Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-04
WILL INCREASE SPEED.
Santa fs Limited to Reach Pacific
Coast Three Hours Earlier.
new PUllMANS E0R TRAIN.

General Passenger Agent w. j. Black
of the Santa Fe has announced that
the Santa Fe had made all arrange
ments to discard all of the Pullman
equipment which was used last winter
on the California limited trains. and
had placed an order with the Pullman
company for 80 brand new Pullman
cars of the very latest and most elab-
crate style. The new equipment will
cost about 81, 900, 900.
Instead Of running six car trains, as
we're run last winter, eve q trains
will be run and the service will begin
some time between October Is and No.
vember l, depending somewhat on the
time fixed for the semi-annual time
card meeting.
To still further improve the service
it is announced that the Santa Fe will
beat its last seasons time into San
Francisco by three hours. Instead of
arriving there at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing it will reach there at IL p. m. The
running time of the train will be in
creased west of Albuquerque. In the
800 miles of road west of that point
1t is believed hat the train will have
no difficulty in making up the time.
1t will be necessary to use the new
Prairie type of locomotives on all the
California limited trains in order that
this fast time may be maintained with
heavier trains than were in use last
year.
All of the composite cars and diners
tc be used on the limited are now in
the shops at Topeka and are undergo
ing a general overhauling. They will
be refitted and reprinted and made
ito look as fresh and new as they were
at the beginning of last season.
Mr.. Black also said, in speaking Of
the wonderful train: I'VE have given
the Harvey people to understand that
we would improve our part of the linn
tied this year and that we expect them
to do the same. | don't think ii is
possible for them to improve their cui-
sine. but they will have some extra at
fractions in the way of equipment.
Their table linen, silverware, dishes,
ETC., will all be brought up to the high
est possible standard. ana there will
be plenty of things in the way of fresh
iOWtI III tldDoi I oSiNiNS " piOooS
the patrons of the road. The Califor-
mia limited | firmly believe to be the
finest train in the country, east or
west, and we propose to improve it as
fast as anything presents itself which
We believe would prove attractive or
useful to those who ride on the train.
THE club train, which was talked of
some time ago, will not be run during
the coming winter. 1t was proposed to
run this train ono a week, and under
this plan 1t was feared that the train
would be too crowded. Instead of do
ing this We will improve the California
limited"
The proposed club train which was
commonly spoken of as the edition de
luxe" train, was to De made up ex-
clusively of drawing room sleepers. A
double fare for each passenger was to
be charged. When it was decided to
improve the California limited by the
purchase of entirely new equipment,
1t was decided that the plan of the
edition de luxe train would better be
abandoned.
The Santa Fe passenger officials are
confident that the California business
during the winter of 1923 will ex-
coed that of last year by a large per
cent, and that the increased equip
ment of the limited trains will be all
required to accommodate the rush to
the Pacific coast.