The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-14
EDITORIAL CORRESPON-
DENCE.
MONTREAL, CAM, Sept. 6, 'Ss.


sauctum on Tuesday morning, Sept.
J, for few days Of rest and recrea-
ton, we wendell our steps to the d.,
G.. Fl. x NJ. railway depot and took
the o;2o a. NJ, train for Detroit, where
we arrived promptly on time. The
morning was little rainy, enough to
lay the dust, making the trip unusu-
ally pleasant for this season. Reach
ing Detroit, we found the steamer in
waiting at the dock to take us across
the river to the depot of the Great
Western Division of the G.. I. r. r.,
where we found our express train in
waiting to take us to Toronto, dis
tant e25 miles. This train was an
express in fact, for in 5H hours after
leaving the station at Windsor, we
ran into the magnificent Union de-
pot at Toronto, having made an av-
erage of over As miles to the hour,
including all stops and change of
cars at Hamilton. This train has
dining Car attached running east to
Chatham, and also one from Hamil-
ton, east, to Niagara Falls, thus OBJ
WAITING all necessity for stopping for
meals and shortening the time be-
tween Detroit and the Falls, fully a
half hour. The meals served on
these cars are fully equal 10 those
served in any Of the first class hotels
of the country, and at the moderate
price of seventy-five cents.
Alter an hours delay at Toronto,
for tea, change of baggage, etc., we
were again on the wing, bound for
Montreal, some 400 miles away.
The extent of the business now be-
ing done on the G. T., may be es-
timated by the fact that this train
consisted of IA first class passenger
cars OF which a were Pullman Sleep
ers in which every birth was sold and
many others sought which could not
be furnished. Aside from this, a
special excursion train with I6 pas
senger coaches left Toronto for Mon.
treal the same night. This was the
Detroit $40 excursion to Montreal
and return, good for ten days, with a
chance to visit Quebec either by rail
or steamboat by paying $500 addi-
tional. The trip to Montreal was in
the night, but even in the Pullman we
could not help noticing the wonder
full improvements that had been
made along this route by the substi-
tuition of the steel rail, the reduction
of the guage to the American STAN
dard, etc., all of which have been
the outgrowth of the purpose on the
part of the General Manager to make
the G.. T., popular through route
from the northwest to New England,
in which he has very apparently been
more successful than at first seemed
possible.
We reached Montreal promptly on
time at 1850 A. NJ, much to the sur
prise of many of the passengers who
went to their dreams with the pre-
diction on their lips that we should
be at least two hours late, and per-
haps more. In all its appointments
the G. r., seems to be first class
road. We do not know ofany road
in the states that has better rolling
stock, more gentlemanly officials, or
that makes better time.
We had planned to spend the day
in Montreal, and proceeded at once
on our arrival there, Ito the Windsor
Hotel, the American house, and one
Of the very best hotels on the Ameri-
can continent. Montreal is the COM
mercial emporium of the Canadas,
and IS a very prosperous city. In
wandering through its varied manu-.
facturies, we noted with great pleas
IRE, the business prosperity SO appar-
ent on every hand and in such great
contrast with the condition Of things
when we were there few years
since. The iron works especially
showed wonderful growth. Hav.
ing a letter to one of the leading
manufacturers in this department,
we were very cordially received and
shown through the vast shops. mains