Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-05
Information for Travellers.
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE WEST.
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Time between Washingtsn and WheelIng
80 coo 49, bat III hours = 49, = -
Running Time between Wash ington and
sr5Tv Cincinnati 81 hours :! :
THEoyeH TICKETS AND BAGGAGE CHECKS TO IN
Fisfs1 HAD IN WASHINGTON. -sf s-s-7
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAiL
4 ROAD having greatly improved its Western
connections now oilers The fullest inducements 20
MORE, and all portions Of the WEST, NORTH.
WEST, and the SOUTHWEST.
Theeonnection between the Trains from Wash
ington and the Trains bound West from Ball.
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
w ashington 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 o a. m and X p m. On Sundays atthe
latter hour only 20 frE 1~r 4 vs'--r ~.
At WHEELING direct eownsction 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. Lcuis. etc = aE3'
AT COLUMBUS the G. o. Railroad trains con-
nectwith the fast trains Of the Little Miami Rail,
,eaa to xenia, Cincinnati Louisville, etc, AZ
formed with the trains through Dayton to Indian
apolis, Terre Eaute, Lafayette, Chicago, Rock
Island, 81. Louis, etc. ----.-il Z. >
III Passengers holding Through Tickets for
Memphis q PteksSzTg, Matches, Nsw Orledss,
ETC., which are also sold at w ashington-are trans.
feTed at Cincinnati to the Mall Steamers on the
Ohio. Tickets for Evansville, Cairo, and ST.
Louis are sold by this route.
HI For CLEVELAND, and via Cleveland to
Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, etc, tickets are sold,
when the Ohio is navigsble between Wheeling
and Welisville (forty miles) where connection
with She Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Is
made. ~ p. 's-t. asr ~ +sIsss-c g ~. no Fl
Travellers are requested TO notice that while this
Is the only route affording Through Tickets and
Checks in Washington, it is also the shortest
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 w heeling, 50 5O Cclum-
bus siS 65; Dayton, SIS 90; Cincinnati, SIC 90;
Cincinnati, eie 90; Indianapolis, sl7 SO; Cleve-
land, sl2 so: Toledo, SIS 90; Detroit, SIS %;
Chicago, $50 IS and $40 so; St. Louis, S2S 80 and
SIS; Memphis, Sef; New Orleans, a3l; etc.
III FOR FREDERICK AND HARPER'S
FERRY, MARTINSBURG, CUMBERLAND,
BERKLGY SPRINGS, BEDFORD SPRINGS,
PIEDN ONT, GARLAND, and PARAMOUNT,
passengers may Isave Washington st a. m. OF
AZ p. IN. Foi the miner way stations between
baltimore and Wheeling, take q. Il. traia from
Washington. %
iG5-F OF trains to and rom Baltimore Ana polls,
etc, see special advertisements.
IL F or further information, Through Tickets,
&c., apply to THOMAS II. PARSONS, Agent,
JOHN Il. DONE,
master OF Transportation,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore.
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