Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-07
OCEAN TRAVEL
ARRANGED HERE
OTTUMWA HAS FACILITIES OF
SEAPORT CITIES FOR THE
WORLD TOURISTS.
CAN TAKE ANY LINE
All Arrangements For Tours to Any
Place on Earth Can be Made at
Home Without Any
Difficulty.

Although Ottumwa is perhaps a
thousand miles. distant from either OF
the greater oceans, she nevertheless
has some OF the facilities that are Pc
culiarly those OF a seaport city. 1T Is
| not generally known that the person
DESTROYS of making tour OF the world
! that will take him over the seas into
the most distant parts of the earth can
make every arrangement for transpor-
tation right at home. This is true
nevertheless. j. H. Robinson, ticket
agent at the Burlington union depot
can supply the tourist with every de-
tail of the travel or transportation.
1t is generally supposed that beyond
| the possibility Of having the prelimin-
airy details of arrangements for trip
abroad attended to in Ottumwa, moth
ing further might be done here. This
is a mistake. The person who elects TO
travel on one or more Of the oceans
and seas of the world, whether 20 take
trip to Europe or visit some native
land on the other side of the water.
may have all the plans for his or her
travel made right here at home. And
further than this it can be done With
more satisfaction than by visiting a
seaport city and calling in person at
one of the steamship Offices. The
reason for this is that Mr.. Robinson
will give the prospective traveller more
consideration than,the employees of the
steamship office have time to give. 1T
is matter of every day life there and
many apply daily, while here 1t IS
more of an event.
Has Variety of Lines.
The lines that are represented IN
Ot1umwa by Mr. Robinson include the
following:
Cunard line, Hamburg American line
White Star line, American line, Scan
dinavian American line, Italian line,
National Greek line, Donaldson line,
French line, Holland American line,
Red Star line, Russian American line,
North German Lloyd line, Anchor line,
Canadian Pacific line, United Fruit co.
line and Cooks Tours.
Tickets on all of these lines are kept
continuously on hand at the union de-
pot where reservations and sailing
dates can be secured just as we'll as
in the steamship offices at the seaport
cities. Literature and information re-
garding all boats to. any destination
will be furnished by Mr.. Robinson up
on application either in person or by
mail The notion that one must needs
travel by rail to Boston, New York.
Philadelphia, Montreal San Francisco,
Seattle, New Orleans or any other
point of embarkation in order to ar
range for transportation and berth IA
cilities is mistake.
Can Arrange Tours.
Mr., Robinson will aid you in arrang-,
ing an itinerary for travel whether 1t
takes one across the Atlantic or Pacific
to Cuba, Panama, Central or South
America, Panama cruises on the reg
ular excursion boats or any OF the
United Fruit Co. vessels out OF New
Orleans, Key West, Mobile or other
southern ports can be arranged for at
home.
In speaking Of the rates for ocean
travel Mr.. Robinson stated that the
war in the Balkans has had tendency
to lower the rates on travel to point
less than ever before. The third class
or steerage rate from New York to
Hamburg is quoted at $22. This in
cludes meals and berth while aboard.