New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-05


Now that the st. Louis route to New York
is becoming popular, passengers leaving the
Mobile depot at the foot of Canal street
and going through to st. Louis without
change of cars, the following from the St
Louis Republican, of Sunday, possesses
peculiar interest:
The progress toward a realization of
Puck wild boast, that he would put girdle
around the world in forty minutes since
Shakespeare first penned the words, has
been go astonishingly rapid that we can al
most expect practical accomplishment.
In one respect this idle thought of the poets
brain has proven prophetic, and it won't be
many years before the harnessed lightning
will draw with a fiery'fash this wonderful
girdIe around the globe. But the an
nOuncement which has suggested these
remarks, thirty eight hours from st.
Louis to New York" bears inforna-
ton Of an equally vast progress, and
though it is not reasonable to expect a
lightning express that viii whirl US all
about the world in half an hour, the in
crease In the speed of travelling since the
days when the Bard of Avon numbered
around his theatrical circuit in an Old-fash-
Toned coach, has been so remarkable that
there Is just as great reason for establishment
as there would be in its practical accom-
plishment. Many still live whose hair is
not tinged with the silver hue of age, who
remember when it was a months tedious
journey by boat and stage to reach New
York Now, one of the most enterprising
of our railroad lines surprises the public
with a fast train which hurries them in
thirty eight hours to tide water.
/. 1t is difficult to realize that but one day
need DO spent in the cars, and only that
much time lost by the merchant or business
man going to New York. Witness the re-
suits. An active man can leave here Sat
uroay evening, spend the whole Of Monday
attending to his business, and wake up
Wednesday morning in st. Louis, bright
and fresh as usual. Time has been well
nigh annihilated, and the most gratifying
fact in connection with the whole matter is
that the appliances of comfort and conve-
nienee, which invention has supplied the
modern traveller, are 80 numerous and per
feet that this rapid journey can be made
with such ease and pleasure that no appre-
ciabie fatigue accompanies it.
magnificent drawing room cars, of Pull
mans best style, run with this train from
this city to New York, and there are no
annoying or disagreeable changes to make
en- route. The elegant reclining chairs,
sofas and settees in the day time, the soft
easy cushions at night, the glittering mir
AOAS4 oICsa4t upHOA5boAy AAu &DAludAt sup
ply of cold clear water, the oficious at
tendant ready at hand to supply every
need, all combined make the passenger be-
lieve he is quietly resting in some luxurious
parlOr instead of rushing along forty miles |
an hour. The importance of this fast |
train is so great and the benefit to the |
mercantile community is so undoubted, |
that we can not refrain from testifying right |
here to the remarkable efficiency which |
characterizes the management of the line, |
to which we are indebted for its establish |
ment, in all their enterprises The Wanda |
liza line, by which this train is run, offers an |
example to other railroad companies which /
they would find it profitable to follow. The |
line has not been in existence long, but by |
carefully catering to the wants of the pub
lie, constantly providing new facilities, it
has acquired great popularity and enjoys /
as liberal patronage as that of the oldest
line This last effort to meet
the pressing want of quick transportation
East is only in pursuance of its regular
policy, and is sure to meet the universal
which has made the other eff
forts successful