The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25
Sscond Homeseekers' Excursion a
Signal Success.
SPECIAL TRAIN FROM SOUTH.
DurifsGtSn Runs . Through xsrtng
sf Fesrteea Csarh<s 10 North
west - People Fsom Parkway
Texas asd Arkansas BECOME cit-
s~ss ~ washaagsos-Thsss
Frem soufh In Last Fesr Weeks.

The last hoEaeseakerS' excursion, tEs
frxz patrons OF which arrived In tie ctsy
yesterday, sxeelled slfaost Beyond eaiesi-
5attoa the extent ef the frs, which lett
the East March I. TIE SoFfssefa Paciie
WAS 70 crowded that /. bad 10 split l's reg
uiaT overland train snsD three sections.
which arrived yesterday The Great
Northern ran swo sections from 81 PAU
to Spokane, where hasf or ire sraseieFs
were dszsrib0tea. and came on 10 Seattle
with the ether.
One OF the most important phases Of this
latest tour was the fast that the Southern
sH;asss contributed a large part o. the ar
rivals So great was the demand on roads
entering the Kansas city gateway that the
burlington ss1- forced 10 run a special
train of fourteen coaches Il Two sections,
and ever this vas nos sufficient 10 handle
the people Two hundred more viii arrive
tassay who were left over IN Kansas ttty
on account Of their arriving there after
the train was made up and mad gone.
Four Hundred From south.
This burlington train came on under the
Asree. supervision OF l.. J. Bficksr. travel
iur messenger agent, of Kansas city. who
accompanied the homeseexers through 10
SEATTLE. The train WAS transferred TO tne
Northern Pacific at Billings. Mont. The
distribution OF the go excnrsionssts was
simost entirely In the Northwest TWO
while the other ten came on 70 Washing
ton. -Four cars were dropped AT Spokane.
the occupants having concluded 10 settle
I'm Eastern Washington. while the oect-
PANTS OF one were sent 10 Tacoma and
Portland. The remaining FIVE cars. contain
Ing 80 persons. arrived in Seattle yes
terday afternoon.
Most Of the people are from Western
Mss.ours. Kansas. Arkansas. Northern
Texas and Nebraska. They are every one
81 them wsli-ta+io men ana women, nearly
ali In families who have investigated fae
resources OF Washington, sod their inter-
esss la the East and Sourr. and come here
with their money to invest Ines are uh-
usually substantial. and VIII make the
beat class OF citizens for a growing state
FRAT Throsxh Day Cars
Ii II noteworthy that this Is the first time
In the history OF raslroading that through
dav coaches ard chair cars have been run
between Kansas City and Seattle, and the
loea, officials of the Burlington, which ili-
aururatsd TIE movement, are tnhians IN
consequence.
This il the first time that Mr., Bficker
has been TO Seattle. and I. II doubted II he
ms yet gotten through With his assonish-
n,cnt He GAYS he had the idea like many
others In the East. that Seattle was sim
NV a good little city. but to see u Win
ali the pregressiytnsss OF mesfof,oIa 81
ire EasE ard such magn.ncent entnale,
was enough to cause him To feel the great
asr isricker says that thus far this
xnrinx the travel over his line 10 seat
lie has been four times as great as u
WAS a year ago, Notwithstanding the Inn
rncuss traffic caused by the klondike ex.
ritemenf: and Furthermore. the raiifoan
mar says that washington ~ gss.lns
MERE people coming West than any other
three states together. In the last tour
weeks Mr Erfcker says the Burlington
hn. suoleht leo people 10 Washington.
The same good news comes from the oth-
or trxanseosl;inentaI lines. II WAS not
hundreds but thousands. or people that
LETT ST Paul. Chicago. Kansas si,y ana
other places last Tuesday Tor the NORTH
w.,st Tyse numbers brought BY the Great
Sarthern and Northern Pacific have al
ready been told and now they are here.
As to the Great Northern, the Following
ment. made in ST Paul last Monday. tn.
dag before the excursion, Is being carried
oua:
sp~ciai CslonIst Train.
s'rhe Great Northern railway will to-
morrow fuauguyafe decided novelty la
Western rniirsaaing. Owing To the ire
ynsndous success attending their low
rafa excursions II WIS found impossible
IN handI. the crowd OF hoyneseeksrs who
will pass tssrutiEh 81. Paul tomorrow on
the two regular daily trains. A large mum
her viii therefore be taken Nest ta their
new homes hy q special roiontst train.
which will leave 81. Paul about y. IA.
Minneapolis ~ II. ~. This train will
run through 10 Seattle amt Portland IL
will consist principally 81 tourist sleeping
cars with a buffet car to take care Of the
material wants OF passengers and a couple
af baggage cars 10 caTrt their peFsonal
possessions, On reaching Spokane the
train will be divided into two sections.
gesng south and west over the tracks
ef the Oregon Railroad a NAVIGATION "a,
Nsiia Waiia. the Palomse country and
Portland shss other continuing west oss
tho main TINE og the Great Northern 20 Sc
attic. Taesaue and Everett and Other p,s-
res soslnd Isatfsts, The tram will h. IN
charge of several OF tho eldest and most
experienced employees OF the Great North.
era -
The $50 ffne sent elst from ST Pan,
three extra coaches ~ accom- mediate sh..
isnsiNetsSera w,to varre 20 togast, west ~