The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-03-20
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Befom taking np an account oi
my uip 10 Washington 90 wliGess
1 sotac ~ the Hccpcs Of the Inaugula
!, ton. let me Introduce nay comnan.
! ION. sharer Of the joys eNptt rntea
and The wees encountered icr there
were plenty q 10th Mr. n. ,.
> Sink. superintendent Tor tAe same
q company that | am working for.
r made the trip with me. | have been
= with Mr., Sink on various jobs for
nearly a year and half aud 40 We
r have become very wei acquainted
! and often take little SIDE uips toEe
o ther.
y BEING down here IN Newport New
; We mentioned several times the close
ness 20 Washington and the les
4 guration aud made the suggestion to
each other that We ought 90 20 up,
. Neither q ns seemed 70 want 10
, take the initiative and look vi
. trains and make the necessary arr
! rangements SO time passed mp &
Monday afternoon. March the 3rd,
without doing anything further At
about six O'Clock met Mr.. Sink on
the street and he said. well, are
, We going up TO Washington" re
piled. Il am ready any time and
neither thought the other really in
earnest. Mr.. Sink said. Lets go"
and | said IAN right"
I. At that late hour there was only
one way for us to get there. and
that was TO take the Baltimore boat
from Old Point Comfort. II was an
hours ride TO Old Point and II we
caught the next car we would get
there just fifteen minutes after the
boat was supposed to leave. but
someone suggested the boat might
be late and so We took chance, |
We did not have time to stop TO
change anything or pack up any
coats and hustled for the ear For
tune favored us, for the boat was
still at the dock so we secured state
rooms without further delay and ad-
journed TO the dining room. where
they served us an excellent dinner.
Our t.ip up the Chesapeake Bay
was uneventful and We arrived in
Baltimore about $50 in the mora
IA In nj N M FOL. \ In 1ttt t..tr
the night, been taken with a slight
attack OF sore throat or tonsilfitis
md as the day wore on a seve
headache developed but nevertheless
managed to take in everything
that was around for us to see AZ
ter breakfast at one of the famous
Childs Restaurants IN Baltimore we
walked down To the Washington
Baltimore Electric Line, thinking
that would be a more comfortable
way to go than by train. 1t was
then that we got our first taste of
the crowds. 1t seemed as II every
one In Baltimore was going to Wash
ington and going by that route.
They We're running two car trains
every ten minutes and the cars on
this line are fully as large az the
average railroad ear. After trying !
to get on four different cars we fin. {
ally managed to climb on the fifth :
or | think ! should say, fight our
way on the fifth; for everyone was
pushing and showing and doing his Z
best to get someone else out Of the
way, II he thought he himself would
get on any quicker. BY the time I
We got inside of the car seat was 1
out of the question and so We
stood up while they made the forty a
mile run, Ordinarily they make the y
trip IN an hour and quarter but )
owing to the heavy traffic on the b
Washington Street car lines, we a
were delayed in getting into the city Y
and il took us about two hours. Y
II was about ten o'clock when we
reached Washington and even then, y
1t was with difficulty that one could II
walk along Pennsylvania Avenue
aud the parade was not due to ap- {
pear till about two thirty In the af- n
ternoon. However. about 1890
President Taft was 10 escort Presi- {
ient-Elect Wilson to the Capitol q
from the White House and great a
many had gathered to see this, and &
we ourselves were just In time. q
then got my first sight of both men y
and of course had no trouble In rec =
ognizing them. This was true in Y
great many cases Of prominent men y
that We had not seen before, but y
whose pictures have been IN the pa )
pers and magazines so much In the p
last few months, that they really did q
not seem like su rangers. From the y
time President Taft and President .
elect Wilson went to the Capitol till X
they returned In tthe afternoon, a
there was nothing going on outside "
coming aud going Of the crowds and ,
the filling np OF the various stands '
erected all along Pennsylvania Ave 9
nue. To get any where near the
Capitol Building 10 witness the ac q
tual Inauguration ceremonies was an 81
utter impossibilIty aud we soon gave Il
that up for the crowds We're simply cs
jammed into every available space n
and within two or three blocks. IL
Therefore Mr. Sink and ! simply q
walked about and took ia the sighr q
depicted by the crowds of people e
wherever one turned. The stands "
were now beginning 70 fili up ano AZ
everything WAS taking on a touch Of e
color. where. before, were bare se
boards laid out IN rows and row.
of seats. The raIlings, posts and N,
supports. of course. were all deoorat n