The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
Home from the Centennial.

phia, few minutes before we started for
home, and this, the concluding article
i, wiitEive short sketch Of our journey
: home after (which we will try and answer
few of the,Amdretls of questions which
have been asked of us since oar return
and in answering these questions we may,
and doubtless will, be obliged to repeat
some,of our previous remarks. We will
endeavor, however, to be as explicit as
possible, paying due attention tS'brevity.
We left Philadelphia Monday morning,
June fsth, about 0 o'clock, arriving in
New York shortly after, or about noon.
Monday afternoon we did little trading
at Stewards, just for an excuse to 60
through that immense establishment, and
: then we 60 to the Ticket Office Of the N.
Y.Central & Hudson River R. R. and pur-
chase ticket to Chicago for our better
half The regular fare is $22, but the
lively competition had cut it down to $14.
III is now but $13) We take a good
nights rest and Tuesday morning at 1870
we leave New York oia N. Y. c. & H. R.
r. r., on the express train. We only
make one or two stops before reaching
Albany where we arrive at $50 and stop
20 minutes for dinner. Going up the
Hudson on the cars we Of course do not
have an opportunity to view the beautiful
scenery as well as if we were on steamer,
though it is a. fine ride. Leaving Albany
at 10 minutes past we arrive at Syracuse
. at TAO, and Rochester at 1915, p. m. At
this point we change cars for Suspension
Bridge, where we arrive about 1876, a. m.
We are wide awake in order to see the
Bridge and as much of Niagara as posi-
. BILE. Here We again change cars and wait
to have our baggage stamped by the Gus.
toms officers. While waiting we go out
to listen to the roar of the mighty cataract,
Niagara, and though we cannot really say
I'VE have seen thesgeat wonder we can
say that we have heard it and seen the
spray arising from the Falls. We are
now in Canada and for the first time out
side of the United States, There is some
very handsome country through Canada.
We arrive at London at 5:45, Wednesday
morning, where we stop 10 minutes for
refreshments. at 9:35 we arrive at Win
dsor and are soon ferried over the River
toDetroit, the boat carrying the entire train
of 8 cars At Detroit we again change
cars getting aboard Michigan Central
. train direct for Chicago. We leave De-
troit little, past 10 o'clock, and passing
! through the principal cities OF Michigan,
Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Battle
. Creek, Kalamazoo, Niles, &C., arrive at
= Chicago at s o'clock, p. M. Taking a
good supper at the fremont House, we
cross cover the river" to the Wells st.,
Depot of the c. & NV. Ry., where we
get aboard the night express and ar
rive home at noon on Thursday, having
been on. the road continuously from Tues
. day 1870, a. M, or about 49i hours, and
having traversed almost 1900 miles.
The question has been asked US many
times how much did the trip cost you?
and we will now answer it.
Il.
about the LIST of April. This was before
any reduction in fare whatever. Her trip
from Toledo to Brooklyn including a rea-
sonable amount of "pin money" cost $50.
She went direct through withoutstopping
longer than to change cars. We started
May 25th and stopped in Chicago one day,
Harper's Ferry one night and part OF next
day, Washington two days, or nearly SO.
and one night, Baltimore one night and
part of day arriving in New York on
'the evening of May Goth. From there we
went to Bridgeport and New Haven, stay
ing one night and part of q day ia the lat
ter place, returning again. to Brooklyn.
Monday morning. June 9Th, we went
down to Philadelphia, staid there week,
had first class accommodations, went to
Centennial every day saw all the sights,
and bought number of mementoes to
bring home and went back to New York,
to start west as stated in the first part OF
rhis,aFticle We had frst-class acc0mmo-
,dataons throughout the entire trip, stop
ping at the Tremoat House, Chicago,
fremont House, Washington Rennert
House, Baltimore and riding in the night
in Pullman Sleepers, and including every |
thing our whole expense was little less
than $500. 90 for ourself and wife or what
we would call remarkable cheap trip.
Another answer and we are done. Many !
persons have wanted to know what train |
to leave Chicago on to see the most sights.
We left ria the Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
at sos, p. M, and crossed the mountains.
or rather commenced crossing them about |
1 o'clock next day, arriving in Harper's
Ferry at 20 minutes before 8 o'clock. The
same train arrives in Washington at rs
minutes past in the evening. A person
then can leave Washington at 8 o'clock
in the morning, arriving at Baltimore at
200, Philadelphia 1:1S, New York 5:1O,
D. m. Thus by going from Tama to
Chicago in the night person can have a
lay in Chicago and crossing Indiana and
. portion of Western Ohio, in the night
hey will see the mountains by daylight.
And by stopping inWashington over one
light the beautiful scenery from there to