Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-02-10
Spend Several
Hours Sight.See'
ing in Santa Fe
TOURING IN SPECIAL TRAIN
En- Route to Los Angeles to
Attend Annual Con
vention

LuOltIu UClCStllCO VI tHS ANutlohui
Association of Railway Agents en-
route to Los Angeles, California
where they will attend the twelfth
annual convention of the organiza.
ton, spent several hours today sight
seeing in Santa Fe. They are trav'
cling In a palatial special train which
left Chicago Saturday via the Atchi'
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railway
This was their first stopping place
since leaving the Windy City.
Included in the party are over ii
hundred city agents of different rail.
road systems in the east, many OF
whom are accompanied by their wives
and families. The special train car
rying them to the Pacific coast ar
rived in this city this morning at
1850 O'Clock and remained here un-
til this afternoon at las O'Clock
During the three hours in which they
tarried here the eXcursionists visited
the various points of interest in the
Clly, lHC Odii NAlSuSi SHuiSA'
old Palace and the Capitol.
Itinerary Covers 5000 Miles.
The itinerary of the party is an ex-
tensive one and will enable the dele.
gates and their families to see great
deal of the Southwest, which is the
first opportunity many of them have
No. nf tolyirn twin fhrnlOh thiC
part of the United States. The spe.
cial train will lay over night at Al
buquerque Bright and early tomor-
row morning the excursionists will
resume their journey westward, stop,
ping off few hours to get glimpse
of Indian life at the quaint pueblo Of
Laguna. Their next stopping place
will ba at the Grand Canon where
they will spend an entire day. Brief
stops will also be made at Riverside
and Redlands, California.
A different itinerary will be
taken on the return from Los
Angeles. The special train will
leave there on the, homeward trip
via the Southern Pacific railroad to
Ell Paso, Texas, and New Orleans,
Louisiana, thence returning to Chi
cago over the Illinois Central rail-
road. The entire trip will consume
about three weeks traversing one OF
the most picturesque parts of the
country.
The special train carrying the eX-
cursionists across the continent on
their 5000 mile pleasure trip Is a SOL
i'd vestibule affair consisting of four
Pullman sleepers together with din
ing, buffet and baggage cars. Moth
ing is too good for us and we are
having the time of our lives" one OF
the railway agents confessed to a re-
porter of the New Mexican.
Praise Santa Fe's Fine Climate.
Santa Fe certainly is an interest
ing place." he continued. 'If it were
advertised more it strikes me it
would in short time be regular
mecca for tourists and healthseekers.
The winter climate is simply magnit-
cent. I wish we could remain longer.
1t Is a whole lot different here to my
home town in the state of New York.
When left home there were two feet
of snow on the ground and a blizzard
was raging with the temperature 2S
dorraas below zero"
The Capitol building was the first
of the points of interest in the city
visited and it was an agreeable sur.
prise to many of the fasteners to see
such handsome edifice as the seat
of government of New Mexico. Act.
ing Governor Nathan Jaffa escorted
some of the visitors on an inspec.
tion tour of the structure. Secre-
tary Roman l.. Baca of the Territorial
Statehood League proceeded to get
busy when he learned of the presence
of the visitors and distributed a quan.
tity of literature among them descrip.
tive of the resources and advantages
of New Mexico The San Miguel
church was next visited and it was
crowded almost to its capacity during
an impromptu lecture pertaining to
the early history of this ancient house
Of worship which despite its advanced
age is still in good state Of preser.
vation. Here the visitors scattered in
groups of five and six on their sight
seeing jaunt through the city.
Camera Brigade Works Overtime.
Quite few of the excursionists
carried hand cameras with them and
secured number of views Of the city.
An Indian riding on horseback with
his blanket wrapped tightly around
his shoulders who appeared in front
Of the old church while the excur.
sionists were leaving 1t was the OBJ.