Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-27
A D8eh BlIAasa s0i0uAkRl
The Great Chicago, Milwaukee
& 81. Paul B.R.-Health.C Com.
fort, Enjoyment.

EDITOR LEDaER:-AsI promised,
l herewith forward synopsis of my
journeyings since we parted. / have
enjoyed the delight Of sight seeing
among the charming towns, cities and
watering places located on the Great
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way" First of this gigantic corpora
ton and Its completeness [ must
speak. Its chief reason for marked
success lies in the fact that its i'm
mense mileage, numberinglmore than
1000, is owned and controlled by one
management. ef
No other large railway system in
America has this advantage. 1t
reaches every summer resort worthy
of mention inthe Northwest. It's pas
senger trains are composed of. the
latest style "Eastlake" day cars, mag.
nifcent sleeping and palatial reclining
chair coaches. 1t was with dreamy,
seDsuous feeling that idly lounged in
one of these chair coaches, gazing
through its wide windows ornamented
with silk lambrequins and lace cur
tains, which softened the garish light
reflected in the gorgeous beauty of
the Brussels carpet at my
feet, while being whirled over
steel rails laid on rock ballasted
road-bed, which gave no jar or sound
save the drowsy hum of the swiftly
revolving car wheels. The Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul r. r. has two
principal outlets from the South, viz.
the River Bank route" in conneo-
ton with the "Uhicago, Burlington &
Quincy R. r., from St. Louis and its
three great lines" from Chicago.
Leaving st. Louis at 7:35 o'clock p. m.
in a palace sleeper, that, together
with the balance of the train, dis
tiuguished as the Flying Dutchman, :"
runs through without any change
| enjoyed feast of nature 5
beauty that beggars word painting.
Arriving at Sabula for breakfast next
morning, the trip is made thence to St.
Paul, $50 miles, in daylight through
the grand scenery of the upper Missis-
sippi river, whose very edge is skirted
by this mighty railroad. TO enumer-
ate is beyond reasonable space, suffice
to say that It's kaleidoscope 30 swift
ly changing that absorbent interest
noted no time until the conductors
announcement st. Paul" awoke me
to the necessity of preparation for
Decentralization and supper. / spent
several days sightseeing in st. Paul
aud Minneapolis, the busy twin
cities of the Northwest, and a pleas
ant jaunt to the magnificent lakes
Minnetonka and White Bear,
where / was RECALLED by trout and bass,
caught by the practiced hand Of Col.
James d. Brown, assistant general
passenger agent Of the c., M. & st.
P. r. r.; while A. B. Chamberlain,
the lightning ticket agent of the same
road, whose Office is at Minneapolis,
wove such romances Of the fnny tribe
as strained my credulity, but do not
think anything broke. If Colonel
Brown had not have produced the fish
the consequences might have been
seriOug. My return was to Chicago
over another Of the mighty arms of
the Great Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad" Well may the States
of Wisconsin and Minnesota be called
the Golden Northwest" -everywhere
within their borders are evidences of
prosperity and health.
At Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ocono-
mowoc, Nashotah, Giffords, Nunah,
! Menosha, Beaver Dam, Madison, Ash
land, Elkhart Lake, Pewaukee, Green
Lake, Dells of Wisconsin, can be
found every summer season the best
society of America, who, unrestrained
by the rigorous laws of fashionable
etiquette, boat, hunt and fish to their
hearts content. Superior roads and
first class livery is a prominent fea
ture. The hotels and eating houses
are models of modern architecture.
Beauty and comfort prevail-their
entertainment is without a flaw.
| With Chicago easily accessible as q
meat market, and their finely cult.
waited kitchen gardens and orchards
in which every variety Of vegetable
and fruit abounds, together with q
superabundance of all the different
game fish that inhabit fresh water
the most common among them being
the rock bass, trout, pickerel and
grayliDg, it is an easy matter TO pre-
pare an apchovite tempting bill OF fare
at very moderate rates. Mr.. A. v
H. Carpenter, general passenger and
ticket agent Of the Great Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul r. R.,
has put on sale every year cheap round
trip tickets via st. Louis and Chicago
good from May LIST to October 3lst
They are to be found at all the princi
pal ticket offices. 1t is not surprising
that with such railroad and countr!
he replies that business is enormous
especially from the South" when
question him on the subject.
Colonel j. G. Everst, General South
> ern Agent, by his competent and sys
tematic methods, has the advertise
J ments OF this immense corporation
distributed in every habitable part q
America, thus rendering its name
familiar synonym for health and lux
: urious enjoyment.
John Champ" Chamberlin, Trave
! ing Passenger Agent in the South,
constantly engaged spreading brOaC
: cast, books descriptive Of the beautiC
! Of the Golden Northwest" and hot,
g and railroad rates. [ believe many
!, your readers will support my stat,
= ment that lack Of exaggeratiOn is Il
most conspicuous feature in the