The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
Santa FEES New
Train De Luxe
INACCURACIES EXTRA FARE,
TRAIN BETWEEN CHICAGO,
KANSAS CITY AND LOS
ANGELES
Shortens Time Between Chicago and
California 5 Hours, 80 Minutes,
West Bound, and Hours,
45 Minutes, East Bound

sixteen years ago the Santa Fe put
on the first limited train ever run to
southern California. This service
started semf-weekly, in winter .only,
and is now run daily the year round
Having set the pace for limited
F'e announces that beginning Deem
Der l it will put on the first extra
fare train ever run to California.
The new train will be called Santa
Fe-de-LuXe." 1t will be operated
once a week, during the winter, be-
tween Chicago and Los Angeles, via
Kansas City and Albuquerque.
The schedule will be So hours be-
tween Chicago and Los Angeles, and
81 hours between Kansas City Los
Angeles. West bound it will leave
Chicago p. M. Kansas city s a. M,
and arrive Los Angeles a. M, third
morning. East bound it will leave
Los Angeles p. m, arrive Kansas
City IL p. m, second evening, and
An extra fare of s25 will be charg-
ed in each direction.
This exclusive de luxe service marks
notable advance in tranS-continen-
tai travel, and the Santa Fe is to be
congratulated on the innovation. More
and more California is becoming the
play groud Of America Repeated
0ChiclIo5 VI LlOS6 VIII navy W1hISi
homes in California make this extra
fare service a necessity, as the Cali
fornia Limited train of the Santa Fe
can no longer accommodate all COM
eds. Fortunately the Santa Fe is in
position to meet the demand, hav-
ing today practically a double-track
line half way to California-the gap
is being shortened every month. Pow
erful locomotives and a perfect road
bed assure the additional speed with
safety
The Santa Fe-de-Luxe will be equip
ped with compartme nt, drawing-room
and observation sleeping cars, club
car and dining car, all newly built
from special designs and with carte
all steel underframe with wood inter
ior, insuring a maximum of safety,
comfort and artistic effect. The train
will carry a barber, ladies' maid, a
stenographer and other accessories of
high class service, in addition to the
regular train employees. Bathing ia
cilities will be provided. Market re-
ports and daily bulletins of important
world happenings also will be tele-
graphed the train en- route. A library
OF Western fiction, magazines, peri
od1calS, etc., will be furnished. Tel.
ephone connection at terminals, aft
ernOon tea, and numerous other COM
forts and conveniences will be devils
ed. The dining and club cars. ;as US
ual, will be under the management
of Fred Harvey.
While this train de luxe is intended
primarily for through travel between
Chicago, Kansas City and California,
there will be excellent connection at
Williams for Grand Canyon of Ari-
IONA.
The celebrated California Limited
train of the Santa Fe will be con-
tinued on present schedule with new
equipment the coming season. The
comforts and advantages Of this train
are SO well known to overland trav-
elers as not to require special men
ton here. Passengers on the Cali
fornia Limited will not be required to
pay extra fare.
The Santa Fe now has four daily
California trains. The new conner
will build UP its own clientele, as
there is a steady increase In Pacific
Coast travel. Wise travellers more
and more are looking to the Far
West, rather tina to Europe, for their
outing trips.