The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-05-22
WHAT A BUSINESS MAN THINKS OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED.
Ne,u York Times.


~ have just finished one OF the peasantest rail-
way trips have ever had" said prominent
merchant, as he alighted from the Pennsylvania
Limited at Jersey City last evening. 81 had no
idea" he continued, chat the railroad people had
reduced the art of travel to such perfection. A
business trip becomes merry holiday, full Of
comfort, pleasure, and good cheer.
81 received a telegram at my house, up town,
Tuesday morning, 1880 A. NJ, urging my presence
in Chicago by noon of Wednesday, if it were pos
sible to accomplish the journey in that time. 1t
seemed almost impracticable, but remembered
that the Limited left New York at 900 A. M,
and hastily packing my bag, started for Des-
brosses Street Ferry without waiting Cor break
fast The train left Jersey City at 9.15, and as it
whired over the meadows, I sought the dining
car and seated myself at neat and flower -adorn-
ed table, where I enjoyed delightful breakfast
of all the delicacies of the season, admirably cook
ed and served with scrupulous neatness. The
sensation of taking meal while flying onward at
the rate of forty-fve miles an hour is not only
novel, but appetizing. The smoking car, with its
luxurious sofas and ease. giving rattan chairs,
found to be q most comfortable apartment, and
after reading the morning paper Joined party
at cards, and the hours flew by so swiftly that we
had stopped at Philadelphia and Harrisburg and
were rolling along the banks of the Juniata be-
fore we realized that had Travelled nearly three
hundred miles. The view from the car windows
engrossed our attention from this until the cur
tain of night fell on the scene. This section Of
the route abounds in the most beautiful scenery
imaginable. The road lies through and over the
Allegheny Mountains, and after following the
banks of the blue Juniata for many miles, the
actual climbing of the mountains begins short
distance east of Altoona. Our third stop OF five
minutes was made at Altoona, after having com
pleted an uninterrupted run of one hundred and
thirty-two miles, The most magnificent portion
of the route from a scenic standpoint lies beyond
Altoona, where the grand sweep of the Horse
Shoe Curve, and the subsequent ascent OF Ale
grippus, reveals some of the widest scenery in
America. We viewed this just before sunset, when
all the mountains were bathed, as the poets say,
in glory. 1t was grand sight.
"The dinner, served about this hour, was excel
lent, and comprised in the menu everything one
could expect at first-class New York restaurant.
All the meats and vegetables are cooked as they
are ordered, and cooked well, too.
"Another short stop at Pittsburg, and one at
Alliance, is the last that l remember, as turned
in about this time, and when 1 awakened the next
morning we were somewhere between Fort ayne
and Chicago. could not resist the temptation to
take breakfast on the Limited, which was hardly
finished before the train came to its final stop In
the Union Depot Chicago. This was $50, TWEEN
ty-four hours and half after leaving New York.
1 felt as fresh as daisy, met my appointment,
Ioafed around an hour so with friends, took the
East bound train at 5 that afternoon, and here l
am back in New York at 6.55 p. M, Thursday
Isn't that business? Not only business but pleas
ure, can assure you for feel as if had enjoyed
a regular old fashioned boys holiday.
az hope have not bored you with this enthu-
siastc recital, and think you might write it up fol
the benefit of those who travel. My advice tc
travellers to Pit.sburg, Chicago or Cincinnati is
! Take the Limited Goodbye"