The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-10-22
OVER THE EPENNSYLVANIAR RAILROAD
BY DAYLIGHT.

Probably the best specimen of an
American highway to be found anywhere
is the Pennsl lyvania railroad, between
Pittsburg and New York. In solidity of
construction, superiority of bridge archi-
lecture, and smoothness of track, it is un-
rivaled. Throughout its entire length it
is laid with double track of steel rails.
weighing sixty-seven pounds to the yard.
| These rails are fastened on oak ties, en-
bedded in broken stone ballast with splice
joints between the ties, and so arranged
that the connection on one side comes op-
posite to the center of the rail on the 9th
er, thus preventing the uncomfortable and
monotonous jar experienced on tracks con-
structed according to the ordinary plan.
The rolling-stock is as near perfection as
human ingenuity and skill has, up to the
present time, been able to make it. Loco
motives and cars are alike built by the
Company in their own shops, and in the
details of materials, design, and finish,
combine the highest excellence attainable.
To all this is added rigid policy of man
agement, exacting the utmost care and
courtesy.trom employees OF every grade, and
the application of those effective safe
guards-the Westing house air-brake and
the block-signal system-showing that
whatever can be accomplished for the
safety of travellers has been done on this
great line of roadway.
This high standard of excellence hay
ing been reached, the managers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad feel warranted in
taking another advance step for the spec
ial benefit of through travel, and on the
lst of June commenced running fast
daylight train from Pittsburg to Philadel-
phia and New York, with close connec-
tions, at Harrisburg, for Baltimore and
Washington on the following schedule
| Leave Pittsburg, ......... 7.45 A. NJ.
Altoona. ....... l1.2S
Harrisburg. ...... 1926 p. NJ.
Arrive Baltimore, 6.55 p. NJ.
Washington, ........ 9.02 "
Arrive Philadelphia, ...... GAO p NJ.
I" New York, k,........ go
The magnificent run of four hundred
Il
and New York is made with but three
stoppages, the first, of only five minutes,
at Altoona after a stretch of one hundred
and seventeen miles; the second, of tbir-
ty minutes for dinner, at Harrisburg, after
an unbroken dash of one hundred and
thirty-two miles, and the third and last, of
only five minutes, at Philadelphia after
run OF one hundred and five miles leaving
single stretch of ninety miles across
New Jersey to destination. No time be-
ing lost in stopping, the wonderful locomo-
tive.engines work away with the regularity
OF fixed Misunderstanding their supply
OF water from the track-tanks as they go,
and carrying their fuel with them; and the
time is made by uniformity Of progress
more than by any increased rate of speed.
The train is made up of Pullman parlor
cars and the best of the Company's day
coaches, all splendidly upholstered, mount
ed on combination springs, and finished
with plate-glass windows, through which
the landscape can be distinctly seen.
And here comes in the great charm of
this day light ridethrough Pennsylvania, for
the train leaves Pittsburg at quarter be-
fore eight in the morning and reaches
Philadelphia at quarter before seven in
the evening. 1t is no new thing to say
that the scenery on the line of the Penn
sylyania railroad is beautiful, and in many
places, grand. Every American who trav-
els or reads, has seen or heard tell of it,
and the pencils of many artists have labor