The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23
A SUMNER EXCURSION
How a Railroad President Is
Spending His Vacation.
HIS TOUR OF OVER g. 900 MILES
All Done I'm Thfrty-eight Days-Gates
Party From Toledo Touring
the Country.

The steamer Queen, cue 10 arrive from
aIaska al 10 o'clock this morning. VIII
hing 70 the city one OF the best-rnai1gsd
excursions Of the year. IL IS the parry
headed by Gen. George j. Magee. presi-
dent Of me Fall Brook. y. Y, railway.
and II has now Travelled, without accioeht'
a distance equal TO more than one-eisltH
~ the circumference OF me globe. tie
marty started fran Coming. N 4. June
q. taking President Magee's ROAD 10
Lyons. where the special cars forming
the train were transferred 10 the New
York Central & HUDSON River. On tnls
line they went to Buffalo From there 10
Chicago the party took the Lake Shers
q Michigan Southern, and then 70 81 faai
by the Chicago a. Northwestern ph the
fourth day Of the excursion the parry
went westward over the Northern "a
cifc. bound for the Coast seven Gays
were spent in Yellowstone PARK, from
July , 70 July s when the excursio4lsts
left Mammoth Hot Springs hoisl uy ne
stage al $50 p. M for Cinnapar- Al
o'clock the party boarded the special tram
and Thursday. July II. reached Aacoiiia-
The next day all were en- route per Steam
er Queen for Alaska. and after Twelve
Avs omonp the UNSURPASSED ~eenery OF
the Pacific Northwest viii arrive a. ocean
dock al 10 o'clock this morning
r,urfuz The Alaska trip the s1eclaI cars.
consisting Of one combination car, the
Warner private car Riva and Fan ffocE
railway presidents car IS, nave been IN
this city lying in the yards near Man
niDgs wharf.
The excursionists will spend the day IN
this city. and Thursday Will take the Sc
attic. Lake Shore & Eastern road for
Suu,as. There the special will be attach
cd 20 the Canadian Pacific overland, and
win arrive at Corning at 2:l0 O'Clock on
the afternoon of the thirty eighth day.
When the excursion will have arrived at
the latter place il will have covered a total
of ). 265 miles OF this 6240 will have been
BY rail. % by stage in Yellowstone Park
and 500 miles in the Queen. The itin-
erary which TO date has been followed
without variation. was compiled by w.
H. Northrop, passenger agent OF the Fail
Brook railway. Ii covers eight pages or
neatly printed matter. giving the route by
days BY roads by miles and indicating
every point of interest and every stop or
consequence Coming west the party wis
a special" but on the Eastern trip Will
be attached to regular trains, except on
the lines from Chicago TO Corning, where
II will go in the second section of the reg
ular The distance table. which is accom-
panied by time table showing the east
ern. central. mountain and Pacific times
and noting the A-hour system on the Can
dian line, sets out the stations, roads and
distances as follows:
Stations. Roads. Miles.
Corning TO Lyons. Fall Brook. .... 70
Lyons to Buffalo.....N. Y. Central loi
Buffalo TO Chicago. Lake Shore....... $40
Chicago to St. Paul. Northwestern 436
st. Paul TO Living EN-. P.............1, O07
Livingstone to Gin
nabar ................N. P............... 81
Cinnabar TO Living
stone ......-.....-...N. P..,........-... d
Livingstone to TIA
coma ..--....-....-.-N. P..---.-.-.-.-'. sv2
Tacoma to Seattle N. P.............. Al
Seattle TO Sumas. s., L. S. & E..... 126
Sumas to Mission Jc.C. P.....-....-.... 10
Mission to Pasqua. &C. P..,............1,ote
Pasqua TO Portal. &C. P............... 16O
Portal to St. Paul. .Soo-PaHific ....- $50
St Paul to Chicago. Northwestern -. 410
Chicago to Buffalo. Lake Shore. 49,. so
Buffalo to Lyons....N. Y. Central. 10i
Lyons to Corning, Fall Brook. I3
Total mileage. .......................6.2 40
The Fall Brook railway connects Lyons
n. Y, with Williamsport, Pa, and is
part of the railway system of the Fall
Brook Coal Company. The system ex-
tends over about 2G0 miles of track, and
the rolling stock includes a locomotives.
81 passenger cars and 3,i05 freight and
miscellaneous cars. The main line from
Lyons to Williamsport is ISL miles long,
vile west to Ulysses known as the Cow
anesque branch. and from Stokesdale
Junction south to Antrim, known as the
Wellsboro & Antrim branch. The Ccn-
pany also operates line from Blossburg
to Fall Brook. connecting with Lawrence
vile 10y the Tioga railroad. There is an
other branch from Dresden west TO Penn
Yam. The Fall Brock road taps the great
coal regions and claims 10 cary the larg-
est tonnage per mile OF any sing1etra"k
tine in the United States.
There are twenty-five excursiolists in
the party. among them being Gen. Ma gee.
Mrs. John Magee, Miss Emma Marie Ma
gee. Miss \. II. Magee. Miss Aug sta Ma
comber. Miss Hutchinson. Mrs E. X. Sib-
ley, Mrs. Austin Lathrop, Mr.. and Mrs.
\. s. Stothoff, Mr.. II. Townsend Davis.
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