Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-03-23

trademarks uf r,p1s1n or The Well ss1tuWn
Railroads In TilI- Country.


trademarks of r,nnar or The Well ;s1uwu
Railroads In Ti,I+ Country.
Almost every r;<illtsul company
has Il device on 1antt, which IL print
Ell OIL the time t;ll,lH folders. tho int~
ter heads tsnd tl,H illuminated cards
that hang on walls III station, wait
ing room AMI business office. Thcsc
devices are usually printed IN c*,lors.
and sonM uf chem urr quaint and
clever Ono of the most familinr il
the uutu1nn tinted nipple lcat, tic
mann arteries TT which tle%iynutn the
route ut the Chicago. TT. Paul aud
Kansas City railway. Which il pop11~
larly known as the ",ltplc Lr,f" Il
three leaf clover II the distinguish,
in@; nl:!rk Ut tln Toledo, 1T, Louis
aud KANSAS City road. wl1icl, IN e<,1n-
monty called the "Clovcr ROUTE
Tho Houston and TEXTS Central
railway Inns about ;,s elaborate II de-
sign rs my. lts main feature IL IL
steel tololtG horseshoe Bearing the
name ut the road. l.nrirrlctl by the
shoe ii II green -Four l&:tf clover rest.
ing On tt background OF red, and ton.
Meeting thu heels ut tile Shoe ii Il Rub.
bits foot labeled "Lucky Route To
the right just ubove the horseshoe
apleu1S Il lone star. The four leuf
clover IL also tho s{nvirc nf the Ro1ntA
Watertown a11d Ogdensb11rs road.
each Leaf benrln% letter. III r. ".
Il O." Tho long stem If the clover
cuts lcngthwise through tue Fr<'1nth
word "Drliaeur. conveying nsaur
a1lcc TT gt<rl Luck.
jay Goull's Missouri p:lcitic roat1
has il large rcd sc:1l, crossed by Il rail
road truck. with the ,lul,u Ut the road
i'll black letters covering tho entire
f;tcc OF the @>s>l iii. ller,l:lic stamp
1T tho Wabash ru;at1 Ii ii ,ssl f!a4 with
II blaek ct1lt.r III which ;aplnmr@ the
forward end Of Il locomotive. tue
headlight flashing thu word IVA.
BASH The L"hi@ll Valley flies Il red
pcnnant with Il diamond >hapel cen.
tcr Of black upon which arc tho lot
tors IL. v" in white.
One Of the simplest of thc<n advcr.
Using devices il that OF the pennsyl.
vania railroad, Which il Il small rcd
keystone with the words ''Punnsyl.
vania Lines across It's face. The
Florida Central and pcnins411ar rail-
road prints upon its time tables red
shield, upon which appears the front
Of It locomotive. the trunk Of I'm ele-
rlunt dangling from the headlight,
encirclinE which tire the words, IN
red letters. Florida Trunk Line
The Georgia Southern untl Flpritla
railroad has for its device n shicLl
printed in tlurk tints. On tho lower
surface of TIN, slltll IL a picturesque
scenic view showing Il ,1.iIlUnl train
crossing a stream un Il long iron
bridge. Just above the picture arc
the words "S,1w:nrr River kuutc tn
F!u,'i,1a." The Richmond and Dan.
willie Railroad company contents it.
silt with the oddly designed initials
'R. and d. sp"a,etl Ivy ln arrow
and printed III bright rctl. 4 yellow
disk TIL black SQUARE constitutes
the trade mark If the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, thu letters b. o." MP
pearing ON the yellow disk on each
side Of the faiut1y traced picture Of q
monument.
A most peculiar device il thut
which tho Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific railroad hus chung to for n
great many years 1t il III oblong
open sW1ce, with a red disk ut the left
labeled The Great Rock Island
Route" Occupying tho greater part
of the space are the words in big,
black letters. "A,-A1un. aud crowd.
ing close upon the letter "A" Ia the
di1nlnutive figure Of Il mum with a
stick over his shoulder and a satchcl
in his hand. Tho device of the Erie
railway is both simple and familiar
1t is q black disk OH n tinted square.
the face OF tlst disk bearing in white
letters the words. Erie Lines"
An Indian arrowhead, showing
the words "Ta,npico Route" In tho
distinguishing stamp Of the Monte.
rey and Mexican Gulf railway
New York Times.