The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-18
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WHAT THE MARYLAND EDIToRs' AssocrA
TIoN KNOWS ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD AND IT'S CONNECTIONS.
Railroads have become as necessary to
American growth and business as tile nervous
system is to the human body. They infuse
and create vitality by providing for communi-
cation between centres and extremities and
they transmit life and yigor wherever they
penetrate. Cities and towns teemino with
industry mark their progress, and population
follows their iron track, echoing with the
sounds of prosperity every shrek of the en-
gine Rivalry betweefIailroads has proved
as essential to their development and progress
as the competition of intellect is to the adj
vancement of Humanity. Had a single line
alone connected the Mississippi valley with
the Atlantic seaboard, the perfection of travel
and transit now enjoyed would never have
been reached. The stimulents of rivalry i'm
proved roadbcds, reduced gradients, solidifed
bridges, perfected locomotives, created steel
rails, built comfortable cars and generally in
troduced the speed, safety and economy of
travel and traffic which has elevated the
United States to the first position of pros
perity in the world
This rivalry is exhibited in different way
Generally it appears in a audable competition
between lines reaching the same points,
which endeavor, by increased and improved
accommodations, to secure liberal patronage.
Occasionally it shows itself by efforts less
IF, AL.
the reputation and business of competing
lines by misrepresentation and misstate-
ments destitute of truth as they are of
honor. Petty annoyances are placed in the
way to divert travel and trade, and a policy
of management adopted srnilating closely to
the contemplate schemes of fraud.
Recently the attention Of the public has
been attracted, in various ways, to the rivalry
existing between the lines of the PENNSYLVANIA
and Baltimore and Ohio Companies, and the
merits of these are SO generally discussed that
facts and opinions bearing upon the case at
issue cannot prove embarrassing or unpro-
fitable. The points involved of most impor-
lance to the travelling public are, briefly which
of these lines is the shortest? which of them
furnishes the best accommodations to the
people? and which presents the most com.
plete arrangements of the transaction of the
business it seeks?
Taking New York City as the initial point
on the Atlantic seaboard from which our rail-
road system may be said to radate, and
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis and
Chicago as the centres of communication and
trade in the great valley of the Mississippi, it
will be found that the distances by the lines
in question are, according to the 7rarelers
Official Raiieoay Guide, as follows
To CINCINNATI.
Via Baltimore and Ohio, III miles.
Via pennsylvania T57 miles.
Less by Pennsylvania route, 20 miles
To INDIANAPOLIS.
Via Baltimore and Ohio, $3.50 miles
VIA pennsylvania, S25 miles.
Less by Pennsylvania route, GA miles.
To ST.. LOUIS.
Via Baltimore and Ohio, i,,i7 miles.
VIA pennsylvania, 1,064 miles.
less by Pennsylvania route, So miles.
To CHICAGO.
Via Baltimore and Ohio 1913 miles.
VIA pennsylvania, 912 miles.
Less by Pennsylvania route I03 miles
The Pennsylvania route is not only proved
to be the shortest, but it has the additional
advantage of controlling the lines and connec-
tions to all points named, as well as to many
others in the West, Northwest, and South
west, thus securing the travel against inter-
ruption and delays.
as to the excellence of the Pennsylvania
route,its superior construction, suberb
equipment, efficient management, and con-
siderate care for the comfort of its PATRONS
no higher or more disinterested testimony
could possibly be adduced than that of the
Maryland Editors Association. This COM
pany of gentlemen, numbering thirty-seven
members, from all parts of the State and ten
invited guests, made an excursion of two
weeks duration and twenty-five hundred
miles extent, by rail and steamer through the
South West and West, in 1873, during which
they passed over the lines of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company from Chicago to Baltimore.
In the very interesting and handsomely prin-