| Show was to have been blown up last saturday new aug 14 that tha eria railroad officials were alarmed for tha safety of president roosevelt on his way from chautauqua to jersey city on saturday is shown by the tact made known yesterday that the dents car did not come in over tha main line instead the chautauqua special was broken in two at suffern N Y and the presidential party was brought in by a roundabout way over two small branch roads president roosevelt is said to havo objected to the ansual precautions taken but acquiesced when positive orders from president underwood of the brie were shawn him these orders were issued as a result of a letter received by the paterson police which said there was a plot to blow up the presidents train near ridgewood N J the chautauqua special was stopped at suffern early saturday morning there was a consultation over the telephone followed by a consultation i of railroad men at which it was decided to send the president to sparkill Sp arkill a small town on the hudson three miles below nyack by a lettla single track road known as the piermont branch and thence into jersey city on the northern railroad a branch having its terminus in nyack president roosevelt was awakened and told of the change in the schedule as the officials did not like to take the responsibility without his consent the president after some discussion said that he was in the hands 0 tha said that he was in the hands of the being wrecked on the main line he would do what the railway men thought best slow time was made over the piermont branch and the northern railway and extra men guarded every part of both roads |
