The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-28
RAILWAY TICKET
FIVE FEET LONG
1t Enabled the Holder to Make
a Complete Tour of the
Country.
ALL-AR0UND-W0RLD TICKET
Is NOT SO N0LUMIN0US
Small Strip of Paper Properly
Stamped Carries Traveller a
Long Distance.

At one OF the small stations on the San
Ia Fe In southern California the other
DAY two passengers drove up and In
formed the agent that they wished to go
into Los Angeles and thence over TIC
Salt Lake Route to New Haven. Conn,
and return on account OF tho Knights of
Columbus convention. The agent had no
forms for tickcting them through, but
payo them an exchange order on the salt
Lake Route agent at Los Angeles, on
which he was to furnish the tickets. They
misunderstood the instructions ana dlo
not procure the tickets at Los Angeles
Tho Salt Lake Office was then Instructed
to make up the tickets called Tor ana tur-
nlsh them to the passengers. SO that they
could go through on the Liirh'cu "''"0u'
stop.
Ticket Five Feet Long.
Tbey evidently wanted to make com
picte tour OF the country without going
over tho samo road twice ano wien
Ticket Agents Scott and Hui1Hhh sot
through with pasting and marking up the
forms ca ch ticket was over five teet long
and covered the following routing: SAT-
Lake Route 90 Salt Lake. oregon Snort
Line to ogden: Union Pacific to Omaha;
Northwestern TO Chicago. Parmalee's Bus
Line across Chicago; Lake Shore TO Buf-
falo. New York Central TO New 1ork,
New York. New Haven HSrInot% @ To-,t, Io
Pennsyivania to ST. Louis, Chicago & AL
ton TO Kansas City. Missouri Pacific TO
Denver; Colorado Midland TO Grand
Junction: Rio Grande to Salt Lake, and
Salt Lake Route back to Los Angeles.
Around the World Tickets.
Tho long ticket has been going out of
vogue lately owing 10 the multiplex and
other abbreviated forms, and IL Is only
on rare occasions like this that ticket
ever the Salt Lake Route. In common
with other roads is now enjoying It's
participation in what arc known as
"around the world tickets" These arc
sold in London or New York. for instance,
cover the desired routing Via American
roads. through Salt Lake to Los AnSe-
les thence to all Pacific ports via one
OF the great steamer lines or the Pacinc,
and back via the Sucz canal.
Not So Voluminous as Others.
On the Los Angeles Limited one day re-
Gently was n passenger who had pur-
chased his passage In Liverpool ara was
going TO return 10 that city on the route
Indicated His transportation was not
half so voluminous as the ones mentioned.
as he carried exchange orders from one
terminal TO another. although he had de-
thing like $40. for the entire trip.
Cost of These Tickets Vary.
The cost of these tickets vary from the
very least price for Asiatic steerage to
the top notch rate for millionaires For
instance, one steamship on the Pacific
has a suite on the upper ueCH, LOT WHlcH
the price is $3.50 from the United States
pert of departure 10 Yokohama This
suite is located in the very pleasantest
part OF the ship and contains parlor.
bedroom de luxe. with private bath, 1t
Is far more elegant than the swell suite
in many a leading" hotel of this coun-
try.
All Glasses Want to Travel.
Mnlionaires and even those who are not
as yet in that class, nnd IL possible to
lag aside a certain sum for a tour OF the
world and make the trip within the est-
mate The first amount put up is for the
complete transportation. Then another
sum is expended in express orders or bills
OF exchange, which cannot be cashed
without Identification.
Does Not Take Long.
The old story OF Around the World in
Eighty Days" became passe long ago, for
Nellie BLY, and others shortened It, and
very lately E. II. Hartman beat It by
over two weeks. and did not try either.
Even the Oriental freight from San Pc
dro last week. loaded In Japan and un-
loaded in little old New York. put kinks
in Jules Vcrne's tale, so II can readily be
understood that a tour OF the world now
adays can be accomplished without the
great trouble experienced by our hero OF
some years ago, Phineas Fogg.