Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-06-12


~ believe il to be oar duty, as public jour
nakhs, to expose fraud and imposition Of all
klbs. Aud under this conviction, we pen
Thu. article; for we hold it as much fraud to
misead the public by false advertisements, as
BY false statements personally made.
A handbillis before u, issued by The Indi-
diauapolis aud Cincinnati Railroad, lthc route
via Lawrenceburgb) !, in which Tie folIowingan-
nouncemsnt is made:
"FlRsT TRAIN
leaves indianapolis 40 A. ~, ON arrival OF
Lafayette and Chicago trains, arriving in Gin
ciunati atl2.3G p. Nj. This train arrives in
Cincinnati FIVE Hours AND THRrY MINUTES IN
ADVANCE OF every other route from Indianap-
oils"
This is a positive and unqualified falsehood,
and every gentleman who has ever visited Gin
cinnati, ria the Indiana Central, Eaton and
Hamilton, and Hamilton and Dayton Railroads
kDoYs i'll be false in Substance and in fact.
The train over the Central Road, which
leaves this city at 30 y II. arrives at Cincin-
nati at p. M-only THIRTY MINUTES LATER THAN
THE TRAINS on THR LAwRfScEBUkG RoAD. This
every one knows who has travelled TO Cincinnati
over both route.
II the Lawrencebargh road hopes To- deceive
the public by such false and counterfeit publ
cations the above. il will iind us ready. at all
li@les, to expose the imposition, and tell the
truth in the case
The truth Is, the Cincinnati aud lndianapo.
Llis Railroad seek to deceirs the travelling pub
-. in order to induce thcm to travel over their
road <.tse- .sneeies Of deception they are prae-
Using IN this Ins,atee i contemptible rs 1t
( ii sisty6nduz an.i abeiszti,s. public fully un-
dsrstand u they viii ts4ls &c Central Road in
pre(exenc< Sol. We hold it that the public
vi sustain ~ enterprise " hich has to resort
10 falsehood and Misrepresentation for recon-
mendation 10 the peoples confidence. Such is
the resort Of the Cincinnati and Indiauapo-
! lis Road in the instance quoted above. And
we here pronounce it riiaaioHs imposition.
1t may not be improper, in this connection, 10
speak Of the Indiana Central Road, for il stands
in the front ranks along with the railroads in
the West
The trains are all under the superintendent
of the most careful and gentlemanly Conductors
and among them there is none more deserved
lly popular than Mr. WHITNEY, and NJ. BLACK
I'VE have, of late, passed over this route 10 Gin
cinnati several times. We have always mark
ed with pleasure, the gentlemanly bearing o
every one connected with the trains. There il
nothing which will conduce to the comfort an.
convenience Of the traveller. left undone by then
they are the 'inolel men of model road
The route passes through the gardens" q
Indiana and Ohio-ihc White Water and Mi
ami valleys. / he scenery, therefore, is delight
full Glorious old forests. beautiful farms wit
their neat houses--lruilul fields-cultiyate
| gardens, and beautifully laid ont and plante
grounds-these make mp the scenery on thi
/ route.
! The regularity of the running of the trains
the freedom of the road from accidents, the ea
cellent management Of all things, added to III
general politeness of every officer, these al
The best recommendations TO The road, and $
long as they continue, the Central unlike I'll
Lawrenceburg. will not have to resort to falls
publications to win the public favor.