Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-24
GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE.
JIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TC


CIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO
= CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. The Michi-
gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Line, carrying the Great Western United States
Through Mai, have the following staunch first
class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec
tion with the New York and Erie railroad from
Dunkifk, touching at Cleveland, and connecting
with their road al Toledo. and connecting directly
with the Chicago and Rock Island railroads al
Chicago, in the same depot, thus forming daily
line for passengers and freight from New York Ia
the Mississippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller !;
Empire, Captain Mitchell; keystone State, Capt.
Richards Louisiana. Captain, Davenport Also,
Daily Line from Buffalo direct 10 Monroe by
those wcll-known magnificent Floating Palaces,
Empire State, J. Wilson, Commander, leaves
Buffalo Mondays and Thursdays; Southern Michs
gan. A. ID. Perkins, Commander, leaves Buffalo
Tuesdays and Fridays; Northern Indiana, l. T.
Phealt, Commander, leaves Buffalo Wednesdays
and Saturdays. y goy-.a..st ta a5t.a glt
the Michigan Southern. Railroad Line Dock AT 9
O'Clock, p. m, every day, Except Sundays,) and
run direct through 10 Monroe, without landing, IN
IA hours, where the Lightning Express Train viii
be in waiting TO take passengers direct TO Chicago
in hours, and arriving next evening alter ieav-
ing Buffalo. - .usfE ~
Running time from New York TO Buffalo, four
teen hours. yie
Running TIME from Buffalo TO Monroe, fourteen
hours.
Running time from: Monroe to Chicago, eight
hours. Total thirty six hours. i,.s nc -.
Connecting at Chicago with a fine line OF low
pressure steamboats, TO all places north Of Chicsgo
10 Green Bay; also with Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad TO La Sale, and there connect with ll-
nois River Line Of Steamboats,, or Express Train
of Illinois Central and Chicago and Mississippi
Railroads, or connecting at Rock Island with reg
ular line OF steamers for all points above and be-
low, making the cheapest and most direct route 10
st. Louis, Rock Island, Minnesota, and the Great
West. U. s.4,.r - ~ p.s II l,I5.ga h.
The American Lake Shore Railroads from Buf.
falo and Dunkirk connect with this line at Toledo,
forming the only direct and continuous line OF
railroads from the Atlantic Seaboard TO the Valley
OF the Mississippi. Runsing time 10 Chicago, 80
hours; to ST. Louis, So hours.
Four Daily Trains by rnilroad, all the way
Two Daily Lines, Ivy steamers, on Lake Erie.
Thus the traveller and shipper can al a
glance that no other line enter the lists com
petitors ~
Passengers ticketed through from New York
with privilege of stopping over ai any point on the
route aud resuming seats at leisure either by the
New York and Erie Railroad, via Dunkirk, New
York and Erie and Buffalo aud New York City
Railroad via Buffalo; Peoples Line OF Steamboats,,
Hudson River or Harlem aud New York Central
Railroads, via Albany and Buffalo.
For any further Information, through tickets. or
freight, apply at the Company's Office, No. 1913
Broadway corner Of Dey street, New York, 10 ~
JOHN r. PORTER, General Agent, or
L. p DUNTON, Ticket Agent.