Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03
EXCURSION NEWS.
Another Batch of Parties
Announced.
BETTER CHICAGO SERVICE.
Four Detachments of Tourists to
Arrive To-Day From
the East.

A circular was received at the South
tern Pacific Offices yesterday from head
quarters stating that another system o
family excursions has been arranged
They will leave Boston on the date
hereafter named, and will arrive in Lo
Angeles seven days later in each case
December 11th, December 25th, Jan
uary Sth, January 22d, February 18th
February Goth, March 18th, March 26th
April Sth, April 23d, May 14:h and May
2Sth. The routing will be via the Bostor
and Albany, New York Central, Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, Chicago
and Northwestern, Union Pacific and
Central Pacific.
THROUGH PULLMANS.
In connection with the Illinois Central
excursions to this city, through Pull
man service is to be run between
Los Angeles and Chicago by the Southern
Pacific. The first train under this sys-
tenn will leave on Wednesday next, and
will run weekly thereafter. On the 10th
of last month, to accommodate the Cali
fornia travel, the Santa Fe put on daily
through Pullman sleeper between San
Diego and Chicago, and the experiment
has proved success. The run, tor a
single car, is the longest in the world,
being 1893 miles, and second only to the
run from St. Paul to Portland on the
Northern Pacific, which is 2,062 miles.
THE GROWTH OF TRAVEL.
Speaking of the tourist travel to Cali
fornia the latest issue of the RailaOay Age
in Chicago says:
"With the first frosts of autumn the
travel from the Northern and Eastern
States toward the mild climate of the
Pacific coast sets in, growing in volume
as the cold increases. until by the holi-
days great stream of travellers is pour
ing across the continent over the various
lines in search of summer land in win
ter time. The growth of the transconti-
mental tourist business has been astonish-
ingly rapid during the past few years.
The various railways have encouraged it
by low rates and excellent facilities, and
the greater the number of lines, the
more frequent and faster the trains and
the more luxurious the equipments, the
greater has grown the number of passen-
gers. Last year the travel to California
surpassed all precedent and for some
months the lines between the Missouri
river and the coast were almost blocked
with the vast stream or rather tide of
travel, tide which in winter sets west
ward and in spring sets back toward the
East with almost equal strength. For
many weeks the railways have been pre-
pairing for renewal of the winter exo-
dus westward and the prospects are that
it will equal if not surpass that of last
year. Certainly no such attractions have
ever been offered to the traveller by the
railways as are already announced"
After discussing the inducements set
forth by the different lines to secure the
travel, the article concludes as follows:
"With the choice Of so many and SO
attractive routes offered him, at so low
rates of fare, the traveller from every por-
ton OF the frozen north can easily and
speedily cause himself to be transferred
to the land of sunshine and flowers on the
other side OF the continent, and many
thousands will avail themselves of the
opportunity during the next four or five
months"
Four excursions will arrive from the
East to-day.
The Sunset sent out we'll -patronized
excursion last night.
A Union Pacific excursion will leave
the city on Wednesday, and a Burling-
ton party and Warner Bros. excursion
on Thursday.