New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TAKES
ONE TO THESE PLACES QUICKLY
AND CHEAPLY.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has made
It easy and inexpensive to see the South and the
West this season. 1t has arranged a series OF
tours 10 Mexico and California, for which the
tickets sale. The tourists will be
personally conducted and will travel special
trains. made up of Pullman parlor smoking din
ing drawing room, sleeping compartment and OBJ
servation The tour Will take forty-fve days.
and will give the tourists fourteen days in Mexico
and nineteen days in California. For those people
who wish to make only the Mexico trip the rate
will be $3.50, and the California trip will 1915.
The complete tour from points the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad east Of Pttsburg will S575.
The excursion will start from New-York Feb
ruary II. The California tour will take from Feb
| ruary % 10 March a.
Besides these special excursions there will be
tours of from two weeks to three months in the
tropics. Trains which nothing has been spared
to make them comfortable will leave New-York for
Florida on February and IS and March T. The
Pennsylvania tourist scheme embraces also three
day trips from New-York and Philadelphia to
Washington These trips will take place Janu-
ary 30. February 20 March and 25. April II and
May J. The rates from New-York will be S14 50 and
from Philadelphia S11 50.
The Old Point Comfort. Richmond and Wash
ington tours have been arranged for February l.
March and %. April and 10 and May g. The
rate from New-York will be t34 and from Philadel-
phia 81. For those who wish TO make the trip only
TO Old Point Comfort the rate will be sl5 from
New-york and 81 80 from Philadelphia.
As To the California tour the Pennsylvania Rail-
road says:
For the last three years the Pennsylvania Rail-
road personally conducted tours through Cali
fornia have been arranged that the special
is used over the entire route. leaving II only
those points where magnificent hotels OF world
wide fame offered attractions equal TO those OF
special train. This arrangement places the pala-
tial train at the disposal OF the tourists at all
times The train is on a special schedule.
adapted 10 the particular needs OF the tourists
The advantages Of these features enable tourists
10 cover much territory they could In twice
the time by regular trains besides enjoying the
luxurious accommodations which the special train
affords. Stops made at all desirable points en-
route and ample time allotted for their satisfactory
inspection The schedule is so arranged that the
picturesque points along the line passed by
daylight.
Previous experience with tours through Califor-
MIA has shown that during the height OF the season
It is difficult. at some of the attractive points.
to secure satisfactory accommodations at hotels,
owing TO their crowded condition and limited facili-
ties. BY having the special train in service all
times through California. the tourists rendered
entirely independent in this respect"
The Florida tours will probably be popular
this year than before. because of the i'm
provements which have been made In the hotels
and the railroads. or these the prospectus
says:
THE three tours to Florida will leave Boston Feb
ruary and IT, and March g. and New-York Febru-
airy and IS. and March 4. The distinctive features
Of these tours are the elegant special trains the
berality of the rates. the return limit of tickets
and the freedom of movement allowed tourists
after arrival at Jacksonville.
Each party will be transported from New-York
to Jacksonville by special train in charge of
tourist agent, who assisted by a chaperon. will
relieve the tourists of the incidental of the
trip. AT Jacksonville the parties will leave the
special train and until the date set for their re-
turn may dispose CT their timo as they choose
The first two tours admit of stay of two weeks
in the Fowery State, the first tour leaving Jack
sonville returning February 20. the second March
G. These will all return by special trains,
special cars regular trains. The tickets for the
third tour valid to return by regular trains
until May 81. 1902, and bear the same stop-over
privileges returning accorded regular winter
excursion tickets.'