Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-08
Information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE WEST
9 IN 60


~ IN - -
Time between Washington and Wheeling
49,. but JIM hours!
Running Time between Washington sad
Cincinnati 81 hours y
THROUGH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE CHECKS TO BE
r. HAD In WASHINGTON
VyHE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
Il ROAD having greatly improved its Western
connections now offers the fullest inducements to
| Travellers between WASHINGTON, BAIT
MORE, and all portions of the WEST, NORTH
WEST and the SOUTHWEST.
| The connection betwees the Trains from Wash
| ington and the Trains bound West from Balti-
| more Is always promptly made at the Washington
| Junction Qately called the Relay House) miles
| from Baltimore This is the only change of cars
| required between Washington and the Ohio river.
| Bagga.ei 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
| daily at a. m. and AZ p. IN. On Sundays az
At WHEELING direct 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,
COLUMBUS the c. O. Railroad trains con-
meet with the fast trains. Of the Little Miami Rail!
! road to Xenia, Cincinnati Louisville, etc; At
XENIA ION Little Miami Railroad) connection is
I formed with the trains through Dayton, to Indian
lpolis, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Chicago, Rock
| Island st. Louis, etc.
il PASSENGERS holding Through Tickets for
| Memphis, Vicksbnrg, Ndtehez, Nsac Orleans,
,tc., which are also sold at Washington-are trans
ferred at Cincinnati to the Mail Steamers on the
| Ohio Tickets for Evansville, Cairo, and 81.
| Louis are sold by this route.
II 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 connection
with the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad is
made.
Travellers are requested to notice that while this
Is the only route affordin9 Through Tickets and
Checks III Washington, il is also the shortest
Most speedy, and direct TO nearly all the leadn"
points in the great West. The distance from
! Washington 10 Cincinnati is but 653 miles, being
about 100 miles shorter than By any othe. route
| WASHINGTON To Wheeling, 80 SO; Column
bus, $i3 is; Dayton, SIS 50; Cincinnati, els u
Louisville, by railroad, SIS 65, by steamer from
Cincinnati, SIC 10; Indianapolis, sl7 50; Cleye-
s25; Memphis, S26 New Orleans, S3l; etc.
IL FOR FREDERICK AND HARPER'S
FERRY, MARTINSBURG, CUMBER LAND,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and PARAMOUNT,
passengers may leave Washington 1T 4 III. or
X p. IN. For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and Wheeling, take a. m. train from
Washington.
~ For trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis
etc, see special advertisements.
IL For further information, Through Tickets.
&c. apply to THOMAS Fl. PARSONS, Agent
! at Washington Station.
JOHN II. DONE,
Master OF Trans portation,
Baltimore ami Ohio Railroad, Baltimore
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