The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-02-18

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to Sabstantiafe. aad which, Proper
ly Considered nay Prove Probable.
There is in almost everything
done two ways Of doing it-one
cheerfully and unressfvedly, the
other grudginely and conditionally.
Mark the exemplication Of this IN
course pursued BY the two trunk
lines having connection with Wash
ington, the one direct and the other
roundabout. The direct line, which
it is needless to remark is the Bal
timore and Ohio. in making the
great reduction on the fare to Wash
ington for the Inauguration, an
nounced no exceptions to the privi-
leges accorded the holders of such
tickets, but to the contrary, threw
open its entire service, limited ex-
press as well as other regular trains,
to the low rates. No lying around
the B. & 0. depot waiting for slow
trains; no programme Of travel
rudely destroyed by refusing accept
ance of inauguration tickets on fast
trains. How strong the contrast
on the other road When forced to
follow the lead of the Baltimore
and Ohio in making the reduction
in rates. it was done after charae-
teristic fashion of affected exclusive
ness. On the other road inaugura-
ton tickets are good only upon
certain trains (slow trsins), for,
upon to so-called limited trains of
the would-be rival line to Washing
ton, the low-rate tickets are not
good; and more than this, the straight
full-fare ticket is not good on such
trains without extre fares and com
pulsory paying for sleeping and
parlor-car accommodations. whether
wanted or not. To talk about some
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 bone by ANYBODY on
the tickets issued by any line, pro-
vided the time announced is within
the limit of the ticket
The B. & o. is the only direct
line into Washington, and passen-
gers from the West, who go to the
National Capital to witness the in
auguration 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 direct by the B. & o. Then,
too, the other line dwells upon the
special feature it proposes to adopt
in running solid trains to Washing
ton for the particular occasion
Thai this is an acknowledgment of
making special schedule for Wash
ington business, and that it would
be a roundabout way of getting into
that city, is evident upon its face.
1t is fact that solid trains are run
regularly through Washington. be-
tween the West and the East, only
on one line, and that line is the B.
& o. 1t is fact also the Baltimore
and Ohio is the only line in Wash
ington having and using different
divisions for its Eastern and West
ern business, and it not forced, as is
the other line, to concentrate all Its
trains from all points of the COM
pass, forty-odd miles away from the
city, and then bring them all in on
one track. More than this, the B.
d. o. is the only road which can
furnish track room for sleeping cars,
so that they can be occupied dur
ing the stay at the capital. The
B. & o. has provided space for fifty
extra cars within short distance
of the depot in Washington, with
broad board walk, and the whole
place illuminated by electric lights,
so that there can be no difficulty in
getting about at any time of the
night.