The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-22

and 1t will make It's first run Sunday.
Jan. 1. 1t will take the place of the
coast train which now leaves here at
1:30 .. M.
The new train will be lighter one
than the present coast train; it will be
solidly VeStibuled and will have mail
and baggage cars, day coaches, tourist
sleepers, palace cars and a dining car
The number of stops between the Twin
Cities and the coast will be limited to
the most important points, thus saving
between three and five and a half
hours in running time. 1t will arrive
at Helena at 1880 p. m. second day, in
stead of $50 a. m third day; Butte,
l0:3O p. m. second day, instead of 7:3O
a. m. third day; Spokane, g. M third
day, instead of $50 p. M; Seattle, p
m. third day, instead Of a. m. fourth
day
The entire running time to the coast
will be reduced from sixty-five and
| one-half hours to sixty hours To ac-
complish this the train must maintain
| a speed Of thirty-two miles per hour
for a distance of 1000 miles.
There will also be a change in the
train schedule from West Superior and
Duluth so that passengers from those
points may connect with the limited
at Grand Forks. This will make the
former places terminal points for the
new transcontinental service
In order to accommodate those who
wish to travel to points intermediate
| between this city and Spokane, at
Ia 4Ia IL
Great Northern will run Montana
Pacific express" leaving this city at 8
p. m. This train will stop at local
| points and will connect at HaVre with
| trains for Spokane. Seattle, the Koote-
mai country and the coast.
The Northern Pacific has had the
| question of changing the schedule of
! it's coast service under consideration,
but the officials yesterday said that
they had not yet decided to alter it.
The following telegram from Wash
! ington shows the general effect on
mails and passenger traffic from New
York to the Pacific coast that the
| change will have:
The change of time, to take place Jan. 1, by
Eastern lines in shortening the mail train
service from Washington and New York,
Boston and all points east to Chicago and st.
| Paul, will be the same date continued to
| Montana and Pacific coast by an Important
| change made in the schedule OF the Great
| Northern railway. that company having de-
! cided to put on limited train on that date
| leaving st. Paul at a. NJ, Immediately upon
| the arrival of the fast NAL and limited trains
| from Chicago and the East. This viii shorten
| the train service to Montana and all points
west by twelve hours making the delivery
| Of the malls possible at Helena and Butte
| the second night from Chicago; arriving at
! Seattle and coast cities the third night, thus
| making continuous service to the Puget
! sound ard Portland for both passengers and
| the United States mails. Its second coast
| train will leave st. Paul at p. N. daily,
| thus giving double train service from st. Paul
| and Chicago to Montana and all Western
points
| The fact that 1t is possible to MAIN
| tain regular daily trains at such
! speed and for such a length of time
on any Western railroad Will be q sur
prise to many Eastern people. 1t is
explained, however, by the magnificent
| road-bed of the Great Northern and
| by the careful and painstaklng atten-
ton to the smallest detail that has
always characterized the road.
| This change of time will be much
| appreciated by the travelling public
generally, and Will be a source of sat
isfaction to all the towns and cities
of the territory affected by the change.
1t is not possible at present to give
details Of the time of trains from the
| head of the lakes, but there will be
| corresponding change in the schedules
of the Duluth-West Superior trains, so
| that connections will be made at Grand
Forks with the limited, making Du-
| luth and West Superior also terminal
points of this new departure in trans
| continental service.