Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-29
WHO ARE GOING
70 WASHINGTON
ALL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DIG
BOOSTER TRAIN HAVE
BEEN MADE.
THROUGH The sunny south
Committee Wants 10 Hear From
Those Who Intend 10 go In
Order 10 Make Guarantee.

Arrangements are making for the
Eastern Oklahoma special train TO
the Inauguration OF President Wilson
VI the scale which VIII make 1t one
of the biggest enterprises which has
been undertaken In this part Of the
state. IT will, IN all respects be a
booster train and It will boost Tulsa
in section OF the country which has
not yet heard of the wonderful re-
sources Of this country, a section of
country where the crops have been
good and where money is seekins
investment,
The train will leave Tulsa at l2:l5|
a. m, on February n. The sleepors
will be ready for occupancy on Tn
night before at 8 o'clock. Stops viii
be made at Muskogee Checotah, Eu.
faula, McAlester. Atoka, Durant and
other points for the purpose Of tax
ing on passengers who have already
made their reservations. The first
long stop will be at Dallas Tex
where reception has been planned
From Dallas the train goes TO Hous-
ton without stop, At Houston the
commercial bodies and the Texas
company have planned a banquet and
trip around the city. After leaving
Houston a stop win be made al Beau
mont where the Gulf Pipe Line com
rany viii he the host for aWho'o.
| And then to New Orleans whore
nearly a whole day will be devoted to
seeing the rea, capital of the old
| south and enjoying the hospitality OF
! that magnificent city After leaving
New Orleans a stop win be made at
/ Mobile for a brief space and then on
! o Montgomery the first capital of
| he confederacy. From Montgomery
10 Atlanta then TO Chattanooga and a
'isit to the battle fields of Lookout
Mountain and Chickamauga From
! chattanooga the route lies in the
mountain country past Asheyille, the
2reat health resort of the south and
onto the battlefe'ds of Virginia, stop
| ping at Manassas, Charlottesville, tho
! home of Thomas jefferson, and 9th
n points Of interest Richmond viii
ne the last stop before reaching
Washington. The train will reach
/
Diagrams for reservations are in
the hands of r. w. Purpus, freight
md passenger agent Of the NJ. X. 4
+. railroad and on receipt Of draft
covering purchase price of ticket re
oeipt will be mailed at once for res
arvatlon made. Reservation charges
30 he paid when determined positive
~.
Two people occupying one berth
| "educe Pullman charges one-half
The executive committee Of tho
people Of Eastern Oklahoma which
has chartered this train has decided
that crowd in excess of two nun
dred and fifty persons would be un-
Nieldy. Because Of the fact that in
yitations have been accepted from
cities enroute larger number can
not be taken, but this number is
necessary to guarantee the railroad
company.
A rate Of $685. applies in parties
Of 25. In order to secure this rate f.
is necessary that the ticket be issued
in blanket form and that each mem
Der of the party Of 25 should return
at the same time and by the same
route. The limit on the party ticket
is March 10th. This ticket is good
on either the tourist or the STANDARD
Pullman cars. An individual rate o.
$3940 has been made and on receipt
of one dollar additional at the val
idating office in Washington the limit
may be extended until April 10th.
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will be granted on application to the
conductor.
Ample Pullman service has been
arranged for at the lowest rates but
owing to the number Of stops at the
batt,ehelds and great cities and
points of interest it cannot be def
initely stated at this time just what
the Pullman rates will be. Both
tourist and standard Pullman cars
will be used the only difference pu-
tween the tourist and the standard
sleepers being in the matter Of up
holstering The service is the same.
Already invitations have been re-
ceived by the executive committee
and accepted by them to be the
guests Of the commercial bodies at
Dallas, Houston, New orleans, where
more than half day will be spent,
Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta. Chat
tanooga, where the members Of tho
party will be given a special enter
tainment and will be taken to the
battlefields Of Lookout Mountain and
Chickamauga. Two hours will be
spent in Richmond, one hour on the
battlefield Of Manassa where the
Battle Of Bull Run was fought, and
at Charlottesville a visit will be paid
to the tomb Of Thomas Jefferson as
well as to his home. Arriving in
Washington the morning Of March 3
parole will be organized and al
Of the people in the Eastern Oklaho-
ma-Arkansas river Improvement train
will march down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. that day. All Of the people from
Eastern Oklahoma who do not go on
the train but who are in Washington
are invited to join In the parade.
The purpose Of the train is not to
serve any political object. 1t is tc
acquaist the people Of the south and
southeast and the members OF con-
gress with the iryp9vtance Of the
navigation OF the Arkansas and thu
necessity Of securing for Oklahoma
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