Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-10
North Coast Limited.

General Passenger Agent Charles s.
Zee, OF the Northern Pacific Railway,
who reached Portland Thursday, an
nounced that April 20 his company Will
establish double daily passenger train
service between Portland, Puget Sound
and the Twin cities, St Paul and Min
neapolis
The morning train from ST. Paul will
leave at 5 90, after the arrival OF the fast
trains from Chicago, st. Louis and the
east, running by the way of Butte, and
Wlll reach Portland at Z q. m. The cor
responding train will leave Portland at
II 80 a. m. by the way OF Butte, and
VIII reach st. Paul at 3 p. IN. and will be
known as the "North Coast Limited"
Train No. 3 will leave st. Paul as at
present 1885 p. m. arriving at Port
land at s p. m. Train No. 4 will leave
Portland at II 30 p. IN. and ARRIVE at st.
Paul 40 a. m. Both and 4 will run
by way OF OF Helena. This schedule viii
continue IN effect until NOvembe. |, and
longer If business justiies it, Trains
and will carry the same equipment
as present | and :, first and second-class
coaches, Pullman tirst-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 10y the Billings route, the
"Burlington,' thus Offering the public
a service to the Missouri river country.
st. LOUIS and itermediate territory SUI
perlor to anything heretofore estab-
tablished.
The North Coast Limited" will be
one OF the handsomest and'most COM
plete passenger train in the country.
With It's new 70-foot baggage and eX-
press caIs, combination smoker, new
tirst-class coaches, new Pullman tourist
sleepers, handsomely upholstered in
dark green leather, thoroughly modern
tlrst-cIass 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
tuclty, including two berth lights for
reading IN each section, and an obseva-
uon car more complete than ANYTHING
OF the kind heretofore constructed This
car, which will be 10 feet in length, with
a wide and handsomely rallied rear plat
form, will have II upholstered plush
chairs, with writing desk and reading
table IN the rear end carefully Sc
lected library of l25 volumes bath
room, barber shop and buffet in the CEN
ter, while In the rear, in addition to
toilet rooms Tor men and women, there
Wall 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
oughIy ventilated that those addicted to
the weed may indulge at leisure without
attracting undue attention.
The Northern Pacific management re-
aIlze that for short night runs, as for in
stance, between St. Panl and Chicago,
where there is no opportunity to enjoy
the really interesting scenery, a library
car meets the wants OF the traveller, but
on transcontlnentlal journey OF 1000
miles or more, where the passenger
hopes to see something of the country
through which he is passing, perhaps
tor the first time, they hold that the OBJ
serVatlon 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 a
consequence, the observation car will be
kept on the end OF the train for the ben
eft OF the passengers who have paid
their money and to the disgust possibly
OF the "private-car" tourists and rail
road official who is SO frequently in ev-
ldence. President Mellen says that
neither his own private car nor the pri-
yate ears of other officials or people will
be hauled on this train.
The Northern Pacific passenger bust
ness OF the past year has boen very salts
factory, and it is showing good increase
right along. 1t will not seem out of
place that the Northern Pacific railway
should inuagerate this service, especial
ly when it is borne in mind that the
earnings OF the passenger trains for the
past year show a greater revenue per
train mile than any other road in 4the
United States or Canada - Oregonian.
Feb. IL