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WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE CEOCRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL 8EE BV EXAMININC THIS MAP, THAT THE m rrj- _ i - ' "ti - 77 ÏWvSrSRe'dWIng Creen BW. !j.[ppg ö%y L L r sr] Pgg:-' r" -yt-.-..,; CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY By reason of lts central position and close relation to all principal linea East and West, at initial and terminal points. con&ti tutes tl.e most important mid-cont - nental link in that system of through transportatlon which invites and tacilltates travel and trafflc between citiea of the Atlantic and PwificOoJBta.lt la also the favorite and best route to and from points En st, Northeast and Southeast, and correspondingr points W est, Northwest and Southwest. The Roeit Island systeni includea in lts main line and branches Chicago Jollet Ottawa, La Salle, Peoría. Qeneaeo, Mollne and Koek Island In UUnpis, Davenport, Muscatlne, Washington, íah-fleld, Ottumwa. Oskaloosa West Liberty, Iowa City, Des Moines. IndiBnola, -Wlnterset, Atlantic. Knoxvilje. Audubon, Harían, Guthrie Centre and Council Bluffs, in Iowa; Gallatin, Trenton Cameron and Kansas City, in Miesouri; Leavenworth end Atchison, la Albert Lea, Mlnneapolia and St. Paul, in Watertown In Dakota and hundreda of Intermedíate cdties, towns, viliatfes and stations. THE CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE Quarantees lts patrona that sense of personal security afforded by p. solid, thorouifhly ballasted road-bed; smooth tracks ot continuous steel rail; substantiaUv built culverta and bridares; rolllns: stock as near periect:on as human sklll can make it; the safety appliances of patent buffers, platforms and air-brakes: and that exacting discipline which governs the practical operatlon of ali ita trains. Other specialties of this route are Transfers at afi connectlnu points in Union Depots, and the unsurpassed comforts and luxurles of lts Paasentrer Equipment. The Fast Express Trains between Chicagro and the Miespuri River are composed of well ventllated, flnely upholstered Day Coaches. Magr.flcent Pullrnaai Palace Sleepsrs of the latest design, and sumptuoua Diniiifr tars, in which elaborately cooked meala are leiaurely eaten, "good Disrestion waiting on Appetite. and Health on both." Betwoen Chlcafro and Kansas City Riid Atcïiison, are also run the Celebrated Reclinlnsr Chair Cara. THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE Is the direct and favorito line between Chicasro and Minneapolls and St. Paul. where connections are made in Union Derjota for all points in the ferritories and British Provinces. Over thia route, Fast Exprpss Trams are run to the watering places, summer resorts, picturosaue localities, and huntincr anrt nsQIng grounds of Iowa and Minnesota. It is also the most dealrable route to the rlch wheat flelds and pastoral lands of interior Dakota. Still another DIRECT LINE, vi:i Séneca end Kankakee, has been opened between Newport News, Bichmond. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Lafayette and Oouncil Bluffs. Kansas City, Minneaoolia and St. Paul and intermedíate points. For detailed Information see Maps and Folders, pbtainable. as well as Tickets, at all principal Tick9t Offlc8 in tho United States and Canada; or by addressingr R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN, Pretident and General Mnaaer, Chicago. General Ticket and Passenger Agent, Chicago.