Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-12
Information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE WEST

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Time between WashIngton and Wheeling
but 17K hours!
Running Time between Washington and
Cincinnati 81 hours :! IS
rHRog6H TICKETS AND BAGGAGE CHICKS TO BIB
HAD IN WASHINGTON.
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
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 between the Trains from Wash
ington and the Trains bound West from Balt-
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.
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. Thecoanecting Trains leave Washington
daily at 8 a. n. and TX p. m. On Sundays atthe
At WHEELING direct eonnsetios is made
with the trains Of the CENTRAL OHIO RAIL
kOAD, 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 G. .. Railroad trains oon-
nectwth the fast trains Of the Little Miami Rail-
road to Xenia, Cincinnati, Louisville, etc Al
XENfA ION Little Miami Railroad) connection Is
formed with the trains through Dayton, to Indian
apolis, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Chicago, Rock
Island, St. Louis, etc.
IL Passengers holding Through Tickets for
Memphis, FtcksbHYg, Ndtchez, Ns,s 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.
II For CLEVELAND, and via Cleveland to
Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, etc, tickets are sold,
when the Ohio is navigGble between Wheeling
with the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad is
made .....
Travellers are requested to notice that while this
Is the only route afording Through Tickets and
Checks In Washington, 1t is also the shortest,
most speedy, and direct to nearly al the leading
points in the great West. The distance from
Washington to Cincinnati Is but 653 miles, being
about 100 miles shorter than by any other route
FARE, BY THROUGH TICKET, PROM
WASHIN GTON TO Wheeling, 50 50; Colum-
bus, S13 IS; Dayton, si5 SO; Cincinnati, SIG 90;
Louisville, by railrcad, S1S 65, by steamer from
Cincinnati, Sie 10; indianapolis, sl7 so; Cleve-
land, SO 50; Toledo, SiS so; Detroit, G15 30;
Chicago, $50 G5 and $40 90; st. Louis, 22s so and
III FOR FREDERICK AND HARPER'S
FERRY, N1kRTINSBUR8, CUMBERLAND,
BERkLEY SPRINGS, BEDFORD SPRINGS,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and PARAMOUNT,
passengers may lsaye Washington ct a. n. or
AK p. For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and Wheeling, tGke a. N. train from
Washington
iJ~F or trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis,
etc, see special advertisements.
IC~Fo further information, Through Tickets,
So, apply to THOMAS II. PARSONS, Agent,
e. Washington Station.
JOHN H. DONE,
Master Of Transportation,
Baltimore ara OHIO Railroad, Baltimore.
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