The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-03-17

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including all stops, is the record of the
two trains carrying the reindeer be-
longing to the governments Alaskan
Relief expedition In their hurried trip
across the continent. Last Tuesday
evening at o'clock the first train
pulled out Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
way depot at Jersey City, followed
fifteen minutes later by the second one,
and both arrived in Chicago, 912 miles
distant, within few minutes of each
other. There were nineteen cars in
each train. The Milwaukee road de-
l1yered them to the Great Northern in
this city, 40 miles, running as Sec
tons of Chicago Il st. Paul Passenger
Train No. s.
After a stop Of several hours at the
Minnesota Transfer, Great Northern
engines were attached, and the jour-
ney was resumed to the steamer docks.
They arrived at $50 last night at Sc
attic, l,Sl7 miles, in about eighty
hours, within eleven minutes of each
.;rher.
The total run was 3,139 miles, and
the actual running time 129 hours, or
nearly % miles an hour, making it the
record-breaking feat for freight trains
from ocean to ocean.
There was no hitch or mishap from
start to finish, and the government Of
ficials in charge Of the expedition ex-
pressed themselves we'll pleased at the
successful carrying out Of the plans OF
the war department, and said no mis-
take had been made in the selection of
routes. There were lower bids from
other lines.
Ten children were sick with measles
when the train left the Atlantic, and
The sixteen remaining little ones were
broken out with the same complaint
when the train halted by the side Of
Pacific tides in Puget Sound last night.
The reindeer stood the rail trip as
well as they did the ocean journey,
and all were
Apparently as Active
as they were when driven aboard the
steamship thirty-two days ago, in Arc
tic Lapland. Strange to say, the deer
had not tasted water since leaving
their far-off Northern home.
The animals were rot unloaded dur
ing the entire trip, owing to their I'LL
ruly natures. Padded stalls in the pal
ace stock cars were large enough for
them to lie down in. When the trans
fer was made from the ship to the
cavorted, jumped and kicked like Tex
as steers, and afforded much amuse-
ment for sight-seers, and this scene is
being repeated in Seattle to-day.
The peculiar appearance and dress
Of the Laplanders attracted quite as
much or more attention along the
route than the deer themselves. The
clothing worn by thse people is made
of reindeer hide, the hair on the out
side, and trimmed with a profusion Of
red cloth. During the stops in the
daytime the men always got out and
fed the animals a little mess of which
they had a quantity sufficient for the
entire trip to Alaska.
In stature these curious new corners
are short and sturdy, some cOpper-cOl-
Ored and others fair-skinned. The
hats Of the men are q cross between a
small pillow and the ;nortar-boa1i hats
worn in some Of the colleges. This
padded headgear is to prevent injury
from the deer in their fighting moods.
The women and children wear red
cloth skull caps; otherwise they dress
very much the same as the men.
The whole trip has certainly been a
remarkable one, and no accident oc-
Cured except to one deer, which was
so seriously injured in a fight on ship
beard that it died.
1t is expected to load the whole out
fit on board a steamboat at Seattle to-
day and start north. Arriving at Dyea,
the deer will be divided, portion re-
naming there, while the others will be
sent to Copper River and Cooks Inlet,
the whole forming three different ex-
petitions to the interior.
The Laplander families will be taken
to st. Michael, to form the necleus Of
a colony, which is expected
TO BE Increased
by the addition of other immigrants
from Lapland, Finland and Siberia.
The whole party numbered lib, 6S
men, 10 women and &c children.
The deer cost SO head; harness,
$3.50 set; sleds, $3.50 each; the total
cost being about $4,000. The herds
men or drivers were induced to come
only because they were offered $26S a
year and expenses, which was more
than three times what they can make
at home The expense Of the steamer
charter across the Atlantic was S14.-
900, and the cost of the expedition as
it now stands, to Seattle, will amount
to about $4,000. Had the deer not
been dehorned, they would have filled
a hundred cars instead of twenty
eight.
The schedule of the trains across the
continent was as follows:
First Section.
Left Jersey City Tuesday, March 1,
sos p. m.
Arrived at Chicago Thursday, March g.
$50 D. m.
Left Chicago Thursday, March 3.
1927 a. m.
Arrived at st. Paul, Thursday, March
3, 1866 D. m.
Left St. Paul Friday, March 4, $50
a. m.
Left Grand Forks Friday, March 4, 1851
Left Kalispell Sunday, March 6, II 80
a m.
Left Leavenworth Monday, March Z,
7:3O a
Arrived at Seattle Monday, March 7,
$50 p. m.
Second Section.
Left Jersey City Tuesday, March 1, 6:2C
p. m.
Arrived at Chicago Thursday, March
3, $3.50 a. m.
Left Chicago Thuraday March 5
1888 a. m.
Arrived at st. Paul Thursday, March
8, 11:4O p. m. .~ =. .....
Left st. Paul Friday, March 4. a. m
Left Grand Forks Friday, March A.