The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-11-08

important item that every passenger may
have almost the precise temperature pre-
ferred.
The Wabash has Il bridge spanning the
Mississippi at Quincy, and is building
two more. one at keokuk and one at
Hannibal. The Quincy bridge is mag.
nificcnt structure and the others are to ho
not inferior to it,
The sleeping ears now on the road arc
Pulmans best but the Company arc
building six in their shops in Toledo that
excel "Puman's best in almost every
prrticular. The finishing and furnishing
are superb, and every convenience that
has ever been devised is made use of.
As soon as the sleeping and palace cars
now being built are finished, the passcn-
gers from New York to any point in the
West, may get in his seat at the Hudson
River Depot, and never leave it till he
reaches st. Louis.
The company make il special point
TO have none hit gentlemen in their en-
ploy. The officers of each train are in
telligent, obliging gentlemen who feel that
their duty is not done with the collection
of tickets The Wabash conductors have
always been popular with the travelling
publc-now that their facilities for
making those in their care comfortable
have been increased and they will he
more SO
The track Of the Wabash is IN must rx-
cellent orde.. The road has been thor.
oughly ballasted the defective iron and
ties all removed, and the hest and heav-
lest put in their place. The road is
smooth over it, 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 of
the ears on the line, relieve the traveller
Of the constant feeling of danger one cx-
periences on roads less carefully con-
structed and less conscientiouslv manag.
ed.
The new iepots at st. Louis are the
most commodious in that city. The COM
pany have constructed new passenger
depot at the ferry, and the Transit Com
pany have built new and complete
equipment of Omnbusses and Baggage
Wagons especially for this road, which
run to every part of the city-to private
houses and hotels, as well TO depots of
other railroads.
At St Louis direct and close connec-
tions are made with the North Mississippi,
N,cc.a,r, pno,Ea On,,tbn,, Do..e..
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 Mis-
sissippi.
We believe that the greatest part of
the travel to the great West will pass
over this route-indeed we do not see how
it can be otherwise The trains from the
East make close connection in the Union
depot at Toledo, 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 he. goes in Snch comfort, and
with such perfect assurance of safety, as
to make it preferable. even though he
saves nothing in time thereby.
The majority Of the men whose unre-
mitting efforts have carried forward this
great enterprise, are all citizens of To-
ledo.
Hon Azariah Body the President, re-
sides in New York, and the active duties
OF this Office devolvc upon John y. Drum
mond, Esq, of this city, the Vice P.esi-
dent Geo. Burrows is General Superin
tendent, with the duties usual to that i'm
portant Office John b. Carson is Gener-
al Freight Agent, and manages the
commercial interests of the company,
while John {. Parsons and ". l.. Nal.
colin have control Of the passenger bust
ness of the road. To these gentlemen is
due very much OF the credit for the per.
iection of the road, and the satisfactory
manner in which its business with the
public is transacted
No road in the country has in its om.
ploy moro able and accomplished men
or men moro quick or more ready TO
meet them
The travelling public o the East will
do well TO remember the Wabash route,
when arranging tor Il uip TO the West
There is no better road in the country,
and the day is not far distant when it
will be 50 acknowledged by travelling
men.