St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-02-16
VanderbiIrs California Trip.
HOW THE PARTY WILL CROSS THE con
TINENT IN REGAL FASHION.


TINENT IN REGAL FASHION.
The longest and most notable rail-
way excursion ever taken in this world
or any other world, will start at high
noon Wednesday from the Grand Cen
trail depot. and will be from New York
to California and return without change
of cars. The Nanderbilts, big and lit
tie, will take quiet pleasure trip
across the continent. Four superb
coOches will make up the festal train.
There will he William ii. Vanderbilt's
private dining car and the luxurious
sleepers Garfield and Lincoln. Then
will follow an attendants car filled
with hunks for servants and train men
for the party will take cooks, Wallets,
maids, engineers, machinists, walters
and electricians.
The following persons will cOnsti-
tute the party Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncy
NJ. Depew. Mr.. and Mrs. William H..
Vanderbilt. Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt, Captain
Jacob Vanderbilt, DIR. and Mrs. Elliott
f. Shepard, Mr.. and Mrs. Mckay
Twomblv, Mr.. George Vanderbilt,
General Magee, Mr. Vanderbilt's West
ern manager; Mr.. l.. l.. Marden and
Mr.. c. Chambers, the auditor of the
New York Central railroad. Besides
these there will be six male and SIX
female servants, a master mechanic,
with a full staff of machinists, Morse
telegraph operator, and "A llneman with
a quantity of telegraph wire, so that
in ease of accident to the train the tel
egraph wire can be cut, an instrument
ATTACHED and the nearest station mott
fled to keep the track clear until the
necessary repairs shall have been con-
cluded. Mr.. Vanderbilt's private stew
ard and chef and the conductor, brake
men and porters will make the round
trip. >,
The tracks will he cleared of all
other travel, and no stops will be made
between this city and st. Louis, except
for change of engines, engineers and
frrmen at Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo,
Cleveland. and thereafter at intervals
of $50 miles. The schedule time dur
ing the trip will be sixty miles an hour.
At st. Louis a stop of four hours will
occur. whence the train will proceed tn
San Francisco via the AtchisOn and
Toprka and Southern Pacific railways
The return will he made via the Cen
trail Pacific railway to Chicago.
In the palace-car state-rOom all the
furniture has been removed, and it has
been rcfurnished with new upholstery
draprrv, etc, and "A magnificent fold
ing bed. In this ear DR.. and Mrs
Seward Webb will receive their guests
In the sleepers- of which Is IN
tended for the ladies and the other fOl
the pentlemen-similar alterations
have been affected, Que of the state
rooms being reserved for the use of Mr.
Vanderbilt.
In the dining car, which is seventy
two feet in length, and certainly larger
than half the dining rooms in Fifth
avenue. a table has been placed length
wise. which will seat the whole party
\ regular bill of fare will be served
daily after the menus of the best hotels
i'm New York, the steward having
secured bills of fare from every proml-
nent caterer in the city. Large store'
of the most extensive wines and con
fections have been laid in, and nothing
has been omitted i'll the way of luXu
ries that could cater to the tastes %
the most fastidious guurmand. In the
baggage car has been built mann
moth ice-b box for game, which the par
tv expect to bag en- route, the male
portion of the excursion being fully
armed, not on account of fear from In
dans or train robbers, but for hunting
purposes; and they expect to bring
back IA number of elk, besides ante
lopc. deer, bear and buffalo steaks
The engineer will be instructed to stoI
the train ut once, on the plains, when
ever "A herd of antelopes or butfaloes il
seen.
On their return Mrs. VIM. H. Van
derbilt will give grand ball, with {
game supper, and Mrs. Willie X. Van
dcrbilt also proposes to honor their re
turn with grand masquerade
ball on the Tuesday after Easter, al
which it is probable that the male por
ton will wear Indian costumes, witt
trophies of the chase, instead of scalps
dangling from their belts New York
journal.