Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-01
RAILROAD LITERATURE.
Some Very Handsome Folders and
Booklets Recently Issued.

The Southern Pacific passenger de-
partment has recently published quite
number of new and very attractive
publications in folder pamphlet and
leaflet form for the benefit of tourists
and the travelling public generally. Mr..
Goodman and his assistants in the
publicity branch Of the passenger
department have arranged the publlca-
tons In such an artistic shape that
public attention will be readily at
tracted. The illustrations are of the
very best half tones, and profuse I'm
number, and are a credit to the art.
Among the literary efforts is a large
pamphlet entitled "Paso Robes Hot
Springs In colored covers, and well
filled with descriptive matter, setting
forth the attractions of the place as
health resort. The half tones are un-
usually clear and fine Summer Time
at Pacific Grove California" is a
uniquely gotten up little pamphlet OF 20
pages with the various features OF
that well known seaside resort well
set forth with clusters OF halftones;
and special feature Is the original
oupllldI lit SNtuf ull llle cover III llnlS
Of pink, California I'm Miniature is
folder whose particular attraction Is
the state in tints Of blue marked out on
a double page view, showing the rai-
road net work that now covers the
state, in red ink. Hotels and Resorts"
Is well arranged pamphlet of 30 pages,
giving n complete list of all the public
resorts along Southern Pacific lines.
california Resorts Along the Coast
Lines in the Santa Cruz Mountains Is
folder extensively illustrated with
half tone landscape and seaside views
that readily catch the attention,
Shasta Resorts" with the old volcanic
veteran in its snowy night cap, is the
title Of another well illustrated and
written folder the frontispiece being
particularly impressive, Map of
California, with brief description of
It's resources, attractions, topography,
climate etc." is folder containing a
very good sized map of the state In
colors illustrating its climatology, prin-
clpally. and doing It well. The state is
also shown to contain more area than
New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts,, Vermont, Maine, New
Hampshire, Connecticut and Ohio COM
bined. The Chronological exhibit is of
special value. "Wayside Notes Along
the Sunset Route" is a valuable PAM
phlet of 30 pages, In colors and covers
of special design. Excellent halftones
OF Photographic views are margined on
every alternate page adjoining the de-
scrlptive matter, making n unique and
complete whole. MAP of Oregon with
condensed information about its re-
sources, industries, commerce, pro-
ducts, climate, etc, gives good
epitomi2ed description OF the great
state, the map in colors being given
IN large size with very complete de-
tail"
With the amount of descriptive lite
nature now being circulated about the
Pacific coast, tourists and travellers
generally can have no complaint about
not being fully and properly Informed.
THE TRANssIBERIAN.
A railway folder of particular inter-
est and the first OF It's kind has reached
the Short Line passenger department.
Its title is "rhe Transsiberian Rail-
way" which runs from Moscow In Eu-
ropean Russia 10 Vladiyostock on the
Japan sea coast of Siberia, with a
branch from soungan Junction 10 Pc
kin. the northern Chinese capital. The
distance between terminals is 5,307
miles, The half-tone views OF car in
teriors show accommodations equal to
American Pullmans. and the scenes
along the line of the road are inter-
estng. The letter press matter IL well
gotten up,
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
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