Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-10-05
A Remarkable Tour,


Pullman cars, which, in its appoint
ments and in the arrangements for
the journey, is believed to be with
out precedent in the history of rail-
reading, will leave Washington on
Thursday next, bearing the represen-
tatives of the American nations to
the international conference to be
held next month at the National
Capitol. The party, as the guests of
the Government, are to be taken
over large section of the United
States, in order that they may see
and appreciate to some extent the
vast resources of this country. Con-
gress, at its last session, it will be re-
membered, authorized the Secretary
of State to invite delegates from all
the South and Central American ma
tons to convention to be held at
Washington, Nov. IA, for the purpose
of discussing the reciprocal, CONNER
cial and financial interests of the
countries represented. In connection
with this measure, Congress appropri-
ated 1925, 600 for the expenses of the
convention. Under this authority,
and as a preliminary to the conven-
ton, the State department organized
this tour of the commercial and
manufacturing cities of the United
States, with the prime object of shOw-
ing the visitors the great natural re-
sources of the country.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
ny agreed to undertake the task Of
arranging and carrying out the de-
tails for this unprecedented trip. 1t
will be unique in at least two re-
spects, namely, in that there will be
no change of cars throughout the en-
tire distance of 5,406 miles, and in
that this will be the first known
instance where railways have per-
mitted an entire train with its own
engine, crew, etc, to pass from other
roads over their lines. The amount
of labor requisite to bring this about
will be appreciated when it is known
that in its forty-tWo days journeying
the train will pass over the main
lines Of thirty different railway cor
porations, passing through the States
Of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebras-
ka, Missouri and Kentucky-twenty
in all. Fol the purposes of the
journey the Pennsylvania Railroad
' has equipped train ofseven Pullman
vestibule cars, five sleepers, dining
car and composite car. The train
will carry an ample supply of pro.
visions but the necessary supplies Of
fresh meat, vegetables, etc., will be
taken up at the principal markets Of
the country travelled. The locomO'
tive will be one of the company's
standard of the latest pattern and
built at the Altoona shops. 1t is
= equipped not only to furnish steam
} as motive power, but for heating as
we'll and to operate the air brakes. Il
: will be in charge of a mechanical
engineer from Altoona. AS has beer
said there will be no change of crew
during the tour. The engineer who
will open the throttle at S:l5 a. IN. ir
the station at Washington on Thurs
| day next, Oct. 3, will also apply the
air brakes at the conclusion of hi;
, long run of 5,406 miles on Nov. 10
A crew of twenty-siX men will be re-
, quired to run the train, which, as il
stands, represents a cost of $l50,0O0