The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-11-10
From the Toledo Blade Of Oct. y, ,'7O.j
THE NEW ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS.
Shorf Line. via Decatur.


wa; Quincy, Illinois; Hannibal, Mis-
sOuri; st. Louis, Missouri.
At Keokuk II connects with the Des
Moines Valley Road, and through ii
with the Chicago & Northwestern TO
Omaha, passing through the heart OF
Iowa.
AT Quincy it strikes the Hannibal &
st. Joe Road, and makes all points in
Kansas, and with the st. Joe & COun-
ell Bluffs Road, q direct connection
with the Union Pacific and the entire
State Of Missouri. Leaving the Quin-
cy line at Bluff City, a branch goes
direct TO Hannibal, No., thence over
the new Hannibal & Moberly Road to
Kansas City and Leavenworth, max
ing by this route an almost airline
from Toledo TO Kansas City. These
three terminal points control a large
portion Of the West.
This Company hRs now completed
its new road from Decatur, Illinois, to
East st. Louis, making a direct, con-
tinuous line from the head of Lake
Erie to st. Louis, without break or
change of cars.
The completion Of this connection
is an eventin the history of Railroads
in this country. st. Louis is the chief
city on the Mississippi river, and is
the point Of departure for the vast ter
ritOry in the west. A line of road
stretching from Lake Erie to the Mis-
sissippi river, passing through two of
the greatest Of the States. cannot but
be considered as one of the great en-
terprises Of the country, as by its new
connection it transports passengers
from the great lakes to the great river
without change or delay.
The Wabash route is now prepared
as well for passenger traffic as any
road in the United States. and the
completion of this most important
connection gives it a hold upon busi-
ness which il has heretofore made no
special effort 10 secure.
By this line the distance from Tole.
DO to st. Louis is only four hundred
and thirty BliIes, The old Wabash
Road through the heart of Indiana
and Eastern Illinois is used to Deca-
tur, Illinois, where the new line
branches of, passing counties and
towns as follows:
Macon Co. chief town Decatur.
Christian Co. chief town Taylor
vile.
MacOupen Co. chief town Staunton.
Madison Co. chief town Edwards
vile.
The road before reaching Decatur
passes through the garden of Indiana,
and the portion of Illinois that it pen.
trates is the best and richest. The
counties We have specified are not ex-
eelled in the United States in point of
wealth of soil and natural beauty.
The COmpany's officers have made
ample arrangements to properly ac-
cOmmodate the immense tide Of trav-
ei that will naturally seek this ave-
nue.. They have placed upon the road
new and elegant passenger coaches,
fitted up regardless of expense, the
ruling ideas being comfort and safety.
There is absolutely nothing lackingin in
their cars. The ornamentation is
Tlch and chaste, the seats are not on
by beautiful but luxurious, and the
heating apparatus is the best we have
ever seen. To so fine q point have
they brought this important item that
every passenger may have almost the
precise temperature preferred.
The Wabash has bridge spanning
the Mississippi, at Quincy, and is
building two more, one at KeOkuk
and one at Hannibal. The Quincy
bridge is p magnificent structure and
the others are TO be not inferior to it.
The sleeping cars now on the road
are Pullman's best, but the Company
are building six in their shops in TO
ledO that excel "Pullman's best' in
almost every particular. The finish
ing and furnishing aresuperb, and ev-
cry convenience that has ever been
devised is made use of.
As soon as the sleeping and palace
cars, now being built, are finished, the
passenger from New York TO any
point in the West, may get in his
seat at the Hudson River Depot, and
never leave il till ne reaches st. Lou
is.
The Company make it a special
point to have none but gentlemen in
their employ. The officers of each
train are intelligent, obliging gentle
men who feel that their duty is not
done with the collection Of tickets
The Wabash conductors have always
been popular with the travelling pub
lie now that their facilities for MAX
ing those in their care comfortable
have been increased and they will be
more so.
Thetrack of the Wabash is in most
excellent order. The road has been
thoroughly ballasted, the defective
iron and ties all removed, and the
best and heaviest put in their place.
The road is smooth over its entire |
length, and so well built as to make |
the highest rate of speed safe. The |
condition Of the track, with the care
exercised in the construction Ofthe cars /
on the line, relieve the traveller of the |
constant feeling of danger one expert |
ences on roads less carefully construc-
ted and less cOnscientiously managed. |
The new depOts at st. Louis are the |
most commOdious in that city. The
company have constructed new pas
sengor depot at the ferry, and the
Transit Company have built q new
and complete equipment Of Omnibus
es and Baggage Wagons especially for
this road, which run to every part of
the city-tO private houses and hotels
as well as to depOts of other railroads.
At st. Louis, direct and close con-
nertions are made with the North Mis-
souri,, Missouri Pacific, Southern Pa
cinci Iron Mountain, and other lines
TO the West and Southwest, also with
nrst-elass steamers for Memphis and
ana New Orleans, and the interme-
dlate points on the Mississippi.
we believe that the Greatest part of
the travel to the Great West viii pass
over this route-indeed we do not see
now u can be otherwise. The trains
from the East make close connection
IN the Union Depot at Toledo. and
from Toledo TO the Mississippi thereis
no change whatever. The traveller
whose destination is Kansas saves
several hours of time by taking this
route, and he goes in such comfort
and with such perfect assurance of
safety, as to make it preferable. even
though he save nothing i'm time there
By.
The majority of the men whose nm
remitting efforts have carried forward
this great enterprise, are citizens Of
Toledo.
Hon. Az.ariah BoOdy, the President.
resides in New York, and the active
duties of his Office devolve upon John
y. Drummond, Esq, of this city, the
Vice President; Geo. H. Burrows is
General Superintendent, with the du-
ties usual to that important Office;
John b. Carson is General Freight |
Agent, and manages the commercial
interests of the company, while John
o. Parsons and w. /. Malcolm have
control of the passenger business of
the road. To these gentlemen is due
very much Of the credit for the perfee-
tion of the road, and the satisfactory
with which its business with
the public is transacted.
No road in the country has in its
more able and accomplished
men, or men more quick tOrealize the
of the hour or more ready
ID meet them.
The travelling public in the East
will do well to remember the Wabash
route, when arranging for a trip to
The West. There is no better road in
The country, and the day is not far
listant when il will be so aeknowl-
sdged by travelling men.