Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

To organize five special train par
ties for a trip across the continent and
return is no small feat in enterprise,
and just that has been accomplished
by the New York Central lines on the
occasion of the twenty-sixth annual
convention of the American Bankers
association to be held in this city this
week. For the meeting of this asso-
citation held in San Francisco six or
seven years ago the New York Central
brought one train to the coast, but
it was reserved to this day to multiply
that performance by five.
Arrangements for this pilgrimage
were begun over a year ago and even
before it was settled fact that Los
Angeles would be favored as the place
for the meeting. Since then the work
of organizing the parties, providing the
equipment and arranging schedules
has continued up to the present time,
eliminating in five special trains, in
the makeup of which no details have
been overlooked making for the COM
fort and entertainment of their pas
sengers.
Four of these trains started from
New York city with a section from
Boston and consists in the aggregate
of the following cars: -Four New York
Central baggage cars, four buffet Ii
brary or club cars, eight dining cars,
one twelve-section drawing room
stateroom car, one sixteen section car,
one seven drawing room car, nine
seven -stateroom and double drawing
room cars, ten ten-room compartment
cars, one seven -stateroom observation
car. three six-stateroom drawing room
observation cars.
This equipment constitutes a coun-
terpart of the world-famous Twentieth
Century Limited. The gentlemen's 81
club car contains barber shop and
bath, and in each of the observation
cars is an upright piano player. in
addition to which a stenographer and
ladies maid are in attendance on each
train. AS a matter of course, the cars
are electrically lighted, each berth
also being provided with individual
reading lamps, and it is only neces-
sary to add that every car in its finish
and design illustrates the highest
product of the car-builder's art.
Arrangements incident to the organ
ization of these four trains and their
personnel have been from the incep-
ton under the supervision of the COM
mittee on transportation, consisting of
Charles Elliot Warren, chairman, Lin
coin National bank, New York; David
H PiersOn, Bank of Manhattan COM
pany, New York; Hiram r. Smith,
Bank of Rockville Center, \ Rockville
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York State National Bank, Albany, n.
Y: e. S. Tefft, First National bank,
Syracuse, N. Y.
These gentlemen have worked in CO.
ODeration with L. F. NOsburgh, general
passenger agent New York Central
lines in New York city, and E. J.
O'Hayer, general eastern passenger
agent Mr. Vosburgh, who has lately
received the appointment to the posi-
ton he now occupies, has been, in his
capacity as railroad man, Identified
with the banks and bankers assOcla-
tiOn for a great many years. Whlle
representative of the lines in Chicago
he took special train parties yearly to
the conventions of this association,
having organized during the last year
of his stay there as general agent a
party of 315 bankers from the west
attending the annual meeting in Wash
ington That party, however. COM
prised but two trains, SO Mr. Nosburgh
NAV regard the present event as his
eliminating achievement in this line
1t was his happy idea to designate
these trains by the term red. white
blue and green sections, thus avoiding
any chance Of confusion in operation
George w. DAILY, George w. Higgins,
F. Nj. Lahm and Clarence Eaton, rep
resentatives of the New York Central
lines i'm the east accompany these
~. 1lNv from sta ri inc n0int TO
finish, looking after all details en-
route .-.
On the trip out number of clever
schemes were dcvolved for the diver
sion of the passengers and as means
of beguling any touch of monotony
that might otherwise have hoen cX-
perienced on the long trip. State so
cieties were formed, entertainment
committees were appointed and log
kept in which were recorded all the
amusing or eVntful incidents Of the
journey. At some of the entertainments
that were organized a degree of talent
both musical and histrionic was de
veloped, and in a degree which here
tofore the possessOr himself had prob
ably been but partially aware.
These four trains take i'm the Grand
CANYON also spend the final day at
Redlands and Riverside, where ar
rangementS have been made by f. M
Byron local representative of tho New
York Central lines. and cooperating
with the board of trade and bankers
committee at those points for their on
tertainment Returning by the north
ern route, the trains leave hero Sat
urday, October 8, stopping at Santa
Barbara remaining there until mid
night In the afternoon a drive will he
taken which viii include visit to
the mission, and in the evening "A
dance has been arranged for at the
Potter hotel.
The fifth train brings the Ohio dele
cation and will arrive from the north
early Monday morning, and is under
the supervision Of p. J. CollVer, dis
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