The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-08-14
The Pennsylvania Railroads Double Libes
10 Atlantic CITY.

The Pennsylvania Railroads twin
lines to Atlantic City-the West Jersey
and Camden and Atlantic Railroads.
now operated as double track line.
and famed far and wide as the Penn.
sylvanla's Double Lines to the Sea.
have long been known as the old and
reliable route to Atlantic City. The
Camden and Atlantic Raj road was
the pioneer, and for a long time the
only route, to what has now become
one OF the most popular and attractive
seaside cities of the world, Manv
Philadelphians well remember how in
the earlier years of the first railroad
they Travelled slowly and in inferior
cars to Atlantic City, when one or two
trains day more than sufflced to ac-
commodate the entire volume of traffic.
and manv of them may also recall the
illsuccess of the railroad venture,
which was so pronounced, that at a
meeting Of the directors the proposi-
ton to take up the rails and sell them
for scrap iron was gravely discussed
Wiser counsel prevailed, however. and
from this humble origin sprung what
is to-day the most complete and best
appointed system Of railway leading
to any seaside resort in this country.
The West Jersey and Atlantic from
Newheld to Atlantic City was built
and inaugurated with conspicuous sue
cess under Pennsylvania management,
the Camden and Atlantic was acquired,
and the two lines consolidated into the
Pennsylvanias Double Lines 20 the
Sea. These lines are now operated
with that skill and vigor for which the
Pennsylvania Railroad is celebrated.
The roadway of each line is in excel
lent condition. Laid with steel rails,
stone ballasted, fitted with that great
est of time-savers-the track tank
protected by the block signal system,
its physical condition can only be com
pared to those blue. ribbon sections of
the main line track that attract the ad-
miraton of the chance traveller and
provoke the unstinted praise Of the
railway expert.
For the complete equipment of this
splendid road bed the great resources
of the Pennsylvania System are freely
drawn upon. The choicest passenger
coaches, parlor cars constructed ex-
pressly for this service, and stalwart
hard-coal burning locomotives, desig-
mated 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 wise and conserva-
tive judgment the maximum of seven
ty FIVE minutes for the run from city to
sea has been adopted. This is as fast
as the fastest trains in regular service
in this country or abroad, and is quick
enough to meet the wishes of the av-
erage traveller. These trains speed
down to the sea over one track and
up on the other, with no obstruction,
but with clear clean sweep of track
always ahead. Safety is the prime es.
sence of this plan, and comfort is as
sured by reason of substantial equip
ment, clean we'll ballasted, firmly es.
tablished road-bed without dust, and
locomotives without cinders. These
characteristics, briefly outlined, form
the basis of the wide and wellearnet
popularity of this the frst-class route
to Atlantic City.
The high favor in which this route
is held is by no means local, but ex
tends to all sections Of the land where
the influence of the Pennsylvania Rail
roadis felt. A large number of trains
from the south, east, west, northwest
and southwest deliver their passengers
in Philadelphia at varying hours eact
day and all OF them may find conve
nient connection at the foot of Marke
street (the central seashore station o
Philadelphia) for prompt conveyance
to Philadelphia's great seaside su
burb. "a. -. .s ...-v ..
BY the provision Of these unsurpass
ed facilities of travel, the Pennsylvani;
Railroad Company has not only de
veloped in greater measure than an,
other agency this city by the sea, bu
hoe p,t,onolized IL . an Cd.