The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-19
And Straight to tho Point Is Is. No
ETactions, No Extra charge, aud
the Fastest 1iue Ever Made.

And Straight to tho Point It Is. No
ETaotions, No Extra charge, aud
the Fastest 1ime Ever Made.
"Limlteds" by Means
Excepted.
The Baltimore & Ohio is still on
deck and more saucy than evcr when it
comes TO talking out in meeting for the
interests Of tho travelling public, as
against the eXactions of some other and
woud-be rival lines. It's latest shot
1 % the camp Of the hlgh-priced and
fancy -hXiugs lines IL a hot one, and al
eady there IS squirming aud twisting
to get away from the inevitable. But
tera is no use OF kicking against the
prodding, aud the average man now a
days knows a thing or two which all the
cuunlugly constructed advertisements
OF those who want the whole earth, and
then not get enough, cannot blind him
30 the acGudl state of affairs. To paV
eight or ton 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 rail.
road clmpanys and subsidiary corpora
tons alike swell at the expense Of al
wv 7NViilNki- IuDllc. ud Is. ~ u. llag
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
d-be rival lines vince. On all the
"liuiited' trains of other routes sum il
eXactod largely in excess of the regular
ticket rate, and the passenger, whether
1t be his choice or not, has to pay another
extra in the shape of sleeping-car fare.
1t he declines to accept the conditions
so arbitrarily exacted he has perforce to
go ON 81 w train, as, according to the
latest principles of these antocratic
companies, fast time is only for the
wealthy. On the Is. Il o. the best is
ever deemed the honest due of ALL and
tho great American maxip that every
man Is his own master To follow his own
sweet will has ever been the all. govern
ing rule OF its half century or more OF
existence. In other words, there are no
extra charges of any character whatso.
ever on the Ii. IL o., and, tiguratiyely
speaking, if man don't want hash, he
don't have TO take it, If he desires A
sleeper, parlor car, there it il, and the
rate Tor accommodations is only the regti-
lar standard figure. not doubled up, as on
other lines, in the interest of an already
ail-powerlul and rich sleeping-car COM
bination.
The day coaches on the b. 4 o. Lin.
lied are bran new, just out of the shop
ana perfectly appointed, combining all
tbs latest improvements. They, as all
other cars on the train, run through
without change, and all in the same un.
parslleled time. Note the schedule
Chicago Limited leaves that city at sic
p. M, arrivinga Washington the next
evening Mt 1880, and Baltimore an hour
later. This certainly is flying, a twenty.
five hour run to the National Capital
Delng all any one could ask. And IL is
not done ut dangerous rate of speed or
IN an anyway reckless manner. On the
B. ~ o. they take no risks of this sort
but when shortening up the time merely
Jake out all the minor stops, and by
long, steady runs cover vast extent oI
territory iii very short space of time.
TWO other trains beside tn. Chicago
"Llmited" leave the Garden CITY, one al
S:lO IN the morning and the other nj
ll;l0 ut night. From st, Louis the Linn
tied leaves ut s a. M, and from Cincin-
nati atIi5O 2. M, reaching Washing
ton next afternoon at $3.50 and Balti.
more Mt 1885. There are other trains
also from ST. LOUIS and Cincinnati. and
East found tho u. & o. fills the bill of
| popular expectation to n II. West bound
1t comes III again with schedule liable
TO make the officials of other lines take
to their beds with u winters sick head.
ache. The Limited for Chicago leaves
baltimore At 8 v. M, Washington at b
a. M, and reaches Chicago at 9:2O the
| following morning, makinga half.bour's
las or time than the much yaunted
"Limited" of a rival line, and on which
the excess charge is no less than IS from
Warrington more than ON the b. Il o.
The Is, N o. Limited for Cincinnati
ana 81. Louis is another corkor, leav-
ing Baltimore at noon, Washington at
~ =. M, and arriving ut Cincinnati nj
t:lO 4, M, four hours ahead, and at st.
Louis AT 6:3O y, M, four and "A half
hours ahead of tho so-called Limited
express To these cities on the Other
route. The Pittsburg "Iimited" on the
". ~ y. Is an hour aud "A half faster from
Washington To that city than any other
would-bo Limited" and so throughout
the whole of the h. & O.'s mRtchless now
schedule, IL ranks far above any ever
gotten out by other lines, no matter
what their boasts or assumption Ia com-
hine In themselves all the virtue, excel
lence and enterprise this whole country
affords. During the past summer a
great amount oil work has been done all
along the lines ofthe Baltimore & Ohio.
The track has been Strengthened. i'm.
mense quantities of new aud heavy steel
rail nut down. and to-day tho ride over
Picturesque Il. ~ o. with all its wonder.
aus beauties of nature, it's unsurpassed
equipment, luxurious cars, its very
models of railway dining halls and din
ing cars, aud its proverbially polite aud
attentive train men, IL u Journey the
equal OF which for all that roes to please
nhd satisfy, cannot he made on any
other line on the continent.
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