The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-02-22
NORTH COAST LIMITED
Title Of New Train Arranged by the
Northern Pacific.
1t Will Carry an Observation Car Be-
tween Portland and St. Paul.
Modern improvements.

Fee, of the Northern Pacific railway. who
reached Portland Thursd day, announced
that on April 20 his company will estah.
lish double daily passenger train ser.
vice between Portland, Puget Sound,
and the Twin cities, st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
The morning train from St. Paul will
leave at 8 :55, after the arrival Of the fast
trains from Chicago, st. Louis and the
east, running by the way OF Butte, and
will reach Portland at z a. m. The cor
responding train will leave Portland at
4 80 a. m. by way of Butte, and will
reach st. Paul at 8 p. m. and will be
known as the North Coast Limited"
Train No. 3 will leave St. Paul as at
present, 1875 p. M, arriving at Portland
at p. m. Train No. will leave Port
land at II 80 p. m. and arrive at St. Paul
at Z :45 a. m. Both and 4 will run by
way Of Helena. This schedule will con-
tinue in effect until Nov. l, and longer if
the business justifies it. Trains 3 and 4
will carry the same equipment as present
and 2, first and second class coaches,
Pullman first-class and Pullman tourist
sleepers and dining-cars, with the usual
number Of mall 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
intermediate territory, superior to any
thing heretofore established.
The "North Coast Limited" will be one
of the handsomest and most complete
passenger trains in the country. With
its new 7O-foot baggage and express cars,
animation smoker, new 6rst-class
coaches, new Pullman tourist sleepers
handsomely upholstered in dark green
leather, thoroughly modern first.class
sleepers and elegant dining cars, all wide
vestibuled, the train might be considered
complete. Its chief attractions, however.
will be the thorough lighting Of the train
throughout by electricity, including two
berth lights for reading in each section,
and an observation car, more complete
than anything of the kind heretofore
constructed. This car, which will be 20
feet in length, with a wide and hand
somely rallied rear platform, will have IA
upholstered plush chairs, with writing
desk and reading table in the rear end q
carefully selected library of 125 volumes
bath room, barber shop and buffet in the
center, 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-
allies that for short night runs, as for
| instance, between St. Paul and Chicago.
where there is no opportunity to enjoy
the really interesting scenery, library
car meets the wants of the traveller, but
on transcontinental journey of 1000
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 observation car
is the car par excellence, and that moth
ing else will take its place. The North
Coast Limited" of the Northern Pacific
will be run exclusively in the interest OF
passengers, and, as consequence, the
observation car will be kept on the end
Of the train for the benefit of the pas
sengers who have paid their money, and
to the disgust possibly of the 'private
car" tourist and railroad official who is
so frequently in evidence. President
Mellen says that neither his own private
car nor the private cars of other officials
will be hauled on this train.
| Thus, for the first time the transconti-
mental traveller is TO have, and without
extra fare or charge, daily transconti-
mental passenger service absolutely su.
perior to anything heretofore offered him
either in the west or in the east.
The Northern Pacific people feel conf
dent their enterprise will he appreciated
by the public and that the large business
they have heretofore enjoyed will be
greatly increased.
The Northern Pacific passenger bust
ness Of the past year has been very salts
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