Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1911 — FOURTEEN IN PARTY [ARTICLE]

FOURTEEN IN PARTY

Leaving Sunday On Trip to New York, Washington, Etc. Unless something unforeseen occurs there will be fourteen people in all that will accompany The Democrat’s party on its eastern trip next Sunday. Mr. L. V. Blanchard, passenger agent of the New York Central lines, was in the city again Monday and the final arrangements and itinerary of the trip gone over that everything might move as smoothly as clockwork. He will be here again Sunday, coming down from Chicago at 1:58 p. m., and deliver our tickets and sleeping car reservations to us, all filled out ready to sign up. A slight change or two in time of leaving certain points has been made from the schedule as published in a recent issue, and we herewith republish the complete intinerary: Party will leave Rensselaer at 3:13 p. m., Sunday, July 2, connecting at Hammond at 6:21 p. m., with the Michigan Central Limited and go through to Niagara Falls without change in Pullman sleepers. We will reach Detroit at 12:16 a. m., and cross into Canada through the new tunnel under the Detroit River. We go all the way from Detroit to Niagara Falls through Canada, stopping only at St. Thomas (3:38 a. m.), Falls View (5:48 a. m.), Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, Ont., Suspension Bridge, arriving at Niagara Falls, N. Y., at 6:15 a. m., Monday, July 3. All day Monday at the Falls, taking in the famous Gorge Railway trip and seeing the various points of interest at the Falls. Leave for Buffalo on any N. Y. C. train we may choose Monday afternoon or evening. (It is a 45 minute run to Buffalo.) Take sleepers leaving Buffalo at 9:40 p. m., and reaching Albany at 4:35 a. m. Tuesday. (This sleeper will be set off at Albany and we can rerpain in berths until 7:30, if we choose.) Leaving Albany on Hudson River Day Line “steamer at 8:30 a. m., down the historic Hudson July 4, for New York, reaching (stops) the city of Hudson at 10:40; Catskill, 11:00s Kingston Point, 12:25; Poughkeepsie, 1:20; Newburgh, 2:15; West Point, 2:50; Yonkers, 4:30; West 129th Street, 5:10; West 42d Street Pier at 5:30. Here we will be met by a representative of the Motel Martinique, who will conduct us to this fine hostelry at Broadway, 32d and 33d streets, right in the heart of the city, and look after the transfer of our baggage to the hotel without trouble or expense to us. The Hotel Martinique will be our headquarters during our two days stay in New York. A fine table d’hote dinner will had on the steamer going down the Hudson, other meals wherever we happen to be at meal timj. The New York City sight-seeing includes a yacht trip about the Island of Manhattan, Coney Island, Central Park, theatre, etc.. etc. | New York Thursday, July 6, at 3 p. m., on Old Dominion Line steamship for Old Point Comfort (we can go oh to Norfolk, Va.j if we choose with-

out additional expense) reaching Old Point Comfort at 9 a. m.; Norfolk 8 at 10:30 a. m. In leaving New York harbor we pass the Battery at 3:12; the Narrows at 3:36; Romer Light, 4:06; Sandy Hook, (20 miles out) 4:11; Scotland Light Ship, 4:24; Highlands, 4:58; Asbury Park, 5:16; arriving at Old Point Comfort (316 miles,)’ at 9:00 a. m., Friday, July 7, Norfolk (328 miles) 10:30. All day Friday about Norfolk, Old Point Comfort, Fortress Monroe, etc., leaving at 7 p. m., for Washington, D. C., by Chesapeake Bay and Potomoc River steamer and arrive in Washington at 7:00 a. m., Saturday. All day Saturday in Washington, and leaving there 11:10 p. m., Saturday over Chesapeake & Ohio railroad (the great scenic route) for Cincinnati, which city is reached Sunday at 5 :00 p. m. Berths on boat to Washington and berths and meals on train to Cincinnati. We stop in Cincinnati at the Grand Hotel, one of the Queen City’s leading hostelries. Leave Cincinnati over C. H. & D., and Monon Monday for home, and reach Rensselaer either at 2:58 or 5:58 p. m., Monday, as may be decided, making the entire time gone eight days. Friends of any of the parties desiring to write them, may address mail to reach them not later than Thursday morning, in care of F. E. Babcock, Hotel Martinique, New York City, and to reach them not later than Monday morning, care same, Grand Hotel, Cincinntai, Ohio. All the parties who have arranged to go on this trip must be in Rensselaer on Sunday, Jply 2, in time to take the 2:58-'or 3:13 p. in., train for Hammond, where transfer will be made to the Michigan Central road. Should anything unforseen happen to cause the 3:13 train to be several hours late, we will take the 2:58 train.