The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-05
WHAT is A TRUNK L1NEg

The readers OF the newspapers Of the day con
stantly see mention made Of Trunk Line railroads
but comparatively few understand what is nten
ded by the designation. Some three or four rail
road lines running westward from the Atlantic
sea. board are sometimes not wrongly called trunk
lines as they form the main arteries of traffic TO
ward the West. II any railroad In the county
deserves or is entitled IN the name OF grand
trunk line, II s the Chicago Il North Western rail-
way, The company operating this great line now
controls more miles of railway than any other In
America II not in the world 1t Is by all odds the
most important line of railroad In any way con.
nected with Chicago. No other road running oat
Of Chicago carries ANYTHING like as many passen
gers or hauls anything like the volume Of freight
that is transported over this road. It alone runs
in and out of Chicago every day in the year, near
ly as many passer ger trains as all the other Chi.
cagO roads put together As 1t IL with passenger
trains so 1t is with freight-it not unfrequently
brings into Chicago fifteen hundred loaded freight
cars in single day, and If 1t does not bring in
thousand Its managers think 1t is doing poorly.
Forty to fifty passenger trains daily leave and ar.
rive at It's depot at Chicago OF suburban passen
gers 1t carries more than all the other roads that
run to or from Chicago. These are facts that can
be established by any one desiring to do so. No
road but the very best could do the business that
this great line does Its track is of the heaviest
steel rail, and Is kept In constant repair by the
constant vigilance of an army OF track men, and
Is patrolled day and night the year through for
the double purpose Of keeping everything con.
nected with 1t in perfect condition, and for the
entire safety fits patrons who are travelling over
1t,
Nor anywhere can show superior track |
liner COACHES, stronger, swifter or better |
locomotive engines; and no other road west OF |
Chicago has ever attempted to approach 1t in Its |
equipment of Pullman hotel and sleeping coach.
es, 1t alone of all the Western roads have the
celebrated hotel cars, and on this line only can
the traveller between Chicago and the Missouri
river procure the comforts and luxuries that these
cars can furnish. Other lines may talk OF dining
cars, and sixteen wheel coaches, but not one or
them can offer you Pullman or any other form
ofhotel car, These cars combine great luxury
with the greatest obtainable comfort and at no in
crease In expense over the common, old fashioned
and ordinary sleeping car The marvel Of those
that travel on them is to know how the company
can afford to run them and charge no more for
berths than is charged in the old fashioned sleep
er The answer is found in the great volume of
travel this road is carrying, The thousands flock
to Its lines where hundreds seek its competitors
We are sure that no one who has once seen these
cars would ever use any other II travelling in the
direction they run.
They are not for the exclusive use of the rich but
ire just as comfortable and elegant for the poorer
raveler- costing to occupy these cars no more
han does the occupancy of the old fashioned
eeper, no one need for fear Of expense, be pre-
vented from using them. They have become the
age 30 to speak, with the Californians, and
iave attracted the majority that class of tray
i.
lfyou are about to travel east or west between
chicago and Council Bluffs Omaha, Denver or
ian Francisco it will pay you to see that yon get
our ticket by the Chicago & North Western Rail.
way. At some future time we may give you
urther ideas about this truly great road.-TThe
Democrat.