The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-05-24


With the approach of the geni, glow of GUNNER
the expanding blossoms OF iAiaN time bora, the gen
tie breeZcs. laden with the delicate fragrance of
budding sweets and the delicious ianguor Of balmy
atmosphere. comes picturesque L. y o. with its new
schedule, its faster time and general batch of gOOd
things from its regular summer budget II is iii amt
apropos that so rare line of beauty the Ii. y u.
should announce its summer programme when
ture is attred in its lovlitst sarb of all the year
Ordinarily railroads are humdrum subjects. good
enough and certainly indispensable in their way,
but hardly topic to base poetic idyl upon, par
ticularly when under the exquisite Influences Of "a
dreamy day in May. Nevertheless, there Is much in
the b. s. o. not homogeneous with royal spleudor OF
early summer time, when the bloom upon the rose
the apple blossoms and the peach, the emerald
swari and the daisy all vie the one with the
other in formingpartsof matchless picture, painted
by the master hand OF nature. The mountains girl
ed by the glttering bands of steel the foam crested
waters spanned by bright cleaning ribbons OF the
metal and the fields where the daisies grow the
hillsijes from which the blossoms send heaveuward
their fragrance aud the vevrty carpet Of the valley,
all as truly hetckrn the presence of that agency
without which glorious panorama wou!d still,
Of yore, be confined To the selfish glare OF the sun
by day and the autOcrIc cold stare Of the stars by
night.
Had not the Baltimore and Ohio been constructed
it through the very garleu Of the continent
-waiered by the Potomac, the Shenandoah and the
lOughiogheny. onward. until the errss of the Blue
Ridge aud the noble old Allesanes almost kiss the
clouds, then plungIng down through canon. Ger
chasm and beneath towerin. masses to the brOad.
open shores of the OhiO-had not the hand of the
Is. n ~. done all this, what "A Journey would nave
been lost TO all men! Who, then. can say that
thoughts of the rare and unequaed beauties lining
every foot of the H. & q. way from the Ohio TO the
not in keeping with the spell thrown over
US by the witchery of the season, No railroad in
the world compares with il for picturesque lnNel
NESS and mountain grandeur; and the points rela
tive TO the change of time ON the Il. and o. To new
trains and to the old, have interest not dreamed
of in connection with other roads. Thus II becomes
to many matter of personal qualification that the
old favorite Daisy train still shows her dainty heels
q Wpnll he rivals tD the trnnbliua tme ct
hours TO Washington, and n corresponding activity
to all Eastrn cities: or IN other WORKS. tins match
less train making the fastest long run known for
years leaves st. Louis in the morning. Cincinnati in
the evening. and reaches Washington next day for
DINNER, whole meal ahead ofail other tsilnS-the
others not putting in an appearance until supper
time. To Baltimore the time saved is over four
hours, and Philadelphia and New York are reached
in time for supper. The corresponding train from
the East the West should also have appropriate
name and if the one is Daisy the other is n Oar
ling, sure enough. Leaving New York ut seven IN
the evening. and passing through Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington ct route, Cincinnati Is
reached early the next evening in ample time for
the connection South and Southwest. TN the old
schedule the time was some two hours longer, and
that much later getting into Cincinnati. similar
change in the order of things Is gained nj St Louis.
: the train, with its through sleeper FROM New
York, reaches the Future Great early the second
morning. in an abundance OF time to make all the
connections for the West and South, aud which con
nections are made in Union Depot. wherein all the
through trains of the u. 4 q. run, They pass from,
Parkersburg to Cincinnati the old Marietta and
Cincinnati line, now greatly improved In every
way, and known 10 the world the Ciucin
natl, Washington aud Baltimore Railroad. IT
if model road in all its details aud managed right
up to the mark. From Cincinnati To St. Louis tn,
Il. \ q. trains pass over the noted Western Short
Line. the Ohio and Mississippi. With a track
solid as the rock of Gibraltar and a motive power
celebrated thrOu h0ut railway circles for lis rruinr
kablc efficiency. the a. Il NJ has set the pegs very
high for rival lines in the way Of fast time. The
beauty of it is that the road Is smooth and the
line level that the passenger fairly flies without
recognizing that he IL going NJ anything more than
"a rather lively jog.
With its drcc; int, rchangins lines such patterns
of railway management Is no puzzle to account for
the superiority Of the u. 4 a. over all through
routes between New York. Philadelphia baltimore
and Washington and Cincinnati and st. Louis.
While occupying an incOmparahle position regards
the cities named, the H. X a. enjoys equal distInc-
tion rs Chicago line, 1t owning, controlling and
operating every foot Of the route from the Atlantic
TO Lake Michigan and Lake Erie 10 il the only
Chicago, and Chicago To New York with absolutely
no change of cars whatever. and it the -. & O.
that originated the term solid trains anil innusn
rated the system. How successful il has proved Is
indicated 10y the imitatOrs. The Chicago Solid,
this train has been known. has recently added a
superb Few dining ear which in Toomy appoint,
ments and novelties in the way of Tables seats etc.
il unguesiiOnably the ''swc" dinner of the period
Like the new and magnificent slrepcrs the dining
halls the line anil everything else pertaining To
the road. the one company owns and manages Its
dining gear line; consequently there are no out
side corporations to live upon passengers. and the
latter deal in every single instance with the H. u o.
The oldest passenger railway in the world. the Is. \
o. show n record for speed. lus safety for
prompt employment of every new feature, and for
language of enthusiastic Western admircr. 1T il
the boss road, and don't ynu forget it.