The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-29
4 TRAVELLING MANS STORY OF
~ TRAVEL.

A man, scholarly, versatile. and ex-
perienced in the affairs of life, was
in our office the other day telling us
something about the good things fur
nished the public. We wanted crystal
lized the good things of our railroad,
and he submitted the following state
ment which is given exactly as II
was received. This man probably
covers as much territory in year
as any other man in the United
States. He has fine discrimination
and his statements are entirely dis
interested His remarks follow:
This Is What He said:
THE expenditures of trunk line
railroads for the betterment OF ser
vice are sometimes colossal. Time
and money spent TO please the tray
cling public--to give 1t the worth
LOT its MONEYS never begrudged by
The broad-gauged captains of finance
who control the great arteries Of
trade. Think of a railroad company
that, without blink, orders cut and
& made on It's inc that required the
combined labor of hundreds Of men
fer a year, and the pulling out of its
treasury the neat sum Of $4,000, 0o0-
for what2 Why, just to save a few
minutes tine between two cit es
Does the man with the gripssek fully
appreciate such enterprise? Does he
ever stop to think what is daily be-
ing done by np-to-date railway sys-
TENS In order to make his journey,
for business or pleasure, safer. quick
er, more comfortable?
THE probabilities are that the man
whose comfort Is thus looked after by
the head or the great systems will
|fy into frenzy II momentarI,y de
llayed by a .hot-box He forgets the
time, care, patience, inventive genius
and millions of capital brought into
play in order that he may reach his
,destinatian safe and sound
"But what railroad was it that
lspent $3000,000 and years time In
order to save less than fifteen min
lutes between the Queen City and the
Hoosier Capital?
ITO thousands and tens of thou
sands of travellers this information is
superfuous. To tens Of thousands Of
other travellers. destined to make this
trip, the fact is interesting. Is 1t nee.
essary to say what railroad Is meant?
| Il Is the same road that controls 1900
miles Of the best-constructed and
lnest-edu pped outfit in America. A
system that maintains magnificent
through train service in connection
with the New York Central, the Bos
ton and Albany, and other eastern
roads. 1t Is the same road that is OF
| the People operated For the PEG
pie, and gratefully recognized by the
People II Is the road that traverses
daily. with It's thousands of passen
ger and freight trains, iive Of the
1 principal states OK the tInlon--Ohlo
Indiana. Illinois. Kentucky and Mich
igan, to say nothing OF It's incursicns
aby Its connection In the Empire, state
\ and the east; II Is the road whose day
Icoaches are not only the largest. bu,
the most luxurious of any in the land;
whose parlor, sleeping, dining, buffet
cafe and library cars are dreams D,
beauty and convenience--a road that
for several decades. has been recog
nized as the highest and best expon
ent Of the science OF moving peopl,
Land freight over thousands Of mile.
along the lines Of least resistance
But what road 10 II?
IT is hardly necessary 10 be NOR,
explicit, for what road can II be othe
than the zig Four?''--Men and WI
linen Magazine, IN