The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-28
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

ACROSS IdE CONIlNENI.
What the New York Grapic Thinks.
The Fort Wayne & Pennsylvania
Line has for it's starting point Chicago,
running East Uio Pittsburg, Harris
burg and Philadelphia, to New York.
In Chicrgo this Railway enjoys most
remarkable and valuable rights of
way. It's passenger depot is situatsd
in the very centre Of the city, and
within from three to five minutes
walk of the prominent hotels, leading
wholesale houses, banks, chamber of
commerce, post Office and custom
house.
It's franchises within the corporate
limits Of Chicago are to-day estimated
to be more valuable than the first four
hundred miles Of this elegant road.
The route is popular with the business
man. first: on account Of the short
ride, it being only 912 miles from
Chicago to New York, an advantage
Of 81 miles over all other lines. Sec
ond, for it's substantial road-bed of
stone, tracks Of steel and bridges of
iron and granite. Third, for the
promptness and reliability of it's three
Through New York passenger trains,
and the magnificent equipment of
| Pullman Palace and DraWing-Room
Cars on all trains. The Westinghouse
Automatic Safety Breaks, facilitate
quick Stoppages, and the introduction
on January 1st, 1878, Of Janney's New
Improved Patent Platforms, Buffers
and Couples, render what is known in
railway parlance as telescoping trains
impossible. BY the introduction Of Jan
ney's patent, trains cannot part while
in motion, and by the use Of strong
steel spiral springs, there is no strain
whilst moving on curves. This
is an innovation, the question ofstrong
platforms and safe couples and buffers,
has been 8 subject of great thought
and care, by the officials Of this line.
Janney's patent has overcome all OBJ
stacles, and to-day the Fort Wayne
and pennsylvania can safely challenge
the world to furnish or suggest an inn
provement in their tracks, machinery
or equipment, which will insure great
CT safety and comfort to it's patrons
than they now enjoy. The fame Of
the Fort Wayne & Pennsylvania Rail-
way, is universal. Travellers from the
far of Japan, China, Australia, the
Indies and Continental Europe unite
IN their praises Of this wonderful
thoroughfare. Tourists glowingly de-
scribe the beautiful and matchless
mountain scenery, and sight-Seekers,
by q daylight ride over the road, form
an idea OF the riches Of the growing
West. For the first 300 miles stretch
Of rolling prairie between Chicago and
Crestline, magnificent farms with their
great fields Of golden grain line either
side Of the road, and as far as the
naked eye can reach, forests of or
ohard8, elegant residences and build
ings furnish abundant evidence of the
wonderful thrift and prosperity Of the
Western people. The curling smoke
from the endless collieries, and the
thousand of open mouthed fiery furna-
ceS, and the humdrum Of the busy
manufacturing establishments which
are distributed at various points for
the distance Of six hundred miles, ex-
hiDit the astonishing resources of the
people, who hlop TO maintain the gi-
gantic enterprise. The Fort Wayne
& Pennsylvania, between New York
and Chicago, was selected by Jarrett
u Palmer as being peculiarly adapted
for their famous California Special
Express which ran across the Cont
nent from ocean to ocean in Eighty
hours. The train left New York on
the morning of June LIST, 1876, making
the run to Pittsburgh. without stop
ping, 444 miles in Nine 1o1;rs and
F'Vfty-55oe inmates. This extraordina-
ny run is Without a parallel in the his
tory Of railroading. II must be re-
membered, on the Pennsylvania
railway BY q peculiar arrangement of
water trenches between the rails, en-
gines are enabled to force water into
their tanks whilst moving at full
speed. d Between Pittsburg and Chica-
go The train ran away, ar III other
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