Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-06
Information for Travellers. 3
By RAILROAD DIRECT TO THE WEST.
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Time bstsseen Washsxgton and WAsetGRE
6nt lit hours! "a = - NJ
Running Time between Washington and
Cincinnati 81 hoursm
YIRoVsH SIcKHfs AND DAseAeI cHIcKs 70 p
Had IN WASHINGTON.
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
L ROAD having greatly Improved its Western
Travellers between WASHINGTON, BALTl.
MORE, and all portions Of the WEST, NORTH.
WEST, and the SOUTHWEST.
ington and the Trains bound West from Balti.
more is always promptly made at the Washington
Junction (lately called the Relay House) 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
Washington Station, and rechecked and trans
ferred there with the passengeIs) without charge
for those holding Through Tickets for points be.
yond. The come ting trains leave Washington
daily at a. m. and AZ p. m. On Sundays at the
later hour only
BENWOOD,4 miles from Wheeling, direct
connection is made with the trains Of CENTRAL
OHIO RAILROAD, running from Beilair, on
the Ohio, through Cambridge, GAINESVILLE, and
Newark, to COLUMBUS. These trains coRaect
at Newark with the cars Of tie Newark, Mansfield
and Sandusky Railroad for Sandusky, Toledo,
Detroit, Chicago, ST. Louis, etc
AtCOLsMB5st the G U. Railroad traias con-
acct with the fact Il aims OF the Little Miami Rail
rood to Sekis, Cincinnati, Louisville, etc. Al
XENIA (on Little Miami Railroad connection IL
formed with the trains through Dayton, to Indian
apOiis, 7erre Haute. Lafayette, Chicago, Roch
Island, st. Louis, Carlo, etc.
U Passengers holding Through Tickets for
Memphis, PIcks6urg, hatcher, Nep Orleans, etc -,
which are also sold at Westinghouse trans.
ferred at Cincinnati, to the Mall Steamers on the
Ohio. Tickets for Evansville, Carlo, and St.
Louis are sold by the river route
III For CLEVELAND, and via Ceve'and to
Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, etc. tickets are sold ,
when the Ohio is navigable between Vince ing
and Wellsviile (forty miies) where a connection
with the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Is
made.
Travellers are requested to notice that while this
is the only route aRording Through Tickets and
Checks In Washington, II 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 Wheeling, % so; Column
bus, s13 65; Dayton, SIS so; Cincinnati $40 o. /;
Louisville, by railroad, $ls IS, by steamer from
land, el2 SO; Toledo, SIS go; Detroit, s1s 20 !;
Chicago, $40 IS and S19 So st Louis, S2S 50 and
BIS; Memphis, S26; New Orleans S3f, etc.
NF FOR FREDERICK AND HARPER,S
FERRY, MAR rINSBURG, LUMBER LAND,
BERKELEY SPRINGS, BEDFORDSPRINGs
PIEDMONT, OAKLAND, AID FAIRMONT,
|! P. M. For the minor way stations between
Baltimore and Wheeling, take 8 a. IN. train from
Washington.
III For trains to and from Baltimore, AMMAN.
oils, etc see speciai advertisements
IL For further information, Through Tickets,
etc, apply to THOMAS Ii. PARSONS, Agent,
at Washington Station.
Nm. 8. WOODsiDE,
Master Of Transportation,
naYch 1T II. b d Railroad, BsifitDors.