The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-23
RAILROADS.
BEST OF EVERYTHING
That Is What One Gets on Great
Northern's New Gopher
State Express
New Service Begun Yesterday
Twin City Newspaper Men
Guests on Initial Train.

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One can take soup OH the new
"Gopher State Express of the Great
Northern line, which was put into
service yesterday, without detriment
to his raiinent or the napery OF the
dining car SO smooth is the roadbed
and SO perfect the poise of the cars.
The Gopher State Express is q, Min
nesota name for Minnesota train,
owned by Minnesota people, built with
Minnesota money: 1t is also a com
pliment to the fastest football team
IN the northwest from the fastest train
IN the state. It is to Minnesota what
the Empire State Express is to New
York.
The train runs on a shorter schedA
| ule than the old service between the
twin cities and the head Of the lake
i twins, and runs every day in the week.
1t leaves st. Paul at 8 a. M, Minneapo-
lis at $3.50 a. M, and arrives In SUI
| pefior at l:4l p. M, and in Duluth
/ at p. m. 1t leaves Duluth at 3:45
p. M, and arrives in Minneapolis at
I5s. connections are made at Du-
luth and Superior with the Iron Range
trains and the Duluth, South shore &
Atlantic, and in the twin cities with
the Chicago and Omaha limited trains.
1t is possible to make business trip
to Duluth and return the same day.
head or the lakes and range patrons
can come to the twin cities for the
evening theaters and start home by a
late train over the same line before
midnight. The Cambridge cutoff is
used for this train. The train yester-
day made schedule time apparently
with the utmost ease.
Inc train carries a, baggage car, two
coaches. dining car and buffet OBJ
servation car. 1t is heated with steam
and lighted with acetylene. The
coaches measure 80 feet each and car
ry ninety passengers each. The up
holstery is red plush, the interior fin
lsh is mahogany, inlaid with walnut
and maple. The arched ceilings are
painted green and gold and have
lemon brass trimmings
The dining car is Of an entirely new
pattern. It is finished in mahogany
ana has a new .'elbow-roon'' idea in
tables. The parlor buffet observation
car is also finished in mahogany and
has in the rear a large open smoking
room, the revolving chairs in the par
ior end and the huge wicker chairs
In the smoking end giving the passen-
ger the ease and comfort Of his fire
On board yesterday morning were
newspaper men of st. Paul and Min
neapol1s under the chaperonage of AS
slstant General Passenger Agent c. E..
stone. With the party also were ".
- =; Jones OF the Minneapolis office; o.
Inorson OF the union station ticket
office; Trainmaster Gilboy of Superior;
>. G. Yerkes, general advertising
agent; A. w. Warnock, H. v. Jones
and Leonard Bronson of the CONNER
c1ai West. On the return trip several
Duluth and Superior men joined the
party and were entertained last night
at the Minnesota club, st. Paul. They
were: Clough Gates. j. e. Ashton,
superior telegram; S. Conkel, SUI
perlor Leader; II. E. Mitchell, Duluth
NeWs-Tribune; Clinton H. Smith. Du-
iuth Herald; L. D. Kitcheel, Great
Northern: M. Adson. M. j. Bryan, w.
z S. Chadwick, W. Eden. r. C. BuckJev
and r. S. Roll
The luncheon and supper served
Yesterday We're in reality a. dinner and
banquet Both would have done
justice to a Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
At Duluth the twin city party was
met with carriages and driven about
the CITY, During half an hour at the
commercial club, L. D. Kitchel1. Great
Northern passenger agent at Duluth.
gave an impromptu piano program.