Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14
information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE West

49, 90
Time between Washington and Wheeling
but 17K hours!
Running Time between Washington and
aac Cincinnati 81 hours !!
rHRoveH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE cHycKs TO n
HAD IN WASHINGTON.
TyHE BALTIMORE AND OHIO Rail
Il ROAD having greatly improved its Western
connections, now offers the fullest inducements 4
Travellers between WASHINGTON, BALTI
MORE, and all portions Of the WEST, NORTH
WEST, and the SOUTHWEST.
ington and the Trains bound West from Balu
more is always promptly made at the Washington
Junction (ately called the Relay House) miles
from Baltimore. This is the only change Of car,
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
yond. The connecting Trains leave Washington
daily at a m. and Ak p. m. On Sundays atthe
AT AT WHEELING VIII direct eonn.e,ion is made
with the trains Of the CENTRAL OHIO RAIL
ROAD, running from Bellaire, on the Ohio, neal
Wheeling, through Cambridge, GAINESVILLE, and
Newark, to COLUMBUS. These trains connect
at Newark with the cars Of the Newark, Mansfield
and Sandusky Railroad for sandusfy, Toledo
Detroit, Chicago, ST. Louis, etc.
At COLUMBUS the C. o. Railroad trains con-
meet with the fast trains Of the Little Miami Rail
read to Xenia, Cincinnati, Louisville, etc. Al
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 fol-
Memphis, Vicksbarg, Natehez, New 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.
- ,,;,
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 afording Through Tickets and
Checks in Washington, 1t 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 so; Column
bus, Si3 Is; Dayton, S15 so; Cincinnati, SIS o.;
Louisville, by railroad, sic 65, by steamer from
Cincinnati, sl8 co. indianapolis, s17 so; Cleve-
land, SIP So; Toledo, BIS SO; Detroit, al5 90;
Chicago, $50 65 and $40 so; St Louis, s2s so and
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FERRY, MARTINSBURG, CUMBERLAND.
BERKELEY SPRINGS, BEDFORD SPRINGS,
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, and FAJRMOUNT,
passengers may leave Washington at a. m. OF
X P. m. For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and Wheeling, take a. n. train from
washington.
IrFor trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis,
etc, see special advertisements.
GTFor further Information, Through Tickets,
&S., apply to THOMAS III. PARSONS, Agent,
JOHN H. DONE,
Master Of Transportation,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore.