The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-12-22
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS.

have been perceptiblc reduced, and
to all points beyond the tariff was ncy-
er before SO low. It is therefore the
best opportunity ever offered to 60
East for business, or to visit the old
home and the Old friends around which
memory fondly clings. In this con-
nection it is interesting and beneficial
to consider what has made the Den
yer and Rio Grandc Railway the pop
ular line Tor Colorado travel, and given
1t over ninety per cent. Of the through
business between Leadvlilc aHd ada
cent mining camps and tie East.
The causes stand out in bold relief.
1t is the only railway owned and man
aged in Colorado-thst earns and
spends its immense revenue exclusive
ly IN the St,te-and that is TO-DAY
doing more practically for the mater
ial development Of the commonwealth
than all other influences combined.
It's encouragement is therefore, mat
ter of interest and pride with ever,
good citizen.
It is the only line possessing every
foot of the way between Leadville and
Pueblo aud Denver, a track Of con-
tinuous heavy steel rails, and a substan-
tial road-bed of rock and gravel bal
last rendering it the only railway in
the State on which respectable run
ming time can be made with safety.
It's the only road between these
points having low and uniform grades,
and avoiding ..diBzy and dangerous
precipices. The bridges are for the
most part ofiron, and its curves nice
ly adjusted.
Its passenger trains are equipped
throughout with Westinghouse Anto-
matte Brakes, and Miller platforms
and Couplers. These appliances, not
possessed by any other mountain line.
are the only ones which keep trains at
all times under perfect control, insure
smoothness of motion, and the nearest
approach to absolute immunity from
danger.
Its coaches are models of elegance
and comfort. Handsomely upholster-
cd chair-cars, with fahhoneA toilet
rooms, are run on day trains, and tire
magnificent Pullman Sleepers are at
tached to night trains, supplying am
pie and luxurious accommodations for
its myriads of patrons.
For diversity and grandeur Of seen
cry the line is unequaled in the world.
The beautiful and populous cities oc-
curing at regular intervals, add a charm
to the route, and remind our active
people that they are in the lonely and
out-ot-the-way places of earth.
Excellent connections are made in
the Union Depot, Denver, with -four
daily passenger trains eastward over
lee Union Pacific lines-two via Kan
sas Division to Kansas City, one via
Cheyenne, and one via Julesburg to
Council Bluffs. The latter now forms
the short and quick line between Den
yer and Chicago.
In addition to these, close connec-
tions are made at Pueblo with two
daily trains over the popular Atchison,
Topeka, and Santa Fe, affording the
same through time to Chicago as is
made via Denver and Julesburg, and
twsl5e hours quaker tine TO Kansas
City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and all
central and southern points than can
be made by any other route.
| This choice of routes and fast time
to all points cannot be duplicated by
any competitor; nor can our ticket
rates, which are always on bedrock,
be discounted.
These striking advantages have
made, and will keep, the Denver and
Rio Grande Railway the leading line
in popular favor, and will cause all
ijudicious travellers to consult its
Agents regardi as their proposed war