The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-27
THE SVORLD'S FAIR.
= Few Points, About Chicago
ard How 10 Reach the Great
Western Metropolis.

AS a great many readers Of the GOLD
LEAF Will make their first visit to Chicago
and the great Worlds Fair during the
next few months, few pointers rega riding
the geography Of the city and how to reach
it in the shortest possible time over the
best and cheapest route, as we'll as the
most pleasant and picturesque as regards
the excellence Of tie train service and
beauty Of the natural scenery, will be APP
preciated at this title.
In the first place, fix firmly in your mind
the fact that Lake Michigan forms the
eastern boundary of the entire city, and if
YOU stand facing the lake with both arms
0Utst:etChed the left hand Will point to
the North Pole and the right hand Will
point straight down the tracks OF the Big
Four route to the Worlds Fair buildings
situated at the southern end of the city.
Paste this in your hat and you have the
key to the entire situation. Reaching Chi
cago on trains of the Pig -Four route, which
is the Only railroad having an entrance on
the southern side along the lake front,
where all the hotels and boarding houses
are located YOU Will find yourself passing
practically through the Exposition Grounds
and magnificent panoramic view Of the
fair is obtained.
At the Worlds Fair station of the Big
-Four route, if you step off on the right side,
YOU are at the entrance gate to the Expo
sition, and can begin doing the Fair at
once. If you step off at the left side you
will find yourself in the finest residence
portion of Chicago, and right in the midst
OF the Worlds Fair hotel and boarding
house district. The chances are ten to one
you will be within few minutes walk
of the very place you have selected for
your headquarters.
If you prefer to 90 down town ten min
uteS' ride Will bring you to the Twelfth
Street station in the heart of the city
Now bear III mind the manifest advanta &c
OF entering Chicago on the Big Four route.
In the first place you avoid entirely the
bother and trouble Of tedious transfer
across the city, which is necessary via all
other lines. being landed directly at the
Exposition Grounds. an advantage offered
by 10 other line, and in the second place
you can so fix the geography of the city in
your mind that You Will at once become as
familiar with Chicago as you are with
your own town.
Another point in favor of the Big Four
route is found in the fact that if you enter
Cincinnati on the Queen Il Crescent route.
Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Ken,
lucky Central Railway, Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway or Baltimore & Ohio South
western Railroad connection is made in
Union Depot, avoiding the diSagrceable
transfer necessary via all other lines. For
full information address ID. B. Martin,
General Passenger Agent. Cincinnati,
Ohio, or John D. Potts, DiviS ion Passen.
ger Agent, Chesapeake Il Ohio Railway,
Richmond, Va. Tickets sold through from
Richmond or Charlottesville, Va. via G.. &
O. and Big -Four Routes.
Folders, descriptive circulars ard SEIZED
ules OF trains may be seen at the COLI
! LEAF Office where any information in oul
| possession, after having travelled by these
| lines, Will be cheerfully given.