West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-11-19
HAS ITS SAY.

AND SCralgnC u Iuo OiuC ~ A''
| No Exactions, No Extra Charge
and the Fastest Time Ever
Made. "Limiteds" by Means
Expected.
The Baltimore and Ohio is still
on deck and more saucy than ever
when it comes to talking out IN
meeting for the interests OF the
travelling public, as against the ex7
actions Of some other and would
be- rival lines. Its latest shot into
the camp of the high-prlced and
toney-fxings lines is a hot one,
and already there is squlrmlng and
twisting to get away the inevlta-
BILE. But there is no use OF kick
ing against the prodding, and the
average man nowadays knows
thing or two which all the cum
ningly constructed advertisements
of those who want the whole earth,
and then not get enough, cannot
blind him to the actual state OF al
fairs. To pay eight or ten dollars
extra for the simple riding on
road that assumes all there is IN
this life worth having is all bosh,
and no longer will the dividends
of railroad company and subsidia-
ry corpcoctions alike swell at the
expense of an over-confding pub
tlic. The B. and O. has itself gone
into the Limited" express train
business, and, as is ever the rule
with everything done by the solid
old corporation, the people profit,
and would-be rival lines vince.
On all the Limited" trains of other
routes a sum is exacted largely in
excess OF the regular ticket rate,
and the passenger, whether it be
his choice OR not, has to pay anoth-
err extra in the shape of sleeping
ear. If he declines to accept the
conditions SO arbitrarily exacted, he
has pertorce to 60 on slow train,
as, according to the latest princi-
Piles of these autocratic companies,
fast time is only for the wealthy.
On the B. and O. the best is ever
deemed the honest due of all, and
the great American maxim that
every man is his own master to
follow his OWL sweet will has ever
been the ali-governlng rule OF its
half century and more OF existence.
In other words, there are no extra
changes of any character whatso-
ever on the B. and O.. and fgura-
lively speaking, if a man don't
want hash, he don't have to take
it. If he desires sleeper, parlor
car, there it is, and the rate for &C.
eommodations is only the regular
standard figure, not doub led up, as
on other lines, in the interest of an
already all powerful and rich Sleep
ing-car combination.
The day coaches on tho B. and
0. Limited are brand new, just out
Of the shop, and perfectly appoint
ed, combining all the latest inn
provements, They, as all other
cars on the train, run through
without change, and all in the
same unparalleled time. Note the
schedule. Chicago Limited leaves
that city at 5 10 p. M, arriving in
Washington, next evening at 7 30,
and Baltimore an hour later. This
certainly is flying, a twenty-five
hour run to the National Capital
being all any one could ask. And
it is not done at a dangerous rate
of speed or in anyway reckless
manner. On the B. & 0. they take
no risks of this sort, but when
shortening up the time, merely
take out all the minor stops, and
by long, steady runs cover vast
extent of territory in very short
space of time. Two other trains
besides the the Chicago Limited
leave toe Garden City, one at $40
in the morning and the other at
lilo at night. From St. Louis
the Limited leaves at s A. NJ, and
from Cincinnati at 7,30 P. NJ,
reaching Washington next after
noon at $50 and Baltimore at 3.35
There are other trains also from St
Louis and Cincinnati, and East
bound, the B. & 0. fills the bill Of
popular expectation to I. West
bound it comes in again with 8