, 1881-12-31


| porati0i. the entleny0r is constantly IN rand
10 stliI further improve all the essentials.
Within TIC past year tla i!tlprnyen,e,I,is i ,,s
that x sa oss earae,et e Of e o rs sas 3 sa
tlon with the for1,sur comparative excellence
of their highway, Is simply rs,larkao'c.
Many miles Of double truck have been
aided to the roadway NJ tire corporation dur
| Ing lss1, thereby greatly. increasing the nd
vantages for speed :s wei! 1s enlasshs tho
Il Is BY Ills method Of procedure on tho
part OF the management ti,o Burlington sys-
ten has attained Its present colossal prupot-
management nearly four thousand N f|es OF
roaa, transporting annually, III round nut'l-
beTs, three millions of passengers and SIX
Will network Vi lines extending from
tho great ci,uin Of American lakes eass. 10
mid beyond the Missouri, and dnwll tile Mis-
s!ssippi Valley, tlln Chtcago, nnrll'Mton "
meeting. us it does. In u,llan deposs with All
the iliain railway lines that debouch through
Tie States md Territories, ,Iead!ns to tile
liz tz MeSiea% ;haeii Ga{. II ThroasIs .sns ' ifa
| Chicago to DenvoIS aro ota. Ut tho 1Gr,plAtles
of tl|u near iaturc Is tue Nebr,.sks, .Xtsl!r
warrant Its completion within II very brief
pcrud. This compilation Will Asfortt ttin short
est, and consequently the quickest. 'tnv be-
TWEEN these two Important railroad lWl.'ts.
Burlington Il Quincy. lEalironti has rnnE;.sl
nnloliE the foremost at American railways IT.
point Ut excelence lns buc't acknowledged
by the travelling pn1iI: for ru',loer OF years.
nevertheless several noteworthy nccessnriss
huve been recently ndtled. especially II, regard
to tho passeDEer-trAin equipment. giving
| what n,ny lc termed Il refinement ur added
t''S S'Fy IGi,. t" the comforts ot modern ''' 0n
lii addition to their sumptnons tllnlng-cars,
r1aIutinl siNttell-wiIcelvd Pullman slecne'H.
they l!nva placed III their traLlis !nstily mud
rielily-t4riished parot.Eafs y alaa I,,saes'I
rn,rccl-rIoln attached, having purter IN At.
tendance to give attention to passenEcts'
wns,ts, check their llant.bagEugc u'sd parcc!s
0yer ordinary fares for either seats in thcst
ears or for the ntteManee; spacious. first
class suloking:cars, with higli-backe.l rhtinn
revolving chairs, a'vt wittF, 'are pl!lGea ne%t
cars Ill exclusive specially OF ttI!s rnNt,
wl.eru That privacy call bc secured, 70 much!
: talked ubuut, but never hefore rcallzcA 'n'l
whSs's II 10 dss &c s@S' ss @ washius S soss oas
tlig, md sleeping facilities.
II Ii such st,tslio,s cuilcerl rs tllts that Inns
made tie Burlington t1lisO beeotAe knnw,t @
} III Tic IlrfHrpul one between the East AMI
West, n1d tiiv fasorlt with nll clnsses at tray
} I elcrs. II anything further wtre nce.ted tn
sl,nw the disposition ut tho lslanagenelt y.
|
their magnificent u,ldi, 4ep1t building "
tl.ls city, which Is remarkable for Its arc1li-
tss.a'l bsa',y '' p II m!s s.laE'ai to s fs I. 'I
IN tho sl,nrtcst and Qucktst ilno tn I.lncnlA.
! Nub.; alNl also thH shortest .'lti oIty ll'iu
): running larIur-cnrs with reclinlnE-cnirs t1
t Kansas City-tl,ronRl, without ,chnnEs-ntl
!otll ,lny aIli night tr;lt,s. In Hslurt lts ell-
lire Bysiyul III nj perfcGt us any III existence.
. ul may be initiated. but cnnt!ot " rxrei!stl.
Wo cAtln0t cIose o,.r llotlco at this entrr:
; prisins cortmrat!on without references IT, A.
! System Of suburban tral'ls, wl,tci! Are really
What they plr,Urt to he, accommodating,
trains" to l!!n peapso ot tho seyotal " lnvsly
!, mid nl,lotie tic lla,!u$nl|ust nn most health.
!, illiiy sitr,tcI nf Eltcnpu's suburban towns;
: consequently nro growing rapidly l!iro.lg!
nn cyer,iMcrcas'llz eAt'tltls u o!ls!hGss.eas
il pIr0 ,t.,,osphprrs to rcnr the!r tnli!llien tfln
: within thu n'nrky aMl lfscl9n,S ,s bscku' ~
: llnrtar walls II lhu city: ,fltrn!lSl me
r tan lursv p,,stin'i Of tho resident districts
Ut lllv pIty proper tlre by streG.cark MID llNt
o loo, ut itn smallest possiolv charge fu'
n 'Tiis carv ni,tl intention on the part Of tl!'
Il Chicug0, l'ur'hKlHn ~ QHlMcy l1wilfds II
/. suburban patrdMagr. providing ~tl!c,n VIII
tl,u ree,lar suburban trims, studlot!s Ut u
:, every Interest, shows li,u temper Ut thu en'
1,nY In I,u tile vutnu ut III pnlllts, alNi t|la
+ willis pl,iy recognizing Its slniyto lu TINT u
Il PUBLIC cArrlur, II Is nevertheless perlptln,
II lnE tllis duty Il, an lnlellise,tt and llbera
= spirit.
u Chicago. Bli1syat.kco d. ~. Paul Railway
I, company.
u This gruntlcst Ut nit tue rnl !rnal corinrp
.r tlO,s Ut tlm wurl wlllcl! |iss tt1l!e i'l''l'
ii towards lI.tt development " Uur NntiHtIlt
Il llIilif tl,un my nlrr pr rrt ut tle lttsll.nl
+. brujtl at Iltysicnl ctl0rt, tl,at llns rnvert.
n Iowa, Wisconsin,. MtllAs.An, M.al D1kui
~ with II lIrswntk ot rottls utsd projceH! llass:
y lIus during ISL bee. llRQtH stHinlxllE 1t
t. leadership by penetrating, !Ntu NeW region
~ Ut ,,,slllla5htAl fertility.
70 4 lGstIll1. .t tho Accomplishments OF tlll
# ftu,laru!, " railways within tslU pnst twe!s
u months will nif0ul AEhApNr ". railroad .inI
u ngcl,lellt u!AL enturlM isn without y phsallu
1t eyu!l In its Nwn brlll!uGt record OF pruSlpt'
NelIluvr1nvhts.
H. III WISCONSIN, early In tho sensot,, q llll
IL was Projected fraM alullrt'. tn Grlltut, MI
i, tlH rtI,tti surveyed is fur west rs SAn!thbIl
i. from tho fnrtner N'lnt, graded A.nl lri!led
IL Wayne atut UpeI,r.t fur, tru!lic py Ang: !.
10 nil cnlnpIulel to Shullshuyn by sept a.
1t distance Ut i1lirty-i0ur Mtlua trnn Aln!Iot.
TO a spur frnln Alnzunlanlo to Sauk CITY;
la | Nf tAI, tgliA4 MHR AjEt1 butlE 0Uu