The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-24

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TRAvELIyG.
Ii is OILY b. means Of eonpaTi.on.
says the New York TiHas, .ha. ono can
definitely rsaiire' the great improve
nents IN the method of travelling that
have token place within the present
century. The changes occur SO grad
ually that they make bat little impress
sion upou Us. For example, now that
the railroad time needed to make the
trip betxeen New York and Philadel-
phis has been reduced to less than 100
minutes. there are already those who
are predicting thss in no more time
then. i've years trsins vii cover the
distanss between thsss tvo cities in =
single hoar, and 10 one b the least sur
prised ut the assertion In 1900 those
who trsvsisd in this country did 90 at
no little personal disc oDhtuse. and
With % expenditure At time that vorld
grssely interfere With business % il is
SOW carried on. "A man wishing to 60
from New York 10 Boston left on Mon
day fnfsnoes and arrived as his dssti-
nation on Friday afternoon. stopping
ell night ct New Haven, New London.
aad Providence. The fare for thettip
varied from ti5 to SIS. and there was
IN s6ditionsl outlay required of from
IS 20 % for board and lodging: that is.
the trip took up four days Of tiue and
called fer sBouslsy Of from $40 to SEA.
After the oar Of 1917 there was an i'm.
provement, and the tune between New
u ork end Boston wss cut down 10
about two DAYS. sud the cost Of the
journey to t24 In 1911, the fare be-
tween New York and Philadelphia was
$40, and between New York and Al
hany by beat 81. and the average time
"a hours. A route was that yesr open
ed between Pbiladelphis and Quebec;
distance 700 miles, fare $47 and time
required to make the journey 103 hours.
In 1896 ths Boston newspapers recorded
the circumstance, - one worthy OF spe.
cial comment, that New York papers
had bean received in that city in "a
hours after the date. Of their publies-
ton. In 1928 the time required to-
make the journey. between these two
cities had been reduced to 81 hours,
She route bsing from Nsw York to
Providence, BY steamboat. and thence
to Boston By stage. But in winter
these trips ware frequently given. up in
consequence Of stormy weather. and
HOS Who wished to avoid danger and
- csrtain in their movements still pre-
ferrsd the overland route. IN 1sS2
there we're tive regular stage lines be-
tween New York ard Boston. but com
petition had greatly reduced the fare.
The slow line made the distance in 80
hours. and charged for passage 81 so.
while the fast or mail line took its pas.
ssugers through in about As hours and
charged them $3.50 . trip. A short
time after this the railroads cane saffi>
GENTLY into operation to make it IN
necessary 20 run through trips in stages
and the latter were chiefly used to con.
meet the termini Of the slowly building
railroads. Having made the progress
that We have. there is not the least like
iihood that the work of improvement
will not 60 on. The history Of railroad
sccidsnts, shows that, while trsios on
some roads run at slow rate of speed
may meet With mishaps, there is relar
lively little danger in running at the
highest possible ppesd on road that 10
thoroughly constructed, where the apy
poiutmeup are - nearly perfect as pos
sible, and the supervision constant On
this account. one does not have to be
unduly sssngnins to think that before
the century is out we shall be able to
90 from Jersey City to Philadelphia in
an hours time, end from the Irand
Central depot in New York to Boston
In . less number Of hours than the
number Of days spsnt by our ancestors.
in the year 1900. in making the same