Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-16
GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE.
OIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED I


CIxTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO
- CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. The Michi-
gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Line, carving the Great Western United States
Through Mail, have the following staunch first
class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec
ton with the New York and Erie railroad from
Dunkifk touching at Cleveland, and connecting
with their road at 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 to
the Mississippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller;
Empire, Captain Mitchell; keystone State, Capt.
Richards; Louisiana, Captain Davenport. Also,
a Daily Line from Buffalo direct TO Monroe by
those well-known magnificent Floating Palaces,
Empire State, ]. Wilson, Commander, leaves
Buffalo Mondays and Thursdays; Southern Mchl-
gan, A. D. Perkins, Commander leaves Buffalo
Tuesdays and Fridays; Northern Indiana, !. T
Pheatt, Commander, leaves Buffalo Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
One of the above splendid steamers will leave
the Michigan Southern Railroad Line Dock at y
O'Clock p m, every day. except Sundayso and
run direct through TO Monroe, without landing IN
Ia hours, where the Lightning Express Tram VIII
be in waiting 10 take passengers direct 10 Chicago
in hours, and arriving next evening after leav-
ing Buffalo.
Running time from New York to Buffalo, four
teen hours.
Running time from Buffalo to Monroe, fourteen
hours.
Running time from Monroe TO Chicago, eight
hours Total thirty-six hours.
! Connecting at Chicago with fine line Oh low
pressure steamboats, TO all places north OF Chicago
10 Green Bay; also with Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad 10 La Sale, and there connect with llli-
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 TO
ST. Louis, Rock Island, Minnesota, and the Great
West
The American Lake Shore Railroads from Buf-
falo and Dunkirk connect with this line at Toledo,
forming the only direct and continuous line oil
railroads from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Valley
of the Mississippi. Running time TO Chicago, 80
hours; to ST. Louis, So hours.
Four Daily Trains, by railroad, all the way.
Two Daily Lines, by steamers, on Lake Erie.
Thus the traveller and shipper can see at q
glance that no other line enter the lists as COM
petitors. - :,
Passengers ticketed through from New York
with privilege of stopping over at any point on the
route and resuming seats at iesure either by the
New York and Erie Railroad, via Dunkirk, New
York and Erie and Buffalo and New York City
Railroad via Buffalo; Peoples Line OF Steamboats,
| Hudson River or Harlem and New York Central
| Railroads, via Albany and Buffalo.
| For any further information, through tickets o.
| freight, apply at the Company's Office, No. lss
| Broadway, corner Of Dey street, New York, TO
| JOHN F. PORTER, General Agent, or
LII. DUNTON, Ticket Agent.