The Winslow mail., 1925-08-25
SANTA FE PLANS
BUS TRIPS WITH
TRAIN SERVICE

The Santa Fe railway system
announced at Albuquerque last
week the establishment of an In
dian detour rail and motor way
which will enable rail tourists
from Chicago to California to see
points of historic and scenic inter
est in this state and at the same
time to travel on a fixed schedule.
This move on the part of the
Santa Fe means that thousands of
tourists who have hitherto rushed
through the state on the limited and
other fast trains and who have
missed the best this section-or
the entire continent, for that mat
ter-haS to offer in the way of
interest to the sightseer or student,
will spend three days travelling by
auto bus through the mountains,
valleys, canyons and Indian pueb-
los of the southwest.
The announcement, which was
authorized in Chicago by w. J.
Black, passenger traffic manager
for the Santa Fe system, was made
at albuquerque by R. H. Clarkson,
of the Santa Fe-Fred Harvey sys-
tenn, who has spent considerable
time in arranging plans for the big
project. The Indian detour will
be established next year in time
for the spring and summer travel
When completed it is expected
that bus and private auto service
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railroad tickets from Ration, N. NJ.
to the Grand Canyon of Arizona
affording the traveller the opportu-
nifty of viewing all the attractions
of the most picturesque section OF
the continent, comprising more
spots of scenic and historic interest
than any similar area in the coun-
try.
The first Indian detour to be in
augurated contemplates three days
of unusual motoring through oldest
America, in the New Mexico Rock
les between Las Vegas and Albu-
querque, and provides a pleasant
break in the cross-continent rail
trip the year around. 1t will be
the last word in transcontinental
journeying, both in equipment and
skill in handling.
The three-day personally con-
Quoted educational tour will COM
prise visits to old Santa Fe, to the
inhabited Indian pueblos of Te-
suque, Santa Clara, San Juan,
Santa Domingo and other points in
the picturesque valley of the up
per Rio Grande, as well as to the
huge communal ruins of Puye, a
cliff pueblo twenty centuries old.
1t will be an all-expense motor
trip, under Santa Fe-Fred Harvey
management, covering nearly 800
miles of auto transportation, as
well as meals and hotel accommo-
datiOns en- route. Special autos of
new design are to meet Santa Fe
main line trains at Albuquerque
and Los Vegas, at which points i'm
portant station hotels are located
and local sightseeing will be done.
The announcement is considered
one of the most important ever
made in modern railroading in that
for the first time in history a trans
portation system will be operating
a rail and bus system in parallel
lines over a great part of its ter
ritory. It. is looked upon as a great
step forward in the development of
the section of the southwest served
by the Santa Fe system and in
cluded in the plan.
Numerous optional side trips to
other we'll known but little seen
places in the IndO-Spanish south
west, off the beaten path, are be-
ing arranged, and in addition a
series of exclusive tours in private
cars, in charge of trained couriers,
will be operated.