The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-15
TO STIR UP MEXICANS.
Railroad Men Leave Chicago on a
Trip To Boom Business.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March l0.-At % o'clock
this morning, the finest and most per-
fectly equipped train that capital and in
vention ever produced, pulled ont of
the city OF Chicago, bearing $50 repre-
| sentstives of the great corporate in
terests of the country. and having as its
destination the City of Mexico.
The magnates who are 10 occupy this
| moving palace for the next four weeks
are the general passenger agents of tue
railroads OF the nted States, Canada
| and Mexico, and their mission is that
OF cultivatlng and improving the COM
mercial relations between the three
Americas. Believing that the locomotive
| Is the greatest civlllIer of the age, and
having more faith in practical energy
than in the efforts of diplomacy, the rail-
roads themselves have finally attempt
ed what countless international confer
ences and conventions have failed TO
DO; and 1t Is fondly expected
that the annual convention of the Amer
lean Association OF General Passenger
and Ticket Agents, to convene in the
City OF Mexico, March Is, will conduce
road interests, and TO opening TO the eve
OF capital those manifold enterprises
now undeveloped because of lack of
concerted action between the various
interests which must equally contribute
to success of each of these latter day in
vaders of the land of the Montezumas
is the highest authority of his road on
the various subjects 10 be considered ut
the coming convention, snd viii have
full power TO represent the millions of
his company i'll the progressive meas
ures to be adopted.
General Passenger Agent Charlton
and Robert Somerville, of the Chicago
Il Alton, have devoted all their ener-
gies 10 the programme and itinerary of
this expedition. The special Pullman
vesnbuled tram, which has been placed
al the disposal OF the association by the
Pullman Company consists of baggage
cars, composite cars, containing
bath rooms, barber shop, etc,
two dining cars, through Pull
man compartment cars, and five
Pullman sleeping car, with an observa-
ton car III the rear. The lines which
this train passes over en- route 10 the
City of Me xlco are the Chicago 4 Alton,
the st. Louis X Iron Mountain, and the
Texas Pacific, and the Mexican Central.
South and West join the party at ST.
Louis.
The railroad lines in Mexico are look
ing forward with great interest to the
convention, and the visit Of these rail
road officials TO their country, and have
arranged varied programme, which
Will be rs entertaining as It Will be IN
structlve of the resources of the country.
The itinerary provides for number Of
banduets, receptions and balls en- route.
and visits TO prominent points OF COM
mercial interest, so that the resources of
the country may be fully understood
and appreciated.
At the Mexican frontier the associa-
ton will be received 10y the Governor Of
chihuahua and other statesmen of
prominence, and banquetted AT Paso del
Norte. At the City of Iucatecas again
the Governor of Iacatecas will meet the
party with his staff, and entertain the Wis
ltors during their stay within his
state. From this time forth
the programme is one of receptions
and kindly encouragement, from tho
governors of the various states and
other prominent officials of the Coun-
try, until the arrival in the City of
Mexico, where the convention meets
on the 18th.