Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-17
THE "BAY STATE LIMITED.n
The Name Decided Upon for the Five
 Hour Train.

Hour Train.
 The five hour limited express train be- tween Boston and New York is an assured success. As said Vice President Futile to COURIER reporter recently, the patronage already experienced is most satisfactory, all that could be anticipated, with a new train, ard the company has every expecta- i tion of continuing it. It has "cams to | stay" All possible means will be further more used to advance its usefulness and secure for 1t the highest order of service. From the time of It's establishment the public has recognized Its merits and availed of Its advantages.
 Yesterdays Boston Herald says: Many people will bs interested to know that, in response to aa invitation publicly extended l for the proposal of name for this new train, no less than 444 persons sent each a missive to the Boston office of the passen- ger traffic manager of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, which would have implied that exactly that number of names had been proposed, had 1t not often proved that the same name was hit upon by two or more individuals, as the follow ing instance will show:
 Four persons each presented the titles: 1900 Minute Train" "Knickerbocker Ex- press, Limited" "Flssh Train," "whirl- wind Express" and Cyclone EIpress |" Six people, influenced possibly by the proximity of the Fourth of July, would have named the train "The Rocket" and the same number were in favor of "rhe . Arrow." No less than nine individuals named "The Shore Line Comet" ! while fifteen persons were In favor of "The Shore Line Meteor" Three each pro posed "The CSlumbian," "Eureka," ]" tonian Special" "Flssh Light" "Ante. Hope" "Greyhound" and "Thunderbolt'' , | express. The number of names that en. listed the originating faculties of at least two persons each can hardly be given here. 3 Of odd sounding, whimsical titles, these , communications had no lack: The Zip" Rip Shorter, !" Hub Hummer" "Msnhst- tan scorcher, |" Pigeon" Wandering Pil grim" 4n nBeantowp Flye5,,", ':sRsRshot', "Flea." Mile Killer" of quaint oonceits B ! the list presents the greatest variety | Somebody who must hspe been an admirei 2 | of Cooper suggests the Ely by Day." Il
 brevity be the soul of wit, something was ? attained by the man who called the train "Go It." Even the memory of the | martyre1 Lincoln could not prevent one h. r | dividual from proposing the "Mid day Rail rr r Splitter" and it m st have been an Essel
 Yankee who gent in he 'Seooting Witch B The ''Howler" was set over against the s ' "Cooler," and the "Scorcher" and Fright ir ened Lightning" were soothed by the neal
 presence of s'Solid Comfort" The senti mental journey of Puck was not left ou
 of account "P1ck's Girdle," "Puck's Fly
 er," Plying Puck" and "Puck's Dream
 showing up in due time. One reveren \ mortal, possibly impressed by the bene
 icent qualities of the new train, dubs 1
 the Good Ssmaritsn," while the opposit spirit is unaffected by the writer wh' = suggests "The Cocktail" The sup
 poaed qualities of the train are somawha Fl dimly foreshadowed in the "Glider,
 "Astonisher" and ''Wonderful"; but tn
 "DyuamiterG' and the 'fTorpedo" are to
 suggestive of an unwelcome fate for tn
 enterprise. Brevity is again illustrated b
 "G. Scott." "Get There" "Sca.," am t"Wasp."
 In short, the amount of cogitation an
 ingenuity bestowed upon the invention 0
 a cognomen for this train, as evidenced b
 the variety and numbers of the titles be
 slowed, are worthy of all recognition
 Meantime the train has been christene n- the "Bsy State Limited" as best repre-
 senting its qualities and service, and fror
 henceforth 1t will be known In that COT
 neotion.