Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-02-16
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some factS which will Cost Nothing
to oSubstantiate, and which, Properly
Considered, may Prove Profitable.
There is in almost everything done
two ways Of doing it-one cheerfully and
unreservedly. the other grudgingly and
conditionally. Mark the exemplifica-
tion 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 fale to Washington for
the inauguration, announced no excep.
tions to the privileges accorded the
holders of such tickets, but to the con-
trary, threw open its entire service, Inn
tied express as we'll as other regular
trains. to the low rates. No lying around
the b. d o. depot waiting for slow trans;
no programme 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 Baltimore and
Ohio in making the reduction in rates,
it was done after characteristic fash.
ion of affected exclusiveness. On
the other road Inauguration tickets are
good only upon certain trains (sIow
tra'ns), for, upon the so-called limited
trains OF the would. be rival line to Wash.
ingtoD, the low rate tickets are not good:
and more than this. the straight full fare
ticket is not good on such trains without
extra fare and compulsory paying for
sleeping and parlor cor accommodations,
whether wanted or not. To talk about
something, the indirect line refers to
New York and the privilege Of stopping
oil in Washington and then going on to
the metropolis. This can be done by
any body on the tickets issued by any
line, provided the time announced is
within the limit of the ticket.
The B. & o. ie 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 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. and o. Then, too
the other line dwells upon the special
feature it proposes to adopt in running
solid trains to Washington for the par
ticular occasion. That this is an ac,
knowledgment OF making special
schedule for Washington business
and that it would be {
roundabout route to get into tha
city, is evident upon its face. It i. q fac
that solid trains are run regularl,
through Washington, between the wes
ana east, only on one line, and that line
is the B. &. o. It is fact also that the
Baltimore and Ohio is the only line il
Washington having and using different
divisions for its western aud it's eastern
business, and is not forced, as is th,
other line, to concentrate all it's train
from ali points of the compass, forty
odd miles away from the city, and thel
bring them oil in on one track. Nor,
than this. the b. 4 O. is the only roac
which can furnish track room for sleep
ing cars, so that they can be occupieo
during the stay at the capital. The B
4 o. has provided space for fifty extrs
cars within short distance of the depo
in Washington, with broad broad wall
and the whole place illuminated by elec
> trio lights, SO that there can be no diff
Guilty IN getting about al any time o
the night.