The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-28
The Pennsylvania Railroads Double
Lines to Atlantic CITY.


The Pennsylvania Railroads twin
lines to Atlantic City-the West Jersey
and Camden and Atlantic Railroads.
now operated asa double track line,
and famed far and wide as the Penn
sylvania's Double Lines to the Sea.
have long been known IA the old and
reliable route to Atlantic City. The
Camden and Atlantic Railroad was the
pioneer, and for long time the only
route, to what has now become one Of
the most popular and attractive sea.
side cities of tho world. Many of our
reaiers will remember how in the ear
lier years of the first railroad they
travelled slowly and in inferior cars to
Atlantic City, when one or two trains
a day more than sutilced to accommo-
date the entire volume of traffic, and
many Of them may also recall the ILL
success of the railroad venture, which
was SO pronounced, that at meeting
of the directors the proposition to
take up the rails and sell them for
scrap iron was gravely discussed.
Wiser counsel prevailed, however, and
from this humble origin sprang what
Us 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
INewfleld to Atlantic City was built and
with conspicuous success
under the Pennsylvania management,
the Camden and Atlantic was acquired
and the two lines consolidated into the
Pennsylvania's Double Lines to Sea.
These lines are now operated with that
skill and yigor for which the Pennsyl.
wanna Railroad Is celebrated. The
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condition. Laid with steel rails, stone
ballasted, fitted with that greatest of
time-sayers-the track tank--pratect-
ed by the block-signal system, Its ply
steal condition can only be compared
to those blue-ribbon sections OF the
main line track that attract the admira-
ton OF the chance traveller and provoked
the unstinted praise Of the railway ex-
pert.
For the complete equipment of this
splendid road-bed the great resources
of the Pennsylvania system arc 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 road-bed Is whatever the
management chooses to make it, but
in the exercise of q wise and conserva-
tive judgment the maximum of sew
enty-tlve minutes for the run from
eity to sea has been adopted. This is
las fast as the fastest trains in regular
Service in this country or abroad, and
iS quick enough to meet the wishes OF
the average traveller.
These trains speed down to the sea
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with no obstruction, but with q clear
clean sweep OF track always ahead
Safety is the prime essen CO of this
plan, and comfort is assured by rea-
son OF subst antial equipment, a clean
well ballasted, firmly established road
bed without dust and locomotives
without cinders. These characteris-
tics, briefly outlined, form the basis Of
the Wide and well-earned popularity
Iof this the tirst-class route to Atlantic
City.
The high favor in which this route Is
neld Is by no means local, but extends
to all sections of the land where the
influence OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
rs felt. A large number of trains from
the south, east, west, northwest, and
southwest deliver their passengers In
,Fhiladelphia at varying hours each day
and all OF them may find convenient
connection at the foot of Market street,
(the central seashore station in Phila-
'delphia( for prompt conveyance to
IPhiladelphia's great seaside suburb.
BY the provision of these unsur-
passed facilities of travel, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company has not only
developed in greater measure than any
other agency this city by the sea, but
has natlonalized it.