Evening journal., 1890-06-10
ATLANTIC CITY IN 1890.
Reading Railroads Double Trackz Line
70 the Sea.

TO the Sea.
Atlantic City Is not only the greatest
health and pleasure resort in America, but
IN many respects it Is the most unique and
interesting seaside city in the world. In
the extent and variety of its attractions
zt is absolutely without an equal, aud
tbs exceptionally excellent facilities for
reaching It, together with the modern
expense involved, render 1t most de-
sirable place to spend a vacation
The summer of 1890, it is confidently
predicted will be one OF such brilliancy
as will totally eclipse any previous season
at the Queen City of the Atlantic
Coast and the most extensive prepara-
&ions have been made to ensure the
proper reception and entertainment of
She expected hundreds of thousands Of
visitors To provide for the safe and
speedy transit of these great throngs is a
problem Of no smsL proportions, and one
of the railway lines has met it with
characteristic boldness and iberality by
double-trscking It's road from the Della
River to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Reading Railroad Company, whose
magnificent Atlantic City line last year
earned for itself the appellation of the
Royal Route to the Sea, has still fur
ther perfected its seemingly perfect road,
and means to make 1t this season a
shining example Of the fastest and most
luxurious railway travel in the world.
"A few years ago two hours from Phila-
delphia to Atlantic City was extremely
quick time: In 1889 the Readings cele-
Grated -Four O'clock Flyer" reduced
it to so minutes. At one time any
Ehing that would run on wheels and
Keep the track was deemed good enough
CONVEYANCE for the seashore pilgrim.
The Reading revolutionized this by
placing on its Atlantic City line COM
plete equipment of palatial Pullman
built coaches, finished and polished in
hardwoods and velvet. each of them
very dream of luxury. in addition to a
large number of Pullman palace cars.
That awful nuisance, the soft.coal loco
motive, with it's clouds OF sulphurous
smoke and its binding showers of
rcinders, was early banished from the
Readings line, and its patrons now ride
down to the sea behind the heetest of
Eron steeds, fed on bright hard anthra-
cite and reach their destination clean,
cool and serene.
Not content with its conspicuous
triumphs Of last year, the Reading man
fsE cHAehl has luhut aNotutI Ioub bbFAuc 10
xhe front by double-tracking its Atlantic
City line over its entire length, and it
NOW boasts the first and only double
track railroad between the Quaker City
and the Sea While single track road.
carefully operated. is unquestionably
safe, il is an indisputable fact that a
double track road must be safer In ad-
dition to this very obvious advantage.
the use Of two tracks ensures quicker
time and greater certainty and prompt
ness in the movement Of trains.
The Readings new depot in Atlantic
City is the largest and handsomest on the
coast its two stations in Philadelphia,
at Chestnut and South Streets wharves
Are commodious In arrangement and con-
venient in location, and the equipment
and appurtenances fully adequate to
meet the most exacting demands Of the
many who viii make seashore pilgrimages
on the Royal Reading Route