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WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE CEOCRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL SEE BY CXAMININC THIS MAP, THAT THE iV i-i Jsffifii'JiL - E.St.Loui; J r Ht'l' CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY By reason of lts central poeltlon and close relation to all principal Unes East and West, at lnltlal and terminal points, conatituted t::e most Important mld-con tinental link In tüat ayatem of throuyh transportatlon which Invites and facilltates travel and trafflc between citiea of the Atlantic and Paciflc Coa ets. It 18 also the favorita and best route to and from points Bast, Northeast and Southeast, and corresponding points W est. Northwest and Southwest. The Roet Island system includes in lts main line and branches, Chicago, Jollet, Ottawa, La Salle, Peoría, Genesep, Molina and Rock Island, in Illinois; Davenport, Muacatine, Washington, Fairfleld, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Wi Liberty, Iowa City, Des Moines, Indianola, Winterset, Atlantic, KnoxviMe, Audubon, Harían, Guthrie Centre and Council Bluffs, in Iowa; Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, in Missouri ; Leayenwortn and Atchison, In Kansas; Albert Lea, Minneapolis and St. Paul, in Minneeota; Watertown in Dakota, and hundreds of Intermedíate clties, towns, villages and stations. THE CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE Quarantees lts patrons that sense of personal secnrity afforded by a solid, thorouorhly ballasted road-bed; smooth tracks of continuous steel rail; substantlally built culverts and brldiïea; rolling: stock aa near porlection fis human skill can make it; the safety appliances of patent buffers, platforms and air-brakes: and that exactiny discipline which groverns tliu practical operatlon of all lts trains. Other speciafties of this route are Transfers at au eonnectinsr points in Union Depots, and the unaurpassed comlorta and luiurles of lts Passeniïer Equipment. The Fast Express Trains between Chicagro and the Missouri River ere composed of well ventilated, flnely upholstered Day Coaches. Magnitlctmt Pullman Palace Sleepers of the latest desigm, and sumptuous Dinini? CarH, in which elaborately cooked meala are leisurely eaten, "good Digrestion waitintf on Appetlte, and Health on both." Between Chicago and Kansas City and Atchison, are also run the Celebrated Recliningr Chalr Cars. THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE 18 the direct and favorita line between Chicago and Minneapolis and St Paul, where connectlons are made In Union Deoots for all points In the Territories and Brltlsh Provlncea. Over thla route, Fast Exoress Traína are run to the watering places, summer resorts. picturesque localities, and hunting and flyhing grounde of Iowa and Minnesota. It ia also the most desirable route to the rich wheat flelds and pastoral lands of interior Dnkota. Stdll another DIRECT LINE, vla Séneca and Kankakee, hasf been opened between Newport News. Richmond. Cincinnati, Indianapolls. and Lafayotte and Oouncil Bluffs. Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Paul and intermedíate points. For detailed Information see Mapa and Folders, obtainable. as well as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offices In the United States and Canada; or by addreaaing R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN, President and General Mv aaer. Chlcaao. General Ticket and Fassenqer Agent, Chicago.