The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-26
what's n Trunk Line:

The readers Of the newspapers Of the
day constantly see mention made Of
Trunk Line railroads, but comparatively
few fully understand what is intended by
the designation. Some three or four
railroad lines running westward from the
Atlantic seaboard, are sometimes not
wrongly called Trunk Lines, as they form
the main arteries OF traffic toward the
West. II any railroad in the country de.
serves or ia entitled to the name OF a
grand Trunk Line 1t is the CHICAGO &
WESTERN RAILWAY. The COM
pany operating this great line now con-
trolls more miles Of railway than any
other in America, If not in the world. 1t
is by all odds the most important line OF
railroad in any way connected with
Chicago. No other road running-out Of
Chicago carries anything like rs many
passengers or hauls anything like the
volume Of freight thatis transported over
this road. It alone runs in and out Of
Chicago every day in the year, nearly "a
many passenger trains as all the other
Chicago roads put together. As II is with
passenger trains 40 il is with ~freight-it
not unfrequently brings into Chicago
fifteen hundred loaded freight cars in a
single day, aud il il does not bring in a
thousand cars it's managers think IL is
doing poorly. Forty to fifty passenger
trains daily, leave and arrive at It's depot
at Chicago. OF suburban passengers it
carries more than all the other roads that
run to or from Chicago. These are facts
that can be established by any n wish
ing TO do 30. No road but the very best
could do the business this great line does.
It's track ia Of the heaviest steel rail, and
Is kept in constant repair by the constant
vigilance OF an army Of track men, and
ia p~atrolled day and night the year
through, for the double purpose Of keep.
ing every thing connected with 1t in per-
feet condition, and for the entire safety Of
its patrons who are travelling over il.
No road any rhere can show asuperior
track, finer coaches, stronger, swifter or
better locomotive engines; and no other
roads west OF Chicago have ever attempt.
ed to approach it in It's equipment Of
Pullman Hotel and Sleeping Coaches. II
alone, OF all the western roads, has the
celebrated Hotel cars, and on this line
only can the traveller between Chicago
and the Missouri river procure the com.
forts and luxuries that these cars alone
IAN furnish. Other lines may talk OF
Dining cars; and sixteen-wheel coaches,
but not one Of them can offer you a Pull.
man or any other form Of Hotel a
These cars combine great luxury with
the greatest obtainable comfort, and at
no increase Of expense over the common,
old fashioned and ordinary sleeping a
The marvel Of those that travel on them
is 10 know how the company can afford
10 run them and charge no more for
berths than ia charged in the old fashion.
ed sleeper. The answer ia found 10 the
great volume Of travel this road ia car
rying. The thousands flock to its lines
where the hundreds seek its competitors.
We are sure that no one who has once
seen these cars wonld ever use any other
il travelling in the direction they run.
They ara NOT for the exclusive use OF
the rich, but are just US comfortable and
elegant for the poorer traveler-costing
to occupy these cars, no more than does
the occupancy Of the old fashioned sleep.
err, no n need for fear Of expense, be
prevented from using them. They have
become "the rage" 10 to speak, with the
Callfornians, and have attracted the ma.
jority OF that class OF travel.
Ityou are about 10 travel east or west
between Chicago and Council Bluffs,
Omaha, Denver or Saa Francisco II will
pay you 10 see thatyou getyour tickets by
the Chicago & North Western Railway.
At some future time We may give you
ideas about this great road
Thu DemOernL.