, 1888-12-06
QUEEN OF THE ROAD.
The Magnificent Golden Gate
Special Train.
1t Is Fitted Up With the Most Luxur-
liant Elegance.
Being Late it Only HaIts Four Min
utes in Cheyenne.

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gracefully swept round the curve at the
east end of the Cheyenne yards last even
ing, made a final squirt up the straight
stretch Of track and was halted in front of
the massive depot at 11:35 O'Clock, just
ifty-fve minutes behind time. Engineer
Fred Post smiled from the window of his
cab. The people present-they nun
bered fully l,0O0-set up a chorus of
"ohs," and abs as they admiringly but
hurriedly inspected the magnificent train.
IT DID NOT TARRY.
The locomotive in charge of Mr.. Pest
was quickly detached and a pair in the
hands of Charles Reels and Thos. Nc.
Hugh took its place. Conductor Robert
Single shouted all aboard" from force
of habit. there was a shrill foot" from
one of the engines and the great train
was again under Roadway, having halted
here about four minutes. The change
was made with surprising rapidity.
THE TRAIN.
The Golden Gate Special is the finest
train ever drawn over rails. and a Journey
on it is the event of a life time. 1t is
composed of the FIVE vestibule cars Gold
en- Gate, Casa Monica, Khiva, Rahula
and Alaska. All were built at che Pull
man works zeal Chicago, and are appro-
p~riately marked. The first named is a
combination car. In it is a storage room
for baggage, a complete electric light
plant. and a s~plendidly appointed barber
shop with bath rooms attached.
Casa Monica is the dining car. and like
the others the best of its kind on wheels.
10 it enough supplies are stored to last
several days in the event Of a storm. The
China and silverware are the most costly
obtsinable and the service simply perfect.
The Khiva and Rahula are model
uleepers, finished with carved woods and
velvet plush. Each have extensive libra.
ries and almost every luxurious adjunct
imaginable to increase the comfort Of pas
aengers.
Alaska is the reclining chair car or day
coach and is elegance itself throughout.
The metal in all of the cars is silver
plated; all have hot and cold water, cleo
trio light and steam pipes and the newest
thing in the ventilating apparatus line.
All the money of a king could command
nothing better than is placed at the dis
posal OF passengers. The richest miss
none of the features of a palatial residence
while aboard.
THE PASSENGERS.
With the present trip as a criterion the
train will soon be abandoned for lack of
patronage. There were between twenty
FIVE and thirty persons aboard, but only
four of the number were paying passen-
gers. However, every BERTH has been en-
gagged for the return trip. Even if the
returns are not large, it is the best adyer-
Using scheme the Union Pacific, Central
Pacific and Milwaukee roads have yet
hit upon. The last named road has the
train from Chicago to Omaha.
1t was impossible to secure a list of
those aboard, but r. Dickinson and
Messrs. lomax and Hearn, Union Pa,
cifc officials. greeted Cheyenne friends.
Geo. Pullman, the car builder, and a
number OF eastern railway magnates and
capitalists were asleep.
THE TRIP.
The glistening sides of the Golden Gate
special may be viewed by Cheyenne peo-
pie Monday and Wednesday Of each week.
The feature of the run will be efforts to
cover the distance between. Omaha and
San Francisco in sixty hours. Last nights
train reached Sidney fifteen minutes late
and was delayed by poor coal.
From Sherman to Laramie last night the
passengers thought they we're dropping
down a well.
No accidents haYe yet occurred, but the
interruption to traffic is something seri.
Gus. The Golden Gate has the track
against all trains, and everything must
clear it by fifteen minutes and more in
the event of delays.
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