Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-21

Ward promptly responded by the
same expensive means:
Brandy and water"
The trip was made to California by
steamer via Panama and the return
overland. The engagement was
profitable and Artemus and Mcguire
frequently enjoyed their joke as well
as the large audiences to whom 1t was
. told along the route.
A Record Railway Journey.
In direct contrast to the slow going
travel of the days of 40, and later by
stage. or the so-called fast Pony Ex-
press" I believe that l carry the rec
ord for the fastest trip across the
continent by regular train service.
This feat was accomplished without
any particular effort to break the rec
ords, but was of sufficient Importance
at the time to create considerable
comment in newspaper and railway
circles.
was in San Francisco making pre-
liminary arrangements for the first
visit of the Buffalo Wild West Show
to the coast when I received a tele-
from from Mr.. j. A. Bailey, who had
lust landed in New York from the
continent, requesting me to meet him
in New York on a certain morning to
consult on important business, as he
must return to Europe the next day
thereafter.
For the moment l was in a GUAM
dary. as | was quite overwhelmed
with anxiety of my own, having Just
lost one of our advertising cars by fire
while enroute to Portland, Ore, and
on that very day was expecting an
other car from the East to take Its
place: besides, l had only Just got
started on my San Francisco con-
tracts. A wire to Mr.. Bailey, point
ing out the situation and brevity of
time, also suggesting that ne tele,
graph me particulars, was OF no aVali
as his reply only reiterated the neces-
sity of a personal interview.
In the meantime ] had looked up
the fast overland trains schedule and
found that by leaving on the next
limited train / might be able to reaei
New York before he was to sail
By working late into the night and
keening several of my agents busy,
securing reservations and laying out
details for them to pursue in my an
sence, I packed my handbag ana lett
Oakland pier at 1890 a. m. Saturday
morning without mishap we made
the run through to Chicago on time
studied UP the train service from
Chicago to New York, and found that
If we were on time there was pos
sible chance of catching the new
Twentieth Century train on the Lake
Shore and New York Central rail-
ways. | had twenty minutes to make
the transfer from the Chicago and
Northwestern to the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern station in Chi
cago. | made it. The next morning
at $780, met Mr.. Bailey in our New
York office by telegraphic appoint
ment from the train. He appeared
to greatly appreciate my dispatch in
making the journey and heartily con-
graduated me when it was discov-
cred that had broken all records in
crossing the Continent without the
aid of special engines or train SER
vice in exactly three days, nineteen
and one-half hours actual running
time.
1t only required few hours to
complete our business affairs which
were of q confidential nature. We
took lunch together and at O'Clock
that afternoon ] was again on the
Pennsylvania limited back to Chi
cago, which gave me a full day in
that city to look after some matters
and leave for San Francisco on the
Overland limited that night, reach
ing the Golden Gate on time. keep
ing up the details of my work by
telegraph to various agents as L
journeyed along.
Before I bid Mr.. Bailey goodbye.
in New York, he slipped a substaf1-
tial reward into my hand, as he was
always accustomed to do when sat
isfactory services had been rendered !