Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-01
THE ROAD OF ANTHRACITE
Popular Because of Its Superb s~Fv-
Ice.
NO RAILROAD IN THE WORLD

Leaving New York the train crosses the far
a af e. Jersey meadows into the highlands
R Rer the Journey lies directly through the
DelaWare Water Gap, one of the most noted
scenic views IN the world. Thence to the
summit of the Pocono Mountains, 1000 feet
aDoVe the level of the sea, the train rushes
into Scranton, beyond which another
mountain range is passed before Bingham
Ion Ion rs reached. Here the road skirts the
beautiful Susquehanna River, running from
thefe INTO the valley of the Chemung River
ana then into that of the Genesee. The
entre Journey lies. through a continuous
panorama of ripping brooks, leaping cat
aFacts, towering mountains and hil-shad-
owed lakes, which for diversity of inter-
est and beauty of landscape is not euualed
anywhere on the American continent
HUMAN INGENUITY
Can do no more for the protection OF trains
imam Is furnished by the signal system in
operation upon the Lackawanna Railroad.
Brightly painted semaphOres by day and
colored nights by night flash their warning
70 the sWltt-hy1ng trains. These signals
divide the line into blocks, and no train is
permitted to enter them until preceding
trains nave passed out Of way Where d.
Yergng tracks are met system of inter
locking switches makes the danger of acct
dent impossible. Crossings, grades and
curves are protected by the most modern
equipment for the safety of trains If for
any reason this wonderful mechanism fails
to work, signals are automatically set at
danger" and not a wheel moves until the
trouble is acertained
THE RoADBaD
OF the Lackawanna Railroad is conceded
by experts to be the finest that engineering
and splendidly maintained Perfect rail
JOINTS give entire freedom from the usual
''clickerty-click' so common in railroad
travelling. Where curves occur they are so
Nv pn aahl Ia
The road is dOuble-traeked every inch of the
way between New York and Buffalo. Steel
bridges and modern eighty pound rails per
nit the running of fast express trains with
the utmost safety and comfort.
HARD COAL IS USED
exclusively on all passenger trains of the
Lackawanna Railroad. This is of peculiar
interest to The traveller over it's line, for
the 400 miles of beauty lying between
New York and Buffalo may be viewed
| through open windows without danger from
flying cinders Or annoying smoke. The road
| bed being rock-ballasted. there is no dust,
and the comforts of the journey are fur
Their assured by superb Pullman cars and
| hlgh-backed, airy coaches 1t was this free
dom from smoke and dust that prompted
Mark Twain to write hiS now famous tele-
gram: Left New York on Lackawanna
Railroad this morning in white duck suit
and it's white yet"
The CONfEN1ENCES
OF the Lackawanna Railroad appeal direct
~ to the business man. The Chicago ter
minal is at the new La Sale street station
the most convenient in Chicago The New
York terminals are at Barclay and Chris
TOPPER streets and at West Twenty-third
street, the first in the very heart of the
downtown business section, and the second
close to the wholesale district and the ter
minal at West Twenty-third street on the
edge of the hotel, theater and shopping
district. Three elegant through trains are
operated daily from Chicago to New York
For European travellers the conveniences OF
Lackawanna Railroad are unrivaled, as It's
Hoboken station is wShin a stones throw
of all the great transatlantic steamship
lines thus obviating expensive transfer OF
passengers and baggage.
"ORDER WHAT YOU WANT;
Paw only for what you order" is the apt
phrase which describes the dining-car sys
tenn on the Lackawanna Railroad Meals
are a la carte, which means that the trav
eler who does not care to order an elab
crate repast may make individual selection
| from the menu. The cars are stocked with
the choicest things a great market like
New York Affords while fruits, milk, cream
eggs and similar articles are secured fresh
every day from the vast dairy and agri
runs. All through trains carry dining cars
whose management is under the direct con
troll of the company.
WHO THAT HAS EYES