The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-08-24
Clarence Coleman Takes a Big Trip
And Tells About II.


Badger State. IL IL not often ! maxi
a pilgrimage to the North, preferrins
10 spend my vacation days in DIXIE
Land. However, the cheapest excur
sion OF the season attracted my atten
tion and came up from Louisville L
Benton Harbor. Mich. Tuesday ovel
the C. c. G. & st. L., (Big Four nov
operated by the New York Contra
lines. The State of Indiana was ira.
versed its entire length. North and
South. and we came through the ban
ner corn and wheat section Of the Hoos.
Ter State. The wheat crop just thresh-
ed was an average one. while the corn
yield will prove bumper one; in fact
all Central and Northern Indiana ap.
pear to be one immense field of maize.
We came through the progressive little
cities Of Anderson, Alexandria and Ma
rion, once the center Of the great gas
belt. Elkhart. the metropolis Of North
ern Indiana, Is a leading manufacturing
and railroad center. At Goshen, Ind. 1.
we halted for the Twentieth Century
Limited" en- route from Chicago TO
New York. to pass. This train, which
operates over the tracks o. the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern and New
York Central, had left Chicago at noon
and was due at New York at A. ~.
Just think Of it's hours from the
Windy City TO Gotham, while down in
Louisville we count on 20 hours TO New
York on the mails, and that schedule Is
not guaranteed. The Twentieth Cen
fury Limited" Is run on a guaranteed
ls.hour schedule and the passengers
are refunded n certain sum for every
hour they are late. Only last week
while running late. and in successful
effort TO regain lost time. this train
made 1888 miles in los minutes with two
brief stops.
Southern Michigan is the fruit and
grape vinysrd of the Middle West.
Peaches, pears. apples and grapes are
grown in abundance. Benton Harbor
and ST. Joseph. twin cities. and located
on Lake Michigan. are separated by
the beautiful ST. Joseph river. one Of
the most picturesque and winding
streams in America. The population Of
Benton Harbor is about 100. 600. that
Of St. Joseph. 10000. Steamers ply
between the twin cities and Chicago
and other lake ports. stopped over
night In Benton Harbor. boarding the
steamer. City Of Chicago. at 7:30 A. NJ.
at st. Joseph. for Chicago. The lake
was choppy. otherwise the voyage from
the Michigan town to the Windy City
was uneventful. though quite number
OF the passengers were disposed to feed
the finny tribe just for their "stom-
ach's sake.
This was my first visit to Chicago
since July 1901. eight years ago last
month. While on my return from the
Philippines stopped over few days.
I was not sufficiently familiar with this
great Western metropolis TO mark any
changes. Greater Chicago. with lis
225 square miles. larger than some OF
our Kentucky counties, and with pop
ulation larger than that Of any of our
Southern States except Texas. consti-
tutes a place too large for the casual
visitor TO absorb in few DAYS. Chlca-
go, second only TO New York among
American cities. is probably third
among the cities of the world in popu-
lation. According TO conservative
estimate. based on the 1909 city direc-
tory. the city has population in ex-
cess Of 2.225, 600. or something like g.
OO0, 900 more than Louisville and not a
few Of US think the Kentucky town is
a real city. While in Chicago | took a
i0-mile auto tour. traverslng several
blocks of the downtown business dis
trict, thence down the beautiful Mich
gan Boulevard; visited Jackson, Wash
ington and Grant parks, and many 9TH
err points Of interest. Saw the million
dollar residences Of John W. Gates and
of Armour, the great meat packer; also
the great Field museum. University Of
Chicago and last but not least, the
home of one of Americas greatest mail
order firms-Montgomery, Ward 4 Co.
l went through the Chicago postofiiee.
being shown through by Mr.. Edward
b. Goltra, president Of the National As.
sociation Of Postotiice Clerks. which is
affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor. The writer has been a men,
Der of this association for two years.
One sees so much in city Of the mag
nitude of Chicago that il is waste Of
time to attempt description of it on
paper.
Yesterday at $50 A. N. boarded the
I, taa,nar Ghriafonhar Ealuuahua which