Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-17
The GOVERNORS TRIP.
The Party Left This Afternoon in the Ell
Paso & Northeastern President Private
Gar for Alamogordo.

Governor M. A. Otero and party went
south this afternoon, over the Santa Fe,
in the private car, Ell Paso del Norte,
for Ell Paso, and Alamogordo. The party
consist of Governor and Mrs. Otero. Mrs.
L. b. Prince, Mrs. r. j. Palen, Mrs.
VIM. G%ulliford, Hon. Solomon Luna and
wife, Major Max Luna and wife, Chief
Justice Mills, Associate Justice j. K.
McFie, Associate Justice f. W. Parker,
Adiutant General Whiteman, Colonel
R. E. Twitchell, Colonel E. G. Austen,
Colonel E. w. Dobson, Colonel V. Jara-
milo, Captain George Curry, Senator
James S. Duncan and wife, Hon. John
s. Clark, Hon. Marcial Valdez, Major
Eugene Van Patten.
The car is a very fine one, belonging
to President c. B. Eddy, of the El Paso
& Northeastern road in operation be-
tween Ell Paso, Texas, and La Luz, N.
and now being extended through to
White Oaks. The car is named Ell Paso
del Norte, and arrived from the south
last night, having been rendered to the
governor and party by Manager j. A.
Eddy, of the Ell Paso & Northeastern
road in a courteous letter. The car was
much admirer today by incoming and
outgoing passengers and a numbe OF
town people who paid the car a visit as
it stood on the Santa Fe depot siding.
The car is 60 feet long, is Of the 12-wheel
truck pattern and is the ideal of comfort
and convenience. Large plate glass
windows and doors at each end provide
plenty of light and opportunity for OBJ
s~ervation, with the dining room at one
end, and the observation and parlor
apartment at the other. The car is fur
nished in light oak, with dark salmon
colored plush and brown leather uphols-
terings, and dark olive velvet carpets
harmonizing we'll with the surroundings.
The curtains are of a dark pinkish drab
matching perfectly with the remainder
of the fittings and furnishings.
The dining is a spacious affair
with large oaken carved table in the
center, and furniture to match, a large
divan adjoining the body of the car
serving when needed as a commodious
berth. An upper berth, nearly tucked
out of the way, provides additional
sleeping room when the car is crowded.
A long hallway sufficiently wide for easy
passage, connects the two apartments
of the car, with kitchen, closets, state
rooms, ETC., to n side. The kitchen
is Immediately adjoining the dining
room, and is a model of compactness
and convenience, with its Bramhall
range, and broiler, warming oven, coal
bins, pantries, dish washing, sink and
pantry accommodations, etc. There is
hot and cold water, with the tanks over
head in the monitor deck of the car,
and every aim Is to economize space, In
which the builders have been successful.
Immediately without the kitchen is an
elegant pantry closet continuing various
sizes of water, wine and beer glasses
having the name of the a ground on
them, and a fine china table service
having also the name of the car
Berths for the cook and the waiter of the
car are outside the kitchen, and off the
hallway, and Immediately beyond are a
self-acting closet and a bath room, the
latter being equipped with a commodious
porcelain tub and shower bath, having
a rubber screen to prevent the water
splashing when the shower is In service.
The next apartments are two
large and completely equipped state
rooms, each with a wide brass bedstead
and berths overhead, so that three
people can, when necessary, sleep In one
stateroom. The furnishings are very
complete and of the latest pattern.
Each state room has a self acting water
closet, metallic washbowl and fittings,
and there is also a mirror screened
clothes press. Beyond the staterooms
is the observation room and parlor,
about twice the size of the dining room,
and elegantly equipped with fine furni-
ture and furnishings, including
large divans that can be turned into
berths, fine centre table, chairs of
various kinds, a type writing desk, a
speed recorder and air pressure indicator,
closets for stationery, books, pantries,
etc. The large rear platform affords
plenty of room for observers to take in
the scenery. The car is equipped with
electric call bells, specially devised for
carrying provisions and supplies of all
kinds, and is generally speaking, a mar
vel of neatness. The attaches of the
car are j. w. Clarke, cook, and A. John
son, waiter, the latter being in full
evening dress on this trip.
The party will be back by Monday
night. Captain Curry expects to return
with them