The Evening critic., 1883-05-18
OVER THE CREST
OF Mountain, Down by Cool Waters,
ana Otherwise Relieving the Te.
dunn of Summer Travel by the
Coolest Line Of Railway on the
COntiueut-Picture II. & d.

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With the approach of the genial glow of |
summer, the expanding blossoms or May
time hora, the gentle breezes, laden with tho |
delicate fragrance Of budding sweets and the
comes Picturesque &. & o. with its new
schedule, It's faster time and general batch OF
good things, from its regular summer budget. |
1t is nt and apropes that so rare line OF
beauty as theB y. should announce Its sum-
mer programme when nature is attired In Its
loveliest garb Of all the year. Ordinarily
railroads are humdrum subjects, good
enough and certainly Indispensable In their
way, but but, hardly tSplS to base
the exquisite influences of dreamy day In
May. Nevertheless there IS much In tho b. & /
o. not incongruous with the royal splendor OF 4
early summer time, when the bloom upon the
rose, tho apple blossoms and the peach, tho \
emerald sward and the daisy all vie the one 4
with the other In forming parts Of a matchless |
picture, painted by tho master.hand OF nature 4
The mountains girded by the glittering bands
of steel, the foam crested waters spanned by |
bright, cleaning ribbons of tho metal and the 1
fields where the daisies grow, tho hill sides 4
from which the blossoms send Heavenward
their fragrance and the velvety carpet of the 4
valley-all as truly betoken the presence OF
that agency without which 80 glorious a pan
Drama would still, as OF yore, DO confined to
the selfish glare OF the sun by day aud to the 4
autocratic cold stare OF the stars by night.
Had not the Baltimore and Ohio been con-
structed, as It was, through the very garden OF
Shenandoah and the Youghiogheny, onward
and upward, until the crests OF the Blue Ridge |
ana Inc noble Olu AllcBauleS almost KISS the 4
clouds, then plunging down through canon, 4
DER chaem and beneath towering masses, TO /
the broad, open shores OF the Chio-had not 4
the hand OF the b. Il o. man done all this, what /
Journey would have been lost to ali men / 4
Who, then, can say that thoughts of the rave
ana unequaled beauties lining every foot OF
the B Il o. way, from the Ohio to the sea, are
not In keeping with the spell thrown over us
by the witchery OF the season2 No railroad IN
the world compares with IT for picturesque
loveliness and mountain grandeur; and the
points relative to change OF time on the B. e. o.,
10 new trains and TO the old, have an interest
not dreamed of In connection with other
roads. Thus 1t becomes to many a matter
OF personal qualification that the old favorite
Daisy train still shows her dainty heels TO
would be rivals to the troubling time of seven
hours to Washington, and a corresponding
| activity to all Eastern cities; or, In other
words, this matchless train making tho 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 OF all other trains-the
| others not putting in an appearance until sup
per-time. 10 Baltimore the time saved Is over
| four hours, and Philadelphia and New York
spending train from tho East to tho West
should also have an appropriate name, and IL
the one is Daisy the other is a Darling, sure
enough. Leaving New York at seven In the
| evening, and passing through Philadelphia,
| Baltimore and Washington en- route, Cincinnati
| is reached early the next evening in ample
| time for the connection South and Southwest.
| On the old schedule the time was some two
| hours longer, and that much later get
| a
| 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 morning, In au abundance OF tlme
| TO mako all the connections for the West and
South, and which connections are made In
Union Depot, wherein all the through trains
| burg to Cincinnati over the old Marietta Il
| Cincinnati line, now greatly Improved In every
natl, natl, washington Was Baltimore Raiiroad. It is
| model road In all its details and managed
| right up to tho mark From Cincinnati TO St.
| Louis the B. 4. o. trains pass over the noted
Western short line, the Ohio & Mississippi.
With a track as solid as the Rock ot tGibraltar
and motive power celebrated throughout
| railway circles for its remarkable efficiency,
the o. & Nj. has set the pegs very high for
rival lines in the way OF fast time. The beauty
| OF 1t Is that the road is so smooth and the line
| so level that the passenger fairly nles without
recognizing he is going at hardly anything
more than rather lively Jog.
with It's direct interchanging lines, SUCH
| patterns of railway management Is no puzzle
TO account for the superiority OF the d. 4 o.
over all other through routes between New
| York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton and Cincinnati and st. Louis. While oc-
cupying an incompatible position rs regards
the cities named, the d. 0. enjoys equal dis
tinction as Chicago line, II owning, controll.
| ing and operating every foot OF route from tho
| Atlantic 10 Lake Michigan and Lake Erie.
1t is the only line running Its trains through
from New York TO Chicago and Chicago 70
| New York with absolutely no change OF cars
| whatever, and II was the B.& o. that orlgl.
| mated the term ''BOllu Trains tiud
the system. How successful It has proved Is
indicated by the imitators. "rhe Chicago
Solid," as this train has become known,
has recently had added superb now
dining car, which In roomy appointments and
novelties In tho way OF tables, seats, &C., is
unquestonably the 'swell" dinner OF tho
period. Like the new and magnificent sleep
ers, the dining halls on tho line and every.
lhing else pertaining to the road, the one COM
| pany owns and manages Its own dining-car
line; consequently there are no outside cor
| porations 10 live upon passengers, and the
latter deal IN every single instance with the
| d. so. The Oldest passenger railway In tho
world, the b. & o,can show a record for speed,
for safety, for prompt employment OF every
| new feature, and for satisfying the public
| wholly unparalleled. In tho language OF an
| enthusiastic Western admlrer, SIT is the boss
road, and don't you forget III"