The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
Santa Fe in Biggest Train
Movement Next Ten Bays.
VIII Garry 10000 Rotarians and
Shriners to California.

The American people still have
money to spend for pleasure trips they
want to take, according to w. J.
Black, passenger traffic manager of
the Santa Fe system, who points to
the fact that nearly 10000 Shriners
and Rotarians, with friends, have
been booked over the Santa Fe west
bound for their national convention at
Los Angeles and San Francisco in
June.
The bill for this railroad and sleep
ing car service alone will approximate
a million dollars, according to Black.
lied movement the Santa Fe has ever
carried, comprising forty-five special
trains. all routed by way of Grand
Canyon National park. On one day,
during this period 126 Pullmans will
be parked at the canyon, beside the
regular travel which is record
breaker. In handling this big traffic,
Fred Harvey will serve more than
100000 dining car and dining room
meals, Black says.
Indians to Entertain Visitors.
Mr.. Black further states that be-
tween the trail and rim trips expert
Hopi and Navajo Indian dancers--men
and women-will give spectacular en-
tertainment for visiting Shriners and
Rotarians, at the Grand Canyon. One
of the Navajos was decorated by the
King of Belgium. The NaVajos will
give their Night Chant or Ye-Be-Chai,
the Mountain Chant of Ich-Naz, also
Fire, Feather and SQuaw dances. The
HopiS have arranged many interesting
ceremonial dances for this occasion.
The visitors will also get a glimpse
of the lowest canyon camp in the
world, 5000 feet below the rim. The
camp has just been established north
of the new suspension bridge, on the
very spot where ex-President Roose-
welt once spent the night, and where
Major Powell camped on his notable
second expedition down the Colorado
river.
First Special Sunday.
This special train movement will
start Sunday, May % and will continue
for a period of ten days, ending on
June l. Fifteen Rotary specials and
thirty Shrine specials will be run by
the Santa Fe. The Rotary specials
will go first inasmuch as the Inter
national Association of Rotary clubs
meets at Los Angeles. June So, while
the Shriners convention will be held
at San Francisco, June 1915. The !
Santa Fe will run fifteen specials to
bring the Shriners back, most of them !
trains that are going out over other |
routes. So far no Rotary specials |
have been arranged for the return trip !
as many of the Rotarians are either |
going to the Shrine convention or will |
in California indefinitely.
Not more than four or five of the |
special trains will pass thru Topeka, |
the others going via the Ottawa cut |
off The first Rotary special will pass !
over the Santa F'e Sunday, May %. It
will carry representatives from the |
Third district in New York The l
other Rotary trains will be run be-
tween Sunday and June 2
Mitchell in Charge of One.
The Seventeenth district, composed
Of Kansas. Missouri and Oklahoma, !
will have two specials over the Santa
Fe June 2. One of them well be
made up at Kansas City and the other
1t Wichita. and from Newton on west
will be operated as one train in two
sections. The first section from Kan
sas City will pass thru Topeka at
lO:15 o'clock the forenoon of that day
and will pick up a car of Rotarfans
At this place. At Newton, however,
the second section which will be in
charge of Col. Charles L. Mitchell, of
Topeka Each section of the Seven
eenth district special will consist of
Twelve coaches and they will travel /
IS close together as operating rules
Will permit
The first Shrine special will be oper-
ted over the Santa Fe on June 1 and
he thirty trains will be crowded into
space Of seven days The first one
hru will carrying Syria Temple, of
Pa.
INDIAN Temple, of Wichita. will
ave one of the specials It will leave
Wichita. June 5. with about goo
'hriners from that place. according to
eports to the Santa Fe here Another
pecial, carrying approximately IT'S
members of Mira Temple. will leave
'ittsburg, Kan. June Z. These are the
My Shrine specials the Santa Fe will
make up in Kansas. but a number will
riginate at Kansas City.