Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-24
GREAT WESTERN NAIL ROUTE.
yIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED 10

GIATH MILES DISTANCE sIVEb III
y CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS Lac
gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Line, carrying the Great Western United States
Through Mail, have the following siaunch first
class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec
ton with the New York and Erie railroad from
| Dunkiik, touching al 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 "a
| the Mississippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller;
| Empire, Captain Mitchell; Keystone State, Capt
| Richards; Louisiana, Captain Davenport. Also,
a Daily Line from Buffalo direct 10 Monroe by
| those well-known magnificent Floating Palaces,
| Empire State, j. Wilson, Commander, leaves
| Buffalo Mondays and Thursdays Southern Miehi
gan, A. d, Perkins Commander, leaves Buffalo
| Tuesdays and Fridays; Northern Indiana, |. I.
Pheatt, Commander, leaves Buffalo Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
| One of the above splendid steamers will cave
| the Michigan Southern Railroad Line Dock al 8
| o'clock, p. m, every day, Except Sundays and
run direct through TO Monroe, without landing, IN
| IA hours, where the Lightning Express Train viii
be in waiting TO take passengers direct 10 Chicago
| in hours, and ARRIVING next evening after leav
| ing Buffalo. u
| Running time from New York to Buffalo, four
teen hours. stat
Running time from Buffalo 10 Monroe, fourteen
| hours. @
| Running time from Monroe TO Chicago, eight
| hours. Total thirty-six hours.
| Connecting at Chicago with fine lins Of low
pressure steamboats, 10 all places north of Chicago
| to Green Bay; also with Chicago and Rock Island
| Railroad 10 La Sale, and there connect with Hi
| 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
ow, making the cheapest and most direct route TO
! ST. Louis, Rock Island, Minnesota, and tho Great
West.
| The American Lake Shore Railroads from Bus
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. Running time to Chicago, SO
| 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 see al
glance that other line enter the lists
| petitors. i@f
Passengers ticketed through from New York
with privilege of stopping over at any point on the
route, and resumng seats al leisure, either by the
| New York and Erie Railroad, via Dunkrk, 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. 1913
Broadway, corner of DEFY street, New York, 10
JOHN F. PORTER, General Agent, or
/ L. P. DUNTON, Ticket Agent.