The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-29
FROM OLD ENGLAND.
A Party Of Distinguished Rail-
road People in Seattle.
A TRIP OF OVER 10000 MILES.
Representatives or Brstafu.S erc..s~r
Hallway system on a Pleasure
Trip Through. America.

o. the party are Mr. Frederick Hsrrzs--,
general manager OF the London Norm
western Railway; Mrs. Harrison, Mr.. Rob
ert T4rabuI.. superintendent CT the In
London & Northwestern Railway: MIS-
T2rnocfi. and Mr.. a {. Barattong. general
Passenger and freight agent for me Lon
don * Northwestern Railway In America
They are making an extended American
tour. purely. SIS Mr.. Harrison says. for
pleasure and rest" although the dil.gsnt
and thorough travel has somewhat ahgo-
gated the latter feature
The party Is in charge OF Mr.. Barattoni.
VINO has had the task Of planning ana car
FSang out tie elaborate itinerary The
journey l. made IN the Pullman special
car Haseimere, which vas courfeonsiv
Paced at Mr. Harrison's disposal and
when contains every convenience and
comfort known to modern railway con-
stFacuon- American railroad conaanIes
have We'd with one another in extending
eodftesIes TO the visitors. among the lines
oflns Placed at their disposal being The
Ne" York Central. the Lake Shore. ths
Nickel Plate. the Burlington, the Denver
* fslo GFande, the Rio Granae Western.
Inc Southern Pacific, the Great Nor. h,rr,
the Northern Pacific, the Canadian pa~5fi.e'
the 500 line, the Milwaukee. the ntinoss
central, the Michigan Central the Grand
Trunk. the Boston * Maine, the Nv
YORK, New Haven & Hartford and the
pennsylvania lines. The gentlemen Of ths
party speak in the highest terms OF appre-
cation concerning the Hospitality thus
faefn. ana from what Mr.. Rarattani said
last night there can be no doubt thar
American railroad men who may have oc.
casion 10 visit England will find that he
London & Northwestern has a good MEM
DRY.
The members OF the party spent yester-
cay IN looking about the cItv with which
1SaI bon -
a special and very practical tribt,ta Ia ne.
city Vas their favorable comment on tia
local markets. which they had occasion
10 test on account OF having selected g..
attic as The depot for restocking their
car. They were CHARTERED at the Ran5er-
Hrand MOTEL and Will leave this morning
by Nay OF the Seattle * international ana
the Canadian Pacific for the East.
TIE plan of ;rayei adopted By he party Is
TOO extensive to be embraced in a few
caFsory paragraphs. Some idea OF Il may
be gathered from the following outline
which Mr.. Bdrattoni gave a reporter last
night:
Mr. Harrison and his party sailed from
Liverpool Saturday. August Is, in the Gun
araer I-ue&aia. landing at New York six
days later. After two days in that city
We went TO Niagara and thence to Buffalo.
Inc following day We spent on the road,
JoDrneyinS through Ohio Indiana and II
'hnoiS. reaching s.. Louis on the evening
Of August ~ We spent the next DIV in
-. Louis. leaving by way Of the Burliag-
ton thursday evening. Friday took US
through Missouri and Nebraska ana into
Colorado. We reached Denver Saturday
morning and an hour later took the train
for Manitou
In the ascent of Pixies Peak by the
Maniiod & Pixies Peak road We had the
narrow escape of which you have read az
counts in the press dispatches We made
the ascent in safety and were coming
down grade when suddenly one OF the en-
game rods broke and struck in the road
he'd, tfiting the engine to one side Then
the other rod broke, and the engine, be-
yond all control. plunged madly down the
steep grade. Fortunately. the lone coach
"As not attached 10 the engine and the
prompt application or the automatis ana
special brakes brought US to a stop. show
ing that they can be relied on in an en-
cfgency. The engine was a total wreck
The only piece OF IL left CT any consider
able size Was the firebox Except that. I
think there vas hardly a piece of Il LETT
as large as ones fist. 1t was knocked into
smlthefeers. and bat for the Existent
action OF the brakes no doubt We should all
have been dashed 10 pieces
Well We went from Manitou to Colo
RADIO Springs, thence via Pueblo. s.e.sa-
Vile and Grand Junction TO Salt Lake
city. With the beginning OF September
we took up our juorney through rasjle
canyon. Spanish Fork canyon and the
Wahsatch mountains. Col. In Salt Lake
city, where We arrived at noon, we visit
ed the Tabernacle and other points of IN
ierest and took a run down TO Garheli
beach. From s--lt Lake We went To Gs-
den, and thence on to California. There
We visited the Yosemite with all its vsan-
ders Of natural sceRery. ard Mont ersv.
taking the seventeen mile drive, includins,
cypress point. Pebble beach, Pescarn.lo
beach, Carmelo mission and other
points or interest. OF course we visited
san Francisco. whence We came on 10
Portland. From that city We went out
TO Yellowstone park from which We nave
just returned. and here we are IN Seattle.
From this city We expect 10 20 back
Last tomorrow morning. We shall visit
Chicago. Toronto and Montreal. We had
expected 10 make the run down TO que
bee. but We are a little late with our
itinerary, and shall have 20 forego tlsat
part a. IL. After visiting Boston und
other New England cities one Or the last
features Of tho trip viii 30 tour Over
tho Pennsylvania lines. including an su-
sncCtior Of the locomotive works and rpr
shops az that system. and a run 20 i'I.ts-
burg for a look into the Westiaghotsa
establishment and the Homestead steei
works From Pittshurg We 40 ny vav
81 Harrisburg 20 Washington CITY. whore
of course W shall visst the various soy
eminent buildings and other prominent
objects cf interest, returning TO New
York about thc m.3dle % next month
-osr i2u- VIII foot % when completed a
tetal - 1e@a ralcs 80 railway travel ia
A-oe,ra beside 6.-NA "a. les If ocean vow
age. or Srsn3 t1ta; ~ sor1e 1891 miles.
H. the coarse - 0h.ca v-e shau have tra-
ff~sefl fG@ IL owing stlf S4 tories AMI