Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-20
Information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE WEST.
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Time between Washington and wheeling
but 11X hours!
Running Time between Washington and
Cincinnati 81 hours =

but 11x hours!
Running Time between Washington and
Cincinnati % hours =
THROUGH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE CHECKS TO BE
HAD IN WASHINGTON.
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
Il ROAD having greatly improved its Western
connections, now offers the fullest inducements 10
Travellers between WASHINGTON, BALTI-
MORE and all portions OF the WEST, NORTH
WEST, and the SOUTHWEST.
The connection between the Trains from W ash
ington and the Trains bound West from Balti-
more is always promptly made at the Washington
Junction (lately called the Relay House, miles
from Baltimore. This is the only change Of cars
required between Washington and the Ohio river.
Baggage Is checked through TO Wheeling at the
ferred there, with the passenget) without charge,
for those holding Through Tickets for points be-
You'd The connecting Trains leave Washington
daily at a. m. and TX p. IN. On Sundays at the
At WHEELING di,set connection is made
with the trains Of the CENTRAL OHIO RAIL
ROAD, running from Bellaire, on the Ohio. near
Wheeling, through Cambridge, GAINESVILLE, and
Newark, to COLUMBUS. These trains connect
at Newark with the cars of the Newark, Mansfield
and Sandusky Railroad for Sandusky, Toledo,
Detroit, Chicago, ST. Louis, etc.
At COLUMBUS the {. o. Railroad trains con-
meet with the fast trains of the Litte Midmi Raul
road to Xenia, Cincinnati, Louisville etc. At
XENIA ION Little Miami Railroad) connection is
formed with the trains through Dayton, to Indian
aPoiis, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Chicago, Rock
Island, st. Louis, etc.
ID Passengers holding Through Tickets FOR
Memphis, Vrrksbnrg. Ndfehss, Ns,c Orisa
etc. which are also sold at w ashngton-are trans
ferred at Cincinnati TO the Mail Steamers or the
Ohio. Tickets for Evansville, Cairo, and 81
Louis are sold by this route
III For CLEVELAND, and via Cleveland TO
Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, ETC., tickets are sold,
when the Ohio is navigable between Wheeling
and Wellsville (forty mileS) where a connection
with the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Is
made.
Travellers are requested to notice that while this
Is the only route affording Through Tickets and
Checks in Washington, it is also the shortest
most speedy, and direct TO nearly all the leadin.,
points In the great West. The distance from
Washington TO Cincinnati Is but 653 miles, heinz
about 100 miles shorter than by any other route,
FARE, BY THROUGH TICKET, PROM
WASHIN GTON To Wheeling 50 AZ Colrm.
bus, Sl3 65 Dayton, Sl5 5U; Cincinnati, e.s w;
Louisville, by railroad. SIS o. by steamer f.0ni
Cincinnati, Sis 90; indianapolis, S17 50; Cleve-
land, SIP so; Toledo, SIS so Detroit, els ~;
Chicago, $40 65 and $40 80; 81. Louis, 3ls 81 and
S25 Memphis, go; New Orleans S3i; etc
ID FOR FREDERICK AND HARPER'S
FERRY ,MARTINSBURG, CUMBERLAND,
BERKELEY SPRINGS, BEDFORD SPRINGS,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and PARAMOUNT
passengers may leave Washington at a m or
AZ p. IN. For the minor way stations between
baltimore and Wheeling, take 6 a. NJ. train from
Washington.
UJ-F For trains TO and from Baltimore, Annapolis,
etc, see special advertisements
UrFor further information, Through Tickets,
&c, apply to THOMAS H. PARSONS, Agent,
at Washington Station.
JOHN III. DONE,
Master Of Trans portation,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore.
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