Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-16
Tho Empire and Union Lines OF the
NV oennsylyania Railroad.

pennsYlYanla NAM odu.
Inc prosperity of every town j: is
.t I. in proportion to its rail
emu faciIjties, 4 town having the
l@ ..yIr.gr railroad facilities as those
.,. -. by Alexandria feels no
..ncy in assuring those seeking
A's,, mess location OF home, that
,arate in Alexandria will be of
. ~ advantage to them.
So he PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, with
Two great feeders, the Empire
ni rpion Lines, reaching to and
.... j, the important trade centers
ii. north, east, and west, has ITS
). ..aamI terminus al Alexandria.
.u...t more can those seeking invest
rr ask This company aims to
foremost in i'll that concerns the
..I.,rr of towns and cities on It's
l.,a.'or al points where its branches
inmate, ,D and Alexandria is no ex-
..ntfaa. but very forcibly exemplihes
IN. rule: and further, keeps apace
r;,b the demands of its patrons IN
ENC 10 extend their fields OF
III which is also in this line fully
demonstrated.
From time to time, as calls for in
... ~ service. each is given q
favorable response; and as the re-
mir.ments are laid before its Of
4r,al.. n change here or an additional
.sr,ira there is the result.
WIN 10 the Alexandra merchants
eampttc with Baltimore Because
rbey can purchase as cheaply and
mTe delivered here as quickly and
al the same rates from the west as
Baltimore ard Washington. And
that competitive territory from Alex
.pdna is reached as quickly from
these points. Quick transit is now
the first consideration, and no other
line car compare with the Pennsyl-
yquia.
merchant in Alexandria wires
his shipper al New York, Phila-
Ielphia. or Baltimore for goods to-
law and on tomorrow his goods are
at his door ready for trade, be it one
hundred pounds or carload. Such
is the present service given by the
PENNSYLVANIA, to the merchants OF
Alexandria. And as has been just
stated, as the volume of trade in
ueasc5 the facilities for handling
that trade will also increase.
A few years since, the merchants
Of Alexandria did not purchase goods
beyond Baltimore. Now they pur-
chase goods from all parts of the
country reached by the Pennsylvania
Railroad and its connections.
Large quantities of sugar and dry
goods are coming in from New York
and Philadelphia daily, and are
handled with dispatch, ease, and
promptness
OF late the shipments of Western
meat and lard coming from st, Louis,
Omaha, and Cincinnati over the EN-
pre- and Union Lines and the Penn
sylvania Railroad to Alexandria have
increased largely, showing by the
superior service rendered by these
lines that the merchants of Alexan
dla cam buy these goods direct from
the home markets, and have then
delivered here mt the same rates anc
with equal dispatch as merchants IL
Baltimore and Washington. This is
equally true of the shipments Of
Western flour, and other staple
The first consignment from Balti-
more to Alexandria over the Balti-
more X Potomac Railroad consisted
Of two boxes of fruit, to-day the daily
arrivals are from seventy-fve to one
hundred consignments.
At the present there are more
Goods sold by the wholesale trade to
the retail dealers in Alexandria than
the entire wholesale trade amounted
10 fifteen years ago. Why is this Z?
Ii is owing to the enterprise, the
onward and upward march, the
OF Alexandra smerch-
ants, aided. as they are, by the
peculiarly fine railroad facilities
offered by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
which consists of two fast freight
lines from Baltimore every night :
a daily fast freight line from New
York and Philadelphia: quick dis
patch lines from points in tue East
and New England; interior New
York and Pennsylvania, with excep-
uoually good service consisting of
fast and local freight trains to and
nom all points Ill Virginia ana other
Southern States.
1, is a well-known fact that the
Pennsylvania Railroad offers to the
uayelugpublic the most perfect pas
s@ger facilities.
In the way of perfect road beds,
rapid and safe transit, perfectly APP
pointed trains, with due regard to the
safety and comfort of all, it is unsur-
passed by no road in the country.
Tins is equally true of the Washing
Ion Southern Division Of the Penn
,yIyWma Railroad which connects
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