West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-02-11
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Some Facts which will Cost Moth
ing to Substantiate, and which,
Properly Considered, may
Prove Profitable.

IIONC IOlOnUiCs
There is in almost everything
done two ways of doing lt-one
cheerfully and unreservedly, the
other grudgingly and conditional
ly. Mark the exemplifcation OF
this in the course pursued by the
two trunk lines having connection
with Washington, the one direct
and the other roundabout. The
direct line, which it is needless to
remark is the Baltimore and Ohio,
in making the great reduction on
the fare to Washington tor the IN
auguration, announced no excep-
ton to the privileges accorded to
the holders of such tickets, but to
the contrary, threw open its entire
system, limited express as well as
other regular trains, to the low
rates. No lying around the b. d
O. Depot waiting for slow trains;
no program me of travel rudely de-
stroyed by refusing acceptance 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 Characteristic
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
would, be 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 without extra fares and
com pulsory paying for sleeping and
parlor-car accommodations, Wheth-
or 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 anybody on
the tickets issued by any line, pro
VlQeu JIlc bIJ1t 10 w
the limit of the ticket
The B. q O. is the only direct
line into washington, and passen-
gers from the West who go the Ma
tional Capital to witness the inau-
guratlon 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 Wash
ington for the particular occasion.
That this is an ack aowledgment of
making special schedule for
Washington business, and that it
would be a roundabout route to get
into that city is evident upon it's
face. 1t is q -faet-t hat solid ira ms
-ars run regularly through Wash
ington, between the West and the
East. only on one line sad that
line is tbs 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, for
ty-odd miles away from the city,and
then bring them all in on one
track. More than this, the B. 4
O. is the only road which can fur
nish track room for sleeping cars,
80 that they can be occupied dur
ing the stay at the capital, The
B. & 0. has provided space for fifty
extra-cars within a 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 diff
Guilty in getting about at any time