The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-30
kATY's MILLION DOLLAR TRAIN
On Initial Run Katy Limited Was
Greeted by Large Crowds.

A few years ago when the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railway COM
pap inaugurated a special train
service between Texas points and
St. Louis on account of the Worlds
fair number of newspaper men
were invited by the management to
accompany the train on its initial
run. On that occasion the newspaper
scribes went no farther than Dali
las, where an elegant banquet was
served in the Katy's dining station.
That was a nice affair but this and
all former occasions similar in char
acter were eclipsed by the Katy
people in the Inauguration of their
new service between St. Louis,
Kansas City and San Antonio, which
pok place Sunday, September
that date the company's new
which had been christened
Katy Limited" started on
initial runs from San Antonio
st. Louis.
was originally planned by the
management to establish this
Pnal train service last spring,
6dc Nifter a tentative schedule for
the operation of the trains had been
decided upon it was found that the
equipment could not be secured be-
fore late in the summer. number
Sc oornaH
upon for the inauguration of this
Arvice but in each instance unavoid-
able circumstances caused a delay
Finally the company received as
\ suranees from the car and locotomive
uilders that the entire equipment
puld be ready for delivery in time
5r the new trains to be put in OPP
Grafton on Sunday, September rs.
Accordingly all the details were
completed as hurriedly as possible
and a new time card strung by the
general passenger agents and repre-
sentatves from the operating de-
partments.
In the meantime Col. w. G.
Crush of Dallas, general passenger
agent, and his chief clerk, Randolph
Daniels, began planning a way foI
their newspaper friends of Texas tr
assist in the dedication of the new
train on its initial run from Texas
to st. Louis. A list of the more i'm
portant papers was prepared anh in
vitations sent them, asking that a
representative be permitted to ac-
company the train to st. Louis as a
guest of the management. The Daily
Light and Weekly Enterprise OF
Waxahachie were included in this
list and the invitation from
Colonel Crush was accepted by
Mr.. G.. w. Kent, who made the trip,
leaving Waxahachie on the new train
Sunday night and returning Wednes-
day morning.
The trip was a pleasant one in
every respect and from the time the
train crossed the border of Texas I'M
til it rolled into the Union Station
at St Louis nothing occurred to
mar the comfort of any of the large
compliment of passengers. On board
the train were the following news
paper men:
Col F. P Holland, Farm and
Ranch, Dallas; Glenn Pricer, Trib-
une, Austin; Frank Hobart, Demo
, crat, Sherman; Henry Camp Harris,
Herald, Greenville; K. J. Geehan,
Tribune, Galveston; B, Harvey Car
roll, Chronicle, Houston; Roy Ed
monds, Post, Houston A. G. Me-
Carter. Star-Telegram, Fort Worth ;
f. B. Doran, News, Dallas; George
Robinson, Times-Herald, Waco; N.
f. Thatcher, Record, Fort Worth f;
e. ]. Kest, Times Herald, Dallas;
Chas. w. Kent, Daily Light and Ed
terprise, Waxahachie.
To give a detailed account of the