Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-02
40 PEN PUsHERS
BYRNE'S GUESTS IN
MISSION GAR
Santa Fe Passenger Official
Shows CaIifornians Good
Time in Handsome New Type
of ParIor Car

san Bernardino, Cal, Nov s0.--
The Santa re mission parlor car, one
Of the most costly end elegant pass
eneer cars in the United states, on
Sunday made its initial trip over the
Kite Shaped track, over which scenic
route it will soon be placed in opera
ton out OF Los Angeles. Aboard was
party of forty newspaper men and
traffic officials, the guests of John J..
Byrhe, assistant passenger traffic
manager of the Santa l'e.
In the whirl around the famed Kite
shape track two stops were made, at
Riverside and Redlands. Frank Mil
Ter, of the Glenwood Mission Inn.
met the party at the station and the
trip was then made in automobiles
over the RubiGouX mountain drive
ana out Magnolia avenue 20 the In
dian school. Returning lunch was
served AZ the Glenwood.
AT Redlands the party was taken in
carriages over smiley Heights.
The entire trip was made by spe-
clal train, the party leaving Los An
eeles 1T o'clock and returning at
6 san Bernardino was passed through
twice.
The new mission style car cost
SOS 600 and is constructed with solid
steel under frame. II was designed
by Frank Miller Of the Glenwood, and
the details worked out by Mr.. Byrne
The car was built by the Pullman
company. The exterior is of pearl
grey. novel color for passenger
coaches Throughout the interior of
the handsome car no mission hints
have been overlooked. The individual
lights at each seat are in the form of
Spanish box lamps with the Santa
Fe maltese cross on each side. The
ceiling lights are within large mission
bells. gifted, and about them is q
band bearing the trade mark Of the
Santa Pc and olive branches. The
windows are glass. bearing mission
bells The ventlating windows have
Ia santa Fe trademark in the glass
The entire interior Is finished in OAK
and The ceiling is beamed the wood
work having a light background. Tho
seats are revolving chairs. of oak and
red leather. The car IS &c feet in
length and contains in addition to the
main part a smoking room and n
woman's parlor. There is also an OBJ
servation platform Of commodious
proportions The car weighs $4,000
pounds.
Exactly when the Mission ear VIII
he placed in service has nos been de-
termined. said Mr.. Byrne sunday, bur
it win be within the next few days, the
inauguration Of the regular winter
parlor car service on the Kite shape
track being delayed by the slight re-
arranging Of the California LImited's
schedule which It is desired be in
cluded i'm the new time card, with
which the parlor car will go on.
It is the plan to place two parlor
cars in service this year on the Kite
Shape track, one to run out OF Los
Angeles Via the Fullerton cutoff and
the other via Pasadena. Stops will be
made at both Riverside and Redlands
on both cars.
In the party Sunday were the fol-
lowing John j. Byrne, A. +. r.; Mas
ter John G. Byrne, +. y Field A. @.
=. A.: e. w McGee, general agent;
II w Shook advertising agent; Harold
IT Moore. r. J. A.; G. A. Hoppe. T.
r. A., Of the Santa Fe G. d. John
son. for Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce sam r. Glover, Los Angeles
Graphic; j. A. Guthrie, san Bernar-
dino sun; John S. McGroarty, West
Coast Magazine Winfield Scott out
West Magazine; c. l.. Edholm. Tech
nical World Magazine: Del NJ. ReN-
nolds Pacific News Bureau; II. w.
Brundage. f. A. Dickson. Albert Mil
Ter ana w. Il. Wing Of Los Angeles
Express; John NJ. steele, Los Angeles
Examiner; II. H. Kinney, Pomona
Times H. g. Tinsley and Edward
Parker of Pomona Review. Paul Il.
Popeno, Of Pasadena star; II. G. Keg-
ley. Pasadena News; Major H. n. Os-
borne. Suburban Press; w w. Rem
nie. Venice Vanguard; I.anier Bart
lett. pacific outlook; j. p. Baumgart-
ner. president National Editorial as
sociation: e. g. Lynne, Long Beach
Press; Horace Fine, Santa Ana Blade;
w O. Hart orange News; r. l.. Kin
ney. san Dimas Eagle; =. Milligan,
Hemet News. c. +. Hildreth, Corono
Courier; c. w. Meadows. Orange POST
+. G.. Hitchcock. Fullerton News
l.. J Mathes. Covina Argus; Charles
IT, Lawson. Anaheim Plaindcaler, Il.
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