The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-09
,..e.rn rallroad,nx has gradusily grown

amosrn rallroading has gradually grown
-. rear 10 year until now there " no
Srerenes peige the facilities in speed.
~reort and elegance west Of the Mis-
- river and in the Atlantic St. iss.
seees transportation is said TO have
nd the point OF greatest excefsencs.
- vest bound traveller now boards .
IN q. Chicago. and IN exactly three
~. Or seYenty-two hours. Is In Seattle.
shossRs be had 10 traverse LIE mics
kT66 H. Five years age a raiiroa6 man
- would hazard prophecy thai sais
F1nscontsneutai distance would DC made
sludinx ali stops, In The enormous speed
z more than thirsy-iwo miles an hour.
aid have been laughed down as a
kean<r: but now the igice-caIiy trains
"a hundrsds Of people xiao have come
1<ss Ia mat time testify u the wonderful
~
II was only a year or so ago TIA. any
Atng vas considered soo5 enough for the
xtenHoda ION Of passengers bsan1 20
se Pacific coast. and the poorest class of
ars and cast-on sseeperB We're therefore
ns.gned 10 The Weatsrn service. reEard-
- OF the demands OF travellers for bet
m To ride In Puiimans across the
1oekies vita all the luxQries ana con
Ssn.ences that are synony gaoas with rail-
mad sras Ell from Chicago - New York
ard In the farther East Was a thing IN
1newn. and people came across tae con-
nnent only when they were forced 70.
md then expected 10 put ~ with The
sum Of the service
But a new era mas arrived In travel.
end now everything that the giaas purses
4 railroad nagnaies can pay for 10 10 ue
fcund In the facilities besaeen Chicago
nud be r~fx. <-.fx =
hours, or two and . half days. IL the
rnle the seni-dally siiers Of the Northern
Pacific make between 81. Paul and The
Queen city. aud II Il remarkable tia, al
most invariably. barring Accidents that
Are unavoidable. the trains run as fas;
~ the schedule calls for. The P0s,-Tns
leiIissncer recently published statistics
moving The remarkable record that Is
ing maas h 'hsse rains one OF IA ,ass 50
eA p. N. the third day IS In Seattle, hav-
Nc made the ,3xs miles a. an average OF
nsarly thirsy-swo and third miles an
lcur. including all stops en- route, II the
nme Traveller takes the limited train out
u New York he will be here In bat q
urle over four days.
The Northern Pacific has spent hum
lFecs o. thousands of dollars In the last
between here and the East. removing
ridges and filling in with rock TO make
solid ard continuous ballast OF stone.
mi a train scarcely passes ten miles
siang tho route without meeting another
kAisa with gravel 10 be used IN further
Improvements. Elegant new Pnilmaus.
q fine as the shops can turn cut are
GfaehsI 10 every train, aud this new feat
Ne In q few days may be- enjoyed Tor the
taaed sum OF but $ie between here and
Sc Twin cities
Ancc the addition OF the lmiseas be-
neen here and the East, special effort
ms been made to AFFORD everything that
sihe pa ssenScr desires. The officials and
~ nloyes are cautioned 10 minister 10 ev-
III fsasonaade want. and they carry cat
sasee Instructions - the letter. In put
tHg On this extra service Of TIVE overland
srnins a day the company was obliged 10
@a!s from eigat 10 ten neA trains SsA-
tisse r. n0@ The terminus. the overland
Nsrg here from s,ss 10 1890 81 nlxh,.
lshsn q nsw train Is made up and sent
,Eafh 10 Portland