Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-18
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Some Facts which will Cost Nothing to
substsntiate. and which, Properly
Considered, may Prove Profitable.
There is in almost everything done two
ways of doing it-one cheerfully and IN
reservedly, the other grudgingly and con-
ditionally. Mark the exemplifcation of
this in the course pursued by the two
trunk lines having connection with Wash
lngton, the one direct the other round
about. The direct line. which it is need
less to remark is the Baltimore & Ohio,
in making the great reduction on the fare
to Washington for the Inauguration, an
nounced no exceptions to the privileges
accorded the holders of such tickets, but
to the contrary, threw open its entire
service. limited express as we'll as other
regular trains, to the low rates. No ~
ing around the B. & o. depot waiting for
slow trains; no program of travel rudely
destroyed by refusing acceptance of in
auguration tickets on fast trains. How
strong the contrast on the other road
When forced to follow the lead of the
Baltimore & Ohio in making the reduc-
ton in rates, 1t was done after charac-
| teristic fashion of affected exclusiveness
On the other road Inauguration tickets
are good only upon certain trains (slow
| tralns). for, upon the so-called limited
trains for the would be rival hne to Wash
ingtOn, the low-rate tickets are no good
and more than this, the straight full fare
ticket is not good on such trains without
extra fares and compulsory paying for
sleeping and parlor car accommodations,
whether wanted or not. To talk about
something, the indirect line refers to New
York and the privilege of stopping off in
Washington and then going on to the
metropolis. This can be done by any
body on the tickets issued by any line,
provided the time announced is within
the limit of the ticket
The B. & 0. IS the only direct line into
Washington. and passengers from the
West, who 90 to the National Capital to
witness the Inauguration ceremonies by
any other line and thence to New York,
have simply to double the track for con-
siderable Of the distance, or going twice
over the same line, as against going d.
rect by the B. & O. Then. too, the other
line dwells upon the special feature 1t
proposes to adopt in running solid trains
10 Washington for the particular oc-
casion. That this is an acknowledge
ment of making a special schedule for
Washington business. and that it would
be roundabout route to get into that
city, is evident upon its face. It is a
fact that solid trains are run regularly
through Washington, between the West
and the East, only on one line and that
line is the B. & 0. 1t is fact also that
the Baltimore & Ohio is the only line IN
Washington having and using differeft
divisions for its Western and its Eastern
business, and is not forced, as is the
other line, to concentrate all its trains
from all points of the compass, forty odd
miles away from the city, and then bring
them all in on one track. More than
this, the B. & O. is the only road which
can furnish track room for sleeping cars
so that they can be occupied during the
stay at the capital. The B. & O. has
provided space for fifty extra cars within
a short distance of the depot in Washing
ton, with broad walk, and the whole
place Illuminated by electric lights, so
there can be no difficulty in getting about
at any time of the night