Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-16

advice 10 Travellers.

Noticing a short time ago, in an lnd;-
annapolis paper, al advertisement that an
Office had been opened there, indepen-
dent Of the Union Depot Office, for the
sale of tickets to Columbus and the East,
ria Richmond and Dayton, thought it
advisable to give some Of my experience
over that route, in order that any Of yeur
readers who may be going Fast through +
indianapolis, may be wagAed l. Gr to
take some other ropte.
On the night Of the llih November
last 1 bought, at the Union Depot, Co
lumbus O., two tickets to Indianapolis,
(for myself and wife, ria Dayton and
Richmond, FOR $I22o The tickets, as
usual were contract t taes the hold.
ers to tie destination expressed on .belr
face. I tried to buy tickets viq Piqaa
and Richmond 10 indianapolis, knowing
that to be the best route, but vas told
that none were sold over that route at
that Office. & afterwards learned that
/ there was an Office Of tas Piqua line near
ths .t; Lets, were allowed 20 se SOLD, nor
IS !'ais z 2' II. or y 1':3
Well, at midlight sc started Tor III
dianapolis on the Cincinnati train. Not
having been a6ie.to sleep, owing g. The
untimely starting of the traia, we would
have been glad to take'a sleeping car,
but found that we should have to leave
that train-at Dayton at 4 'cleck in the
morning, and stay there until s =. II.
beiOret he indianapolis train wouid leave.
OF course there was little sleep 10 L. lad
during .hc fou- 4ours, ana thus We lost a
nights rest.
I at Richmond we offered the Indian
apOiIs coupon Of our tickets, or rather
che tickets themselves, to the conductor
on the Indiana Central Railway, but he
refused 20 accept them fer i1se, a.-l re-
quirsl local FIRE o u.s. lie said thai
there was no business connection be-
tween the Indiana Central r. W. Co and
the Companies that issued the tickets.
VIZ: the c., f. & d., Little Miami, and
Columbus d Xenia; that the tickets sold
by these companies, over the Indiana
central Hallway, were not received III
Gle latter Company and that the above
named combination had been o6icially
notified OF that fact by the proper officer
Of the Indiana Central So the fact Is,
- ta Columbus agent Of the Ohio
monopoly deliheratelv sold tickets over n
road that lie knew would lat receive
them. In other words, he made con-
tract for his companies which ne knew
he could not fuiblL 1t is true, the pro-
portion OF fare from Richmond to Indian
apohs, was afterwards refunded through
2. w. Strader, generals ticket agent.
cincinnati, and the writer, hav.ar mon
ey, was put to no serious inconvenience
by this brea Oh Of good faith; but suppose
the ticket had been sold to some poor,
trlendless woman, OF soldier, or other
person without money enough to pay the
Aq7d5dfltgtj Io 9ls fare; Such cases have hap
inconvenience would have been the re-
suit, and perhaps hardship. Such faith
lessnessis very culnable
&c Connected Win me same tram a.
Richmond FOR Indianapolis that we should
have taken had We started from Column
bus, between 3 and q a. NJ. after a rood
nights rest, and come Uia Pioua over
the new road.
e difficulty between the Indiana
Central anu the Ohio combination was
caused by the disposition u. the part of
the latter to force travel and trahie
towards Cincinnati, and away from
indianapolis. With this view the
! Dayton and Western r. r. Connect
/ ing wish the Indiana Central at the
State liae) was bought up by the
| combination, and everything. was
done to annoy and IN. the Indiana
/ Central, and turn trade and travel to
/ Cincinnati The inal-aa Central was
/ blockad8d, in effect, so far as is through
/ business was concerned. Mr. Newman,
the President, could not brook such a
course. In fact, it was q matter Of life
and death to his road TO have an uDob-
st-ucted Eastern connection. Accord
: molly. he quietly went 80 work to build q
| road to connect with the Columbus. Pr
qua and Indiana Road, near Piqua-a
/ distance of thirty odd niles. TIE com
/ hinalita walked up one morning and
found the road ,built, and themselves
thanked and out-generaled. They have
! been mad about 1t ever since, and have
{ uoue All obey -0Hlf ~ r.renre them
selves on the Indiana Celtral-i5r saw
ing itself from becoming d mere local
read
The Indiana Central now has an ex-
/ eellent new road, OF the same gauge as
I itself, which it controls, to connect it
with the great system. OF railroads ralia.-
/ ing from Columbus. Passengers pass
| between indianapolis aud Columbus over
I shls route ,withoct change of ears, and
Tithout delay or ANNOYANCE: whi'e liz
of, and arhaps are now, two changes Of
cars, and yeXatiOus delay
Persons gotnc u Indianapolis East
ria Richmond, Piqaa and Columbus
should buy their tickets NO the Union
Depot at Indianapolis. HoosIEE.
GENERALS BURNSIDE AND HooKER.-In
holding Knoxville against the Superior
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