The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-12
Fn0m cSlCAc0 70 SEATTLE.
Excursion of the Puget Sound
Investment Company.
Luxury On the Haii-Investissting
the New Nerthwesrs Resources
Itinerary OF the Jsasn~s.

Luxury On the Rau-lnvestisating
ne New Nerthwesrs Resources
-lsanerars Of tho Jeasaes.
Following are extracts from . cir
cniar OF the Puget Sound Investment
Compaay's excursion from Chicago to
Seattle and wav points:
The Golden Gate special. recently
Withdrawn from service on o tnicn
pacific raifrpad. viii be run . trip
only from Chicago 10 Puget sound,
over the Chicago. st. Paul & Kansas
City railway from Chicago to ST.
paul. thence over the Northern Pacific
railroad 10 Portland, Tacoma and
seattle. This special train will leave
Chicago July IL, 1859, and run through
10 Seattle. stopping only at 81. Paul.
Minneapolis. Fargo, Helena. Spokane
Fails. Portland. Tacoma and Seattle
This special train will consist OF new
yestibale Pullman sleeping cars which
will be furnished IN the most luxuri-
Gus manner with a smoking n OBJ
servation car attached. with two DIM
ing cars. The train viii be provided
with all the comforts, c-onvenienees
and luxuries known to modern rail
road travel, and will make the
fastest time ever made De
any train crossing the continent.
The special will leave Chicago on
the evening Of July II, about O'Clock,
and arrive at St Paul the following
morning. about O'Clock. Nhen tbe
= srty will he conveyed by carriages 70
the Hotel RYAN where i fine break
| fast will be served. after which al OPP
| portunity will be afforded for a drive
about the city. and st l o'clock tie
party will be Joined by the 81. Paul
party, when the train win depart Tor
Minneapolis. and while passing be-
| tween the twin cities tSt. Paul nd
| Minneapolisl luncheon wiii be servesf,
and on arrival at Minneapolis the
party will be driven in carr age about
| the city and shown the various points
of interest, among which are the great
liouring mills OF the -Four City thence
to the West hotel. where an elegant
| dinner will be served, and about 3
u'ciock in the evening the train viii
resume The westward journey making
he first stop at Fargo, Dakota, about
Z O'Clock ON she morning of the third
! dav, where the As land, Duluth and
Fargo people will join the part, after
which no one viii pe perinitted 60 Lake
passage.
From Fargo the train viii pass
through the great and magnificent
heat fields of Dakota, pas ing
through the picturesque lands OF West
Dakota curing the third day. and up
The beautiful aud picturesque vale,
of the Yellowstone aud ClaEk's ferh
III the Columbia river, arr wing az
Helena. Montana. about 3 O'Clock an
the afternoon of the fourth day where
a stop of a few hours will be made
and a drive taken about the
Queen city Of the mountains, after
about 5 oscIoossrFi in the evening" snss4s i as r
fourth day the Gloden Gate special
will esnme the Journey westward,
passing owe and through the Rocky
mountsins, arriving AT Spokane Falls,
Washington, the morning OF the nth
day, where Il stop OF a few hours wall
be made, and where carriages will be
IN waiting to drive the party about
this wonderful giant city OF Eastern
Washington, where will be seen the
great wafer-poMer Of Spokane Falls,
which - unsurpassed, IL equaled, ny |
any in the United States, with the ex-
tensive rich and fertile agricultural
country tributary Ia this future cont
mercisl center OF Eastern Wash
ington. with innunierabie opportuni-
ties for most profitable investments,
which will be shown by the citizens.
after which q luncheon will be served.
when the train will proceed westward
through the fertile PaIouse country
by way of WaIlula Junction, Umatilla,
and down the beautiful and pictur-
esque Columbia river by daylight to
Portland. arriving at Portland about
noon of the sixth day, when a stop
will again be made for q few hours,
and. after luncheon, carriages will he
in readiness for q drive about the city
OF Portland; and after visiting the
various points OF interest. shown by a
committee of Portiand's citizens,
the party will be driven 10 the
hotel, where dinner will be
served, and about 10 O'Clock In
the evening the train will depart for
Tacoma, arriving there carly the fol-
lowing morning of the seventh day.
when carriages will convey the party
to the Tacoma hotel, where breakfast
viii be served. after which a drive will
be taken about the city of Tacoma,
the terminus OF the Northern Pacific
railroad. and after visiting the numer-
q points of interest 10 all, under the
guidance Of prominent citizens, the
train viii depart for Seattle, and while
passing from Tacoma To- Seattle,
luncheon will be served on the dining
ears.
The train will arrive at Seattle about
3 O'Clock in the afternoon of the
seventh day, where carriages will be
In readiness, and a drive taken about
Seattle, the future metropolis and
commercial center on Pueet sound
after which dinner will be served. The
party viii be taken charge of by the
various committees OF the prominent
citizens OF Seattle, and the great
prospective future city, with It's in
Vulnerable industries. the rich and
inexhaustible iron deposits. the won-
,ierfui coal deposits, with the heavy
timber country surrounding Seattle.
all OF which will be shown by the
after which the party
VIII dishand, and any and all who
may desire 10 make the trip to Alaska
Viii have an opportunity 10 do so.