The age-herald., 1901-07-21
Mir. Beasley Outlines
 Trans-Continental Tour

Mir. Walter L. Beasley, travelling passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville system outlines the following trans-continental tour as the most popu- lar for Birmingham bridal couples:
 A prospective bridal tour to the Pacific coast, by way of St. Louis. Denver, Color ado Springs, Glenwood Springs and Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving Birmingham at 9:20 D. m, over the Louisville and Nash vile roilroad, reaching St. Louis the next day at 1:S0 p. m. leaving via the Burhng- ton route on the famous Denver special | at 2 D. m, passing through Kansas City at 9:45 D. m.
 At Fort Morgan, about eighty miles east of Denver, the Rockies come into view; arriving in Denver at 6:15 p. m.. having
 made the trip from Birmingham to Den yer in something less than forty-hve hours-a distance of about fourteen hun dred miles.
 The bridal pair can amuse themselves | for several days in and around Denver visiting it's museums. theaters and beaut- | iful parks-besides the side trips in the mountains, among which the famous Georgetown loop trip Is included. Georgetown, proper, is situated almost | in the tops of the mountains. just fifty miles from Denver, and has an altitude
 
 mile between these two points the train | travels four, making an ascent of 700 feet | or 175 feet to the mile. After reaching | Silver Plume, the bridal pair would be | in a region of perpetual snow until they resumed their journey back to Denver. Leaving Denver, they go to Colorado Springs from which place they take a | trip to Pike's Peak, Manitou. and the Garden of the Gods.
 Leaving Colorado Springs and continu- ing their trip further west, they would reach the heart of the Rocky Mountains, passing over the famous hanging bridge and through the Royal Gorge on the Den yer & Rio Grande railroad, to Glenwood Springs and Salt Lake City. Great Salt Lake, or "Saltair," as is is better known, furnishes great sport for the serf-bathers. Hundreds go in bathing there every day without the least fear of being drowned, as the water is 23 per cent. salt and it is as easy to float in this water as it is to drown in fresh water.
 Leaving Salt Lake over the Rio Grande Western, they go to Ogden. at which point they take the Southern Pacific for San Francisco.
 Leaving SanFrancisco, they go via the Southern Pacific Coast Line, which takes them through the SantaCruz, to Los Angeles.
 think when we say that here is the prettiest place in America. we do not exagerate. Los Angeles with it's broad streets, paved side walks and every yard flower conservatory. the sidewalks lined with the palm and palmetto trees there can be no doubt about It's being the prettiest of all American cities.
 Leaving Los Angeles for a side-trip to Santa Catalina Island just sixty miles distant. they reach this place. Avalon. which Is the only town or place on the island. by taking the Southern Pacific train to San Pedro. twenty-eig miles. and getting the benefit of a short sea. trip on the Pacific the balance of the way. Avalon is sman place. but very popular
 This is a great place for newly married people. At one time last summer, there was something like twelve newly mar