Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-26
GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE.
OIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO

GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE.
GIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO
y CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. The Michi-
gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Line, carrying the Great Western United States
Through Mail have the following staunch first
class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec
tsn with the New York and Erie railroad from
Dunkiik, touching at Cleveland, and connecting
with their road at Toledo, and connecting directly
with the Chicago and Rock Island railroads at
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 Michi-
gan, A. D. Perkins, Commander, leaves Buffalo
Tuesdays and Fridays; Northern Indiana, !. L
Pheatt, Commander, leaves Buffalo Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
One of the above splendid steamers will leave
the Michigan Southern Railroad J4ine Dock al 9
o'clock, p. m, every day, except Sundays and
run direct through TO Monroe, without landing, IN
IA hours where the Lightning Express IRAN VIII
be in waiting to 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-sx hours.
Connecting at Chicago with fine line OF low
pressure steamboats, to all places north OF Chicago
to Green Bay; also with Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad to La Salle and there connect with llli-
nois River Line Of Steamboats,, or Express Tram
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 Buff
falo and Dunkirk connect with this line al Toledo,
forming the only direct and continuous line OF
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 a
glance that no other line can enter the lists as COM
pettors. :
Passengers ticketed through from New York
with privilege Of stopping over at any point on the
route and resumng seats at leisure, 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, or
freight, apply at the Company's Office, No. 1873
Broadway corner Of Dey street, New York, to
JOHN r. PORTER, General Agent or
LIP. DUNTON, Ticket Agent