Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-03-08
RAILWAY PROMISES.
NORTHERN PACIFIC PROMISES
fine SERVICE To HARBOR.
North Coast Limited to be the Finest
TRANSFORMING tal Train in Exist.
enCe. Will Run Solid VeStibuIc
Train From Aberdeen Through to
Chicago.

Train from Aberdeen Through to
Chicago.
The Passenger Traffic Department
of the Northern Pacific Railway will
inaugurate new and greatly i'm
proved through passenger service,
effective May 23rd. Summer Tour
list fares to the coast go into effect
on May goth, and the new service
is designed to cater to the tourist
travel, which promises to be very
heavy this season on account of the
Alaska Exposition, at
Seattle, the Rose Carnival at Port
land, the National Irrigation Con-
gress at Spokane, the many attrac-
tiOns of Tacoma and the Puget Sound
region, coupled with numerous con-
ventions to be held on the Pacific
Coast during the summer. The North
ern Pacific is planning to equip itself
to handle it's large share Of this
transcontinental traffic.
There will be three daily through
electric-lighted, steam-heated, solid
vestibuled trains between St. Paul,
Minneapolis and the North Pacific
coast points. These trains will pro-
vide standard and drawing room
sleeping cars, buffet-library-o
tion cars, new and thoroughly mod
ern day coaches, and exceptionally
high-grade dining car service--a la
carte.
To equip these trains, brand new
cars of various patterns have been
ordered, and many of them are al
ready being received from the build
ers. This equipment is all of par
ticularly strong and heavy steel
framework construction, designed to
insure maximum of safety.
The North Coast L INIT e d"
Grains 1 and p, famous as the
''crack train of the Northwest" will
be limited in equipment to seven
cars - electric lighted throughout.
1t will carry first-class sleeping-car
passengers exclusively, and will also
carry, as heretofore, a unique buffet
library car, entirely for
the entertainment of patrons. There
is in this car barber, bats room,
a valet for pressing garments, libra
ry of current fiction, the popular
magazines, and complete correspon-
dence facilities. Two large enclosed
rooms afford quarters for those who
desire to smoke, and wellstocked
buffet is one of the pleasant fea-
lures. Luxurious wicker chairs in
the spacious observation parlor and
the recessed platform invite a sur
vey of 1.-The Scenic Highway through
the Land of Fortune" as the North
ern Pacific styles itself.
The eastbound North Coast Linn
tied will provide through standard
sleeping car service from Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane to Chi
cago. This is an innovation and is
designed to particularly appeal to
tourist and exposition visitors who
will appreciate the convenience of
occupying the same car through
without change for the trip to Chi
cago.
In addition to the North Coast
Limited, trains and ito be
known as the Exposition Special
will leave st. Paul, westbound, at
9:15 a. m; Seattle, eastbound, at
1920 p. m. These trains will pro-
vide practically the same accommo-
dations and schedule as afforded by
the present North Coast Limited"
They will carry standard and tourist
sleeping cars, day coaches and din
ing cars-all electric lighted.
The third train, Nos. 3 and q
also electric lighted-will leave St.
minneapolis, westbOund in the
evening, and will leave the Coast,
eastbOund, in the morning, afford
ing convenient service between the
many important cities which the
Northern Pacific serves. The trains
will carry the through sleeping car,
which is operated between st. Paul
Minneapolis and Yellowstone Park,
in both directions. The eastbound
Exposition Special" train No. G.,
will carry the through sleeping car
which is operated from the Coast to
Yellowstone Park.
Through train service, consisting
of standard and tourist sleeping cars
and dining cars, will be operated, as
heretofore, between Kansas City and
North Coast points via the Burling
ton and Northern Pacific liz ~ -
way of Billings. This train carries
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