Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-01
GRAND EXCURSION
FlFrou Maine to Salt Lake City, Utah.,
for GA. r. EncampmeFft.


AS previously announced. PAM Depart
|ment Commander Jas. Ii. Merriek of Wa
terville, Me, has made arrangements to
| take a party from Maine to Salt Lake
City to the 43d national ehcampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic and the
national conventions of the Woman's RE-
lief Corps and Ladies of the G. A. r..
| to be held there Aug. to IA, 1909. So
The route will be over the Grand Trunk
Railway from Portland and Lewiston.
Me, to Montreal, Toronto Port Huron
and Chicago; thence over the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway to Oma-
ha; thence over the Rock Island Rail-
| road to Colorado Springs and then over
the Colorado Midland Railway to Salt
Lake City.
Returning. the route will be over the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad N6nf Salt
Lake City to Colorado Springssthence
over the Rock Island Railroad to Kansas
City, st Louis and Chicago; thence
Grand Trunk Railway to Detroit, Niagara
Falls, Toronto. Montreal and TO Port
land and Lewiston. Maine.
The party will leave Portland Grand
Trunk station Wednesday evening, Aug.
4 A train also leaves Grand Trunk sta
ton Lewiston, to accommodate people liv-
Ing in Lewiston and Auburn and on TIL"
back road, so called, and save expense of
going into Portland. This train connects
with the Portland train at Lewiston
Junction
The party will arrive in Chicago Friday
morning, Aug. g. and the day will be
spent there. giving a delightful rest from
l -, F,
sightseeing in Chicago. Leave Chicago
same evening and reach Omaha the next
morning. where stop will be made long
enough to visit the stock yards and for
lunch. Arrive at Colorado Springs Sun
day morning in good time for breakfast.
From here the route is over the Colorado
Midland Railroad through hundreds of
miles of beautiful and wonderful scenery,
passing Pixies Peak. Ute Pass Hell Gate.
Ped Rock Canon, Glenwood Hot Springs,
South canon and Leadville, the greatest
mining camp in the world, wonderful
view of the mountains, mines and Smelt-
| ers in every direction.
+ Arrive in Salt Lake City Monday at Is
2. NJ. and transfer to the New Wilson ho-
| tel. where rooms are engaged for the
party.
| Tuesday. Aug TO- will be devoted to see
| ing places of interest in and around Salt
| Lake City Wednesday will occur TIL
lgrand parade of the Grand Army. Thurs
| day and Friday meetings of the Grand
| Army and other organizations will he
held.
The party will leave Salt Lake City
Friday, Aug 10. about in the evening
| - no., q. ndn y aiI Il
| 1.-The Scenic Line of the World" Arrive
at Colorado Springs Saturday evening
Aug. IA, and transfer to hotel, The party
will remain here two days. giving time
TO visit the most interesting places il
colorado Springs and Denver. Arrange
ments are made for side trip to Cripple
| Creek which covers some of the mos1
wonderful railroad construction in The
world Leave Colorado Springs Monday
levening for Chicago via Kansas City ant
ISt Louis with few hours stop in eacl
Iplace if desired. From Chicago the route
will be via Detroit to Niagara Falls
where stop will be made to view the
great, falls Arrive in Montreal FRIDAY
| morning aug 90 and have a daylight
| ride from there to Maine, arriving il
iLewiston and Portland that evening.
T. This route has been selected for it:
beautiful and varied scenery and witt
i an idea of economy of both time and ex
pense; as has characterized the Merricl
parties for the past 16 years. Arrange
lmentsawill be made for any who wish t!
return over another route than Sivei
( above
A complete itinerary of the trip will b
mailed upon request to Jas. L. Merrick
lWaterville, Me.