Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07
The Pennsylvania Railroad s Dou-
BILE Lines to Atlantic City.

I
The Pennsylvania Railroads twin lines to
Atlantic City-the West Jersey and Camden
and Atlantic Railroads-now operated as a
double track line, ard famed far and wide as
the Pennsylvania Double Lines to the Sea,
/ have long been known as the old and reliable
route to Atlantic City. The Camden aud
Atlantic Railroad was the pioneer and for a
long time the only route, to what has now
becoma one of the most popular and attract.
i've seaside cities of the world. Many Phila-
delphiaus wellremember how in the earlier
years ofthe FIRST railroad they travelled slowly
and in inferior cars to Atlantic City, when
one or two trains day more than suficed TO
accommodate the eutire volume Of traffic
and many of them may also recall the ILL
success Of the railroad venture, which was
so pronounced, that at a meeting of the di-
rectors the proposition TO take up the rails
and sell them for scrap iron was gravely dis
cussed. Wiser counsel prevailed. however,
and from this humble origin sprung what is
to-day the most complete and Disappointed
system Of railway leading to any seaside
resort in this country.
The West Jersey and Atlantic from New
field to Atlantic City was built and inaugur-
ated with conspicuous success under Penn
sylvana management, the Camden and At
lautic was acquired and the two lines con-
solidated into TIE Peuusvlvauia's Double
Lines to the Sea. These lines are now op-
Grated with that skill and vigor for which
the Pennsylvania Railroad is celebrated.
The roadway of each line is in excellent
condition. Laid with steel rails, stone bal
lasted, fitted with that greatest Of time. savers
the trick tank-protected by the block
signal system, its physical condition can
only be compared TO those blue-ribbon sec
tons of the main line track that attract the
admiration ofthe chance traveller and provoke
the unstinted praise Of the railway expert
For the complete equipment of this SPLEEN
did road bed the great resources Of the Penn
sylvauia System are freely drawn upon. The |
choicest passenger coaches, parlor cars con- |
structed expressly for this service, and stall |
wart hard-coal burning locomotives de |
siguated as the Pennsylvania Standard, are
provided The speed Of such trains on such |
a road-bed is whatever the management
chooses TO make it, but in the exercise of a
wish and conservative Judgment the maxi
mum Of seventy-five minutes for the run
from the city to sea has been adopted. This
is as fast as the fastest trains in regular ser
vice in this country or abroad, and is quick
enough to meet the wish of the average tray
eler. These trains speed down to the sea
over one track and up on the other, with no
but with clear clean sweep of
rack always ahead Safety is the prime
essence of this plan, and comfort is assured
ly reason Of substantial equipment a clean
veil ballasted, firmly established road-bed
without dust, and locomotives without Gin
lers. These characteristics briefly outlined
orm the basis of the wide and well-earned
popularity Of this the frst.class route to
Atlartic City.
The high favor in which this route is held
S by no means local, but extends to all
ectious of the land where the influence of
he Pennsylvania Railroad is felt large
lumber of trains from the south, east west,
and southwest deliver their pas
engers in Philadelphia at varying hours