, 1874-12-12
BALTIMORE.
Ohicago's New Railroad-0 Connection
with the Soaboard.
How the D. h Q. r. Il. Compares
with Other Trunk-Lincs'l
BattImorc's Facilities for Expectation
and Importation.
Its Prospective Trndc-Rclations
with Chicago and the West.
J,at1,,toHE, Dec. Z, 1874.

"'ess 0@AASssfs " sAA1.' ~
r.,r,,,onf. Dec, Z, 1874.
sa n. saitor ~ I'll. CHICAGO Trsbune:
IN Arr, 1907 t,,e Baltimore IL Ohio Railroad
f7o,ur,,,v ,vun orpnuiyol, a,l tho construction
~ ti,a r,,d con,mcucet, july 1, 1sas,--thc first
st,ro hoir,, mid 1y tho ycuorablo Charles Carroll
NJ Cnrrol,tou. then oyor 90 yorra Of ngo wfao do
rleroa It 10 DO tho most important net Of hts
tifo. rurpass;nE oyon l.y signing OF tho Dcciar-
at,nu pf Independence. IN less thaii Two
cnora, tic track was completed to ]a'llcotba
Mills, dsta1,ce Of II mos. at1t' It's caFb eia'''
lnr to our 1,orsc-cars, wore drawn ny hofaea'
About this tf,uo, steam nlaslo iss aproaranco on
tho Liynrpool Il Manchester Ralroad. anti e1-
cited great attention. iu th'a county. "[ ,.' ,uo
Epcsl, road was noar1y straight, while tue Dalti~
moro Il Ohio Road was very cfooSeu, ana,
though steam locomotives auceeehod there' II
nv"e "a ~. t,,nroht nosaiblc to mao tlo.n herc.
""o 4''' :. .oor, u,,' In thia xin,o
Hranee ~ u '"ns ~" '-eA, " ,,,nx;nn,,
,scau, lad never becn usca IN ah ."noi''"o
tailway, and had mt e'on been dreamed Oh
PETER COOPER,
.,,. ro,. yor,, nrtorenar,an millionaire, was
"oS sl'o ~" ,a,.a,s,rota t}ot steanI.loco,no-
inc n1ht ~ "''io',"1l"'o sNH" .,sa ..,,,, IL
tive was praoticabo on u clooAe" tl"e"' 10
constructed raWay-ocomosIvo "e'sat's "es
tl,or n ton. and. on tho 2sth f1ny OF August.
1870, ran It himself o'os ~" o,,. and
hallroao from l'e1''1.o ~ ,, s,,a n,cortnrs of
bach again. drawing after hia sno pt.o'.o's -
tho road, in all open car Oh four whoel8' looK1ns
,.,..,, H., romuon .farn,.wagop, ut tho tro-
.s..5o,,. .. s,,ucJ NJ II, uea mn hour, When, at
menaoaa .I, 'p.e" a :" 'a.at ~ s.,o1x rouna "a orrye
ono point ne "en' oa4e.s 49,.
at tho fearful rate OF Ia n'tleh Ell uoat'
thn astouiahu1ot,t and enthusiasm OF the Utrec-
tora know no bounds, This was tho first rail-
Tay-locolnosi'o ever conht1aeee'a !" nn'e'N" aa
this WIS tho first transportation Of potsons "
.,o,u tint over tnor nlaco this side Of tho At
1s."..s n,t ~ rorrcr as;,, 1iyrs cruial. honor
I'D old man; but. in .the lass 1otty-tonf yehrs,
tho rhnnccs IN hin, f,nyo bocn blight compared
~" eaanhea - 49, r., ~ w,r.,oromotton
.n1 ~ ,1usu sm',;a"cca' .,,n. &c.,
II tho Baltimore & ONO Nal'toao ,,'s naa neen
lie Northwest, .....'........
IF Ass At LsAsr pEsS suuE.
CORRUPTION tlet i'll other railroad corporations,
breaks Ot,s il Credit A1ohihcr and dropsical
stock. but with long. headed array Of facilities
Tor nt u.lro handling the pruuco thus reached,
that ,n,,st astonish Ton, Scott. Jay Gould,
aud Corucli1B Vanderbilt, almost ~ much
an tho honesty u1,t economy Of itH management.
10 wou,ler that tlle latter comes ilors personally
10 coax t.lp Baltimore giant to lay ta llaau on
tho aoft lap of combined fre,ght-rates prepared
at tlle Snratoya Convention, az q prelude to
shorn locks s,.d lho crY, "Tho phisistines
he unon lhoe p 1t is to bo Lopod that tho
modern sa1nson will not thus part With lis
strength and lis eyosight.
Tlora are tlyeo reepec:a in which the Dalti-
7aore d Olio surnassen vii competing railroads
il, ;ta fnciites for tra,la1mrtiug Tho products Of
tic Northwest to Underwater:
First-lts ro1,to ia
rIli; suonrEsr.
Tho distances 1ran, Chicago to Baltimore anil
New York arc gu follows:
Aiilfs.
To baltimore via Baltimore X Ohio Nairoad.. Eli