The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-09
A WONDERFUL FEATURE IN
WESTERN TRAVEL

tain lines, because of their superiori-
ty OF equipment, track, road-bed.
time schedule, and train service.
The road that has received this pre-
terence from Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis to Council Bluffs, Omaha, Kan
sas City, st. Joseph, Atchison and
Denver, and all points in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas
and Colorado, is unquestionably the
Grand Burlington Route-Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad
the only line under one management
from the first three cities named,
through to Denver direct.
The great regiments of the Grand
Army of the Republic were carried
in elegant style, and with perfect sat-
lsfaction, to and from Denver, by the
Burlington Route, and now the Asso-
ciated Press kilograms, and newspa.
pers and newspaper correspondents
generally tell us that two.thirds of
the Knights Templar, journeying to
San Francisco, have gone over this
famous line, the New England Com
mandaries specially chartering, and
thus journeying from ocean to ocean
IN trains that were sent from Chicago
to Boston, of the Burlington's own
rolling stock, because of its superila-
tive equipment, making it evident
that while it is popular with all class
es of travel, the route is given special
preference by those choice in taste,
desire and favor, and thoroughly
competent to discriminate between
true worth, excellence and enterprise,
and lack of system, energy and pro-
erosion.
Possessing such features as owning
and operating the longest, and yet
most direct line to and through the
most populous cities and grandest
agricultural portions of the west
running trains over the solidest road
bed and track laid with steel rails,
all equipped with the latest and best
appliances for safe, speedy and COM
Portable travel and hauling the finest
passenger, Pullman, parlor, dining
and smoking cars, connecting in
union depotS engaging polite and
accommodating train service; max
ing rapid transit, prompt and close
connections, and the lowest possible
rates of transportation, are cogent
reasons why the Grand Burlington
route should receive this partiality,
and why it is preferred by, and is
carrying the heaviest portion of trav
ell to an from the Pacific coast and
is known as the "finest equipped rail-
road on the continent.
The Burlington system consists of
six grand divisions, designated the
Chicago, Galesburg, Eastern, Middle,
Western, St. Louis, and Kansas City
divisions. These six main sections
contain in all thirty subdivisions,
which are mainly branches and feed
ers. The Company's most important
terminal marts in Illinois are Chica-
20, Peoria, Streator, Rockford, Free
port and Clinton; in Iowa, Burling-
ton, Des Moines, Keokuk, Council
Bluffs, Fontanelle, and several other
lesser towns; in Missouri, st. Louis,
and Kansas City /; in Kansas, Atchi-
son in Nebraska, Omaha, Columbus,
Central City, Kearney Junction, and
several other points, and in Colora-
do, Denver. The main cities, other
wise than terminal, are Quincy, Rock
Island, Mendoza and Galesburg in
illinois in Missouri, Hannibal, St.
Joe; in Iowa, Burlington and Keo-
kuk, and in Nebraska, Lincoln, Ne
braska City, Hastings, and other
places along the line, making in all
900 in number, which have a popu-
lation of about 100000.
If seeking farming lands, no finer
dots the face of the earth than those
traversed by the Burlington Route.
Grass, trees, and the like, and the
emblement of the land, are bounteous
rewards for the slight labor the tilling
of the soil requires. The seasons are
even and regular, and no severe win
tiers prevail, and compel laborous eff
forts to ward off and provide against
tnelr hardship.
Ifit is the game of the field, the
forest, the stream, or the mountain,
that you would slaughter, bear in
mind that no road has a territory
more plentifully supplied than that
traversed by the Burlington Route.
If looking for the majesty Of ma
lures grandeur, picturesque beauty
and scenic sublimity, remember that
the Burlington Route leads to their
superlative center and eminence, the
Rocky Mountains. Trains are so ar
ranged as to afford daylight rides
through the most enjoyable scenes,
and elegant open observation cars
are attached to express trains through
the Royal Gorge and Black Canon.
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