The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-13
THE WORLDS FAIR.
y Few Points About Chicago
and How to Reach the Great
Western Metropolis.

AS 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 end 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 the train service and
beauty Of the natural scenery, will be ap-
prrciated at this time.
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
outst:etched the left hard 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 "dong' the Fair at
once. If you step off at the left side you
will lind 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 Il few minutes walk
of the very place you have selected tol
your headquarters.
If yOu prefer to 60 down town ten min
utcs' ride will bring you to the Twelfth
Street station in the heart of the city
Now bear in mind the manifest advantage
Of entering Chicago on the Big -Four route
In the first place you avoid entirely thu
bother and trouble of a tedious transfer
across the city, which is necessary via al
other lines. being landed directly at tht
Exposition Grounds, an advantage Offered
by no other line, and in the second place
you can SO fix the geography of the city il
your mind that YOU will at once become a
familiar with Chicago as you are will
your own town.
Another point in favor of the Big FOu
route is found in the fact that if you entc
Cincinnati on the Queen Il Crescent route
Louisville IL Nashville Railroad. Ken
trcky Central Railway, Chesapeake !
Ohio Railway or Baltimore II Ohio South
western Railroad, connection is made il
| Union Depot, avoiding the diSagrceablt
transfer necessary via all other lines. FO
full information address ID. B. Martin
General Passenger Agent. Cincinnati
Ohio. or John ID. Potts, Division Passen
ger Agent, Chesapeake Il Ohio Hallway
Richmond, Va. Tickets sold through from
Richmond or Charlottesville, Va, via Z. !
O. and Big -Four Routes.
Folders. descriptive circulars and SEIZED
ules of trains may be seen at the COLL
LEAF office where any information in on
possession, after having travelled by theS'
lines, will be chcerfully given.