Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-14
INNOVATION IN ANNALS OF RAID
WAY HISTORY WAS RE-
CORDED YESTERDAY.
DAILY OCCURRENCE NOW
New Equipment Is Building for Quick
Installatton-There Is Magnitude
of Meaning.

Ihe prairie schooner with its yoIu-
minous canvass cover and It's heavy
oaken wheels, as 1t rumbled its way
across the almost unknown West of a
hali century ago, blazing the way for
iuture caravans of commerce and
civilization, was no more enthusiastic
chlly welcomed by the sparsely set
tied mining camps OF California than
was the Frlso-Santa Fe first trans,
continental train de luxe as IL sped
INTO Tulsa yesterday. 1t stopped
amidst the blowing Of hundred fac
tory whistles, the blasts of 4O-piece
pand' and the cheering Of thousands
OF people, who lined the adjacent
streets. box cars, and every possible
vantage point, from the roofs of tho
nearby buildings and from the tele-
phone poles.
The arrival of the train marked tho
beginning OF ST. Louis to Los An
geles service over the low altitude
route that will undoubtedly be nber-
ally patronized by tourists and others.
Did The "Changing" Here.
Tulsa Is division point on this
route, and Tulsa showed her appre-
ciation of the distinction yesterday by
giving the initial train the warmest
reception 1t got at any OF the stops
along the two-thousand mile Journey.
And when the crowd saw the new
crew-all Of whom live In Tulsa---
hook a new engine On the train and
add combination cafe observatory
car to the rear, 1t realized that the in
ception of the new service meant the
beginning OF new era for Tulsa's
railroad interests.
Each afternoon at 1920 o'clock the
train Will arrive In Tulsa and change
crews and engines. At 1l5 o'clock
each morning the train will arrive
here on It's return trip to st. Louis.
Tulsa will get the benefit of the ad-
vertislng resulting from II being the
division point and only stop-over sta
tion on the new route I'm Oklahoma,
and OF the hundreds Of tourists from
all parts of the country who will pass
through here each day.
Freight Division as Wen.
1t is much larger thing than many
imagine and 1t will have to be in ef-
feet for some time before Tulsans
Will appreciate the full magnitude
If II.
And not only is Tulsa division
point on the passenger line to the
'oast, but Of the freight business as
Well. Five hundred men are now at
work laying new steel and rebuilding
he A. V. & w. track between here
md Award. When they finish their ?.
work they will be brought to Tulsa
md set. to work laying twenty-five
lew tracks and an immense round
louse at West Tulsa. From then on
Tulsa will be enabled to experience a
cries Of railroad activities that have
Iot been excelled in Oklahoma for
ears
New Equipment Building.
Those who expected to witness yes
erday train of shiny, new steel cars.
ainted in white enamel and with gold
furnishing on the engine were dis
incty disappointed The train itself
'as no better or no worse than any
rdinary train. The cars were all
tandard Pullmans, diners and obser-
atory coaches. The engine was an
II burner. The Frisco is spending
lore than a million and half dol
Irs In building nine entirely new, all
eel coaches and engines for exclu-
We use on this new transcontinental
ne. This equipment, which Is to be
ie very last word in railroad coach
instruction, will be put into use al
lost any day now.
In the meantime. the trains that
IN through here will be just like the
ne yesterday. No attempt Is being
ade at anything elaborate right now,
being the desire OF the railroad to
2 absolutely sure OF It's schedule and
le working perfectness Of the new
'ute before they place into service
leir new do luxe equipment This
lil without doubt be as fine and COM
etc as any In the country. and
,out which the Frisco has been
ending thousands Of dollars ex-
oiting In page ads in all the big
agazines and newspapers.
An Unwarrantcd Disappointment.
Any one who felt disappointed yes
rday on account of the commonplace
pearance of the trail-marker train
ould get rid OF that feeling at once.
very short time they will sec
nnlng through Tulsa all-steel trains,
Guiding sleepers, cafe cars. obser-
tion cars, and in fact all the latest
pes OF railway coaches, with en-
ies of the 800" type with oil burn
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