Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-22
rs. f. Bulletin.l


An event In the history of San
Francisco was the departure this
morning Of the first through train
across the continent via the South
ern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka a
and Santa Fe Railroads. The tsle.
graph yesterday mentioned the de.
parture from New York of passen.
gers for this city over the same
line. The outward.bound and in.
ward-boupd passengers will meet
somewhere in New Mexico.
The train which left San Fran.
cisco today is q marvel Of beauty y
on wheels. 1t consisted of two
sleeping care, two day coaches, a
smoking car, postal, express and
baggage cars. It was under charge
Of conductor Massey and Engineer
Littlejohn.
Following is a list of through
passengers: M Itice, E Hill e e
Bradstreet, o p Graves, w g Par.
sons, John Capron, ] M Merrill, A
B Chifds, o II Smith, and one, A
Curtiss and two. Q L Taylor, q F
Gillingham, s B Brundage, H Per.
ry and one, P Gulliver and q F
Russell and party from Los An.
geles.
The day coaches of the train we're
Of the finest style, having been re-.
Gently out of the shops at Troy,
New York. The sleeping cars are
portable palaces, surprising in
style and means of comfort che
best of Pullman cars. The smok.
ing car contains the patent reclin-
ing chairs which can be adjusted
In any position that the comfort of
the traveller desires. All Of these
cars are new, this being the first
trip for regular use. They are let
tered as belonging to the Southern
Pacific of Arizona, and distin-
guished from the Southern Pacific
of California aud Southern Pacific
of New Mexico. The company has
ordered fourteen elegant sleeping
cars for the division of New Mex
leo.
Passengers leaving San Francis
CO at $3.50 A. NJ, on this route dine
at Lathrop and take supper at
Fresno, the same day. An early
breakfast is taken at Los Angeles
on the second day, and q second
breakfast may be taken at Cotton
between 8 and 10 o'clock, as the
train from that point runs across
the Colorado desert without a stop
until Yuma is reached, where sup.
per is taken. On the third day
passengers breakfast at Tucson,
dine at Wilcox and sup at Deming,
where tue connection with the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe is
made. Passengers leaving San
Francisco Monday morning reach
Kansas City at half.past s Satur-
day morning. Eastern routes. via
Chicago or st. Louis, may be Sc
lectsd, which will land the passen.
gers in New York at 1890 A. M. the
following Monday.
There are two hours difference
between Kansas City and San
Francisco time and one hour be-
tween Deming and San Francisco
time.
The Southern Pacific, from Gosh.
en-, Tulare county, to Deming,
New Mexico, is one of the best
constructed railroads In the coun-
try. Every rail Of it is of heavy
steel. The road Is we'll laid, the
bridges are double and safe, the
rolling stock ia OF the best quality,
and the train.men are sober and
competent. The road bids fair to
become one of great popularity
among tourists. It is probable
that agencies will be established in
Australia to set forth the advan.
tages Of the new line.
There Ia on impression In some
circles that the recent connection
made in New Mexico opens a di.
rect line from San Francisco to
New Orleans. This is a mistake
The Southern Pacific people are,
however, pushing east to Ell Paso,
and beyond which the managers ol
the Galveston, Houston and San
Antonio road of Texas are pushing
west, and whore these two roads
meet the great Southern Transcon-
tinental line will be open, and the
people Of the Pacific and those o
the Gulf States will be neighbors
9. F. Crocker, President Of the
Southern Pacific of Arizona, speak
ing of this route, says the engineer
tell him that the scenery for eighty
miles along the Canon of the Rie
Grande Is the finest in America,
surprising In grandeur and beauty
ANYTHING that can now be viewed
from a railroad train. For eighty
miles the read runs along the rivel
bank directly through the caflon
Towering cliffs above and graceful
curves of the stream below are en-
chanting landscapes. In the con
etruction Of the road through tn,
cafion, provisions and stores for tn
men must be let down by rope
from the top of the cliffs three ant
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