Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-01-17
a New Train to souther, calisorn,..

a New Train to Southern California.
chicago and Los Angeles shook hands
last week Tor the first time. The formal
introduction was made by lAe Northwest
era, the Union Pacific and the San Pedro
railway companies, and now the two cities
and warm friends. Heretofore the two
have been separated by deserts and Death
Valley and the Devils Playground, but now
an opening through these obstacles has
been made, and II Is for the first time pos
ssible TO look westward from the city on
Lake Michigan andse at the far end of
the steel ribbons the sparkling blue waters
OF the Pcaiic OCEAN.
The first transcontinental train over this
oew route from Salt Lake to Los Angeles.
the Los Angeles Limited, left Chicago at
and reached Los Angeles Wednesday after,
noon. The distance of more than $500
miles which had always before. bv the
roundabout Frisco route. required eightv-
SIX hours, or four days and three nights,
was made by this new train in sixty-eight
hours.
"A straight line is the shortest distance
between two points" and the new Los
Angeles Limited train, over the North
western from Chicago to Omaha. over the
Union Pacific from Omaha to Salt Lake.
and over Senator Clark's new line from
Salt Lake TO Los Angeles il as straight
iine between the east and the west as
VIII ever be known across America.
1t is not great many years ago-not
SO long ago, in fact, that IL does not still
stand prominently in the memories of the
grandfathers of America-when n trib from
sea 10 sea meant making faces at tedious
months of hardship. wild animals, treach.
erous rivers, sharp rocks, thirst, starva-
ton and death itself
Today II IS possible to step into pal.
ace on wheels in Chicago any evening of
the year, 10 see farms and railway sta
mons and mountain ranges dash by with
kinetoscopic fashion; to eat three meal.
from an excellent menu of oysters and
strawberries and turkey and wines: and.
on the third afternoon, to stand in the
balmy atmosphere of Los Angeles. Cal
ifornia
These nine trains are new from engine
TO observation car. Darkness is cast out
by means of brilliant electric lights which
make coy every berth in the seepers At
the rear end Of each train is a new stvle
combination buffet, library and observa-
ton car. In one corner is a bulletin board
upon which, twice or three times each day.
IS posted a bulletin of the latest tele-
graph news from all parts of the world,
the Union Pacific having adopted this
unique scheme some months ago The
tram is a sister to the overland limited.
excepting that it cuts the wind at more
rapid gait.
1t was in such luxury that the thirty
four newspaper men from all parts of the
country, including New York, Chicago.
Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Kansas City, Cleveland. Omaha.
Denver, Des Moines and Norfolk. made
the trip on the new train in its initial
run, with f. l.. Lomax general passen-
ger agent, and Adolph Darlow, advertis-
ing agent of the Union Pacific Railroad.
and ether railroad officials as hosts: il NAV
be imagined that it was always fair wealth
er from the Mississippi to the Pacific and
return
The first three days of that Maiden trim
OF tnls superior tram of cars, were spent
IN getting to southern California. The
next four were delightfully."- and oranb.
lcally written upon thrty-four minds by
means OF side trips out from Los Angeles.
and then there were three more in com.
Ing home.
Grades have been reduced until the
train rolls along so smoothly that il is
hard to catch the clicks of the rails in
trying TO count them. And where curves
have seemed imminent, the builders of
this road have paid many millions to bore
through the solid rocks, thus clinging to
the straight line theory with admirable
foresghtedness. The outlay in this con-
struction has been tremendous, but the
result has chopped off eighteen hours from
Salt Lake to the sea, and proportionate-
ly as much in bringing fresh California
fruits TO the middle west, and in taking
Nebraska products to the coast either for
consumption there or for shipment to the
orient.
Returning home, a Christmas tree was
illuminated on board the train, and on
Christmas night a formal banquet in the
dining car, with all present CARRIED in tux
edo, became the novel feature Of the day.
And, Christmas, the guests of the ralt
roads declared, next to being spent at
home. was peasantest on board the Los
Angeles Limited. n. A. HUSE.