Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-07
HOW THEY TRAVELLED.
All the Arrangements Made by the Pennsyl.
vania ROad-Drawn by One Engine and
Manned by One Crew.

All the Arrangements Made by the Pennsyls
vania Road-Drawn by One Engine and
Manned by One Crew.
The tour now drawing to a close is, in
many respects, the most celebrated railroad
journey ever made in the world. To begin
with the train is a remarkable one. 1t con-
sists of six Pullman vestibule cars, drawn
by an engine Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, No. 1858. The entire crew of the
train are Pennsylvania Railroad employees,
most of them having been engaged on the
limited express of that line. 1t is the first
instance in the history of railroading In the
United States where a complete train of one
company, drawn by its own engine and run
by its own crew, has been allowed to pass
over the lines of other roads. The train will
return to Washington made up just as it
left there.
The first car is the Esperanza, Pullman
library and smoking car. 1t is finished in
bronze and gold, and has card room, barber
and bath saloon, buffet and escritoire.
A description of the train in detail fol-
lows:
In the EsperaEza car is located dynamo by
means Of which the train of six cars is iIlumin-
ated with electric lights, and which charges
storage batteries under the cars capable, when
without the use of dynamo From this dynamo
are lighted the signal lights on the rear of the
tram; and from it, also is established the cur
rent from which may be lighted, at pleasure, in
each section of the different cars, portable
lights, of eight-csndle power each, 1or individ-
ual use.
car, Windsor, finished in oak and olive green,
with capacity of serving simultaneously 40
persons; the Pullman vestibule sleeping cars,
Washington and Columbus finished in satin
wood mahOOanV and imDprial DurnlP with m
room nangings, and lastly the Pullman vestibule
sleeping cars. India and Japan. finished in
satin-wood, mahogany and turquoise blue, with
garnet, purple and maroon hangings, and with
drawing rooms finished In ivory. gold and ma
room.
Baths are connected with the toilet rooms in
these cars. in which, as in the lavatories
throughout the train hot and cold water is
supplied by air pressure from tanks beneath
the cars This pressure is obtained from an
improved air pump, located in the combination
car, Esperanza. The train throughout is heated
by steam from the engine.
The tour is rendered to the international
Congress by the Government of the United
States, and is under the "Personally-Con-
Quoted Tourist System" of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Company. This system was es-
tablished about two years ago in the East
The advance arrangements for the train at
all places are made by Mr.. William w.
Lord, Jr., travelling passenger agent of the
GETTING OVER THE GROUND.
The entire distance travelled by the train
is ., 406 miles, going over the lines of %
railroad companies. Over the lines of the
Pennsylvania Company and the Pennsvlva-
MIA Railroad Company, /, ia miles will have
been travelled. Over the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul 40 miles have been made. Over
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha, 377 miles; over the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, sol miles, and over the
New York Central and Hudson River, 306
miles.
The Congress left Washington City On the
morning of October 8, and will return to
that point on the evening of next w Wednesday,
November 13. The time of the trip
is thus just six weeks. The distance
travelled averages nearly 129 miles per
day. The places visited have been
manufacturing towns, Manchester, n.
H, Portland, Me-, Albany, Niagara
Falls. Buffalo. Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit,
Grand Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee, st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Sioux City, Omaha, st.
Louis, Springfield, indianapolis, Louisville,
Mammoth Cave, Lexington, KY, Cincin-
natl and Pittsburg. After leaving here
Saturday morning the Congress will visit
Jeannette, the Grapeville gas fields and the
steel works at Latrobe, and will then spend
4 hours in Altoona, inspecting the loco
motive and car shops. Philadelphia will
be reached Saturday night and the party
will remain there until Wednesday morning.
The following is a complete list of the
members of the International American
Congress:
NAMES HARD TO PRONOUNCE.
Argentine Republic-Delegates Rogue Saenz
Pena and Manuel Ouintana Secretaries Fed
erico Pinedo, Ernesto Bosch Attwell and Adolfo
G. Calvo.
Bolivis-Delegate Juan F. Velarde, Secre-
tary Melchor Obarrio, Attaches Alcibiades
Velarde and Mariana Velarde.
Brazl-Delegates Lafayette Rodriguez Per
ezra. ]. G. do Amaral Valente and Salvador de
Mendonca, Secretaries Jose Agosto Ferreira da
Costa and Joaq quim de Frietas Vasconcelles
Attaches Alfredo de Moraes Gomez Ferreira
Carlos SilVeirs Martins and Mario de Mendonca-
Chili-Delegates Emilio c. Varas. Jose Al.
fonso; Secretaries, Beltran Matthew, Carlos ]