Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-01
AN EXHIBITION run
SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED TRAIN
WILL STOP THIRTY MINUTES
IN oTruMWA.
One of the Two Finest Trains Ever
Built viii be Open for inspection at
Jefferson Street Depot Next Thurs
day Evening-other Railroad News.

At 1880 o'clock Thursday evening,
/ December one of the two Southwes-
tern Limited trains which are to fur
nish the Chicago-Kansas City through
service over the Milwaukee CUTOFF
VIII arrive in OttumWa and be on eX-
inhibition thirty minutes at the Jeffer-
son street depot. While this train
is in the city visitors will be made
welcome and an invitation is extended
J to the public to call and inspect what
is said to be one of the two finest
| railroad trains ever constructed.
The Southwestern Limited will be
| put into service on Sunday evening"
December at o'clock. AT that hour
the two trains which will furnish the
service Will start. one from Kansas
CITY and the other from Chicago. The
7 TWO trains are at present in Chicago,
and in order to get one of them to
/ Kansas City To be ready to start from
/ that point ii will he necessary to send
one over the line ahead of time. 1t
has been arranged to do this and TO
/ make the run during daylight, allow
! ing a short stop at all the more inn
portant points in order that the people
may see and inspect the train. The
4 southwestern Limited VIII be a night
4 service and this daylight run will aft
3 ford about the only opportunity for a
/ good view of the train To majority
of the people along the line.
The Equipment.
| The trains in this service will CON
! sist of baggage car, carrying dynn-
mos for electric light, free reclining
| chair car with smoking room, high
| back coaches With smoking room.
! standard sleeping cars, dining ear for
/ each train, and compartment buffet
nh tf..tN ~ 49,, 80.
train. The trains will be electric light
| ed from baggage ear to observation
| platform, will have electric yentik,t-
| ing fans, ana electric reading lamps
/ in each sleeping car berth. The
| Southwest Limited is said to be the
best. finest ana huntlsomest trains
4 ever in service between Chicago and
| the Missouri river.
New Mileage Book.
/ w. S. Parker. ticket agent at the
! union depot, and A. ]. Packard, Mill
! waukee agent, have received the new
credential and mileage books recently
! adopted by the Western Passenger
| bureau. which are to be placed on sale
tomorrow for the first time. The book
/ is the result Of long and careful study
! by passenger men.
| The book contains 1000 miles and
| when purchased the price of SEQ. or
| cents mile, is charged. The book
is peculiar in that it contains simply
| the date of the sale. There is no per-
| sonal description, no signature and no
/ name. The man who first presents
the book for transportation must sign
| a slip given TO him by the conductor.
The latter also uses an identification
/ blank of the first man who uses the
/ book. If the purchaser uses up the
\ 1000 miles within one year from date
1 of sale he is given 4 rebate of S19.
4 which makes the cost about cents II
mile
Anybody May Use IT,
] II, however, the book is presented
| by any other than the first purchaser
no rebate is allowed. The man who
buys the book may sell ii or give IL
away bur if it is found in another :;
| hands no rebate is allowed The mile