Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
SEEING THE WORLD
A Three Weeks View of It Enjoyed
 by L. H. Landis.

L. H. Landis. general agent of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Rail- way Co.,, returned yesterday morn ing from a trip of about three weeks, during which he travelled over the greater part of the United States, large part of Old Mexico, saw many interesting things. had a good time. and. like all patriotic Arizonians, s glad to get back again.
 He left here with MT. w. K. Ryan and family of New York, who spent the winter in Phoenix, as they did preced- ing winters and who were returning east for the summer in a private car. They left Phoenix via the Southern Pa cifc route, going first to Old Mexico. where Mr.Ryan has large railroad and mining interests. Their longest stop in Mexico was in the city of Chihua- hua, where they stayed four days. Dur ing their visit they attended a banquet in the National theater, given in honor of Governor TerraZas. The occasion was the anniversary of an incident of importance in Mexican history. Thirty eight years preceding the day of the banquet Governor Terrazas, then q general in the Mexican army, drove the French troops from the city of Chi huahua, and the celebration was both a proper recognition of that event and an honor to the chief executive of the state. The function was a brilliant one and delight to the American visi- tors present. The National theater is in itself worth seeing, L-.hg a structure erected at a cost of over a million dol lars.
 From Chihuahua the party went to xyh in sightseeing. In company with a To- cal representative of the Santa Fe. the rice mills and coffee roasting mills were visited The climate there is mild and very much like that of Arizona, espe- cially at this season. the trees begin ming to put forth their leaves and the lawns covered with flowers
 day was next spent in sightseeing at New Orleans, and the journey con- tinued to Atlanta, where a two hours stop was made. The party was met there by MT J. F. Van Renssalaer, at, official of the Southern Pa fife, and a brother of Mrs. L. c. Masten of this city He showed the visitors as many interesting things as possible during their short stay.
 The next stop was at Oak Ridge, Va. the destination of the Ryan party. The family owns magnificent country seat and ranch of 10000 acres near there, which is known as their summer home. MT. Landis continued his journey to Phila delphia, where he spent a day and half with relatives, then went on to the metropolis.
 Easter Sunday in New York is an event worth while to a man from the west. The dress parade on Fifth ave- nue, of course, claimed a great deal of attention. Another thing of more than passing interest to a railroad man is the subway now nearing completion. There are four tracks, the two inner tracks being for through business and the outer tracks for local traffic. The inner trains will run al a speed of thir- ty miles Der hour. and the local trains about half as fast. The stations are well lighted and pretty and no advcr- Using or placarding will be allowed in them' hence they will always present a new and clean appearance. While the subway may take some traffic from the elevated roads, it is believed if viii augment the business of the surface lines. People will come down town on the through trains and then be distrib- ilted from central points via the sur face lines.
 En route west again MT. Landis stopped only few hours in Chicago.
 but put in all of last Wednesday m St. Louis. where the fair ground was visited in company with a Santa Fe general agent. MT. Landis says the fair will be a bigger thing than he had pictured in his mind, and he thought
 he had kept pretty well posted. too.
 1t covers 1,640 acres. one building re-
 quiring twenty-one acres Though if Will open officially on May 1, it will he
 long after that before the exhibits are
 all Tn place. There is even now So