The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-25

and Chicago or Eastern cities it hardly
needs description. Much OF 1t has been
the subject of magazine articles year after
year since the road opened new world s
wonder to the traveller; and also the
theme of song and story, the wonder of
science. Here nature has arrayed herself
in a mighty splendor, sublimity that
fills the mind with awe.
Every thing is on a scale of such mag
nificence the scenery passes that stage
where nature inspires; it transcends the
beauty of all the fashionable scenery of
the earth rolled into one. In New Mex
leo, for instance, the line falls rarely be-
low an elevation of 5000 feet. The land
scape is oriental in aspect and flushed
with color. Nowhere else can you find
sky of deeper blue, sunlight more daZ-
cling, shadows m ore intense, clouds more
luminously white or stars that throb with
redder fire.
can villages, ancient Indian eolos, still
INHABITED, and those older abandoned
ruins which give to the region its peculiar
atmosphere of mystery.
To escape the rigors of winter. there is
no more favorable region for the traveller,
possessing as it does dry, pure, exhilar-
ating air and a maximum of sunshiny
health resorts is sufficient proof of this
plain statement
The California Limited is a solid vesti-
buled train consisting of Pullman palace
double drawing-room sleepers and dining
car between Chicago and Los Angeles;
and connecting parlor-car between Los
Angeles and San Diego, in both directions;
also a through Pullman palace double
drawing-room sleeper between ST. Louis
and Los Angeles. via the Wabash
line east of Kansas City, and
Pullman palace sleeper between Den
yer and Las Vegas. The train is illumina-
ted by Pintsch gas, and has ali the mod
ern comforts. The dining-car and buffet
service is under the management of Mr..
Fred Harvey, whose reputation as caterer
is National. Dining car being always at
tached, patrons are assured meals at con-
venient hours. A notable feature is the
smoking and buffet car, which is furnished
with tables, easy chairs, writing materials,
the latest periodicals, well-stocked buf-
fet and other conveniences.
Palace drawing-room Pullman sleepers,
also modern upholstered tourist sleepers
run through daily from Oakland pier to
Chicago via Mojave, Albuquerque and
Kansas City. There are connecting cars
on snort connection for Denver and st.
Louis.
Las Vegas Hot Springs have become a
halfway resting place These springs,
with an elevation Of 800 feet, have the
most pretentious sanitarium to be found
in the Territory, situated six miles distant
from the city of Las Vegas. This resort
offers excellent hotel accommodations,
delightful mountain scenery and every
variety of bath in the waters of the native
hot springs. Santa Fe (6937 feet) is the
capital of the Territory and its most
ancient city. It was in existence as an
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trated that region in 1910, and still
contains many ruins and aspects of In
dian and Spanish life full of fascinat-
ing interest both to the antiquarian and
the casual traveller. 1t has hotels and
sanitariums. Ojo Caliente 1922 feet).
reached via Santa Fe, is celebrated for its
hot springs. Albuquerque (4935 feet), in
the Upper Rio Grande Valley, is a COM
merciai center, possessing an agreeable
winter climate. Las Cruces (3873 feet) is
pretty town in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, about fifty miles north of the Texas
State line, in the center of prosperous
vineyards and fruit orchards. The climate
is very mild, and many invalids are to be
found there during the winter season. At
Hudson Hot Springs 1884 feet) are min
eral waters OF great medicinal virtue. A
new hotel and bath-house are in process
of completion.
The Salt River Valley is now most prom.
inently before the public, and Phoenix is
best equipped to receive visitors, although
there are several towns in the middle por-
ton of the Territory, such as Flagstaff
and Holbrook, where limited accommoda-
lions may be secured. The altitude of
Phoenix is about 1900 feet and the valley,
sixty miles long by twenty wide, is pro-
tected by high mountains Nearly all
kinds of fruits and agricultural products
are raised here In abundance by aid of
irrigation. The Santa Fe, Phoenix and.
Prescott Railway runs from Ash Fork, on
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (Santa
Fe system), through Prescott, the center
of an exceedingly rich silver, copper and
gold mining district, to Phoenix, distance