The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-11
WILL TRAVEL
100 MILES
Route of the Commercial Club
Train Has Been Announced.
WILL VISIT EIGHTY TOWNS
Ii VIII Take Five Days TO
Make the Trip.
WILL VISIT EIGHTY TOWNS

Yesterday Secretary Rcsing Of the Com
nerciaI club finished making out the
route Of the Commercial club train into
wichita's business territory. The train
VII leave here early on ths morning
OF Nay 5th and the members Of the
party win be out Of the city Ire days.
They VIII travel eleven hundred miles
and visit almost every town IN Okla
bona
This excursion OF the business men Of
this city % the homes OF their customers
has been talked OF for several months
and Il was expected that the train would
leave here in November. and then the
rrip was postponed until the latter part
OF January or the first Of February, but
a that time many Of the merchants OF
TIE city were in the eastern markets buy
ing their summer and fall stocks ard a
large number who expected 70 60 could
not Be here two months ago and accom-
ps1y the train.
X was then decided by the members OF
TIE club 10 wait until after the spring
rush OF trade was over. The first Of May
seemed about ths right time for most OF
the merchants 70 leave their business
and It has been definitely decided %
leave her May 5th. This date is on Non
day and the train viii return late Fri
day night.
More than one hundred OF the 5obbers
wholesale men and manufacturers Of this
city VIII go on the excursion and ad-
vertise Wichita and her merchants. The
jobbers viii have = short visit with
their customers in each town and ali
VIII be benefited sy the short call.
The schedule OF the train has not been
made out BY tbs railroads, out the notice
Of tbs route viii be sent TO the mana
gers in q few days and then al arrange
nents win be made tcr handling the
train and the tine CT arriving and leav-
ing at each town will BE advertised at
each point The full equipment OF the
train has not been made out By the rail-
road officials, but the men In charge OF
the matter stated yesterday that the
train would probably be made up OF q
baggage car, dining car and thres or
four standard Pullman sleepers. This viii
give ample accommodations 20 all Of the
merchants and jobbers who have as yet
signiaed their intention CT joining the
party on the trip.
The route OF the train IS as follows;
The train viii leave Wichita over the
Pacific about 9 q m; over the
Pacific 10 Anthony: over the
Choctaw aud Northern to Geary. o. T..
over the Frisco from Geary 70 Black
well; over the Santa Fe from Blackwell
10 Medford; over the Rock Island from
Medfo~d to Mangurn. and then TO Law
ton and returning 10 E Reno; over the
Choctaw and Northern 20 Oklahoma City.
and over the Santa Fe 10 Wichita. via
Pawnee. 0. T.
This viii make a route Of little over
eleven hundred miles and the merchants
OF this city viii visit the merchants OF
something over eighty towns and cities.
The committee on the route has spent
great deal Of time looking over the pro-
posed routes and trying 10 ind the one
that would allow the members u the
party TO visit the greatest number Of
towns and business me1. ard the route
given shove IS the result Of their l4bors.