The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-24
IFrom the Toledo Blade.]
New Route TO ST. LOutS--ShOrt
Line Via Decatur.


The Toledo, Wabash s. Western is one
of the great railroad corporations OF the
country. Its eastern terminus is Toledo.
west. viz : Keokuk. Iowa Quincy, Illinois
Hannibal. Mo. st. Louis. Mo. At keo-
kuk it connects with the Des Moines Valley
Road, aud through it with the Chicago and
Northwestern to Omaha, passing through
the heart of Iowa. At Quincy it strikes the
Hannibal and st. Joe Road, and makes all
points in Kansas, and with the st. joe and
Council Bluffs Road, a direct connection
with the Union Pacific and the entire State
of Missouri. Leaving the Quincy line at
Bluff City. branch goes direct to Hannl-
bal, Mo, and thence over the New Hanni-
bal and Moberly Road to Kansas City aud
Leavenworth, making by this route an al
most air line from Toledo 10 Kansas City.
These three terminal points control a large
portion of the West.
This Company has now completed its new
road from Decatur. H., to East ST. Louis,
making q direct, continuous line from the
head of Lake Erie to St. Louis, without b-oak
or change of cars.
The completion Of this connection is az
event in the history of Railroads in this
country. St. Louis is the chief city on the
Mississippi, and is the point of departure for
the vast territory in the west "A line of
| road stretching from Lake Erie to the Mis-
sissip ippi, passing through two of the greatest
| of the States, cannot be but considered one
OF the greatest enterprises of the country. as
| by its new connection it transports passen-
! gers 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 business which it has heretofore made
no special effort to secure.
By this line the distance from Toledo to
! ST. Louis is only one hundred aud thirty
/ miles. The old Wabash Road through the
! heart Of Indiana and Eastern Illinois is used
| to Decatur. Illinois, where the new line
| branches eff, passing counties as follows:
Macon county-chief town, Decatur.
| Christian county-chief town, Taylorville.
| Macoupen county-ohief town. Staunton.
| Madison county-chief town, Edwardsville.
The road before reaching Decatur passes
| through the garden of Indiana, and the por-
ton Of Illinois that it penetratcs is the best
aud richest. The counties we have specified
are not excelled in the United States in point
Of wealth of soil and natural beauty.
| The Company's offices have made ample
arrangements to properly accommodate the
immense tide Of travel that will naturally
seek this avenue. 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 lacking in their cars
The characterization is rich and chaste, the
seatS-aTe not only beautiful but luxurious,
and the heating apparatus is the best we
| have ever seen. To so hne q point lave
| they brought this important item that every
passenger may have almost the precise tens
perature preferred.
The Wabash has bridge spanning the
| Mississippi at Quincy, and Is building two
more. one at krokuk ard one at Hannibal.
The Quincy bridge is magnificent struct-
ure, aud the others are to be not inferior
| to it.
The sleeping cars now on the road are
| Pullman's best, but the Company are build
ing six in their shops, in Toledo, that excell
"oullman's best" in almost every particular.
The finishing and furnishing are superb, and
| every convenience that has been devised is
n.ade use of.
As soon as the sleeping and palace cars,
now being built. are finished, the passeu-
gers from New York to any point in the
West may get in his seat at the Hudson
River Depot, and never leave it until he
reaches st. Louis.
The Company make it a special point to
have lone but gentlemen in their employ.
The officers of each train are intelligent
obliging gentlemen, who feel that their duty
is not done with the collection of the tickets.
The Wabash conductors have always been
| popular with the travelling public. Now
that their facilities for making those in their
cars comfortable have been increased, they
will be more so.
The track of the Wabash is in most excel
lent order. The road has been thoroughly
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moved, 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 condi-
tion of the track, with the care exercised in
the construction of the cars on the line, re-
lieves the traveller of the constant feeling oi
danger one experiences on roads less care
fully. constructed and less conscientiuusly Y
managed.
The new depots at St. Louis are the most
commodious in that city. The Company
have constructed a new passenger depot al
the ferry, and the Transit Company have
built new and complete equipment of ON
nibusses and baggage Wagons especially for
this road, which run to every part of the
city-to private houses and hotels, as well
as the depots of other railroads.
At St. Louis, direct and close connections
j,
Pacific, Southern Pacific, Iron Mountain
and other lines to the West and Southwest
also with first class steamers for Memphis
and New Orleans, and the intermediate
points on the Mississippi.
We believe that the greatest part of the
travel to the Great West will pass over this
route-indeed we do not see how 1t can be
otherwise. The trains from the East make
close connections in the Union depot at To.
ledo, and from Toledo to the Mississippi
there is no change whatever. The traveller
whose destination is Kansas saves several
hours of time by taking this route. and be
goes in such comfort, and with such perfect
assurance of safety, as to make it preferable
even though he save nothing in time thereby
The majority of the men whose unremit
ting efforts have carried forward this great
enterprise, are citizens Of Toledo.
Hon. Azariah Boody, the President, re.
sides in New York, and the active duties o