Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-03
Erom Milmnnken to NeM Y0rk.


From Milwaukee to New York II used 10
be a great trip five had to make it, we
looked forward to the day of setting ont with
no little dread and memory is still fresh OF
the aching limbs jammed up hour after hour
in the narrow confines of car sea-, and Of
innumerable changes of cars and ofan intense
satisfaction when New York was reached and
the journey was at an end. How things have
changed. How the march of civilization has
been onward, and how travel has been re-
duced from labor to pleasure. Mans
mind is ever busy and big with improvements,
and in railway comfort II is displayed to great
advantage We are off for New York. Busi-
ness or pleasure call us there, and en- route
We find ourselves at Chicago and at the Pitts
burg & IT. Wayne depot ready TO leave. At
5:15 of an afternoon the locomotive whistles,
and the "all aboard Of the conductors heard
in stentorian tones. Responsive to the call
We step into a Palace car and are whizzing
and steaming on our way. We appreciate the
difference in travelling, for the car is. nothing
less than a superb parlor on wheels. 1t is
supplied with all the comforts of home, and
we feel ourselves there. Palace cars are
sovereign balm inlailway travelling, and the
P. & Ft W. seem to have reached the highest
point Of comfort and pleasure in those cars.
On we go, darting past Valparaiso, and
Plymouth and other towns until lilo at
night linda us at Fort WAYNE. We pass
Crestline and Wooster and Massillon and all
the while lie comfortably in our downy bed
and dream of home and the little ones who
are behind us.
AT 7:45 the next morning we are at Alliance,
take warm morning meal, and at 11:10 find
ourselves in Pittsburg, the city of coal dust,
black smoke and industry. We dine at the
magnificent Railway hotel, and then go back
TO our palace car, which has become as
familiar as our own drawing room to us now,
and swing of upon the Pennsylvania rail-
road, and think Of the glorious meal that
awaits us at Altoona. At 4A5 Altoona is
reached. What an appetite travelling gives
one, and we should be disappointed did VIC
not find warm meal here. We are not dis
appointed. From the lockout on the top of
the Logan House our approach has been sig
nailed, and busy hands are at work spreading
the tables with steaming hot food. The
train darts up to the very side OF the Logan.
On ahghting you see tho unwonted conven-
ience Of near forty basins whereat to wash,
and clean towels to correspond. Water is
brought IN pipes from notch in the noun
tains, called the "kettle," several miles dis
tant, and it soon removes all traces of travel,
and you seat yourself at tables covered with
all the luxuries Of the market, and cooked to
your taste.
The slogan House" has front of 9OOfeet
or more, with wings running back. The din
ing room is $50 feet long, and furnished with
short tables, at each of which twelve people
may be comfortably seated. The floor is al
ways as clean as if it had just been hand
scrubbed. The table-eloths are spotless. AS
the house dimes, on an average, 1000 per-
sons daily, from thirty or more trains, you
may infer that there is deal of "s0cial sci
ence" involved in the management Yet there
is no confusion, but perfect order and quiet
ness, explained largely by the fact that the
house has no bar. supply Of liquors is
generally considered indispensable to make
a hotel popular But the Logan House is
popular notwithstanding.
The train stops sufficiently long for us TO
eat our meal deliberately, and when it is An
ished we step into our palace car which has
been awaiting us, with a satisfed air. as il we
were on the best Of terms with all mankind.
and when darkness settles about us we seek
our couch, that by refreshing sleep we NAV
be ready for the next days business in tho
great city Of New York.
We should be glad if we could 70 through
to the city Of Brotherly Love, but the palace
car turns off at Harrisburg towards the
greater attractions Of New York, and passes
over the shortcut, called the Allentown
gain Of time and trouble
At |. O'Clock the next morning we awake
refreshed and bright. The train-our own
palace car in which we left Chicago, at least
has reached the Empire City, and the vel
come voice OF the hackman as he shouts
''Astor House, ''Fifth Avenue" 'BIetropoli.
tan, ETC., is heard. Our JOURNEYS end is
reached, and we have had a delightful trip
nom Milwaukee to the great seaboard city,
and we shall not forget what we have learned
by experience, nor selfshly hide our light
from those who have to travel.