Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-03-30
New Train Service in the Northwest.

New Train Service in the Northwest.
q Modern travel IL exacting. 1t ex.
poets the finest in everything and it
usually gets it. The people of the
north west section OF the United
States are no exception to the rule,
and, SO far, at least, az concerns the
train service between Chicago. st.
Louis and Twin Citips-St, Paul and
MinneapOlis-the demands of the
public have already been met in a
handsome manner by the railroads.
1t is also true that the service on the
lines beween st. Paul, Duluth and
the Pacific coast has been reasonably
good for a number Of years..
The year 1900 IL, however, to wit
ness a new AMI important departure
In the passenger train service in the
Northwest, and this is all the more
noteworthy, as it has only been
forty three years since Selah Cham
ber'ain. of Cleveland, O., commenced
the construction Of the first railroad
grade in the state Of Minnesota. 1t
is also well to bear in mind that in
the United States. where the cost of
railroad travel ia less than in any 9th
er country, the finest passenger ac-
commodations to be found In the
world are provided today. The
man Of means and leisure may. at i'll
conceivably shor' notice, transfer
himself and his family and servants
to a fiat, q private residence, or u
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trucks, just as he moves from city
fat or residence to \ lake cottage in
summer. and back again in The fall,
and thengo securing over the coun-
try at forty, fifty or sixty niles an
hour, II he wants to. lie can stop
when and where az long as he
pleases, and have with him con-
tinually his kitchen, dining room,
bedroom, library and sitting room
in d Word his home: and what the
man of wealth may thus do on a
large scale II he desires. the person of
moderate means practically enjoys
whenever he wants to travel, In con-
nection with Others. for a moderate
and reasonable price. 1t IL fairly un-
derstood now by the travelling pub
lie ut large that the hest pa .senyer
train iii the northwest IL equal, II
not generally superior, to the most
luxurious trains to be found on the
Eastern lines
The Northern Pacific railway was
the first projected trans-continental
line 1t has five important eastern
terminals-namely, st. Paul. Mime
apolis, Ashland. Superior and Du-
luth; three western termlnals-Se-
attic, Tacoma and Portland When
the Northern Pacific entered the field,
some sixteen or seventeen years ago,
as transcOntinenta line. it worked
a revolution In passenger train ser-
vice by the in production Of dining
cars. which were then and are now
carried between st Paul, Mimi, and
Portland, Ore, on all its transcon-
tinental trains. For several years
the Northern Pacific has spent
enormous sums In shortening its
road, substituting heavy rails for
light ones, revising its grades and
curves, widening its enbank'ns
ballusting it's track, filling IN trpstlrs,
replaci,'g " OGDEN with steel bridges,
constructing heavier and more
powerful engines and building new
and attractive stations. The result
is a line modern and up. to-dnte in
every respect.
The scenic features along the line
Of the Northern Pacific are well
known Without referring in detail
to the wonders of Yellowstone
National Park, first made acce slble
by the completion of Northern Pa-
cific railway on no other line IL it so
evenly distributed, for it must be
horne in mind that the Northern Pa
c1fic main line was constructed
through the only settled portion OF
of the northwest.
A new schedule ia to 80 into effect
on this line April 20 next, and this
schedule will make ~ distinct adj
vance in northwestern ratlroading.
Waiting until the fullness Of time had
come, until the field was ripe for the
sickle, 1t has had constructed for it u
transcontinentnl train, or, rather
ten trains, TO speak more accurately,
that take advantage Of all modern
improvements, both in ideas and
construction, of railway car builders.
! In addition to the regular trains
now running, and which will he con-
tinued on practically the present
time card. a new train, which will
be known as the "NOrth Coast
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