Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-19
FIRST TRIP or NEW TRAIN
Initial Run Of Ohicsgo-Los Angeles
Limited Begun AuspiciOS,ly,
NEWSPAPER MEN AS sPEclM GUESTS
Trenty-seven from various cities,
East and west, on This
FIying Palace ON
wheels.

Five minutes ahead OF time the splendid
new Chicago-Los Angeles Limited, which is
10 run daily over the Northwestern, the
Union Pacific and new San Pedro route,
rolled into the Union station Monday morn
ing after a most enjoyable ride from Chi.
cago.
The magnificent equipment OF this train
il the newest and most complete product
of the Pullman shops. The train Is electric
lighted throughout with the most complete
electric system. 1t consisted of seven cars.
including Pullman drawing room and tour
ist sleeping cars, free reclining chair cars.
composite observation cars with buffet
smoking room and dining cars.
This train will add much to the fine
service on the Northwestern between
Omaha and Chicago, making good connec-
lions at each end of the run, and will leave
Omaha for the east at IL p. m. daily. As
It pulled into the Union station on this its
initial trip It carried a very distinguished
party Of railroad officials and newspaper
men, besides some regular travellers. in
Guiding Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. who
was going 10 Salt Lake City 20 spend
Christmas.
For the inspection OF the party at the
Omaha station, superintendent McHeen. jr..
had motor car No. { with its trailer. which
soon will be put into service.
I. c. Ferguson, assistant general pas
senger agent Of the Northwestern. and C.
@. Hall advertising agent OF the North
western, accompanied the party to Omaha
e. l.. Lomax general passenger and ticket
agent. and Alfred Darlow. advertising agent.
OF the Union Pacific, accompanied the party
on west looking after its welfare from
Omaha to Los Angeles. Mr.. Darlow. in
fact, came out from Chicago, having gone
over there Saturday night. The contingent
Of newspaper men was the same az printed
in The Bee Sunday.
"Dtck" Little tn the Crowd.
Towering above any other member Of the
party was r. II. Little. special war CORE
spondent. with his seven feet Of height
who has seen service in Cuba and the
Philippines and who tried TO do some work
in the late Russo-Jap war. but was ordered
out OF the country. Little was most en-
thusiastic over the trip and said he had
never seen anything like 1t In his life.
why you press the button and you
think you want something and It comes"
said little. IT have Travelled all over this
terrestrial globe but never saw any
thing like this. Come over here and see
this diner. Now. wouldn't that make a man
want TO leave home? Look at the American
BeautS You can't eat them, but there's
plenty 10 eat. Did YOU see that observation
compartment car at the rear. Nothing like
ST anywhere. Beats the Overland Limited"
The train pulled out time, II 80. bear
ing It's load of human freight on a schedule
of sixty-eight hours for its trip from Chi
cago. better than forty-four miles an hour.
Dwight Swobe Joined the party at Omaha
and his father Captain Swobe, renewed
acquaintance with Mr. Little. whom he had
known in the Philippines. Eugene Duvall,
assistant general agent of the Milwaukee,
and T. r Porter. special correspondent
for several eastern papers also Joined the
party here
."r Visitors Like Nebraska
GRAND ISLAND, Neb, Dec. 1s,--The Los
Angeles Limited. the new train from Chi
cage to southern California, reached here
on time to the minute and is filled with
passengers already. The run has been most
successful. crowds of citizens OF every
town passed being at the stations to see
the new train whiz. by. The observation
car is crowded with sightseers. The Union
Pacific has outdone itself in preparat tons
for the initial run A poll of passengers
aboard showed twenty-six states repre-
scented, many OF the passengers having
waited a week and more in order to be
on the initial run The eastern newspaper
men aboard are enjoying the finest trip Of
their lives and are pleasantly disappointed
at seeing country the equal In civilization
OF the oldest sections of the road instead
of frontier settlements, as some expected