Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-09
Information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE WEST.
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Time between washington and Wheeling
but IL n hours! TfE
Running Time between Washington and
Cincinnati 81 hours !!
THRoveH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE CHICKS TO BIZ
HAD IN WASHINGTON. -
TINE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
ROAD having greatly improved its Western
connections now offers the fullest inducements to
Travellers between WASHINGTON, BALTI-
MORE, and all portions Of the WEST, NORTH
WEST, and the SOUTHWEST.
The connection between the Trains from w ash
ington and the Trains bound West from fBalti-
more is always promptly made at the Washington
Junction (lately called the Relay House, miles
rom 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
Tered there, with the passengers without charge,
Tor those holding Through Tickets for points be-
yond. The connecting Trains leave Washington
daily at a. N. and AZ p. m. On Sundays at the
latter hour only. * :
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 sandusiy, Toledo,
Detroit, Chicago, st. Louis, etc.
At COLUMBUS the q. 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.
ID Passengers holding Through Tickets for
Memphis, FicksbHrg, Natehez, Nsv 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. 10
ID For CLEVELAND, and via Cleveland to
Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, ETC., tickets are sold,
when the Ohio is navigable between Wheeling
and Wellsville (forty nliles) where connection
with the Cleveland and Pittsbwg Railroad is
made.
Travellers are requested to notice that while this
Is the only route aGording Through Tickets and
Checks In Washington, il is also the shortest
points In the great West. The distance from
Washington to Cincinnati is but $50 miles being
about 100 miles shorter than by any other route!
FARE, BY THROUGH TICKET, FROM
WASHINGTON TO Wheeling, SO so; Coluua-
bus, sl3 e5; Dayton, s15 SO; Cincinnati, GIG 90;
Louisville, by railroad, sis IS, by steamer from
Cincinnati, SIS 90; indianapolis, S17 50; Clsve-
land, S12 so; Toledo, SIS so; Detroit, S15 20;
Chicago, 800 IS and SO so; ST. Louis, So 50 and
s25; Memphis, 600; New Orleans, S3i; etc.
III FOR FREDERICK AND HARPER'S
FEkRE, MARTlNSBURG, CUMBERLAND,
BERK&.EY SPRINGS, BEDFORD SPRINGS,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and PARAMOUNT,
passengers nay l:ave Washington al a. m OF
AZ p. N. For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and Wheeling, take q. IN train from
Washington.
D-For trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis,
ETC., see special advertisements.
For further Information, Through Tickets,
ks., apply TO THOMAS II. PARSONS, Agent,
az VI shtagton Staten.
JOHN H DONE,
Master Of Transportation,
Baltimore and otio Railroad, Baltimore.
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