Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-06
NOTED RAILWAY.
The Great Jackson ROute-IIII.
nOis CenIral-Summer
Arrangements.

Now that the real summer has set
iu aud all business considerations have
to be waived in favor of health. COM
fort and recreation, thousands Of peOS
pie in the South are beginning to think
of getting away awhile to some noun
tain shadow, shady dell, woodland
retreat. 6sherman's paradise. clear
lake, ripping falls, lake shore, or sea
shore, where there are few of the bur-
dens or cares of lite and longevity is
something to be desired. A little
book has fallen upon the editors
table at this Office which suggests at
once all the delights Of summering
places North and East. 1t is modest.
unpretentiOus, matter of-fact. real
English ike, we might say, in accord
ance with the style OF everything sent
out, whether a train Of palace cars,
or a bright little folder, By the manage
ment of the great Jackson or Illinois
Central railway system. This road,
from New Orleans TO Chicago, is one
of the finest. safest and best handled
in the world. With regard to solid
ity, easy, noiseless motion Of cars,
ana punctuality Of service, it resem
bles more than any railway in this
country, perhaps, the great NOrth>
western railroad from London TO Liv
erpool, aad yet combines with these
advantages sll the improvements and
Injuries Of American railways. 1t is
to the railway system Of this coustry
very much what the Father OF Waters
is to the great Mississippi Valley. 1t
isa great unbroken north and south
artery of travel and commerce, and
like the grandest OF rivers, connects
the Gulf Of Mexico with the lakes Of
the North.
Excursion rates have been made and
tickets are for sale at greatly reduced
figures from the principal cities in
Texas, from New Orleans, Vicksburg.
Jackson, Mississippi, Memphis and
other important points tOthe principal
cities and most attractive sumner re.
sorts in the North and Northwest,
including Cherokee and Iowa Falls,
Waukesha, OconomoWoc, Geneva
Lake. Sheboygan, St. Paul, Minneap
oils, Lake Minnetonka, Duluth, and
other noted places. People going from
Memphis can buy their tickets from
Mr.. s. l.. Finley, at the Louisville
and Nashville railroad Office. 272 Main
street, and 90 by Milan; Of R H. Tai.
ley at the Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern railroad ticket Office
and 70 by Fulton or Of Barney Hughes
at the Memphis and Charleston rail.
road ticket Office, and 60 by way Of
Grand Junction. These tickets will
be on sale to September Both, and will
be good to return until October 3lst
1888. Sleeping cars can be secured
through to Chicago without change
Of cars. For further particulars
apply to the agents named or A. H
Hanson, general passenger agent |. G
r. r., Chicago, ILL.,, for descriptive
pamphlets and circulars containing
all necessary or desirable information
These excursion tickets are likewisl
sold to Niagara Falls aud Toronto ant
Denver. Colorado. The followinI
regulations will be of interest 10 th
travelling public:
These tickets include omnibl
transfer in Chicago from |. q. r. r
depot to a hotel or the depot Of tn
road over which they read, and vie
versa in returning. Free transfer
between depots are also provided 70
In Milwaukee and Duluth.
The going and returning" route
are given separately.
The numbers Of the returning
routes, which can be used in connec
tion with the going" routes, ar
specified directly under the going
routes.
The rates given opposite each rout
are for one direction only, but n
ticket will be sold for one direction a
excursion" rates. The rate set or
posite the ''going" route and the rat
Of the returning" route, added Ia
gether, will be the rate for the roun
trip.
Half excursion tickets will be sol
for children of FIVE and under twelv
years of age at one half the rate
quoted herein. Children under fv
years of age will be carried free.
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