National Republican., 1880-05-24
LIYELY WORN.
The New Innovation of the baltimore q Ohio
on the OLD Order of Things.

The New Innovation of the Baltimore Ohio
on the Old Order Of Things.
The old Baltimore & Ohio road is right up
and at IL now, its new fast.time schedule,
which goes into effect to-day, giving Washing
ton such advantages, from railroad stand
point, as II never before possessed. We are no
longer to play second fiddle to New York In
time between the leading western cities. Up
ward Of 200 miles nearer tho west than New
York, Washington has hitherto been forced TO
see timetables made placing this city on the
same footing as to time Under the new Balti-
more & Ohio schedule this city Is from eight
to eleven hours nearer all leading western
cities, while via Washington tho time from
west to cast is exactly the same as via Harris
burg or Buffalo. Heretofore the differ
ence has been from six to twelve
hours, OF tho new aud striking fea-
lures of the Baltimore & Ohio schedule are
the lightning trains to and from Chicago; to
and from Cincinnati and st. Louis, and the
limited express 10 New York, on which no
extra charge is made. The Chicago light
ming express, west-bound, leaves hero at 51O
p. nj, reaching Chicago the next evening just
after dark, and an entire night ahead OF the
fastest train by any other route. From Chi
cago this way the express leaves there Mt 5:l5
p. M, and arrives here tho following evening,
no less than eleven hours in advance OF any
train by competing lines. The fast lines for
Cincinnati and st. Louis leave at 0:1O in the
morning and 9:30 in the evening, making the
run to Cincinnati in twenty'ono and to st.
Louis in thirtyfour hours, or from three TO
four hours mster than the time made by any
other road. From st. Louis and Cincinnatiito
this city the time is of the lightning order,
the train leaving st. Louis in the morning and
Cincinnati in the evening, arriving here ut
noon the next day.
That everything on tie road shall be in
unapproachablo condition the splendid double
track of the Baltimore s. Ohio has been gone
over after most thorough fashion, and tho
Janney coupler platform attached to the pas.
sengcr equipment. Major Gale, of long and
popular experience in bookkeeping has taken
tho personal management of the dning-halls
| OH the line, all of which belong to the Balti'
moro & Ohio company, aud have been rehtted
aud rorurnished in elegant style.
While thus leaving nothing undone to make
the western line the best in the country, no
expense has been spared to bring the Balti-
more, Philadelphia aud New York end up to
an equally high standard 1he great transfer
| boat, Canton, is finished, and the trial trir
mado Friday was complete success. She if
an immense thing, having a capacity of fifteen
passenger coaches at one trip. With her the
old style of transfer through the streets oil by
the tunnel under the city of Baltimore is nc
longer q necessity, tho transfer now being
made from Locust point TO Canton in five
minutes, saving of fully half hours time
Under the new schedule there are ten fas
express trains to Baltimore, four to Philadol
phia and three to New York, the limited ex
press through to New York making the rur
| i'll cracking quick time.