The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-14
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..s~s shis dry from the Grand Cen
80 st.tion. There will he Only fo1'
-. behipd the powerful engine, bs'
49, srr four OF the most lux if5ant Oh
~ noying palaces Of The rails. and
- tys:n Is II stands this morning
,~.ffiue Tor liz passengers represent.
- oufiay Of $I00.0 The train III
re,rv ) psrty Of only II folk. but they
- neople Of millions 81 wealth and
eIey are starting on journey such a.
-. never before undertaken in this
r.rntry and they viii travel under
,.nre iuxnrfeus conditions than ever
"a world potentate could beast.
Thrr win traverse 9Dfe9 miles and
DIR trip will take tiien two months.
and vii cost $1,000. II will be.
s,rrbabIy, the longest continuous and
mott expensive railroad Iaunt ever
,usde in this or the old country. and.
q course. 1t ~ an excursion ali for
ooeasuye-
The ii fortunates who are thus 70
e,iov and distinguish themselves are.
6f$f' Or. W. seward Webb, Nrs.
Webb and their three children. Dr.
webb Is the president OF the Wagner
Paiafe Car Company. His wife was
% Youngest daughter OF Mr.. william
81. Vanderbilt IL Is DIR. Webb who
owus the cars. hires the engines and
315e crew, pays alI the bElie. and gives
thix noteworthy entertainment To bis
friends. These guests are Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Purdy. Mr.. Julian kean.
Mr.. George Bird, DR. James W. Nc
Lane and the doctors brother. Mr..
Frank Webb.
Or. Webb Il ron Of James Watson
Webb, The cld-time newspaper man
and a brother of Gen. Alexander :.
Webb, president OF the colIsge OF the
city of New York. aud OF Mr.. II, Wal
ter Webb. vice president Of the Wag-
ner Company and also OF the New
York Central Il Hudson River Rail-
road. DR.. III. Webb vas graduated
from Union College, and then from
The College OF Physicians and Sur
eeons. Once he was on the staff Of st.
Iuke's hospital. After be married
Miss Vanderbilt he went into Wall
street, and then got into the railroad
business. He IL great traveller. and
much OF the management OF the Wag,
ner Company business Ii entrusted
~ him 10 his brother Walter.
President Webb thought Grst last
year Of making his great trip Every
thing was made ready, and the party
would have left last February, but one
Of the doctors children, Frederick,
caught the scarlet fever. and the trip
was postponed until her recovery.
Now the members Of the party are
prepared 10 begin their tour. and the
departure Of the remarkable train Is
scheduled for o'clock this afternoon.
Not only that, but the hour of ex-
pected arrival and departure every
where along the ronte. south. west
and north. every day during the next
two months. Is marked out definitely.
and unless IL II 10 the pleasure OF the
travellers TO alter this time table. the
plans will be followed TO the minute.
This has all been arranged by CORE
spondence with chiefs of railroads over
which the train Ii 80 run, and so nicely
have the details been cared for that II
will be possible for the Webb special
10 have always clear track, with fresh
crews and new engines, and abundant
supplies ready Mt stations In advance.
The train will run up the Hudson
river tracks this afternoon To Albany,
and thence over the Central rails to
Buffalo. From there a detour will be
made 10 Niagara Falls. Getting back
70 Buffalo, the party viii run by way
ii the Lake Shore To Cleveland.
Thence the Bee line will take them 10
81. Louis. DR.. Webb and his people
will probably get out and look at st.
Louis. and when they 60 back To- their
palatial cars they will bowl over the
Missouri Pacific road To Kansas City.
The time table provides for a recess
there. Then they will go by the Dem
yer route OF the Missouri Pacific 10
Denver and perhaps TO the Col.
orndo Springs. From that place
the Atchisof, Topeka 4 Santa Fe line
will he followed 10 Santa Fe, ". NJ.
Here there viii be 4 rest. and beer the
train will move west via the Atlartic
Pacific road to los Angeles. The
tourists will take glance al Southern
California ard board their coaches for
run 10 Santa barbara. There they
will have good look az the Pacific.
Maybe they will 80 down 90 San
Diego, but anyway they will 20 TO
Monterey. and there they will have
good respite from the train life. nr.
Webb has engaged rooms In the Mon
terey hotel and the PARTY viii tarry
far II
will 10 the valley of the Yosemite
and rec all that there Is worth seeing
in the country afeand
The children by this time may he
somewhat weary oi the motion of the
cars. and II they are they will have
rest with their nurses all the while NJ
Monterey. But they will be- taken with
the party when the trip Is resumed.
The goale will be the overland OF the
Union Pacific, and will take the for.
Inmates to Portland. Or A brief stop
there aud then they viii 90 60 Seattle
and Tacoma. W. 4. Then they will
turn their headlight toward the East
over the Northern Pacific railroad 10
Helena, NJ T.. and SO from there over
the Montana Central aud Manitoba
road 10 st. Paul. There MIR, Louis
Webb, another brother OF DIR. Wehh.
Will he picked up They will 40 90
Minneapolis, from there to Winnipeg
and thence aeruss 10 Vancouver. Then
once more the voyagefs will have
reached the Pacific coast, and this
time they will leave their Wagner cars
and take another long rest. But il
Won't he q rest from travel. simt.ly q
resi- by change. tor nr. Webb does moi
mean that the journey away from
hvsne shall stop at the shores OF sAe
Pacific.
Thcn.s sitka. there's Alaska hevef,si
AMI father the party will go lsfesi.
dent Webb perhaps thought 3 Journey
10y sea would he grateful after sHeh !
surieit ei iand travel, and ta c,SnpAs.
isss desire he chartered the new steel
steamer islander at cast Of k4sO !
day. II Is 3 fast boat, viii nuke Is t.
IL nules an hour, aud Wig take shs
party around Vancouver Island. aat
up the narthNeSl cslast ii Sitks, ss.a
alter stop there zap a. AfasNs. rael
viii pass ten day $ or ioagsf au this par
OF the trip. and alter .fiuuine thea,
selves again at Vancouver ,hev vii
fss aboard their wheete4 palaces am.
speed astoSs the cunksnsnt straight a,
pesSihIe 10 Montreal Thi~ ran will b,
over the Canadian Pacific lssaes
From Montreal The tram Siil eosas
uswn into Tie niiei States. and pF
Weee VIII take Che party Ga his spleen
ol' house. tsea shelhagnc farms. ~
the shores 1T Lake caamplaln. iii,
estate There has water fgoatase 81
ss naslvs, and the ro>ss az June Vii
hlooia i'sst a. the travellers get enc,
more their land legs and ksss,sg $50,