Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — LONG RAILWAY RUNS. [ARTICLE]

LONG RAILWAY RUNS.

Trips that Are Male by Treia au4 Pullman Car Conductors. As the speed of trains is accelerated between distant points the rung made by train and Pullman conductors are lengthened out. “ The conductors on Rock Island No. 21, better known as the fast mail, run from Chicago to this city, 358 miles. Returning the next morning, they He over one and a half days in Chicago before coming out again. Out on the Union Pacific conductors on the Overland and limited mall trains run from Omaha to Cheyenne and from Cheyenne to Ogden, 516 and 514 miles respectively. The time they are on the road Is, however, less than years ago, when the runs were less than 300 miles In length. The distances covered by the Pullman car conductors is vastly greater than those by train conductors. From Chicago to Denver Is 1,041 miles. Pullman car conductors"'consider this a short run. The men in charge of the sleeping cars on the Northwestern and Union Pacific accompany their cars from Chicago to Portland, Ore. It takes nine days to make the round trip of nearly 4,000 miles, and they make about two and a half trips per month. On the Santa Fe the Pullman conductors run from Chicago to San Francisco, and on the Canadian Pacific they remain with their cars on the trip across the continent which consumes nearly six days from Portland, Me., to Vancouver and Victoria. On the Illinois Central they run from Sioux City to New Orleans. They receive $75 per month.—Des Moines Leader.