The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-17
LIBERTY BELL ON TRIP WEST.

The Southern Pacific company has
handled many shipments of extraordi-
nary value since the last spike was
driven in its transcontinental line in
| 1869, but not quite so valuable as the
Liberty Bell, which II will bring into
California and to the Panama Pacific
international Exposition at San Fran
cisco next month. Consequently the
| most elaborate precautions are being
taken to insure the safe transportation
of the priceless relic.
The bell will be handled ON a spec
| ial train. 1t will be under guard every
moment from the time dt leaves Phila-
delphia until It is returned there. 1t
will be carried on a special gondola
| freight car, equipped with all the safe
| ty appliances necessary to enable 1t
| to be moved in a passenger train.
| The gondola will occupy the same pos
! itdon as an observation car, at the
rear of the train, that the residents
of the cities and towns through which
1t passes may view the bell. There
are six other cars-sleepers, diner.
etc.--these to be occupied by tBe ex-
| position dignitaries, Philadelphia off,
cials and others making up the escort
committee of sixty or seventy persons.
The bell will leave Philadelphia on
July Z. Safety of transportation and
the population of the country travers-
ed by the railroads determined the
routing. 1t will pass through Chicago
and Kansas City, and thence be trans
ported to Omaha, where it will be
taken In charge by the Union Pacific.
The latter road win carry it through
Denver and Salt Lake City to Ogden,
| uh ba I'M mil
sumo charge and take 1t to Boise.
From Boise. it win go to Portland;
and after being on exhibition there
six hours, the Southern Pacific becomes
its guardian. This will be on July 10.
On that day, the Southern Pacific viii
begin its transportation to San Fran
cisco via the Shasta Route, the resi-
dents along which will be given an
opportunity to view the historical re-
mdnder of the War of Independence.
| The bell will leave Portland at noon,
| July Is. It will reach Salem Ore,
at 2 p. m. Of the same day. be on
exhibition until 2:30, and, will then be
moved to Eugene, Ore, arriving there
at s p. m. The people of Eugene win
have Is minutes in which to view It.
Arriving at Roseburg. it win be on
display the same length OF time, ar
irving there at S:15 p. m.
| On Friday. July 16. the bell will be
In California. 1t will reach Marysvills
at 1913 and be on exhibition fifteen
minutes. At 2 p. m. 1t will be in Sac
ramento. where 1t will remain for one
hour and then be moved to Oakland
and San Francisco. July II will be
Liberty Bell Day at the Exposition
and people from every corner of the
state are expected to visit the fair
on that day.
Every precaution win be taken by
the Southern Pacific In transferring the
bell across the bay from Oakland to
San Francisco. A special barge will
deliver It to the San Francisco freight
slip. where a special freight car and
switch engine win be waiting to take
1t to Third and Townsend streets
Here 1t viii be placed on a truck
and carried through the streets OF
the city to the fair grounds.
The total mileage covered by the
Liberty Bells westward journey Is
5.2s4. The average speed per hour will
be % miles, the railroads handling the
movement having decided that to haul
II faster might endanger it's safety.
The bell already has one large crack
in it. The itinerary for the return
movement has not yet been decided
upon.