Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-28
40 SCRIBES MAKE
KITE TRACK TRIP
Newspaper Men Travel with }.
J. Byrne in New $4,000
Mission Car
IMPREGNABLE IN ACCIDENTS
Monster Vehicle of Steel Is Rad
icaI Departure-WiIl Run
to San Diego
IMPREGNABLE IN ACCIDENTS

Forty representative newspaper men
were he guests of J. j. Byrne of the
Santa Fe yesterday in a trip around
the Kite Shaped track in the new Mis-
sion car which has been purchased for
the use of the Santa Fe on the daily
run around the Kite.
The start was made at 8 o'clock and
lunch was served at the Mission Inn,
Riverside.
During the afternoon a visit was
paid to Smiley Heights at Redlands
and on the return trip the Santa Fe
showed the visitors the possibility OF
speed development on the northern leg
of the Kite.
The Mission car. in which the trip
was made is a striking departure from
accepted railway construction. Built
entirely of steel the car cost $4,000 and
is impregnable in case of accident. IL
was designed by Frank Miller of the
Mission Inn, but details were supplied
by ]. ]. Byrne and the Pullman COM
pany.
outside the car is pearl gray in color
with Mission bells stamped in the brass
of the observation ratings, and this de-
sign also appears in the stained glass
of the huge windows.
Inside the Mission feature is carried
out. The furniture is of weathered
oak and leather, with beamed ceilings.
The car is electric lighted throughout,
by tungsten lights. In the ceiling the
lights are in the form of brass mis-
sion bells, while on the side the bracket
lights are in the Spanish type, with
the Santa Fe cross cut in the stained
glass.
other cars of this type are to be con-
structed for Southern California SerV-
ice and will be put not only on the
Kite run but also in service between
Los Angeles and San Diego
The Mission car is monster IN size'
being 76 feet In length and weighing
133 600 pounds. It's windows are dou-
Bile and dustproof and it's equipment IN
cludes a large women's parlor as We'll
as a mems smoking room.
The party making the trip, aside
from The Herald representative, IN
cluded: -
Jno. C. Byrne. F, ]. Held, A. g. +. A.
r. w. MCGEE, general agent; H, w.
shook. advertising Agent; Harold H.
Moore. r. P. A; G. A. Hoppe, T. P. A;
all of the Santa Fe; G. d. johnson, for
Los Angeles chamber of commerce;
Sam T. Glover, L. A. Graphic; John
& McGroarty, West Coast Magazines
Winfield Scott, Out West Magazine; Z.
L. Edholm, Technical World Magazlne'
Del NJ. Reynolds, Pacific News Bureau;
H. w. BrunudSe, L. a 1CiShI
bert Miller and w. f. Wing, or Los
Angeles Express; John M. steele, Los
Angeles Times; D. V. Nicholson, Los
Angeles Examiner; H. H. Kinney Po-
mona Times: H. G. Tinsley and Ed,
ward Parker, of Pomona Review; Paul
B. Popeno, of Pasadena Star; III. Z.
Kegley, Pasadena News; Major II. H.
Osborne, Suburban Press; W. W. Ken
ME, Venice Vanguard; Lanier> Bartlett,
Pacific outlook; ]. P. Baumgartner'
President National Editorial associa-
ton: e. c. Lynne, Long Beach Press;
Horace Fine. Santa Ana Blade; w. o.
Hart, orange News; E. L. Kinney, san
Dimas Eagle; P. Milligan, Hemet
News; c. F. Hildreth Pomona Cour-
c. Hitchcock, Fullerton News; L. j.
Mathes, Covina Argus; Charles II.
Lawson, Anaheim Plaindealer; b. A.
Zeus, Anaheim Gazette.