Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1905 — THE RUSH ABROAD. [ARTICLE]

THE RUSH ABROAD.

Steamship Lines Overtaxed in Carrying Americans to Europe. All travel records, both local and foreign, are being broken this year, says a New York correspondent. Never before have the railroads and steamship companies been so overwhelmed with passenger business and never before has there been such a wholesale moving from city to country and seashore as has taken place within the last six weeks. Since early in June all departments of the big transportation companies have been overworked and there are no signs of a falling off. The rush began earlier than usual and present indications are that it will continue much later in the season than ever before. At all the passenger piers and railroad stations outgoing baggage is piled mountain high, and extra forces of men are employed night and day turning the endless streams of trunks and baskets into their proper channels. Express companies and carting concerns are working overtime, and storage warehouses are being filled to their doors with tlie valuable chattels of those who are going away for a longer outing than usual. Foreign travel is equally heavy. Then has never been anything like it before in the port of New York. It began early last winter, and has increased as the season advanced. Last year a total oi 199,348 first and second cabin passengers were carried out of New York by transAtlantic lines. It is estimated now that the figures for 1905 will pass that record by at least 25,000.