Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-08-31
IHE NORTHERN PACIFIC OPENING.
"DETAILS 81 she P'op".~d Trip Of SIR VIZ.
IN d and Friends From the Grca,
Lskrs to PLS.t - .und

w "hd Friends From the Grca
Lexis to PLS 4 S.und.
Tne proSilma for the opening OF
the Nor h,rn Pacific Rillio.d has
h,'n "a in.d hrIe at .reat leuy,h.
Ia ihe nl>'"f. OF lai.rua iInI n the
nlird = ate-, tb.Ie la i.erhaps
been IL occasion of thu kind that
has approx Minated the trip ,u con.
tcini alton, thc details OF which are
now heInS made pertec'. The trains
Will be COMPOSED o! Baggage car,
day and uInIn1 cars ani Pull
man coaches, al will be euni1ped
vi Ia everything needful and con
NcnIrut Tor he Su-S.S, whp viii be
expected TO he :" at fome" IN the
cars from the time they start from
their place Of abode until they are.
returned aud landtd wEete they be
Sin ,heir TRIP across the continent
10 assist ia ,he Inauguration of the
third great artery of commerce that
stretches 1000 miles away from the
shores vi the Great Lakes of the
North to the western shores of the
broad Pacific The following pro
Sralnme has been provided for The
eXcurslonists:
To leave New York Wednesday,
August 29th, nieubers of the party
beng prSile.ed to take either the
Pennsylvania, Erie or New York
Central roads. Tickets from New
lo'k to Chicago will he furnished 20
EASTERN guests, who will travel ON tie
route Indicated on their tickets, and
hotel orders for both cities are furu.
isned 10y the roads. The party ar.
rive III Chicago Friday and S.tur-
day, and leave in Il special train over
tue Rock Island and Northwestern
roads
ST. Paul is reached Sunday at 7
A. NJ, whele they remain til, Tue S.
day, when they leave tor Fargo,
stotplnS at two or three of The great
wheat farms, an arrive at Blsmark
at III dni chr Wednesday.
Leavln, Bi>nAck, will reach Little
NJ >sourI at 4:3O p. NJ. and Billin, .
at $3.50, REMAINING over night Oh The
Cars.
L~ave Billings Thursday, Sep,em-
ber Oh, reaching Gray Cliff at p NJ
where the Crow Indians will be
paraded for the ediicat,on OF the
to'eisn' rs. The folInwin. dav will
be devoted to viewing tho sights in
Helena.
Saturday, September Sh. will
leave Helena at Z P. NJ, and reach
the point where the last rails on the
Northern P"c &c are to be laid at
$50 A. N. Tue ceremonies begin at
IL A. NJ. AMI end ut noon.
On the Western iope.
After leaving the scene of the
spike driving, the party for their
better entertainment aud convent
ence will be divided, the English
AMI Geiman guests comrosin. one
party. aud the general guests the
other. There will be fully $50
guests, and the facilities for taking
them to points Of interest in Oregon
and Washin zion comparatively lin
tied, it will be necess .ry to take Que
party up the valley, while the others
go to the Sound, AMI vice versa.
Hence the following programmes
have been arranged.
THE ENGLISH AND GERMAN GUESTS.
Leave the scene of tie last core
monies at l P. n. reaching Sand
Point next morning.
Sunday. Sept. 9.-Leave Sand
Point ut A. NJ. and breakfast aboard
the steamer Henry Itiiard. The day
will be devoted to u trip over Lake
Pend i'Oseille, rsturnin. at 6 P. NJ.
Leave ut 8 P. NJ, reaching W.liula
junction at q A. NJ. Monday All / ar
i've in Portland ut 5PM
Tuesday, Sept. ll.-Inspection
Ut Portland and Witnessing the cele-
bratiOn ceremonies.
Wednesday Leave Portland ut
8 A. N. for an excursion over the
Oregon and California II. r., re-.
turning to Portland the same even
ming.
Thursday.-Leave Portland 8 A.
on an excursion to Astoria and
back 10 Kalama.
Friday. Leave Kalama S A. NJ,
rerching New Tacoma at noon.
Leave New Tacoma at1P. N. AMI
arrive IN Seattle 4 P. NJ. Leave
Seattle at Or NJ. for Victoria, reach
my there durin. the night.
SAturday-Drive through Vic.
torla. starting at $500 NJ. Leave
ut IL N. arriving in Seattle at 6
p. M. and if practicable visit Lake
Washington. Leave Seattle 8 Pm
reaching Tacoma IL P. NJ, sleeping
aboard the boats.
Sunday.-Lcavs Tacoma 8 A. NJ.
reaching Knlama P. n. aud taking
luncheon on the boats. Return
lei>urely to Portland, reaching here
in time for dinner.
Monday, Sept. 17.-Take boat at
ga N. for The DuIles. joining spe.
cial tram for that point; thence east
ward stopping at Wnlla Walla en-
route. aud then proceeding direct to
Yellowstone park, reaching there on
the morning Of the 10Th.
Four days will be spent in the
park. and the party will leave the
end of the Yellowstone park branch
Sunday. he 23L. for st. Paul.
THE GENERAL QUESTS.
Will lenve the scene of the last cere.
monies ut 2 P. NJ, and will arrive in
Spokane Falls Sunday morning.
they will rest dur,n. the day and
Wit the town aud the falls of SpO.
kane river.
Leaving Spokane Fails at mid.
night Sunday, the party will arrive
here at 6P. NJ. Monday.
Tuesday-Inspcction of the city
and viewing the celebration.
Observation-Disclosures on Co.
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