Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-27
Information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT no THE WEST.
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Time between Washinstoh and Wheeling

BY RAILROAD DIRECT no THE WEST.
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Time between Washinston and Wheeling
but IL Y hours.
Burning Time between Washington and
81 - Cincinnati 81 hours y
rHRoJsH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE cHRcKs TO BIZ
~. HAD IN WASHINGTON.
yTyHE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
i ROAD having greatly improved its Western
connections, now offers the fullest inducements to
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 Bald-
more is always promptly made at the Washington
Junction 1ately 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-
ycnd. The connecting Trains leave Washington
daily at q. m. and Ak p. m. On Sundays at the
At WHEELING dirse. 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 C. o. Railroad trains con-
meet with the fast trains Of the Little 4ai 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.
IU- Passengers holding Through Tickets for
Memphis, VickStzTg, Matches, Ne~ Orleans,
ETC.. which are also sold at Washington-are trans
ferred at Cincinnati to the Mail Steamers on the
Ohio. Tickets for Evansville, Cairo, and ST.
Louis are sold by this route.
IL 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 eGording 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, being
about 100 miles shorter than by any other route
FARE, BY THROUGH TICKET, FROM
WASHINGTON TO Wheeling, 80 50; Column
bus, sl3 6S; Dayton, $l5 50; Cincinnati, sle 90;
Cincinnati, $1s %; indianapolis, s17 50; Cleve-
Land, S12 So Toledo, BIS 80; Detroit, 015 %;
Chicago, $40 65 and $40 50; st. Louis, ss 50 and
sas M sng ST. SsT orleans N sal ETC. 20
FERRY, MARTINSBURG, CUMBERLAND,
BERKELEY SPRING S, BEDF ORD SPRINGS,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and PARAMOUNT,
passengers may leave Washington at a. m. or
~ p. m. For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and Wheeling, take e. m. train from
Washington
D-For trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis,
etc: see special advertisements.
10 For further information, Through Tickets,
&c, apply to THOMAS II. PARSONS, Agent,
JOHN II. DONE,
Master OF Transportation,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore.
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