New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
RAILROAD LITERATURE.
THE NETWORK CENTRAL's LIBRARY
BOOKS OF TRAVEL AND EDUCATION.

Roadbed. rolling stock. depots. telegraph lines.
force OF competent men in every department and
well equipped repair and construction shops
considered the essential features for the
ful operation Of a railroad by people. and
there comparatively few people outside of the
business who know that there IS an important and
almost Indispensable department IN every railroad
corporation IN which printers ink plays The most
important part. The literary department. which IS
an adjunct the passenger department has at
tained its highest development In the New-York
Central and Hudson River Railroad under the
management and direction Of George II. Daniels
the general passenger agent Of the road. Tho books
folders and pamphlets which have been issued from
his department are not only artistic in general
style but valuable because Of the Information
which they contain and for the problems of travel
which they solve.
The addresses delivered by Mr.. Daniels before the
Chamber OF Commerce az Utica y. Y, Our
Railroads and Our Canals and before the Inter
national Commercial Congress. at Philadelphia, on
american Railroads; their Relations 10 CONNER
cal Industrial and Agricultural Interests"
among the recent publications, and with these
there is an interesting illustrated article the
evolution OF the American. railroad. showing the
old De Witt Clinton. the engine which hauled the
first New-York Central train. when the road was
seventeen miles long in 1881. and engine No ess
which now hauls the Empire state Express from
train in the world By this tt!e e. pamphlet one
aggregate mileage Of 5.3'i that II carried In the
that the equipment Of the New-York Central now
consists of 6os3 fre!ght cars. l,2Ss passenger
process Of Construction
The illustrated folder Round the World b. Way
OF Niagara Falls In Eighty Days" gives valuable
information the subject Of globe trotting and Is
well arranged that II VIII save the traveller
The LUXURY Of Modern Railway Travel" Is
trated in colors. showing the various styles of
t rSeo r ON t from NeYor 10 CHICAGO Oh
THE Railroad and the Dictionary contains four
frFO
scriptive illustrations. and is valuable book for
any reference library;
Summer Resorts one may get birds eye view
Central Iowa TO ;he Atlantic Ocean including coast
resorts from cape MAY 70 the mouth of, Of the 81
subject including distances. railroad fares etc
cation containing forty-eght pages Of descriptive
matter and three very valuable maps. OF which
Bermuda. Georgia. Florida California and Caro-
lima resorts. as well as those nearer TO NewYork.
A little book entitled Two TO Fifteen Days.
tours This book contains seventy-two pages lib
eral,y Illustrated. and ffty-four maps. -
nation on an points pertaining to the Falls. how
how fo e 1he where to stop what TO pay and
,, Wonoeriuily instructive book OF sixtyfour pages
,,s One Of PubIeat,ens the series en-
River gives fortyegh pages Of informatio o5e dn
ne ,, n.iai region lying Immediately north of
The Adirondack Mountains the Thousand ISL
snds Saratoga and Lake George are ali fully and
peSutifully described in books folders and nen.
PIE wpo are in search OF information as 10 these
resorts should send TO Mr. Daniels's ONCE FOR the
DOCKS -relaflng TO these various 80 100
"New-York Winter Resort is No ~ ~. .h.
Your track series. and New York as a Snnrae
Resort" is No. -. These are handsomeiy ,ii,,s
frateo guides 10 New-York and point out tbs 70,
mat 10 the average person living outside n, .bh
metropolis there is scarcely a place In America
where so great a variety Of entertainment can III
3cund during The summer rich,
city OF New-fork-the parks. the monuments The
steamboat trips, the seashore he roof gar
oens. the great hotels the streefcar rides and ;ba
thousand and one things the stranger finds SO in
teresting make New-York summer resort such
az IS not found elsewhere. '"SH
Tine -Four Track Series has grown TO such nro
portions that IL has been found necessary 10 tssna
an Illustrated Catalogue" describing each OF the
t~enty-seven books now comprising the eerie. -
copy Of this catalogue or any OF the hooL.
IN the series Will be sent free post paid to any a.