Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-12
GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE.

~ MILES DtSIANSE -&tto -
" CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. Inc Raicn-
gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Line, carrying the Great Western United States
Through Mail, have the following staunch first
class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec
lion with the New York and Erie railroad from
Dunkifk touching at Cleveland, and connecting
with their road at Toledo, and connecting directly
with the Chicago and Rock Island railroads al
Chicago, in the same depot, thus forming daily
line for passengers and freight from New York 10
fhe Mississippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller;
Empire Captain Mitchell; Keystone State, Capt.
Richards; Louisiana, Captain Davenport. Also,
Daily Line from Buffalo direct TO Monroe by
those well known magnificent Floating Palaces,
Empire State, j. Wilson, Commander, leaves
Buffalo Mondays and Thursdays; Southern Mich
Tuesdays and Fridays; Northern Indiana, l. t.
Ph1att, Commanders leaves Buffalo Wednesdays
and Saturdays. m 1901 ss.sA r nttD'n
One Of the above splendid steamers win cave
the Michigan Southern Railroad Line Dock al 9
O'Clock, D. m every day, except Sundays and
run direct through TO Monroe, without landing, IN
| Ia hours, where the Lightning Express Train will
be in waiting to take passengers direct 10 Chicago
in hours, and arriving next evening after esv
ing Buffalo. , s3r 1880 Ss,f
| Running time from New York Buffalo, four
teen hours ft
Running time from Buffalo 10 Monroe, fourteen
hours. a.fs f.f;s. t..f..,s4tF
Running time from Monroe to Chicago eighi
hours. Total thirty-sx hours II
Connecting at Chicago with fine line of low
pressure steamboats, to all places north of Chicago
i to Green Bay also with Chicago and Rock Island
Railroadto La Sale, and there connect with Ill
nois River Line of Steamboats,, or Express Train
| of Illinois Central and Chicago and Mississippi
| Railroads, or connecting at Rock Island with reg
ular line Of steamers for all points above and be
ow, making the cheapest and most direct route to
ST. Louis, Rock Island, Minnesota, and the Great
West g .l.s9 .fsf A
/ ~ The American Lake Shore Railroads from Bus
falo and Dunkrk connect with this line at Toledo,
| forming the only direct and continuous line of
railroads from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Valley
of the Mississippi. Running time TO Chicago SO
hours; to ST. Louis, Sc hours. eat sf
| Four Daily Trains, by railroad, all the way
Two Daily Lines, by steamers, on Lake Erie
/ Thus the traveller and shipper can see al
glance that no other line can enter the lists us com
| petitors. 9gl aie ia aam 1lsA5E
Passengers tcketed through from New York
with privilege of stopping over nj any point the
route, and resuming seats at leisure, either by the
New York and Erie Railroad, via Dnnkirk, New
| York and Erie and Buffalo and New York City
Railroad via Buffalo; Peoples Line OF Steamboats,
Hudson River or Harlem and New York Central
Railroads, via Albany and Buffalo. 3
4 For any further Indignation, through ackets or
| freight, apply al the Company's Office, No. 1913
| Broadway corner of Dey street, New York, 10
| JOHN F. PORTER, General Agent or
/ l.. p. DUNTON, Ticket Agent