The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-02-19
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.

SOM FACTS WHICH WILL COST NOTHING TO
sUBsTANT1ArE, AND WHICH, PROPERLY
CONSIDERED, NAY PROVE PROFITABLE.
There is in almost everything done two
ways Of doing it-ons cheerfully and un-
reservsdly, the other grudgingly and
conditionally. Mark the exemplifcation
OF this in the course pursued by the two
trunk lines having connections with
Washington, the one direct and the other
roundabout. The direct line, which it is
needless to remark is the Baltimore and
the fare to Washington for tho Inaugural
ton, announced no exceptions to the
privileges accorded the holders of such
tickets, but to thb contrary, threw open
its entire service, limited express as we'll
as other regular trains, to the low rates.
No lying around the B. 4 O. depot wait
ing for slow trains no programme of
travel rudely destroyed by refusing ao-
ceptance 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 max
ing the reduction in rates, it was done
after a characteristic fashion of effected
exclusiveness. On the other road inaug-
uration tickets are good only upon Ger
tain trains (slow trains), for, upon the So
called limited trains Of the would be ri
val line to Washington. the low-rate
tickets are not good ; and more than this,
the straight full-fsrs ticket is not good
on such trains without extra fares and
compulsory paying for sleeping ana par
lor car accommodations, whether wanted
or not. To talk about something, the
indirect line rsfs to New York and tho
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 OF the
ticket.
The B. & o. is the only direct line into
Washington, and passengers from the
West, who go to the National Capital to
witness the Inauguration ceremonies by
any other line aud thence to New York,
have simply to double the tracks for con-
siderable of the distance, OF going twice
over the same line, as against going di-
rect 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 occs-
sion. That this is an acknowledgment
of making q special schedule for Wash
ington business, and that it would be q
roundabout route to got into that city, is
evident upon it's face. It il fact that
solid trains are run regularly through
Washington, between the West and the
East, only on one line, and that line il
the b. & O. 1t is fact also that the
Baltimore and Ohio is the only line in
Washington 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 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. L O. has pro-
vided space for fifty extra cars within
short distance of the depot in Washing
son, with broad board walk, and the
whole place Illuminated by electric lights,
so that there can be no difficulty in get
ting about at any time of the night.