Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21

The baltimore and Ohio is still OH deck and
more saucy than ever when II cOlncs To talking
out in meeting for the interests Of the tray cling
public rs against the cxactons of some other
and wUuld-De rival lines. Its latest shot into
the camp of the high priced ami fancy-n Kings
lines Is "a hot one, and already there Is squirn-
ing and twisting To get away from the inc\lta-
bic. But there Ii no usc oi kicking against the
prodding and The average man nowadays
knows 1t thing or TWO which all the cunnihgly
constructed advertisements Oi tllOSc who want
the whole earth, and linen not get enough. can
not blind him To the actunl state oi affairs. To
pay eight or ten dollars extra Ior the simple
iidiny on II road that assumes all there Is in this
life worth having Is all bosh and no longer VIII
the dividends oI raiIUa,d com lany and subsid-
larry corporations alike swell at the expense OF
an ovcr-cuniding public. Tie H. and u. has it.
sell gone into the limited express train btisi-
ness, and, AS IL ever the rule with everything
done 10y the solid old corporation, the people
profit, and would-be rival lines Vince. Un all
the limited" trains OF other routes II sum Is
cxacted largely in excess OF the regular ticket
rate, and the passenger, whether IL he his choice
or not, has To pay another extra iii the shape OF
sleeping-car fare. II he declines to accept the
conditions so arbitrarily exactcd he has per-
force TO go on n slow train, as, according to the
latest principles vi these autocratic companies,
fast time IL only for the wealthy. On the Is. &
" the best is ever deemed the honest due Of all,
and the great American maxim that every man
Is his own master 10 follow his own sweet will
has ever been the ull-govcrning rule OF It's half
century and more Of existence. III other words.
there extra charges ot any character
whatsoever on the u. * -, and, hgurativcly
speaking. If n man don't want hash, he don't
have 10 take IL. II he desires sleeper, a parIor
car there IL is and the rate for accom- mo,iatons
Is only the regular sta dard figure, not doubled
up as on other lines, In the Interest Of an al
ready all-pOwcriul ana rlch sleeplnS-car cOnl-
bination.
The day coaches on the Is. & o. Limited are
brand new, just out Of the shop, and perfectly
appointed, combining all the latest improve
nenls. They, as all other ears OH the train.
run through without change, AMI all IN the
same unparalleled time. Note the schedule.
Chicago Limited leaves that city NJ DO y. m.
arriving i'll Washington the next evening at
7.3p. ana Baltimore an hour later. Ths certainly
il flying, - Twenty-Five hour run 10 the National
Capital being all any one could ask. And IL Is
not done NJ dangerous rate OF speed or in any
way reckless manner On the Is. x o. they take
no risks oi this sort, but when shortening up
and 10y long. acady runs cover "a vast extent OF
territory I'm very short space of time. Two
other trains beside the Chicago Limited"
leave the Garden City, one at S.lU in the morn
ing and the other ut IL 10 at night. From St.
Louis the Limited leaves at $40 IA. ~, and from
Cincinnati At 80 p. ~, reaching Washington
next afternoon al 2.3 and baltimore ut 3.35.
There are other trains also from 81. Louis and
Cincinnati, and Enst bound the y. Il -. fills the
bill of popular expectation 10 L. West bound
II comes in again with schedule liable to
make rhe officials Of other lines take to their
beds with winters sick headache. The Linz
tied for Chicago leaves baltimore at n. M,
Washington at n. M, and reaches Chicago at
go the following morning. making hall hour
faster time Than the much yaunted Limited"
OF rival line, and on which the excess charge
is no less than - from Washington more tlaA
on the T. & a.. The Il. & %. Limited Tor Cincin-
natl is another COZ er, leaving baltimore at
noon. Washington at Las i. NJ, aud arriving at
Cincinnati ut 10 \. NJ. four honrs ahead, and
at ST. Louis at 60 Z. NJ. four and a-half hours
ahead. Of the so-called Limited" Express to
these cities on the other route. The Pittsburg
Limited" on the Il. 4 o. Is IN hour and a-half
faster from Washington 10 that city than any
other would be Limited. and so throughout
the whole Of the Il. and O.s matchlcss new
nj NIX fa .fnx slnx a. trsff
out by other lines, matter what their boasts
or assumption To combine In themselves all the
virtue, excellence and enterprise this whole
country affords. During the past summer a
great amount OF work has been done all along
the lines of the Baltimore and ohio. The track
has been Strengthened. immense quantities OF
new and heavy steel rail put down. and to-day
the ride over Picturesque II. and o., with nil its
wondrous beauties Of nature, it, unsui PASSED
equipment. luxurious cars. It's very models OF
railway dining halls and dining cars. aud its
proyerbially polite and attentive train men, is
journey the equal Of which. for all that goes
20 please and >nlisfy. cannot ia made u;i any
sther limo OH the continent.