The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-07-06
VELVET-TRAIN.
Via Western and Atlantic
Railroad and
Nashville, Chattanooga { St, Louis n.y.,
TO CHICAGO IN TWENTY-FIVE
HOURS AND FIFTY>ELGHT
MINUTES.

Commencing on Monday, June 9th, the
| Western and Atlantic RAILROAD and the
! Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis rail
way inaugGrated the quickest schedules
| ever made between Atlanta and Chicago.
President Thomas said that he had the
short line between Atlanta and Chicago,
and he intended 10 make whatever sched>
| ules might be necessary, not only to meet
the competition, but to show lis patrons
that he appreciated their kindness by Civ,
ing them the quickest and best service
between Atlanta and Chicago.
The vel vet vestibuled train leaves daily.
Atlanta, 10 a. III leave Chattanooga 2:42
p. m; leave Nashville, 7:45 p. M; leave
Evansville. 12:45 a. M, and arrive at
Chicago, S:5S~a. In, making the unpre>
ceGented time of twenty-five hours and
fifty. eight minutes from Atlanta to Chicago
This train will be vestibuled throughout,
including baggage mail. express, day
coaches and Pullman's finest sleeper.
This train runs solid from Atlanta to
Louisville, and the sleeper on this train
will go through from Atlanta to Chicago
without change, via Monon route. This
solid train from Atlanta to Louisville cons
meets in the union depot at Louisville with
both the great Pennsylvania line and the
Monon route. Leaving Atlanta at 2:15
p. H., via this route, you will arrive at
Chicago the next afternoon at 5:30 p. m.
The third train which the Western and
Atlantic railroad has for Chicago leaves
| Atlanta vi 500 p. m, and arrives at CHS
cago the next evening at $40 p. NJ, This
train runs solid from Atlanta to Nashville
and connects in the union depot at MASKS
vile with through trains from Nashville
to Chicago without change, and carries a
Pullmen buffet sleeping car through from
Atlanta to Chicago, via Louisville and the
Pennsylvania lines, without change. The
morning express will leave Atlantapat s
instead of 500, as heretofore, and will arr
rive at Nashville at 7:15 p. m, making all
local stops as at present.
Mr.. Charles Z. Hartman, general pas
senger agent OF the Western and Atlantic
railroad, says that his worlds fair infor~
nation bureau is working admirably, and
says that he is answering hundreds of lets
tiers daily, giving desired information to
parties who contemplate visit to Chs
cago, as to routes, rates. hotels and board
ing houses. Besides the number of hotels
in Chicrgo, of which he has list, he has
also obtained, through reliable information
the addresses of fifteen or twenty boarding
houses, which he is furnishing to the pa
irons of the Western and Atlantic railroad
upon application.
He has issued a neat little circular Civ
ing important worlds fair information,
which he will send TO any one upon ap.
plication.
1t now looks as though the railroads had
determined to maintain the rates as man,
3D. and will have war of schedules in
stead of a war of rates. Mr.. Hartman says
that this is the best way to accommodate
the people. by giving them quick and re-
reliable schedules and allowing the roads
to receive living out OF the worlds fail
business.-From Atlanta Constitution,
June 10 1893,