Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

and patient people In the country. they
will soon become, as was said of Ish-
uael of old. Whose hand WAS against
every man, and every @sn's hsnd
|Agsfsst him. AHss
The ModAs Rass&aS. ~
There is no link in the chain OF rail-
wsy across the American continent,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans,
that has played 80 directly an import
ait part 10 the great -contihentai Teit
road "a the ink Of five hundred miles
CO "a posisg the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway, from the inter continent
tai polis-Chicaeo-to the Mis-
souri, river at Omaha
.In staxaine Westward from Chicago.
n Was the pioneer TO connect with the
Union Pacific railway; It virtually
made that road practicable. and was
subs tshtiAlly the father OF IT. II thus
earned its well deserved title, The Old
Pioneer.s That IL In q measure exhaust
ed itself financially In Its rapid aud
forced construction across the then I'M
seexled but rich ii eli ties Of Illinois and
Ioaa aw,ou St. for the fact at Il WIS
for some time as It's later day and
would be rivals smiiingly put 1t, a
streak of rust Yet Its history, on q
review. shows it to have ever been as
to time and to absence OF accidents, q
~Cupard line" for safety, speed and
regularity at terminal arrivals. This
nSysHesuec % anted Tor from it's having
Tess gfadfeLSs ard curvature than It's
new Competitors to Council Bluns, at
n. hk.c
side liue. 1t starced its trains last from
ter mini and arrived first. 1t has ever
been the most oDmodating for the
Through passerlser THIS much for Its
past history.
The last two or three years. In it's
roadway. its rail. its equipments, has
witnessed the most wonderful change
bof any road IN the East or Waet. L. Is
now the first class FAifroad. SECOND TO
aoGs, the. eQoal-we think the Supe-
rior-of any, which justly entities 1t 10
/ the appeliatfon, the Model Railroad.
| Gravei ballast, white oak Ties, steel
rxiis, stone culsertas Iron bridges, IT, Ct
class engines, coaches that are airy
aud eIeg ant for comfort, having Miller
couplings ana Westinghouse steam
Ehrakee and assaened to each traiu Ia
one or more Ut those nStvels
OF splendor, the Pullman Pal
| ace Hotel cars, in which the
traveller eats and sleeps I'm more
luxurious apartsneat t. shan cid world
tpotentates ever dreamed OF. The
matchless track, the scientific equip
ment, has won for this road, for fts
ease and comfort that mead OF praise,
the triumph of art in railway travel.
Its praises should be ever sung In the
far Orient, and especially those near
lands that owe 30 much to the cont
I nent al railroaCie--Colcr ado, Nevada and
Oai ifoTnial and the distantioc cttent-
that all may know Of Its well eTvina
OF the public's patronage. Quite III
place will It be here to say, that that
much travelled oaseryant and ski4lful
ofieer OF the United States Army
Major General irwin Mcdowell. IN
passfpg over It the other day, on his
way to San Francis co, was pleased to
bsay of It: 1T fs'1he finest roadI ever
Travelled on either IN Europe OF
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The road has additional praises to
tthos OF It's excellence OF construction
natural location ard perfect equipment
the esprit du corps Of its employees
lends charm la their care. attention
and gentiennsfiys deportment, which
adds the cap eheaf. grace. TO It's mate
rial perfection. ehs 2 y s. -
For the year rzst # was . road With,
out q. terndlnai 3etention. It's greatly
increasing through travel and I'm rnebe'
way business vi SOON reusrfse . dosfbi'
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