The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
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Some Facts which will Cost Nothing to
Substantiate, and which, Properly Con-
sIdered, may Prove Profitable.
There Is IN almost everything done
two ways of doing it--one cheerfully
and uureservediy, the other grudgingly
and conditionally. Mark the exempli-
ficatiOn of this in the course pursued by
the two trunk lin9s having connection
with Washington, the one direct and
the other roundabout. The direct line,
which It IS needless to remark is the BaItI-
more and Ohio, In making the great re-
ducLlOn GA the fare L Washington for
the lnauguraJIOn, announced no eXcep-
tions ~ the privileges accorded the
holders oil such tickets, but to the con-
trary, threw open its entire ser
vice limited express as we'll as
other regular trains, TO the low
rates. No lying around the
b. & . depot waiting for slow trains;
no program of travel rudely DESTROYED
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 BaItim Jre and
Ohio in making the reduction in rates !;
1t was done after a characteristic fashion
of affected exclusiveness. Ga the Other
road Inauguration tickets are good only
upon certa trains (slOw tralns), foFupon
the so-calied limited trains OF the would.
be rlval line to Washington, the low-rate
tickets are not good; and more than this
the straight full-tare ticket is not good
on such trains without extra fares and
compulsory paying for sleeping and par
Tor car accommodations. whether wanted
or nos. To talk about something, the
indirect line refers TO New York and
the privilege of stopping IF in Washing
ton 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 60 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 dI-
rect by the B. & o. Then, too, the other
line dwells upon the special feature il
proposes TO adopt IN running solid trains
to Washington for the particular occa-
sion. That this rs 6u acknowledgment of
making & special schedule for Wash
Ington business, and that il
would be a roundabout route to get into
that city, is evident upon its face. 1t Is
fact thst solid trains are run regularly
through Washington, between the west
and the east, only on one line, and that
line is the B & o. 1t is fact also that
the Bsltiu ore s Ohio is the only line in
Washington having and using different
divisions FOR ITS western and It's eastern
hnsiuRSr and mt forced ia 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 isis, the B. & o. is the only
road which can furnish track room for
sleeping cars, 50 that thew can be occu-
pied during the stay at the capital. The
B. & o. has provided space for fifty ex-
ira cars within short distance of the
depot IN Washington, with broad board
walk, snd the whole place illuminated
by electric lights, 50 that there can be
no difficulty in getting about at any
time Of the night