Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-12
EDITORIAL JAUN7
THROUGH FAR EAST
Editor Of New Mex
ican Visits the
Large Cities
HAS AN INTERESTING TRIP
Kicks at the Exhorbitant
Prices Charged Him for
Privilege of Living.

Three weeks ago the editor or tne
Daily New Mexican was compelled TO
90 east on important business and to
secure medical attendance. His trip
took him to New York, and although
unable to see, and not as robust as
he might be, he made the trip OF 2,40o
miles without intermission, and with
out fatigue Mrs. Frost was with him,
and enjoyed it very much. He met
some of the biggest lawyers and prom
inent journalists of Great Gotham and
"a similar crowd in Chics go. They i'm
pressed him as very bright and great
in journalism and in law, but would
be nowhere were they called upon to
run even weekly paper in the Sun
shine Territory. They have, however,
lots of money to spend, and spend it.
Sunny Little Lamy.
The first stop was made at the beau
tiful mountain resort called Lamy IL
miles from here Through that salu-
brious point the editor and wife trav-
eled in chair car which, at any rate,
was clean and not too stuffy. The
track was found to be in very poor
condition and should be promptly i'm
proved, and placed in better shape by
General Manager j. E. Hurley. Were
this done, the trip would be reduced
to 20 minutes, which would be ben
eft to passengers, tourists and to the
road, and would prevent much vile
language against the great system. At
Lamy the sunshine was genial and
refreshing, the air pure and health
giving, and the scenery certainly far
more picturesque than on Broadway,
New York After wait of an hour
and half which seemed to the pas
"A sengers very unnecessary and rather
irNsome, train No. 2 came along, and
the editor was hustled into Pullman
Sta teroom. The trainmen and EN-.
ployes were very careful, gentle and
help him. The train runs over mesas
and through valleys with sheep and
picturesque mountain ranges on either
side Although the editor could not
see the scenery, he remembered It
perfectly, having passed through it on
horseback, on blackboard, and on stage
coach many years ago when he came
to the Sunshine territory, and also
in recent years on Santa Fe trains.
On From Las Vegas.
Here is a handsome comodious de-
pot, and well-appointed Harvey hotel.
The town is scattered for quite dis
tance and is busy community. Here
the editor and Judge Henry L. Waldo,
a New Mexico solicitor for the road
and most eminent jurist and splen-
did man, had half IN hours social
conversation, the dispatcher holding
the train for that purpose. Mrs. Chas.
A. Spiess, the handsome wife of the
well-known Las Vegas attorney, be-
came a passenger, and went to Chi
cago and Boston with the party.
Thump, thump, the train went roll
ing on to Ration where Attorney G. j..
Roberts came aboard for a few min
utes. Then after crawling UP the big
Ration mountain the train thundered
through the dark Ration tunnel, swift
ly passed Trinidad and ran like a
scared deer during the night by La
Junta in Colorado and several Kan
sas towns. In Hutchison, at the Har-
vey hotel, very palatable dishes OF
strawberries were secured although
the dark and dreary days OF Novem-
Der were on. Thereafter the train
pursued it's swift way by Emporia and
Topeka into the Kansas City depot.
The Dirty Kansas City Depot.
This was found to be disgraceful,
dirty, uncomfortable and disgusting.
It shows Kansas City in a very bad
light, and travellers go away with a
very poor idea of the enterprise and
public spirit of the Kansas City bus
mess men, although it is thriving
town. The Harvey eating mouse there
was not as good as 1t might be, prob
ably from being connected with a
dirty, unwholesome, sickening depot.
They say they will build a new and
modern one at an early date. That is
what they say. However there Is
too much graft and Doodle in the
scheme, and the good Lord alone CO
tell when the new depot will mate
rialize, and he evidently does not wish
n to do SO.
Chicago, the Windy City. \.
During the night the train Numbered
on over a very good, smooth track
/. through Missouri, Iowa and Illinois,
reaching Chicago three hours late,
thus spelling the connection with the
New York Central to New York. Right
hor,, AZ chny1ld hn gaid that tl1A hest