The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-12-13
HItITIS 4 TRUNK LINEq

The readers Of the newspapers of the
day constantly see mention made OF Trunk
Line railroads, but cnmpaI AtiVply few fully
undt rStaud what is intended 10y tie de
signatiun. Some three or four railroad
lines running westward frum the Atlantic
sea board are sometimes not wrong ly
Called Trunk Lines, rs they form the mann
arteries of traffic toward the West. lf any
railroad in The country deserves or is en
titled to jhe name of grand Trunk Line,
u X The CHICAGO AND NoRTH WESTERN
HALLWAY. The Company npeiaiiug tins
great line controls more miles of railway
than any other in America, If not in the
world. IL is l,y all odds the upSt import
an line Of railroad in any way connected
with Chicago. No other road running ont
Of Chicago carries any Thing Ike as many
passengers ur bauls anything like the
v"lnme uI freight hat is II tIanSI,'r.ed oven
this road. II alone luns in and ont of
Chic Igo every day in the year, nearly as
many passenger Ilains as all the other
Chicago roads put together. As IL is with
passenger trains 20 u is with freig hL-ii
not unfreguehtly brings into Chicago
tif cen huudi ed loaded freight cars in a
single day. aud If II does not bring in a
Thousand cars lis managers ibiuk il Is
doing poorly. Forty TO fifty passenger
trains daily leave and arrive nj It's depot
at Chicago. OF suburban passengers il
carries more than all the oiher roads that
run To or fiOm Chicago. These are facts
that can be established 10y any one who
wishes To do So No ruaI but the very
best could dD the business that tins great
lime Dies. It's track is of the heaviest
steel iaii, aud Is kept in constant. repair by
the CONSTANT vigilance of an army ui :rack
men, aud is patrolled day aud night the
year Though, for The duubl- purpnSe uf
Keeping eyeIyttiIg connected with il in
perfect condition, aud for the entire safety
of it, I'alrons who are travelling over il.
M road dEY,chcre can show a superior
track, finer Coaches, stronger, swilter nr
better locomotive engines and no other
road weSi of Chicago have ever attempted
To approach it i'll its equipment of Pullman
Hotel and Sleeping C"achts. II alone ui
all the western roads have the celebrated
Hotel caiS. and un this line only can the
traveller bet ween Chicago and the Missouri
river procure the cpmfortS and iuNuTieS
that these cars alone can furnish. OIheT
liu,'s may talk of Dining cans. and sixteen
wheel coaches, bnt not one of them can
offer yon Pullman nT any other form of
Hotel car. These cars combine great
lnxuiy with the greatest objainable cnm
fort. aud at no increase. IN expense over the
Common, old fashioned aDd mdinary Sleep
ing car. The marvel of those that travel
un them is to know how the company can
afford to run them and charge no mute Tor
berths than is charged in the oli fas ion, d
sleeper. The answer Is found in the great
volume of travel This road is carry ing
The thousands flock To- lis lines where The
hundreds seek its competitors We are
sure that nu one who has nuce seen these
cars would ever use any other if travelling
the direction they run.
They are not for the exclusive use Of the
rich, but are just as comfortable AID
elegant for the poorer Notwithstanding 10
Occnpy these cas- nO more than does the
occupancy of the old fashioned sleeper, no
one need for fear OF expense be prevented
from using them. They have becune ''the
rage So % speak. with the CalifOruianS,
and have attracted the majuIiIy OF that
class cf travel
II you are about to iravel east or west
between Chicago aud Cunncil RluffS,
Omaha, Denver "r San Francisco, it will
pay you To sce that you get your tickrts by
the CHICAGO AND NoRTH WESTERN RAII.-
WAY. At some suturJ time we may give
you further ideas about this great road. -
The DemOcrUt.