The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-21
Tne nsrald,s spesial sunday Train.

The Horald's Special Sunday Train.
The announcement in the HERALD of yester-
day that during the season beginning with
July the New YORK HERALD would
run special train every Sunday morning,
leaving at half-past two, reaching Sara
toga at nine o clock in the morning and
Niagara Falls at quarter to two in the after
noon, will be read with interest 1t is not
only an illustration of the tendency of modern
journalism and the responsibility imposed
upon newspaper which proposes to keep
pace with the progress of the time, but a
direct advantage to our travelling citizens.
The special purpose of this train is to
deliver the HERALD at as early an hour as
possible at all places within the range
of direct travel through New York
State. We have made arrangements
to make such connections with the trains
going West from Niagara Falls as will permit
us to serve the HERALD in all the Western
cities twenty-tour hours earlier than at the
present time. The effect of this arrangement
will be that visitors and residents at West
Point, the Catskills and all the towns and
villages between New York and Albany viii
be supplied with the HERALD before break
fast Saratoga, Richfield and Sharon Springs
and all towns and cities on the line of the
New York Central will receive the HERALD in
the early forenoon. At the Suspension
Bridge at Niagara Falls, where the HERALD
special train arrives at quarter to two
o'clock, arrangements have been made to
connect with the Great Western Railway Of
Canada, for st. GATHERINGS, Hamilton,
Toronto and all points north.
The metropolitan, we may almost say cos
mopolitan, character of modern journalism
is illustrated in the highest degree by enter
prises Of this character. They are imposed
upon all representative and independent
journals. 1t was the HERALD that some years
ago started the special train to Philadelphia
which has resulted in the service to the people
of that city Of the New York journals at
breakfast. This custom was continued on
other lines, and although looked upon as a
startling and novel experiment, scarce justi-
flying the expense and of no value except as
an advertisement, it was very soon seen to
be a necessity of the growth of journal
ism, just as it has become necessary for
us to introduce stereotyping and fast
presses, to extend our correspondent system,
to gradually transfer all news communications
from the mail to the telegraph, which covers
the whole world as it were with communicat-
ing lines Of inquiry and thought as minute
and widely spread as the nerves in the human
frame. This example was followed by the
English press. Last year we had enthusiastic
accounts of the enterprise Of the London
newspapers in sending special early trains
from London to the great towns Of the north
and west The London Times began the ex-
pertinent 1t was so successful that its rivals
were compelled to combine and run an
opposition train. Then came the Eng
lish system Of special telegraph wires,
also an imitation Of the HERALDs system
which has for q long time been in use and
which unites our home Office with all of its
outlying branches. But this new enterprise
on the part Of the HERALD is q widening of
the influence OF journalism. IL is o step
toward national supremacy, which has always
been the aim Of this journal and which it has
been its good fortune to attain. We allude TO
it now not in any spirit Of self-congratulation,
but as marking another point in the growth
Of American journalism, showing o steady
march toward that supreme power which is
possible to the independent press in land Of
liberty, and making it in time cardinal ele-
ment Of freedom and constitutional govern
ment