Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

From New Orleans westward through
the rice and cane fields of Louisiana and
Arizona, to matchless California and the
Pacific ocean, through the wonderlands
of California and Oregon to the Columbia
river, and likewise from San Francisco
over its Union Pacific lines and their
connections to the Great Lakes of the
north. the Southern Pacific comprises
the most extensive railway system on the
continent, the most serviceable arteries
of commerce between the sections and
offers the most attractive and popular
routes of travel between the two oceans.
Leaving San Francisco and Los Angeles.
its daily trains run through to New Or
leans and there connect with the South
ern Pacific company's Atlantic steamship
lines for New York. or forward their
Passengers by the company's direct rail
,Nay connections, via Washington, to the
week, by the same connections, the tour
ist Pullman cars on the company's line
run through from San Francisco to
Washington, and from Washington to Los
Angeles and the Golden Gate. Thus the
famous Sunset Route" is established
through the south from coast to coast.
continent affording such complete ser
vice. In it's course from New Orleans
to the west the original line of the sys-
tenn traverses Louisiana, Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona, passing through the
entire length of California, north and
south, its main line passing centrally
through the state, 1tS DranCneS ana spurs
leading to all the beautiful towns, cities
and famous watering places and health
and pleasure resorts of the coast. The
Southern Pacific traverseS the continent
with one of the most elegantly equipped
trains in the country running solid from
New Orleans to San Francisco and re-
turn, and the accommodations afforded
passengers are uneXcelled by other trans
continental lines. 1t is the Sunset Ex-
press" leaving New Orleans every day at
i1:55 a. M, and leaving San FRANCISCO
hi -I~i IL
man palace sleeping cars, observation
cars, dining cars, tourist sleeping cars,
free reclining chair cars and day coaches,
and one may travel from New orleans
to the Pacific coast without leaving the
train. The Sunset express carries the
handsomest and best equipped dining
cars run through, the entire route and and
are supplied with every delicacy and
all fruit, game, fish, meats and all vege-
tables II bss srHa1 ong stretch of
country has been made the smoothest and
safest south of the Ohio river. Gravel
and rock ballest has been literally used,
at great expense. incident to hauling it
hundreds of miles to the western coun-
try, into the lowlands of Louisiana and
Texas. Possibilities Of speed are limited
used in these days of Improvement in
rapid transit The roadway is as near
perfection is possible and l, the bridges bridges
bridge in the world crosses the Pecos
river on this line, and is an object OF
great interest. 321 feet from the rail TO
the surface of the water being of the
style known as the cantilever. One of
the greatest improvements in the COM
fort OF modern travel is the use of fuel
oil in engines, and the Southern Pacific
uses oil-burning locomotives between New
Orleans and San Francisco, for the great
est oil fields of the world. Beaumont and
Sour Lakes in Texas, and Bakersfield in
California, are situated directly on this
route. BY the use of oil there is COM
plete absence of smoke and cinders. and