The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-05-22
OVER THE CREST

OVER THE CREST
Ut Mountain, down by Cool Waters
and otherwise relieving the tedi-
um of Summer Travel by the Cool
est Line IF Railway on the COnti-
nent..PictureSQue b. u d.
With the approach of the genial glow
Of summer, the expanding blossoms Of
May time fora, the gentle breezes, laden
with the delicate fragrance OF budding
sweets and the delicious languor o
halmy atmosphere, comes Picturesque
b. L 0. with it's new schedule, its faster
time and general batch Of good things,
from its regular summer budget. II is
q. and apropos that so rare line oil
beauty q. the B Il o. should announce
its summer programme when nature is
attired in hs loveliest garb of all the
year. Ordinarily railroads. are hum
drum subjects, good enough and certain
ly indispensable In their wav, hut hardly
topic to base poetic idvl upon, par
ticularly when under the exquisite infiu-
ence Of dresmv day in Nav N ver-
theless there Is much In the B & O. not
iDcongruous with the royal splendor of
early summer time, when the bloom up
on the rose, the apple blossoms and the
peach, the emerald sward and the daisy
all vie the one with the other in forming
parts OF a ma,chless picture, painted By
the master-hand of nature. The noun
tains girded by the glittering bands o.
STEEL. the foamcrested waters spanned
by bright cleaning ribbons of the metal
and the fields where the daisies grow,
the hill sides from which the blossoms
send heaven ward their fragrance and The
velvety carpet Of the valley, AL as truly,
betoken the presence OF that ageaey
W ltout which 80 glorious a panorama
would still, as Of yore,' he con6ne,l to
the selfish glare of the sun By day and,
to the autocratic cold stare of the stars
by night. .t g.r
Had not the Baltimore and Ohio been
constructed as it was, through the very
garden OF the watered by
the Potomac. the Shenandoah and the
Youghiogheny, onward and upwsfd, un
til the crests of the Blue Ridge and the,
noble old Aileganies almost kiss the
clouds, then plunging down through
canon, DER chasm and beneath to wering
masses, to the broad, open shores. OF the
Ohio-had not the hand OF the B q o
man done all-this, what journey would
have been lost to all men! Who. then.
can say that thoughts of the rare and
unequaled beauties lining eyerv toot OF
the b & o. wav, from the Ohio to the
sea, are not in keeping With the spell
thrown over US by the wiicnery Of the.
season2 N, railroad in the world com
pares with it for picturesque loveliness
and mountain grandeur; and the points
relative to change OF. time on the B d
O., to new trains AMI to the oil, have
an interest not dreamed OF in cOnnec-
ton with other roads. Thus it becomes
to many mltter Of personal gra'i6cs
tion that the old favorite Daisy train
still shows her dainty heels to would-be
rivals to the troubling time OF seven
hours to Washington, ani cnrresDon
ding activity to all Eastern cities; or.
in other words, this matclles train max
ing the fastest long run known for years,
leave St Louis in the morning, Cincin.
natl in the evening, and reaches Wash
ington next day for dinner, whole meal
ahead Of all other trains-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 i'm time for sup.
per. The corresponding train from the
East to the West should also have an
appropriate name, and II the one is
Daisy the other is Darling, sure
enough Leaving Nav York atseven
in the. evening, and passing through
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton en- roYte. Cincinnati is reached early
the next evening in ample tims for the
connection South and Southwest. On
the old schedule the time was some two
hours longer. and that much later get
ting into Cincinnati A sirpitsr change
IN the order of things is gained at ST
Louis, as the train. with its through
sleeper from New York, reaches the
Future Great" early the second morn
ing. in an abundance of time to make
all the connections for the West and
South, and which connections are made
in Union Depot, wherein all the through
trains OF the B. Il o. run. They pass
from Parkersburg 10 Cincinnati over the
old Marietta and Cincinnati line, now
greatly improved in every way, and
known to the world as the Cincinnati,
Washington and Baltimore Railroad. -
1t is model roai In all it's details. and
managed right up to the mark From
Cincinnati to st L ,uis the B & 0. trains
pass over the noted Wes'ern shor! line,
.he OHIO Mississippi. With atrack as
solid as the Rock Of Gibraltar and a
motive power celebrated throughout
railway circles for its remarkable ell
cheney, the o & 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 80 smooth AMI the line so level
that the passen ger fairly & es without
recognizing he is going at hardly any
thing more than rather lively j,g. -
With its direct interchanging lines,
such patterns of railway management is
no puzz tn account for the su3erioritv
of the B d y. over oil other through
routes between New York, Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Washington and Cincin
natl and S.. Louis. While occupying
an incompatible position as regards The
cities named, the B d o enj ,ys equal
distinction as a Chicago line, it owning,
controlling and operating every foot of
the route from the Atlantic TO Lake
Michigan and Lake f ie. 1t is the only
line running its trains through from
New York to Chicago and Chicago 10
New Yofk with absolutely no change ol
cars whatever, and it was the B. DO.
that originated the term "srIid" trsins
and inaugurated the sys'em. How suc-
cessful it has proved is indicated by the
imitators. "The Chicago Solld," as this