The National tribune., 1885-02-19
Some Facts which will Cost Nothing to Substanti.
ate. and which. Properly Considered, may prove
Profitable.

Some Facts which will Cost Nothing to Substanti.
ate, and which. Properly Considered, may prove
Profitable.
There is in almost every thing done two ways
of doing it-one cheetfully and unreseryediy,
the other grudgingly and conditionaIly. Mark
the eXemplificafion of this in the course pur-
sued by the two trunk lines having connection
with Washington, the one direct and the other
roundabout. ThesHirect line, which it is need
less to remark i$the Baltimore Il Ohio, in
making the great reduction on the fare to
Washington for the Inauguration, announced
no exception 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 lying around the 3. & O. depot waiting for
slow trains; no program of travel rudely de-
stroyed by refusing acceptance of Inauguration
tickets OH fast trains. How strong the contrast
on the other road When forced to follow the
lead of the Baltimors & Ohio in making the
reduction in rates, it was done after charac-
teristic fashion of affected exclusiveness. On
the other road inauguration tickets are good
only upon certain trains (slow trains). for, upon
the so-called limited trains of the wouldbe
rival line to Washington, the low rate tickets
are not good and more than this, the straight
full fare ticket is not good on such trains with
out extra fares aud compulsory paying for
sleeping and rarlOrcar accommodations,
thing, 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 anybody on the tickets issued by any
line. provided the time announced is within
the limit cf the ticket.
The b. & o. is the only direct line into Wash
ingtOn. and passengers from the West, who 20
to the National Capital to witness the inaugu-
ration ceremonies by any other line and thence
to New York, have simply to double the track
for considerable of the distance, or going twice
over the same line, as against going direct by
the B. & o. Then, too, the other line dwells
upon the special feature it proposes TO adopt in
running solid trains TO Washington for the
particular occasion. That this is an acknowl-
eIgnent of making special schedule for
Washington business, and that it would be a
roundabout route to get into that city, is cvi-
dent upon its face. 1t is fact that solid trains
are run regular through Washington between
the West and the East, only on one line, and that
line is the Il. s o. 1t is fact also that the
Baltimore & Ohio is-the only line in Washing
ton having and using different 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 Il. & 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 so extra cars within short
distance of the depot in Washington, with
broad board walk and the whole place ilumi-
mated by electric lights, so that there can be no
difficulty in getting about at any time of the
night.