Year: 1878

The readers of the newspapers OF the
day constantly see mention made OF
Trunk Line railroads, but comparative
" few fully understand what is intend
ed by the designation. Some three or
four railroad lines running westward
from the Atlantic seaboard, are some
times not wrongly called Trunk Lines,
as they form the main arteries of traffic
toward the West. II any railroad in
the country deserves or is entitled 10
the name OF a grand Trunk Line it is
the Chicago q Northwestern Railway.
The company operating this great line
now controls more miles OF railway
than any other in America, il not in
the world. IL is by all odds the most
important line of roalroad in any way
connected with Chicago. No other
road running out Of Chicago carries
anything like as many passengers or
hauls anything ike the volume of
freight that is transported over this
road. 1t alone runs in and out of Chi
cago every day in the year, nearly as
many passenger trains as all the other
Chicago roads put together. As 1t is
with passenger trains so it is with
freight-it not unfrequently brings in
to Chicago fifteen hundred freight cars
in a single day, and IL it does not
bring in a thousand cars its managers
think il is doing poorly. Forty to hity
passenger trains daily, leave and ar
rive at its depot at Chicago. OF sub
urban passengers 1t carries more than
all the other roads that run TO or from
Chicago. These se facts that can be
established by any one wishing TO do
so. No road but the very best could
do the business this great line does.
Its track is of the heaviest steel rail,
and is kept in constant repair by the
constant vigilance Of on army OF track
men, aud is patrolled day and night
the year through, for .he double pur-
pose of keeping every thing connected
with it in perfect condition, aud for
the entire safety of its patrons who are
travelling over it.


No road any where can show a super
Tor track, finer coaches, stronger,
swifter, or better locomotive engines;
and no other road west OF Chicago
have ever attempted TO approach 1t in
its equipment OF Pullman Hotel and
Sleeping Coaches. 1t alone, of all the
western roads have the celebrated Ho-
tel cars, and on this line only can the
traveller between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, river procur. the comforts and
Injuries that these cars alone can fur
nish. Other lines may talk of Dining
cars, and slxteen-wheel coaches, but
not one Of them can offer you a Pull
man or any other form OF Hotel car.
These cars combine great luxury with
the greatest obtainable comfort, and at
no increase in expense over the com
mon, old fashioned and ordinary sleep
ing car. The marvel of those that
travel on them Is TO know how the com
pany can afford to run them and charge
no more for berths than is charged In
the old fashioned sic per. The answer
is found in the great volume OF travel
this road is carrying. Tie thousands
flock TO its lines whore the hundreds
seek it's competitors. We are sure
that no one who has Cnce seen these
cars would ever use any other II travel
ing ia the direction they run.


They are not for the exlusive use of
the rich, but are just as comfortable
aud elegant for the poorer traveller
costing 10 occnpy these cars, no more
than does the occupancy OF the old
fashioned sleeper, no one need for fear
of expense, be prevented from using
them. They have become "the rage,
so to speak, with the Californians, and
have attracted the majority of that
class of travel.


II you are about TO travel east or
west between Chicago and Council
Bluffs, Omaha. Denver or San Francis
co IL will pay you TO sec that you get
your tickets by the Chicago & North
Western Railway. At some future
time we may give you further ideas
about this great road.-lTLe Democrat.