The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-27
ANNOUNCE CUTS
ON RAIL FARES
TO WEST COAST
Many Tourists Expected to
Take Advantage OF
Reductions.

With California passenger fares
hitting new low, winter-long
pageantrv Of events scheduled, in
that Pacific coast state and an I'M
mistakeable urge manifesting itself
in the American public to travel
extensively again, business on the
Chicago 81 Northwestern Railway
this winter to California and the
west looks very bright, in the opin-
ion Of r. Thompson, passenger traf-
fic manager Of that railway, Chicago.
In the first place, here's the talk
stimulating lineup on the new fares
10 California which will go into ef-
feet on Dec. I
/. Round trip all-coast, rail fare
and lower berth Cthe surcharge is
eliminated Dec. y will be Sl4250
from Chicago-a saving Of S4854
over last years cost Of Sl9l.04.
2. One way coach rates from Chi
Cago to California will be sold for
S3450 instead of $4,000
Tourist Fare Down
3. The one way tourist car fare
will be s4436 instead Of $4,000 with
the berths extra.
4. The one way standard first
class fare will be $685. instead Of
S7984, the berth being extra.
5. The surcharge will be elimin-
ated from all sleeping car and parlOr
car tickets on the Chicago & North
western Railway, cutting that por-
ton Of the cost ID per cent.
Those reductions place California
at the lowest point in many years
In addition, CalifOrnians are en-
HANGING their regulations as enter
tainers by lining up a stellar list of
attractions for this winter, the high
light of which will be the colorful
Rose carnival on New Years day
eliminating in the national cham
pionship football game in the Rose
bowl at Pasadena with the leading
Pacific coast team meeting the
champion of the east.
For a side trip on the way to Cali
tornia. Boulder dam is becoming
increasingly important 1t is vast
enough to stir the imagination of
the most seasoned traveller. Trav-
elers over the Northwestern Union
Pacific are stopping off at Las
Vegas, New, with increasing fire.
quency to take a one-day side trip
to the dam site.
Many Fares Cut
The stupendous size of this I'M
dertaking can be realized when the
visitor views the work from Obser-
walton Point and then from Lookout
Point getting a far-f1ung view of
some of the vast area where the
completed dam will create a lake
115 miles long and miles wide.
1t takes some time for one to under
stand fully what the far-reaching
results of this vast work will be,
flood control, uniform irrigation and
water supply, and hydro-electric
power greater than that given by
Niagara, all beneficially affecting
millions of people in the southwest
ern states
In addition to low fares to Cali
fOrnia. new low rail fares will be in
every day everywhere on the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway eff
feCtive Dec. l.
One way fares will be 2 cents a
mile or "A 2-5 per cent reduction
good in coaches or chair cars or 3
cents a mile in sleeping or parlor
cars, a Is % per cent reduction,
berth or seat extra.
Round trip fares will be 2 cents
a mile each way in all classes of
equipment with a ten-day return
limit and 2i2 cents a mile each way
with a six months return limit
Surcharge on parlor and sleeping
cars will be abolished.