Middletown transcript., 1891-08-06
fiihe Pennsylyania Railroads DouDIe
Iduor To Atlantic City.

fiihe PennsyIyania RailrOad's g DOuDIf
Lines to Atlantic City.
The Pennsylvania Railroads twin
lines 10 Atlantic City-the West Jer'
sev and Camden and Atlantic Rail-
roads--now operated as double track
line and famed far and wide % the
Pennsylvania' Double Lines to tie
Sea. have long been known as the oid
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 De,
come one Of the most popular ana
attractive seaside cities Of the world.
MANY Philadelphians well remember
how ia the earlier years of the nrst
railroad they travelled slowly ana In
inferior cars to Atlantic City, when
one or two trains day more than suf-
feed to accommodate the entire vol
ume of traffic, and many of them may
also recall the ill.success Of the rail-
road venture, which was SO pronour-
ced. that at o meeting Of the directors
the proposition to take up the rails
and self them for scrap iron was
erayely discussed. Wiser counsel
prevailed, however, and from this
humble origin sprung what Is today
the most complete and best-appolnted
system Of railway leading to any sea.
side resort IN this country.
The West Jersey and Atlantic from
Newfield to Atlantic City was built
and inaugurated with conspicuous sue
cess nnder Pennsylvania management,
the Camden and Atlantic was acquir-
ed. and the two lines consolidated into
the Pennsylvsnia's Double Lines to
the Sea. These lines are now opera
ted with that skill and vigor for which
the Pennsylvania Railroad is celebra-
ted. The roadway of each line is in
excellent condition. Laid with steel
rails. stone ballasted. fitted with that
greatest Of ftime.savArs the track tank
protected by the block-signal sys-
tenn, its physical condition can only be
compared 10 those hlne-ribbon sections
of the main line track that attract the
admiration 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 road-bed is whatever
the management chooses to make it,
but in Che exercise Of q wise and con-
judgment the maximum Of
seyenty.6ve minutes for the run from
city to sea has been adopted. This is
IS fast as the fastest trains in regular
service in this country or abroad, and
Is qnick enough to meet the wishes of
the average traveller. These trains
,peed down to the sea over one track
and up on the other, with no obstruc-
ion, but with clear clean sweep of
rack always Eahead. Safety is the
prime essenceo of this plan, and com.
ort is assured by reason of substantial
,quipment, clean well ballasted,
irmly established road bed without
lust, and locomotives without cinders.
these characteristics, briefly outlined,
orm the basis ofthe wide and we'll.
,arned popularity of this the first class |
quite to Atlantic City.
The high favor in which this route
5 held is by no means local, but ex-I
ends to all sections Of the land where
he influence Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad is felt. "A large number Of
rains from the south, east, west, north. |
rest, and southwest deliver their pass
myers in Philadelphia at varying
Iours each day and all Of them may
ind convenient connection at the |
DOT of Market street (the central sea-
hore station of Philadelphia for
rompt conveyance to Philadelphia's
reat seaside suburb.
By the provision Of these unsurpass-
d facilities Of travel, the Pennsyl-
ania Railroad Company has not only |
eyeloped in greater measure than any
ther agency this city by the sea, but
as nationalized it.