Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-11
information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE WEST.
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but 11K hours!
Running Time between Washington and
Cincinnati 81 hours y
fHRorsH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE CHICKS TO Bz
| 49, HAD IN WASHINGTON. Wy
THE BALTIMORE AND, OHIO RAIL
ROAD having greatly improved its Western
connections now offers the fullest inducements 70
Travellers between WASHINGTON, BALTI-
MORE, and all portions OF the WEST, NORTH.
WEST and the SOUTHWEST.
The connection between the Trains from Wash
ington and the Trains bound West from Balti-
more Is always promptly made at the Washington
Junction (lately called the Relay Housed 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
Washington Station, and rechecked and trans
ferred there with the passengers) without charge
| for those holding Through Tickets for points Be-.
yond. The connecting Trains leave Washington
aaiiy ate a. no. and4k p. m. On Sundays at the
At WHEELING direct eonseetios is made
with the trains OF the CENTRAL OHIO RAIL
Road, running from Bellaire, on the Ohio, near
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 C: o. Railroad trains con-
meet with the fasttrains Of the Little Alai Rail-
read to Xenia, Cincinnati, Louisville, etc. At
XENlA ION Little Miami Railroad) connection is
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apolis, Terre Hante, Lafayette, Chicago, Rock
Island, st. Louis, etc. c5.' - u
III Passengers holding Through Tickets for
Memphis, Vtcks6xTg, Nafehez, New Orleans,
ETC.. which are also sold at Westinghouse trans.
ferred at Cincinnati to the Mail Steamers on the
Ohio. Tickets for Evansville, Cairo, and st
Louis are sold by this route.
" For CLEVELAND, and via Cleveland to
Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, ETC., tickets are sold
when the Ohio is navigabe 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 tine only route afording Through Tickets and
Checks in Washington, 1t is also the shortest,
most speedy, and direct to nearly all the leading
points in TIE great West The distance from
Washington to Cincinnati is but $50 miles, being
about 100 miles shorter than by any other route!
FARE, BY THROUGH TICKET, PROM
bus, s13 65i Dayton, SIS SO; Cincinnati, S1s 90;
Louisville, 10y railroad, SIS 65, by steamer from
Cincinnati, SIS 90; Indianapolis, 217 50; Cleve-
land, Si2 so; Toledo, SIS go; Detroit, els %;
Chicago, s29 Is and $40 SO; st. Louis, $2s SO and
S25; Memphis, S26; New Orleans, S3l; etc.
III FOX FREDERICK AND HARPER's
FERRY, dhRTINSBURG, CUMBERLAND,
BERKLEY SPRINGS, BEDFORD SPRINGS,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and PARAMOUNT,
passengers may lsave Washington at a. m. or
Ak p. m For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and wheeling, take 6 a. m. train from
Washington. t
irFor trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis,
etc, see special advertisements
IrFor further information, Through Tickets,
&C., apply to THOMAS H. PARSONS, Agent,
at Washington Station.
JOHN H. DONE,
Master Of Transportation,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore.
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