The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-17
PENNSYLVANIA r. r. CoMPANY,)
OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT,S
PHILADELPHIA, April 80.

Hon. 4. CaIdtOeIl, U. S. Senate, Wash
ington, d. c.:
MY DEAR SIR:-I am in receipt OF
dressed to Mr.. Pomeroy and yourself,
asking facilities for the Transportation
of the editors of Kansas from st. Louis
to Philadelphia.
If they will arrange with Mr.. Pull
man for the use of the cara, I will take
great pleasure in seeing that the whole
party, and the number of ears they
name (four} are transported, free OF
charge, from st. Louis to philadelphia
and return. II they desire, while IN
the east, to take run over to New
York, we will send them from Phila-
delphia to New York and back, free OF
charge.
/ presume that you understand that
we have no ownership or control Of the
Pullman cars; therefore that part Of
the arrangement the association would
have to arrange independently of us
should be glad to know at an early
date whether this arrangement is sat
isfactory, and the time that they ex-
pect to leave st. Louis, with the prob
able time they would desire to return
from the East.
Very truly yours,
THOMAS A. Scorr, Vice Pres.
This made the coast clear between
st. Louis and the Atlantic, but
without sleeping cars, which were
ahRolntely necessary for sHch long
journey. In addition to Col SCOTS
proposition, two had been made to
the editor of the Monitor, one from
Mr.. Fred Harvey, of LeavenwOrth,
agent of the Hannibal and St,
Joseph, offering US q free excursion
from Kansas City to Chicago and
back over the II. Sc st. j., and G: b.
s. O., and one from Colonel A. G.
Dawes, agent of the Council Bluffs
road, making the same proposition
for the Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Council Bluffs and the Burlington
route to Chicago. 1t is also due to
Mr.. Harvey to state that he 'Yolun-
tariIy went to Chicago to secure
this excursion for the Kansas
editors.
Mr.. Reynolds had received one
and Mr.. Crother three letters from
the Superintendent of the Pullman
Car Company. They were to the
effect that it would be difficult to
spare sleeping cars at the time of
the Philadelphia convention; that
the price would be their lowest
rates to any Observation-Disclosures
dollars a day for each car. Two
cars were needed; the expense for
ten-days would be 81 100, or eleven
dollars for each one of the one
hundred excursionists. The COM
mittee thought there would be about
that number who would go, and
that they would be willing to pay
this SUM, about a dollar q day, and
also for their own meals. This
would be the only expense of the
trip, and the cars could be used for
lodging in while in Washington
and Philadelphia. Two cars we be-
lieVe will "sleep" ninety.siH per-
sons. ..s. t Eif
Mr.. Reynolds is now endeawOrfng
to secure transportatieH over me NJ.
Il. g T. from Elnpor1a to Sedalla,
and over the Missouri Pacific from
SsdaIia to st. Louis, and also to
have Col. r. 8. Stevens use his in
huence In securing the Pullman
cars. Il is our impression that he
will succeed, although we may be
too confident. The rest OF the
train would consist of smoking
car and . ear for the carpet bags,
paper collars and Warden suits.
Within q few days Milt. will tell
what he has done, and If he. IL sue
Oessful he will get up on hls hind
legs and howl.
Should success crown these hum
Bile and cheeky efforts, the Conven-
ton will meet at Emporia, May
18th; the Circus would waltz out
The next morning 1 REACH Washing
ton by way Of Harrisburg on Sat-
urday, and leave there on Monday
night for Philadelphia. If the plan
fails il will be in spite of the use of
ind ustry and impu-
aenee, a