The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-11-02
Cordial Welcome from officials, Leading Busi-
ness Men and Other Citizens with Greet
ings of All Hoosier Hospitality.
indianapolis Resources as Seenin Works
and on a Drive Through the Streets.
Close of an Interchange Sf Good Will Around
the Tables Where an Elegant Luncheon
Was sSeryed-Speeches and Notes.
ARRIVAL OF THE VISITORS.
How They Travel Through the Length and
Breadth Of the United States.

How They Travel Through the Length and
Breadth Of the United States.
The Spanish;Ameri6ans have come and
gone. Their train. a gorgeous symphony
of bronze and gold, oak and olive green,
turquoise blue and imperial purple. rolled
into the Union Station from Springfield.
Ill. yesterday morning at o'clock, and
rolled out again at 6 o'clock yesterday
evening, bound for Louisville and the cop
per-distilled fountains of Kentucky. There
were few persons at the station when the
train arrived. and the delegates had quiet
two hours in which to dispatch their toilets
and breakfast in readiness for their recep-
tion by the Board of Trade committee and
that representing the city. The train In
which they travel offers ample facilities for
that purpose as well as the other comforts
which six weeks jaunt rend-
ers necessary. 1t is probably
the best equipped set of rolling stock
that the Pennsylvania Company has
ever sent out, and certainly the best it has
ever exhibited in this section of the coun-
try. The engine. No 1868, Class o, under
the control of engineer Hart. assisted by
pilot engineers from the different roads
over which it travels is said to be a relic
of the Johnstown floods-built at the Al
toona shops. How perfect piece of ma
chinery it is will be understood when it 10
stated that it is expected to draw the train
attached to it, weighing three hundred
tons, throughout the tour, covering dis
tance of 5.S25 miles. OF the vestibule train.
beside the baggage car, there is the Pull
man library and smoking car. ''Esperanza,"
Gv... 1xoI - ..xl
as a library and smoking paflor, with card
room, barber and bath saloon. buffet and
escritoire. In this car is located dynamo.
by means of which the six cars are illumi-
mated with electric-ights, and which
charges storage batteries under the
cars. capable, when charged, of run
ming the light ten hours without
the use of the dynamo. From this dynamo
are lighted the signal-lights on the rear Of
the train, and from it also is established
the current from which may be lighted at
pleasure in each section or the different
cars portable lights of eight-candle power
each for individual use.
Mex. to this comes the Pullman dining
car Windsor" finished in oak ard olive
green. with capacity of serving sorty pei
four Pullman sleeping-cars. the Washing
ton" and Columbus" finished Ia satin
wood and mahogany, with maroon and pur-
pie hangings and the India" and Japan"
finished in satin-wood, mahogany and tur-
quoise blue. with garnet. purple and maroon
hangings, and with drawing-rooms finished
in ivory. gold and maroon. Baths are con-
nected with the toilet-rooms, in which, as
hot and cold water is supplied by air pres
sure from tanks beneath the cars. The
train throughout is heated by steam from
the engine, and the running gear is of the
Strength psS RPpdd and durability. OF the r1 service
which accompanies this equipment it may
be stated that s. w. 4. Draper. the tourist
agent in charge of the excursion. has
twenty-nine assistants. including engi-
neers. firemen. baggagemasters. conductors,
porters. walters, cooks. brakemen. electri-
clans. BARRIERS and commissaries and be-
side these are the agents of the State De-
partment. including William L. Curtis. the
special agent in charge; Captain Bourke, OF
the Third Cavalry; Lieutenant Lemley, of
the Third Artillery; Mr.. 4. w. p. Smith.
formerly consul at Carthagena, Colombia.
and Mr.. F. G; Pierra. of the Span
Each of the four last-named gentlemen
has charge of one of the four sleeping cars.
with directions to relieve those under his
care OF any possible cause of annoyance.
| and it is doubtful whether any tourist ever
travelled under surroundings more favor
| able to his comfort and convenience.
| The baggage of every delegate Is looked
after, tagged With the owners name, the
| name of his car and the number of his sec
tion. When the train reaches city where
| the party are to stop at hotel, everything
| has been arranged in advance. The tourist
leaves his valises in his section and his
trunk In the baggage car: When he reaches
the hotel he finds all his baggage in his
room. When he goes back to the train
he leaves his baggage in the room,
and finds. on his arrival at the
train. that it has preceded him.. For each
A ad ha raj ~ al
menu, and the wine-list is long and elab-
orate The only imported wines kept upon
| 1t are the champagnes and the other wines.
red and white, are American, and have had
| the hearty commentator of the visitors.
Even the laundry of the delegates is cared
| for by the train management. and sent for
ward every few days TO some point in adj
vance where it can be prepared and made
| ready for the visitors on their arrival.
Under IL ese almost sybaritic conditions
| of travel the delegates and their attend
ants reached this city In as good condition
as could be expected after four weeks OF
constant travel, Sightseeing and enter
| taiDment. The following Is a complete list
F, of the guests included in the excursion
who reached this city. together with their
rank and representative capacity:
| Argentine Republic-Attache, Juan 6. Attwell;
| consul general, Adolfo q. Calvo.
/ Bolivia-Delegate. Juan +. Velarde; secretary,
Mechor Obarrio; attaches. Alcbiades Velarde.
Brazil-Attache, Carlos silveirA Martins.
Chiii-Delegate. Jose Alfonso; secretary, Paul.
no Alfonso.
Colombia Delegates. Carlos Martinez silon,
| Chinaco Calderon; secretary, Martin Amador.
Costa Rica- Secretary, Joaquin Bernard Calvo.
| Observation-Disclosures, Jose Maria Placido Caa-
mano: secretary, c. r. Gill attache, Antonio
| Echeverrfa.
Guatemala-Secretary. Domingo Eshadu; at
H Hondaras-6eleesi$s;y 6 @ Z; yeronimo zelsya; secre-
taries. E Constantipk Fialios, Richard Villa
| franca.
Mexico-Adolfo Mujica sayago.
Observation-Disclosures, Jacfnto Castellanoe; at
| tache JOAQUIN Arriets Rossi.
| Observation-Disclosures, Nicanor Bolet Peraza;
| secretaries, N. Bolet Monagas, j. Peoh
United states-Delegates. John B. Henderson,
Morris NJ. Estee. Glenn studebaker.
In addition to these gentlemen were Fl.
G.. Yarrow, surgeon United States navy;
Edward A. Trescott, L. Jefferson Coolidge.
jr., and Nelson Polhamus. secretary to Mr..
Pierra. The press representatives were:
Associated Press Frank III. Mack, +. M.
Hood; United Press, r. l.. Farnham; Phila-
delphia Ledger, Frank III. Taylor; New
York Herald, James Clancy; New York
Tribune. NJ. q. Seckendorff; Boston Herald.
Morton Davis Mitchell; Chicago Tribune.
i. A. VanderIip.
Beginning Of Sightseeing.
Several members OF the party left the ex-
cursion before reaching here. owing to the