Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1893 — RAILROADS IMMENSE BUSINESS [ARTICLE]

RAILROADS IMMENSE BUSINESS

t onstant Streams of llunr.\nlty Pouring Into Chicago from AH Side**. At all tho Chicago railroad stations a steady increase in passenger traffic was reported. Sunday tho Pennsylvania Company's Columbia express was divided into nino sections, each heavily loaded. This was an unusual occurence for tho first day of the week. This train c mos through from New York and Philadelphia. Monday is generally a lighter day than others of the week, but Monday's arrivals were perceptibly larger at the Union depot as well as at all stations than those of a week ago. Tho St. Paul Road brought in an extra from tho northwest of eighteen cars. The Northwestern Road was compelled to split one train up into three sections, and all others were taxed to their utmost. The Michigan Central brought in 115 cars, averaging fifty passengers to the car. Two specials came from Jackson, one of thirteen cars carrying (>47 passengers. These two trains alone carried about 1,000 persons. The 11:10 train out for New York and the east was in two sections, one of six cars and one of eleven. The 4:20 train out had fifteen ears. All of these were well filled. No “dead” coaches are hauled either way. The Illinois Central’s Dubuque and Cairo trains were in two sections each, the southern train especially being unusually heavy'. The Big Four’s 5:45 train came in in three sections. Dearborn Station was filled with people as usual. One train on the Erie was in seven sections, one on the Wabash in two, one on the Monon in three, and another on the Monon in two. The Grand Trunk brought in two specials from Michigan at 8 and 8:45 in the evening. The Baltimore and Ohio landed 350 passengers from Philadelphia and other Eastern points directly at the Fair grounds from a speoial train. At 11:15 the New York train reached the depot in five sections. Between 3,000 and 4,000 were brought in that day by this read.