Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-03
North Coast Limited.

Fee, of the Northern Pacific Railway.
who reached Portland Thursday, an
nounced that April - his company Will
establish double daily passenger train
service between Portland, Puget Sound
and the Twin cities, St Paul and Min
neapols
The morning train from st. Paul will
leave at $50, after the arrival of the fast
trans from Chicago. St Louis and the
east, running by the way of Butte, and
Will reach Portland at II. m. The cor
responding train will leave Portland at
II 80 a. m. 10y The way OF Butte, and
will reach st. Paul at p, m and will be
known as the "North Coast Limited"
Train No. , will leave st. Paul as at
present, 1885 p. IN. arriving at Port
land at 2. m. Train No. will leave
Portland at II 30 p. IN. and ARRIVE at St.
Paul "A a. m. Both 3 and 4 will run
by way OF Of Helena. This schedule will
continue in effect until Novembe. |, and
longer if business justities it, Trains
3 and will carry the same equipment
as present ] and >, first and second-class
coaches, Pullman trst-class and Pullman
tourist sleepers and dining cars, with
the usual number of mail express and
baggage cars. These trains Will carry
standard and tourist sleepers from and to
ST. Louis by the Billings route, the
Burlington" thus Offering the public
service to the Missouri river country,
st. LOUIS and itermediate territory SUI
perior to anything heretofore estab.
tablished.
The North Coast Limited" will be
one Of the handscmest and most com
plete passenger train in the country.
With its new 70-foot baggage and ex-
press Gals, combination smoker. new
tirst-class coaches, new Pullman tourist
sIeepers, handsomely upholstered in
dark green leather, thoroughly modern
trst-class sleepers and elegant dining
ears, all wide vestibuled the train might
be considered complete. Its chief at
fractions, however, will be the thorough
lighting of the train throughout by cleo
tmcity, including two berth lights for
reading in each section, and an obseya-
ton car more complete than anything
OF the kind heretofore constructed. This
car, which will he 20 feet in length, with
wide and handsomely rallied rear plat
form, will have IA upholstered plush
chairs, with writing desk and reading
table in the rear end; carefully Sc
ected library of l25 volumes; bath
room, barber shop and buffet in the cen
ter, while in the rear, in addition to
toilet rooms for men and women, there
will be two smoking and card rooms,
each furnished with six comfortable
chairs and folding table. These smok-
ing or card rooms will be shut off from
the remainder OF the car and so thor
oughly ventilated that those addicted to
the weed may indulge at leisure without
attracting undue attention.
The Northern Pacific management re-
aIize that for short night runs, as for in
stance, between st. Panl and Chicago,
where there Is no opportunity to Ell JOY
the really interesting scenery, library
car meets the Wants of the traveller, but
on transcontinential journey of 2000
miles or more, where the passenger
hopes to see something of the country
through which he is passing, perhaps
for the first time they hold that the OBJ
servaton car is the car par excellence,
and that nothing else will take its place.
The North Coast Limited" OF the
Northern Pacific will run exclusively
IN the interest of the passengers and as
consequence, the observation car will be
kept on the end of the train for the ben
eflt OF the passengers who have paid
their money and to the disgust possibly
ol the "prlvate-car" tourists and rail
road official who is 50 frequently in ev-
idence. President Mellen saws that
neither his own private car nor the pri-
yate ears OF other officials or people will
be hauled on this train.
Thus, for the first time the transconti-
MENTAL traveller is to have, and without
extra fare or charge, a daily transconti-
mental passenger service absolutely SUI
perior to anything heretofore offered
him either in the West or in e East.
The Northern Pacific people feel conf
dent their enterprises will be appreciated
by the public and that the large bust
ness they have heretofore enjoyed will
be greatly increased
The Northern Pacific passenger bust
ness OF the past year has boon very salts
factory, and it is showing good increase |,
right along. 1t will not seem out of
place that the Northern Pacific railway
should lnuagerate this service, especial /
ly when it is borne in mind that the .
earnings OF the passenger trains for the .
past year show greater revenue per
train mile than any other road in the
United States or Canada Oregonian. /
Feb. Il.