The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-20
GREAT NORTH WEST.
1Ae ASSOCIATED Press EXCURSION.
M. A. ". Canpb.li. Notes of Travel to tn
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from CAIeaEo to st. Publications In.
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MING TERRITORY, August l2.-or the lst
day Of the present month the Associated
Press special train left Chicago for this
famous spot in the far distant Northwest.
It passed over the rails Of the Northwestern
line to St. Paul, distance OF 4l0 miles-in
little less than twelve hours, feat never
before accomplished between the two
cities-making the run between I in the
morning and $50 in the evening. Break.
fast, dinner aud supper were served on the
cars, going at the rate OF forty miles per
hour. And such meals as they were eelabo.
rate and perfect in every respect were per.
haps never before served on railroad
train in this country. Some OF the guests
counted as many as ten courses at dinner,
exclusive OF the wines. Artistically print
ed bills OF fare were served at each meal,
and the colored walters in their white neck
ties, and white roundabouts and white
aprons were sight to behold. Assistant
General Passenger Agent Hair, Of tho Chi.
cago < Northwestern Co., had charge OF the
train. Every arrangement was perfect,
and the engine steamed into the nagniti-
cent Union depot at St. Paul half hour
ahead Of the extraordinary running sched-
ule laid out for it at Chicago.
The Northwestern railroad is to the great
Northwest what the Pennsylvania railroad
is to the immense area which II covers, and
that is enough to say about it. It il, as
near as may be. au ideal railrold-possess-
ing magnificent road bed and track and
a splendid equipment
At st. Pau the party were met by q com.
mittee OF citizens and a shining array Of
carriages and escorted to the Metropolitan
hotel where they were quartered for the
night, and such OF them as desired were
taken TO see performance by the famous
Chicago church choir at the Opera House.
The next morning the shining array OF car
riages reappeaTed at the hotel doors accom-
panied by the Mayor, ex. Mayor, and other
distinguished citizens, and the assoc" be-
gan its procession through the city, visit
ing not only the places OF note in the busi-
ness quarters but commanding views in
the suburbs overlooking the great Missis
sippi river, which here finds It's head OF
navigation on account OF the falls OF St
Anthony at Minneapolis 10 miles above.
1t ia queer to find two rival cities bitter
rivals at that) only ten miles apart, fast
building towards each other-the one
claiming $4,000 and the other 10000 in
habitants. 1t is queerer, il possible, TO
find one grand newspaper, calling itself the
"St. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press"
lspreading itself out over the two cities,
maintaining an Office and an editorial and
reportorial corps in each city, and publish.
ing newspaper that satisfies everybody in
the two cities as to quantity and quality,
save only for the fact that the actual place
OF publication Is in one city instead OF
both.
At noon the drive ended aud tho party
were landed on board special train on
the st. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba rail-
road, which stood waiting to convey tnem
first TO Minneapolis, and next to Lake
Minnetonka, where they were to take din.
ner at the great lakeside hotel after doing
Minneapolis a Ia st. Paul. The programme
, was carried ont faithfully, including visits
10 two OF the great -four mills, at one oil
which 5000 barrels Of "Minnesota patent
, flour" said TO be the best -four in the
world, are daily turned out and shipped to
all parts Of the flour eating world. There
are sixteen OF these mills. little and big, at
Minneapolis, but the "Washburn A." as II
is called, Is by common consent the boss
, mill. Wewent up ten stories in an eleva-
tor and took in the city and saburbs in q
series oi birds eye views to all points o.
, the compass, aad more attractive city il
would be hard to tind.
Whence comes the trade that sustains
these two great cities was question more
than once heard from our writing states
! men; and the answer uniformly was, from
Minnesota, from Northern Wisconsin and
from the great territorial domain which We
were about TO traverse between the Missis-
sippi river and the Rocky mountains.
At o'clock the party took the special
train for the great Lakeside hotel before
referred 10, where the proprietors oil the
Pioneer Pres had given carte blanche Tor
dinner that rivalled the one the
day before on the Northwestern road.
The ride OF twenty five miles-part Of the
way along the be,yillad lake-was charm
ing, q fit prelude on the part Of both nature
and art for the gastronomia sghtg and
feats that awaited us shall not attenpt
TO describe this dinner in detail, but some
OF the connoiseurs OF gastronomy who were
present were heard to ray that 1t cost the
Pioneer PrCS S400-if T. cCs' Q Gent, and you
can Judge what the bill Of fare must have
included for forty persons at $40 per plate.
II was afler dark when the especial" rer
turned to Minneapolis and discharged It's
editorial cargo. We took in steamboat
VOYAGE on ttle lake as part ot our return
ride. We TINS got noFe perfect view Of
come Of the charming homes shich wealth
aud culture have reared upon either bank,
And speaking Of these homes, | never saw
before such . refreshing diversity OF archi'
lecture "a met our eyes cot only along this
lake but In the suburbs ot the tyin cities.
Th.r4 is no Philadelphia and Baltimore
pressed b.;ck and marble steps n.onotony
About their bta:'tiul hol'sr, and the eye is
never weary Uf aumidGg their vaF!eSAted
beauties.
orr poR rng LAND OF THE. D4KorAHs.
Shortly before nine in the evening the
Northern Pacific special train from st.
Paul, with two sleepers, 8 dining and a
baggage car, pulled up attbe Minneapolis
depot and the sons Of the Quill tore them
selves away from the newly made COM
panionships Of tho city and went
aboard en- route for the land Of tbe DAko'
: tahs and all the other poetic and hi tnri0
, trib.s that have iaded away ioN ards the
setting sun. There were the Pullman
. pOrefs at their pos's r9ady vt the word
: n ccmmanh to opcn out their wealth oI
snowy phee,s and pillow slips and those
, Ar sud warm co.ored donble blankets
!: that wa had seen In slch pr,luSion in the
srtHt factories st Prllman the day before
el InssmNcll as everybody was tired every
. bodv turned in early, aud IN 90 hour most
. of lhe party were snIgiy rnsronE'dia theiI
I btrths and dreaming 81 the indians, buiia,
) Ioss, deer, elk, bear aud antel'pethat they
Z EXPECTED 10 sae in the mex. day or two: