The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-08

over 100 Fargo and Moorhead
wholesalers and business men will
take the trip from the dual cities to
Minot over the new cutoff of the
main line of the Great Northern from
Fargo to Surrey. The party will be
absent from the cities two days. re-
turning Thursday evening.
The object of the trip is to enable
the people from this section to get ac-
quainted with the people along the
route that the train will travel, as
well as to enable the people who are
living out along the line TO see what
manner Of men do business in the two
cities, with the idea of mutual advan-
tage to both.
A Magnificent Train.
The train will be one of the very
finest that has ever pulled out of Far
go. 1t will be drawn by one of the
crack engines of the road, and by one
of it's best engineers and a first class,
picked train crew.
The equipment will be four Pullman
cars, two dining cars, one observation
car and a baggage car, as well as a
car which will be utilized by the Of
the party. Among these officers Will
be Traffic Manager Kenney who will
be the personal representative of
President Gray, who has wired his re-
grets at not being able to make the
trip. L. l.. LaRue, one of the well
known travelling passenger agents,
will also be with the party.
Be at the Depot.
The committee having the train
and trip in charge desires The Forum
to state this evening that it is possible
that some may have been overlooked
when the lists were made up, and that
if this is so, such persons should be
at the station, as the extra sleeper
that has been added to the equipment
will furnish ample accommodations
and the eating department has been
carefully arranged for. 1t is hoped by
the committee that no one will feel
sighted at being overlooked, as the
committee has had great deal to
CO during the past few days and it is
possible that some may have been
neglected.
Well 5annersd Cars.
Six big banners were secured with
which to equip the cars and these
will read Fargo Moorhead Business
Mems Excursion" There will be three
of the cars equipped with these, SO
that every section that the train goes
through will know what the handsome
train means and is carrying.
This will be the first train that has
passed over the road equipped in this
manner for carrying passengers, and 1t
1t expected to attract great deal OF
attention.
The train will leave here and run to
Page, where it will be placed on the
main line, the first stop being at the
new town of Prosper. From that on
there will be stops as designated by the
schedule which is given above.
Some entertainment.
The party will have some entertain
ment along the route. 1t is the inten-
ton to stop at the town of New Rock
ford, where the business men of that
city will hold a reception for just one
hour. Then there will be stop over
night at MinotH and this viii give the
commercial club of the magic city an
opportunity of doing the elegant,
which that city knows SO well how to
do, On the second day out the big stop
Of the day will be at Devils Lake, where
the party will have an hours time to
exchange courtesies and get ac-
The Aneta Line.
AS was stated in this paper few
days ago, the second day of the
trip will be the homeward bound
route and 1t will take the excursionists
over the well known Aneta line, which
is comparatively new to most of the
business men OF the city. As will be
seen by the schedule, the stops on the
return trip will run from one hour at
the lake city to five and ten minutes
at other smaller places.
OF course the trip will not afford
any time in which TO sell goods, for
that ia not the object, but 1t is one
purely to get acquainted.
Project 10 Old.
The project Of making this trip was
taken up in the commercial club sew
eral weeks ago when President Gray
Of the Great Northern and his offic-
ials were making d tour of inspection
OF the new cut-off line. They reached
this ciiy in the evening and smoker
was given by the club In their honor,
President Gray and others said . few