The Press., 1891-07-30
The National Editorial Association at St.
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 and territories New Jersey alone was un- represented by delegates, and that state was represented in the list of speakers in- vited to addre ess the convention. Itwould be difficult to comprise in single article all that we wish to say of this notable gathering, it's value to newspaper men, and of the magnificent manner in which the people of St. Paul received and enter tained the visitors, literally giving them the freedom of the city, in fact making them feel as if the city were theirs. To
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 ia THE JOURNEY THITHRR
 was made too pleasant by the different railroad lines to &be passed over lightly. Of the many roads offering their hospital ity it Is coincidence that nearly the en- tire New England delegation, without preconcerted action, chose the Erie sys- tenn to Chicago. To reach point of junction with the Erie at Newburgh, the Stafford Springs party, including the only lady delegate who attended from Connec- ticut, made use of the New York and New England road This road, already much used by Stafford business men en- route to the hub, is likely now to be also more exclusively used in transit to Hart ford, since the assured permanency of the Block Island train on the N. l.. N. road furnishes such excellent connections at Willimantic. Its line west of Hartford is not so familiar to the readers of The Press as east of that point. In it's way to the Hudson it passes through some of the busiest cities and towns of our state New Britain, Bristol, Watuerbury, Ter ryville, Danbury, and others, and includes state its course is through the fine dairy and grain region of Duchess county. As the train sweeps down the grade into the valley of the Hudson, skirting the Croton region, where New York gets it's water supply, some of the massive masonry of the dams being in view, you catch 8 dis tant view of the noble Catskill range on the north, while on the south is seen the Highland range, reduced gradually in al titude as it recedes easterly from the river at Newburgh bay. The valley of the Fishkill furnishes continuation of the easy down grade, and soon the train sweeps into view of the noble panoramic scenery of the Hudson, stopping at Fish kill Landing, from whence ferry runs to the city of Newburgh, on the opposite bank. The ride over the N. Y. and N. E. road to Newburgh is pleasant trip for an outing if business does not call you that way. At Fishkill and Newburgh connection is made with all the river boat lines up and down the river, also with the Hudson River and West Shore railways, and with two branches of the Erie road, one running direct to New York city, the other west to the main line at Greycourt. The road is under excellent management, ,, it's trains make strict schedule time, it's employees are courteous. No trunk line in the country has better rolling stock, more comfortable cars, or gives more careful attention to comfort of patrons.
 The train taken beyond the Hudson is solid vestibule train, which leaves New York daily at 3.3O p. m. and arrives in Chicago at 8. 30 p. m. of the following day. Made up of perfect coaches, running over one of the finest of road beds, transport. ing passengers in luxuriouse ease, and in care of the most competent and consider ate officials, no wonder that the train is daily crowded to its fullest capacity. The road runs through several manufacturing cities in northern New Jersey, then enters, upon the fine farming region of Orange county, New York, touching it's chief towns Middletown, Goshen and Port Jervis. In western Orange it climbs to the summit of the romantic mountain range known as the Shawangunk, thence de- scends into the beautiful valley where meets the waters of the Neversink and the Delaware, and where nestles the beau tiful little city, Port Jervis, surrounded with mountains, some of these topped out with immense summer hotels. This is known as the tri-states village, portions of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania being within the village or its suburbs. Westward the road follows the valley of the Delaware, amid enchanting scenery un- til it climbs another summit and emerges into that of the Susquehanna. Vest ward 1t skirts Chautauqua lake, 14OO feet above the sea level, then runs southwest erly through the oil and iron regions of Pennsylvania and Ohio, across the rich prairies of Indiana and Illinois to Chica- go, making continuous line between New York and Chicago of nearly 1000 miles traversed without change of cars, under single management. Sleepers leave Boston daily, and are added to the solid Erie vestibule train at Bingham ton, N. Y., going via Fitchburgh road to Troy, and via Delaware and Hudson to At Marion, Ohio, the Erie extends branch to Cincinnati, giving a direct route to that city. It also has terminus at Dunkirk on Lake Erie and at Bridge via Buffalo, giving passengers who desire opportunity to use portions of other lines fin westward trips.
 Chicago was reached late Sunday even- ing. The rendezvous of the association was at the fine new Auditorium, marvel of hotel architecture, fronting Lake Mich gan, with beautiful parks intervening. The building is magnificent one, bound ed on every side by street. Its peculi- arity-a feature being generally copied now in new hotels-is that the dining room and kitchen are upon the tenth or topmost floor. We passed but 8 single night at Chicago, but most of the dele gates had spent longer time there, and meanwhile had been most hospitably en- tertained by the citizens, including 8 sail upon Lake Michigan and 8 carriage ride about the city, and to the site of the pros pactive worlds fair