St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-06-24
THE "GULF COAST
SPECIAL" A SUCCESS
New Frisco Train Between New Orleans, Beau.
mont and Houston Makes First Trip Tuesday
THE FRISCO'S new DEAL
Large Number Of Passengers Take Advantage
of Night Travel .TFalB SupeFbly
Equipped.

OOaSC Speclal, the new 1dSl
train put on by the Frisco to rur
between New Orleans, Beaumont
and Houston, passed through
here Tuesday night, the Goth,
with large numbers Of passengers
on board. The trains were superb
equipped with dining, observa-
tion, chair, pullman and combi-
nation baggage, express and club
cars.
This new service will be of
great advantage to residents of
| Opelousas, as it is the first op-
portunity they have had of going
to New Orleans and returning
/ in such a short while.
The following article, telling
of the success Of the first trip,
appeared in Thursdays Picayune:
"The Frisco has scored a big
success with both the east and
west-bound trains of its new
night service to all important
Louisiana and Texas points, and
both the west-bound train, which
left this city Tuesday night, and
the east-bound train, which came
in yesterday, representing in
their equipment, as they did, all
that is modern and up-to-date in
twentieth century equipment,
were we'll patronized, and de-
clared to be among the best in
the country by the experienced
travellers who rode on them.
All steel, from oil-burning
engine to observation diner, the
trains are classed as equal to the
best of the famous trains fea-
tured by the big trunk lines on
the runs between the important
cities of the North. and, as an
added feature, each train will
have the famous Fred Harvey
dining-car service, Mr.. Harvey
ranking among the leading rail
road caterers in the country.
"W. C. Connor, Jr., traffic
manager of the Frisco at Hous-
ton, one of the few railroad Of
icials of the South who has
gained prominence necessary to
warrant a thriving Texas town
to be named for him, was a pas
senger on the first train in the
new service to arrive from the
West yesterday morning. He
thought the Gulf Coast Special
was immense, and was altogether
enthusiastic over the initial trips.
Why, if the patronage ac-
corded both trains on their first
trips is criterion of what is to
follow, we will find it necessary
before long to add to the equip
ment and, possibly, put on an
other train in the service was
the way the gentleman summed
it up:
Mr.. Connor commented on
the new service in the following
terms:
We have added a grill SER
vice to our day trains, whereby
a very satisfactory and comfort
able meal can be obtained for a
very moderate outlay. When
Won are advised that the diners
and grill cars are under the
management of the Fred Harvey
System you can appreciate the
fact that we can say nothing fur
ther in the praise of cuisine, for
the fame of Harvey is known
favorably wherever there is an
epicure. In other words, our
equipment is of the finest, our
service is the best, and I conf
dentially recommend it to my
friends and public, believing
that we will set a high-water
mark for superior service and
satisfying patrons.
The Inauguration of double
daily service of the Frisco lines
will be responsible for a popular
rate excursion out of New Or
leans to Galveston, Tex, on
Monday, July 3, with a limit for
return of six days. It is my de-
sire to run a similar excursion
later on in the year. Both
Messrs. Nixon and Elliott were
very much disappointed that they
could not ride on the initial
Gulf Coast Special" but desig-
mated me as the official represen-
tative to accompany the train.
Both gentlemen will arrive on
the Gulf Coast Special" to-mor-
row morning.
IS. J. Tucker, assistant general
agent of the Trinity
and Brazos Valley, with head
quarters at Houston, was another
arrival on the Gulf Coast Spe-
cial' yesterday morning. Mr..
Tucker, in speaking of the trip,
said:
:" i certainly had a most en-
joyable trip. That chicken a la