Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-17
SCRlBES TRAVEL EN- RECLE
Ohicago-L.s Angelo, Overland Limited in
Service Nondsy.
WILL CARRY PARTY OF NEWSPAPER MEN
Leading Journals of the East sending
Representatives to view wonders
Of the west Atoms View
Railroad.

Today the widely heralded Chicago-Los
Angeles Overland Limited train goes into
service. It leaves Chicago tonight at 10
O'Clock and will arrive in Omaha tomorrow
ut IL rs leaving at 40 for Los Angeles
which It reaches at I p. m. wednesday
The train runs over the Northwestern to
Omaha and the Union Pacific and new
salt lake g. San Pedro roads to the coast
making the entire trip in sixty-seven hours
about forty-four miles an hour counting
all stops which means sixty miles AN hour
much of the way.
On it's initial trip this train will carry a
party of newspaper men from the east and
west accompanied by +. l.. Domax, gem
eral passenger agent, and Alfred Darlow'
advertising agent of the Union Pacihc.
Northwestern officials will accompany the
party to Omaha and probably George f.
West for the Northwestern, will go part
of the way west ]. w. Glenn, secretary or
the Illinois Manufacturers association
will be on the train.
George AIDE, humorist, playwright and
slang virtuoso, is expected to join the train
somewhere in the west. A. c. Thomas, su-
perintendent of the Associated Press at
Chicago. with his son, Melville Thomas
and H. w. Brown for the Scripps- cRae
news service of Cincinnati, and these news
paper men are to compose the special
party: NJ. Schuyler. New York Times;
Victor Smith, New York Press; James F.
Dorrance. New York Tribune II. F. Beard
sIey, Leslie's Weekly; John ODonnell'
Pittsburg Dispatch; ]. NJ. hazlett, Pitts
burg Leader; Theodore Boice, Pittsburs
Telegraph and Gazette; II. +. Guthrie, In
danapolis Star: w. s. Brons, Chicago
American and Examiner; A. II. Mckee
Cleveland Plain Dealer; ]. l.. Steele, Gin
cinnatI Commercial-Tribune; II. Strauss
Cincinnati Times-Star; J. A. Arnold, Min
neapolis Tribune; J. NJ. Hawks, st. Paul
Dispatch; Garden Cowles. Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader; W. Barnes, Kansas City
Journal: J. w. Steele, Kansas City Star
r. r. Porter Omaha World-Herald and
general news bureau C. II. Poole. Denver
News; A. u. Mayheld, Denver Times; G.
s. Walker, news bureau. Cheyenne: F. w
Lane Railway Age, Chicago; w. NJ. Camp
Railway and Engineering Review, Chicago
r. II. Little special correspondent Chi
cage.
Equipment t. superb.
The equipment of this traim will be
superb Electric lighted throughout anc
composed of cars of the latest design and
ruTn1tn1nR, IL is III wv
rather traditional term of palace or
wheels
The railroad officials have exerted them
selves in the preparation Of the schedule
Of entertainment of their guests on thi'
trip. who will occupy a special car or two
Among some of the features provided fo
their enjoyment will be a lunch at thu
famous Glenwood inn at Riverside, Cal.
followed by an automobile drive down TIN
valley through the orange groves, tril
TO Mount Lowe and visits to the various
places of interest near Los Angeles, a rui
over Catalina islands, on the route Il
which an opportunity will be afforded CT in
specting the government breakwater. A
Catalina the party will be given a ride Il
glass-bottom boats over the marine gar
dens. other numerous rare treats are Il
store.