. The 1910 trip of the to California and the Pacific coast . Mr. and Mrs. Julius and Charles F. Lar-zalere. Thunias Hilliard. C. S. Welirle. ill ilif center,Miss Wehrle to the left, to the right. TO CALIFORXIA AXD THP: PACIFIC COAST Train Orgsnized Like a Small Hotel Sliiirtly after ilic train k ft Xew York those aljoard were apprised ofthe fact that tlure was to be some system about the trip—no irksomerestrictions, but just a few rcjjulatioiis having to do with the greatest goodfor the greatest number. Ior instance, the hours for nitals taken aboardtlie train
. The 1910 trip of the to California and the Pacific coast . Mr. and Mrs. Julius and Charles F. Lar-zalere. Thunias Hilliard. C. S. Welirle. ill ilif center,Miss Wehrle to the left, to the right. TO CALIFORXIA AXD THP: PACIFIC COAST Train Orgsnized Like a Small Hotel Sliiirtly after ilic train k ft Xew York those aljoard were apprised ofthe fact that tlure was to be some system about the trip—no irksomerestrictions, but just a few rcjjulatioiis having to do with the greatest goodfor the greatest number. Ior instance, the hours for nitals taken aboardtlie train were set ior each ])assenger. Call hours were, of course, accordingto the wishes of each individual. The rule closing the train at midnightwas strictly enforced. Ho\ve\er, these simple limitations of personal lib-erty met with (|uite unanimous approval, and accordingly the arrangementsworked out M ..™ , f. f; Mr. and Mrs. W. JohnsonQiiinn and Frank A. .1. S\veene,\. official pliotog-rapher. Henry F. Wood, of tlieEmpire Laundry, and .JohnMcGlynn, of Troy. The leaders and spokesmen of the |)art\- were, of course, Alessrs. Tierneyand Reed, as a result of whose eftorts. and tliose of Joseph 1. .McCann,of McCanns Tours, the special train plan became a reality. Incidentally,too nmch credit can not be given to Mr. McCann. whose arrangementswere ])ractically perfect. There was a hitch an\\\here. not an accident,howsoe\-er slight, not even a hot journal during the entire 7,900 miles, areally remarkable thing. Then. too. the railroad officials seemed at alltimes prompted Ijy a determinatidu tij go nut of their way to insure thesafety and the comfort of the members nf the part}. Each road traversedassigned a passenger agent to accompany the party until he was succeededby the official representative of the next railway, the roads over which theXew York M. M. M. 1!. A. sp
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