Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-04-30
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sssas Funny Titles 1hat Have Grown
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Qht OF Initial Letters.
A9de-mark titles are the latest ,fads
b i4ilrpRd nomenclature. Some of
hsse ntcknaWes. says an exchange,
IRE occasionally more strikingly
unique than euphonious, nor is their
appropriateness always apparent.
Among these adopted appellations may
b mepd0ped the big Four Route or
':Kaqkakee Line" which designations
- short Tor the Cleveland, Cincinnati.
Chicago 46t. Louis railway; the 800
Mne, !" whose corporate title Is the Min
neapolis, st. Paul & Saulte ste. Marie
railroad; the Three C's Route. as tho
Chaylestoh Cincinnati & Chicago rail.
toad ID tsfsely called. These are the
most notable examples Of condensation,
and llEe designations appear to have
be4n adopted BY other companies a.
tndioativsn certain points reached by
the lines q of the physical character
ijhos Of ths routes. as, for instance. tho
Overland Route, which u the popu-
" cogn6rnSn Of the Union Pacific rail-
boad; Pixies Peak Route" as the Col
o1.do Midland is known; the ':Air
line, whtgh Is assumed by the LOUIS
Vile, 1y4aSviAe & st. Louis railroad;
ths .Nal-Gas Route" adopted by
Ne Laks i3s & Western railroad; the
'.BluR LinA" or St. Louis, Alton l.
Springhedds the Frisco Line" short
t6r tho s. Louis & San Francisco rail-
way, the Cotton Bolt Route" desorip-
live Of the 81. Louis Arkansas & Texa:
railway; the Queen and Crescent
Route, which tells OF tho connecting
link bstwsen the cities Of Cincinnati
and New Orleans; tho Scenic Line OF
Ne World. certainly not a oondensar
aon Of title but appropriately descrip-
Hvs Of the claims Of the Denver & Rio
G1ande; the Orange Belt Route, ~ ths
Tarpon Route, " and the Way Cross
Line" Of florida and the Fishing
I'ne" Of Wisconsin are some Of the
designations that are suggestive OF the
several attractions of the localities
reached BY the various lines named.
W4f memories are revived by the
dssigpationM the Shiloh Route" and
tho Lookout Mountain Route, f" adopt
"a respestayely BY the Evansville,
paducah aud Tennessee River Packet
companx and the Nashville, Chatta-
nopga &HtE Louis railroad company.
The USE initials to designate the
roads has ec0me so universal that Oft
times the initials are known when the
name issf,et Grown SO familiar some
person attempts to play on the initials,
and in scoNse e4asa1Anoa- the appellation
clings 70 ths ssplington The old
was in years gone BY spoken Of as the
I-Better-Walk road or the Indiana
Bologna works. The Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago road was known as
Patsy Finnigan's Wife and children
while the Jeffersonville, Madison &
Indianapolis used to be called the
Jerusalem, Mississippi 4 ireland. The
new Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Louis is known to Panhandle
trainmen as the Piqua, Cambridge
City & State Line, instead Of the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis.
Th- Columbus, Shawnee & Hooking
already has its title of Cold Slaw &
Eosniny line, while the Columbus,
Hooking Valley & Toledo is called or
to bear a similar title in the Cold Ham,
Veal & Turkey road. The old Chicago
| & Indiana Central, now apart OF thu
Pan Handle, used to be called tht
Coffee Cake s. Ice Cream road.