Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-05-25
A HEGE UkBERTlKIkG
From New York to San Fran
cisco In Three Days s#d a
Half-Jaffett q Pal
mef7s TFaHeeRfi=
mental AdVsF-
tisiag Dodge.

Sir. HeRFg q: JaFfeit, Of tbe eRteF
BFisiBg theatrical #F# Of JaFfgtt A PsI#el
#aRseefs Of Bs8th's TheatFs, is R8a
| b#siiS engaged IN BeffeGtlBg & railroad
RF9jRgt, tfle e8RSaRiRati8H If #hieH VII
identify tbe EFtH BsiHe With enc Of ttit
tf6sb ifiem8fable enterprises Of tHe Ger
teRHial year. The FIRST iBtlBati6t Of tbt
scheme was ice e l8l6asly received bdt
H6w it is apparent TO the most seRPtieal
that the idea Of feaGtiiRE San Ffaiieise6
3;3l7 milss away; IN time 70 dine on
Said4y=tbe traiii having left New York
OH The previous Thafsday-is soon to be
a fact accomplished.
The time Usually occupied by tie gi,
gantie trip is seven days but ia order te
reduce this to the proposed ose-balf the
Jarrett & Palmer train is bound to keep
up a maximum rate Of speed night and
day continuously. and with no stoppages
until the Pacific coast is reached. Relays
of engines must be in waiting at frequent
stations, and the entire signal force Of
oh road over which the train is to run,
eggregatiug over 5000 men. will be re-
quired for service, by day with flags and
at night with lanterns. Every other
train must give this special fast train the
right Of way.
That no accident may be possible, Mr..
Jarrett has giyea consideration to every
suggestion leading to the safety of the
passengers, and to this end all the tele-
graphic stations will be kept open and
pilot~engines sent in advance of the ap.
preaching special locomotive.
The train will consist of one CONT ina>
ton baggage and mail cart one superb day
coach. now being built by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. expressly for
the trip, and one magnificent Pullman
palace hotel car, the mate Of which is now
on Exhibition at the Centennial Fair
But twenty passengers will be carried. !.
and of these four are invited guests. in
cluding DIr. Barrett, the tragedian- whp
is under engagement to Messrs. jarrett
& Palmer 20 appear as the principal IN
Sbakespeare's spectacular tragedy OF
Henry "" the night after his arrival IN
San Francisco, special correspondents OF
tie Paris Constitutional q. London
Times ana of the New York Herald.
1t is believed that the party will reach
Pittsburg in about ten hours, Chicago in
twenty hours-where New York papers
of the same days issue will be delivered
to agents of the American News Com
pany for distribution-and cross tue Mis-
sippi on the evening of the same day they
started from New York
The tickets gotten up by Mr.. Jarrett
are very unique, the coupons being ele-
gantly engraved leaves cf a sterling silver
book, the title page of which contains
this inscription: jarrett Il Palmer 5
Special Fast Train-Continental Train,
New York to San Francisco, Leaving
New York Thursday. June l. 1S7G."-
1T is illuminated by picture represent
ing the train turning the Horse Shoe on
the summit of the Alleghanies near
Altoona. .-..... .-
The route adopted is over the PennsyI-
vania Rpilroad from Jersy City to Pitts
burg from Pittsburg to Chicago over the
railway of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Company; from Chicago to
Omaha by the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway; from Omaha to Ogden over the
Union Pacific Railroad, and from Ogden
to San Francisco by the Central Pacific
Railroad.
The excitement created by the CONS
peting Western agencies in Chicago for
the honor of running the train was very
great, but after careful consideration Of
it's advantages. Mr.. jarrett concluded to
adopt the Chicago and Northwestern
railway route. The President, General
Superintendent and all subordinates of
this great corporation being pleased by
the selection, have since entered fully
and enthusiastically into the spirit which
animates Jarrett & Palmer. The prin-
cipal officers will accompany the party
over their road to Omaha. and personally
direct the special arrangemnts made for
their safety, comfort and expedition.
The day selected for the start is Thurs
day, June 1, and early enough in the
morning to give the passengers a view OF
the glorious scenery between the metrop>
oils and Chicago. The majestic scenery
of the Rocky Mountains will also be
viewed by daylight. and the whole trip
It seems, has been organized with the in
tention of making it delightfully."- exciting.
The whole cost of the special tram will
be shout $4,000. but as an advertise
mcnt OF the firm under whose auspices it
i'll lie run, it Is worth at .east SI0o, 600.