty Of ushers. porters and
others on hand to answer all inquiries.
overheated Film Exp1odes.
Some excitement was created in the
concourse about $50 o'clock last night
when the film on the telautograph booth,
high in the air in the center Of the con-
course. became oyerheated and exploded.
The reel of the film burned with a flash
and the flame set fire to the roof Of the
booth, burning it entirely off. An usher
with a hand fire extnguisher put out
the flames but ruined his brand-new uni
form in doing so.
Traffic through the station was con-
siderably expedited today by an order re-
curing all troops, marching organiza-
tons and bands to unload in the yards
and not to pass through the station.
Hours of Departure.
The following announcement Of the de-
parture Of special Inauguration parties
from Washington over the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad was issued today:
March 4:
New York 1st Cavalry will leave New
York avenue 10 pm by special train.
Gov. Goldsborough of Maryland and
staff will leave HyattSville at 6 pm by
special train.
Maryland Naval Brigade will leave
New York avenue 11:30 pm. by special
train
Fifth Maryland Regiment will leave
special trains.
Democratic Club of Reading will
leave Union station pm. by special
train.
West Point cadets will leave New
York avenue at S pm. by two special
trains.
Wilson and Marshall Democratic Club,
Reading and Pottsville, will leave Union
station pm.
Bayonne democratic committee will
leave Union station midnight by special
train.
Massachusetts Coast Artillery will leave
New York avenue after the parade by
special train.
Baltimore policemen will leave Union
station at II: 80 pm. by special train.
Peabody Heights Association of Balti-
more will leave Union station 8 pm. by
special train.
Maryland National Guard. LIST Regi-
ment, separate companies. will leave New
York avenue IL 80 pm. by special train.
Boy Scouts, Baltimore. will leave Union
station G:3O pm. by special train.
| Philadelphia Democratic Club will leave
| Union station pm, occupying special
cars on regular train.
| Philadelphia Fourteenth Ward Demo-
cratic Club will leave Union station 8
| pm, special cars on regular train.
| Naval midshipmen from Annapolis, will
leave New York avenue pm. by two
| special trains.
Democratic clubs Of Baltimore will
leave Union station at pm. by two spe-
/ cial trains.
Wilmington Eleventh Ward Democratic
| Club will leave Union station Pm by
| special train.
Wednesday.
| March 8:
| Gottfried Kruger Association will
| leave Union station pm. by special
| train.
| Massachusetts militia from Worcester
| will leave Union station Z am. on regu-
| lar train.
Essex Troop of New Jersey will leave
| New York avenue am. by special
| train.