The Evening critic., 1884-11-14

Ana Straight 20 the Point IL ~ No
ENactiOms, No Extra Chnrgf. and
tho Fnstest Time Ever Made 'Lim.
tttds" by Means Excepted.
The Baltimore 4 Ohio is still on Peck and
moro saucy than ever when It comesto talking
out In meeting for tho interests Of The travel
ing public, as against the exactioqb OF some
other and woud-be rival lines. Ita1atost shot
into the camp OF the high.priced Ind fancy
ana hSi ge oTSy hs
Inevitable. But thero is no use Kicking
against the prodding, and the Average man
nowadays knows thing or two which all tho
cunningly constructed advertisements OF those
who want tho whole earth, and thon not get
enough, cannot blind him 10 TUB actual state
OF nffaifs.
10 pay eight or ton dollara extra for the
simple riding on n road that assumes all thoro
" In this life worth having is al bosh, and no
longer Will the dividends OF raNrond company
ana subsidiary corporations alike swell al the
expense OF an over.connding bubllc. The ID.
O. has itself gone Into thpg 'llmited" ex-
press train business, and, as n over the rule
with every thing done by tho solid old corpo.
ration, tho people profit AND would'be rival
lines Vince.
on eli the "llmitcd tratre OF other routes
Il sum is exacted largely I'm excess OF tho regu-
lar Ticket rate, and tho passenger, whether IL
be bis choice or not, has to 9pay another extra
IN the shape OF sleeping-1pr fare. II he de-
cllncs 70 accept the conditions 80 arbitrarily
tSacted, he has perforce 70 60 on n slow train,
ne, according to the latest principles OF these
autOcratic companiep, fasttlmo 10 only for tho
wealthy. On tho j. & %. tho best f. ever
deemed the honest due ~ all, and the great
American maxim that etery man Is his own
master TO follow his own sweet Will has over
been the nllgoverning rtlo OF It's half century
md more OF existence.
In other worde, there 6re no extra charges of
any character whatsoefer on tho u. & o., and,
Dguratively speaking, III Il man don't want
hash he don't have to teko II. II he desires a
sleeper, parlor car, Nero Il IL, and the rate
for accommodation iebnly the regular stand
ard figure, not doubled up as ON other lines, In
the interest of an already all-powerful and rich
sleeping-car comblnfion.
brand new, Just out 81 the shop and perfectly
appointed, combining all the latest improve
ments. They, as another cars on the train,
sSm ohI0nsn change an me al n ,he
Chicago Limited leaves that city at 6:1O p.
M, arriving in washington the next evening
at 1850. and Baltimore an hour later. This
certainly is 1ying, twenty-five hour run u
the National Capital being all any ono could
ask. And 1t 10 nq done at a dangerous rate
OF speed or IN az anyway reckless manner.
On the ID. 4 o. they take no risks OF this sort,
but when shortening up tho time merely take
out all the mln9r stops, and by long, steady
runs cover yakt extent of territory In very
short space OF ume. Two other trains beside
the Chicago "I1mited" leave the Garden City,
one at 8 10 In 5he morning and tho other at
II 10 at nighN From ST. Louis the Limited
leaves at q. D., and from Cincinnati at 1880
p. M, reaching Washington next afternoon at
$3.50 and Baltimore at 1886. There are other
trains also fran st. Louis and Cincinnati, aud
East bound the u. & o. nlls the bill OF popular
expectation 70 O Il. West bound It comes In
again with aBchedule liable to mako tho ON
cials OF othqr lipeatake TO their beds with
winters SICK headache.
The Limited for Chicago leaves Baltimore Mt
a. M, Washington at o a. M, and reaches
Chicago at 3 90 the following morning, max
Ing half Eour's faster time than the much
vaunted TIimited" OF rival line, and on
which tho excess charge is no less than 80
from Washington moro than on the b. & o.
Tho b. $50. Limited Tor Cincinnati and st.
Louis is another corker, leaving Baltimore at
noon, Washington at / .05 y. IN. and arriving
at Cincillflati at z 10 n. m, four hours ahead,
and at Sc Louis at O $50 p. M, four aud a half
hours alead, OF the 80 called "Limtted" Ex-
press ~ these cities on tho other route.
The Pifteburgh "Limited" on the d. & o. Is
an hourand u.half faster from Washington to
and go throughout the whole of the d. & O.'s
matchlcss new schedule, It ranks far above
any ever gotten out by other lines, no matter
what their boasts or assumption TO combine
In themselves all the virtue, excellence and
enterurise this whole country affords. Dur
ing the past summon q great amount OF WORK
has bken done all along the lines OF the u. & o.
hatrack has been Strengthened, Immense
quantities OF new and heavy steel rail put
down. and to-day the eide over Picturesque
u. & D., with all It's wondrOus beauties OF ma
cars, Its very models OF railway dining halls
and dining cars, and It's proven bially polite
andg attentive train mon, Is a journey tho
equal of which, for all that 9 oeS to please aud
satisfy, cannot be made on any other line on
he continent.