Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-15
Information for Travellers,
By RAuRoAD DIRECT TO, THE WEST.
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BT RALl.hOAD DIRECT TO, THE WEST.
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Time between Washington and wheeling
but 1Tk hours:
Running Time between Washington and
Cincinnati q hours y
THROUGH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE CHECKS TO BE
HAD IN WASHINGTON. .-,-.--
TNHE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
Il ROAD having greatly improved Its Western
connections now offers the fullest inducements to
and s "
WEST, and the SOUTHWEST. -Es
The connection betweeAthe 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
daily at 8 a. m and ~ p. m. On Sundays at the
At WHEELING direct connections 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 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
formed with the trains through Dayton, to Indian
aPolis, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Chicago, Rock
Island, st. Louis, etc.
III Passengers holding Through Tickets for
Memphis, Vicssbnrg, Ndtchez, Ne'c 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 navigable between Wheeling
and Wellsville (forty milesl where a connection
with the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad is
made.
Travellers are requested TO notice that while this
is the only route adording Through Tickets and
Checks in Washington, ii is also the shortest
most speedy, and direct to nearly all the leading
points in the great West The distance from
Washington to Cincinnati is but 653 miles beire,
about 100 miles shorter than by any other route!
FARE, BY THROUGH TICKET, PROM
WASHINGTON TO Wheeling, SO so; Colur1-
bus, sl3 s.; Dayton, SIS so; Cincinnati, als %;
Louisville, BY railroad, Sl8 65, by steamer from
Cincinnati, Sls 90; indianapolis, SIT so; Cleve.
land, S12 so; Toledo, SIS so; Detroit, els ~;
Chicago, $50 Is and $40 SO; st. Louis, SO 50 and
ss5; Memphis mp, SIG; New 0rleaHs s8; etc;
FERRY, MARTINSBURG, CUMBERLAND,
BERKELEY SPRINGS, BEDFORD SPRINGS,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and PARAMOUNT.
Ak 2. m. For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and Wheeling, take a. IN. train from
Washington.
LD-For trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis,
etc, see special advertisements
DC, apply to THOMAS II. PARSONS, Agent,
JOHN H. DONE,
Master Of Transportation,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore