Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1904 — ELEGANT NEW TRAINS ON THE WABASH. [ARTICLE]

ELEGANT NEW TRAINS ON THE WABASH.

Mr. C. S. Crane, general passenger and ticket agent of the Wabash system, announces on and after Oct. 2. that the magnificent Wabash “Banner Blue Limited” between Chicago and St. Louis will make the run between the two cities in the remarkably fast time of seven hours. Nothing like this time has ever before been attempted. The equipment consists of combination baggage and smoking car, combination coach and chair car, combination dining and buffet car, combination observation and parlor car. The entire train is painted in blue and gold; vestibuled throughout; lighted by electricity; cooled by electric fans; finished in African mahogany; inlaid with holly; windowed with bevel plate aud cathedral jewel glass; furnished with Wilton carpets and upholstered with silk plush; Havlin china and Toledo cut glass; pantry, kitchen aud chefs department specially designed: every car supplied with hot and cold water and heated by steam. The two trains are pronounced by critics to be “The most artistic creations of the car builders art.” They leave Chicago and St. Louis simultaneously at 11:00 o'clock a. m., daily.