The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26
Skinner TRAINS
WILL PARK IN
YARDS
Freight Cars Will Be Removed
to Make Room for Pull
man Cities.

Railroad history will be made In
Washington during the Shrine ses
sion in June, when all freight cars
will be moved out of the local
freight yards, from May 80, to June
15, to make way for che parking
of Pullman cars.
Movement of the freight cars will
begin on .the morning of May 80
and by nightfaIl not freight car
will be left in the yards. There
after until June Is, no freight of
any description will be brought into
the terminal, it has been announced
by the transportation committee,
composed of representatives of all
the trunk railroad lines.
Beginning the night of May 80
and continuing until the opening
day of the Shrine session, June s..
train after train of Pullmans will
roll into the terminal and be switch
ed to sidings, where they will stand
as headq uarters for their passen-
gers for a period of nearly a week
Reservations for 1900 Cars.
Reservations have now been made
Tor more than 200 Pullman cars,
to be parked in and near Washing
ton during the session. Four hun
dred of these will be parked in the
Pennsylvania yards, 800 in Balti-
more and Ohio yards. thirty. two at
Benning and 500 at Alexandria.
Temporary water pipes, sewers
and electric light cables are being
laid to take care of these temporary
cities. Telephones will be installed
fad he
Shrine switchboard, now being
established under direction of Bur
dett Stryker, chairman of the tele-
phone and telegraph committee.
John G. Rooms, chairman of the
postoffice subcommittee. has ar
ranged for city delivery service at
the Pullman cities.
Pageant Plans Completed.
Plans for the great historical
pageant, to be given the evening
OF Thursday, June Z. We're an
nounced today in their completed
form by Brig. Gen. Amos T. Fries.
chairman of the committee in
charge.
The pageant will be divided into
two major sections, the first com
posed of picked units from every
branch of the army navy and ma
rine corps, and the second the
pageant proper
The pageant will be divided into
eight divisions. with eight patrols
and two bands in each division.
making total of sixty-four patrols
ana sixteen bands. There will be
twenty-five magnificent floats. now
being constructed at a cost of more
than 81 900 each. The last float
viii depict the birth of the Star
Spangled Banner and will carry cos
TUNED members of the Washington
Opera Company. who will sing the
national anthem as the float pro
ceeds.
There will be more than 200 char
acters on the various floats, COS.
TUNED with absolute fidelity to the
parts they play.
Dance to Follow Pageant.
The entire pageant will be mile
and half long and will require
TWO hours to pass a given point.
Al VIII move down Pennsylvania
avenue or the Road to Mecca
promptly at o'clock Thursday
evening. June Z. and will be fol
lowed at 1890 o'clock by the splesn.
did Dance of the States. in which
2oO.OO0 visitors will participate.
More than $50 Shriners win come
TO Washington from India Temple
Oklahoma City, Okla. according to
q telegram received today. AS the
Shriners normally are but one to
three in the total crowd, it is ex-
pecred that fully 1000 people will
form the party from that city. This
IS put one OF the 1S1 temples so
Tar registered for the session.
India Temple has Chartered fo,r
Pullman cars. baggage car and
diner TO bring its party to Wash.
tngton. 1t will send it's band patroJ
swimming team and trap shooting
team.