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Day
14
Month
April
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE CEOCRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL SEE BY EXAWIININC THIS MAP, THAT THE plT r. lisoí bJ jf-Sfrg-.. - _-__-. rfyffl CHICAGO, ROCK I8LAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY By reason of ita central position and close relation to all principal Unes East and West, at lnitial and terminal polnta, constitute3 the most Important mld-con tinental link In that svstem of through trar'-'DOrtatlon whlch Invites and facilltates travel and trafflc between cities of tho Atlantic and Pacific Coaets. It la also the favorita and beat route to and from polnt3 East. Northeast and Boutheaat, and corresponding pointg W est, Northwest and Southwest. The Roet Island syatem includes in its main line and branches, Chicago, Jollet, Ottawa, La Salle, Peoría, Geneseo, Moline and Bock Island, In lUlnou: Davenport, Muscatine, Washington, Fairfleld, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, West Liberty, Iowa City, Des Moines, Indianola, Wlnterset, Atlantic, Knoxville, Audubon, Harían, Guthrie Centre and Council Bluffs, in Iowa; Gallatln, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, in Missouri ; Leavenworth and Atchison, In Kansas; Albert Lea, Minneapolis and St. Paul, in Minnesota; Watertown la Dakota, and hundreds of interniediate dties, towns, villages and stations. THE CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE Guáranteos lts patrons that sense of personal securlty afforded by a solid, thorouirhly ballasted road-bed; smooth tracks of continuous steel rail; eubBtantlally built culverta and bridges; rolling stock as near perfectlon as human skiU can make it; the safety appliances of patent buffers, platforms and air-brakes: and that exacting discipline whlch ffovema the practical operation of all its trains. Other specialties of this route are Transfers at au connectincr polnts in Union Depots, and the unsurpaseed comforts and luxurles of its Passenger Equlpment. The Fast Express Trains between Chicago and the Missouri Kiver are composed of well ventilated, ilnely upholstered Day Coaches, Magnlflcent Pullman Palace Sleepers of the latest design, and sumptuous Dining Cars, in whlch elaborately cooked meals are leisurely eaten, " good Digestión waltlng on Appetite, and Health on both." Between Chicago ana Karman City and Atchlaon, are also run the Celebrated Beclining Chalr Cars. THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE Is the direct and favorita lino between Chicago and Minneapolis and 8t. Paul, where connections are made in Union Depots for all points 1n the Territories and Britlsh Provinces. Over this route, Fast Express Trains are run to the watering places, summer resorts, plcturesque localitles, and hunting and flshlng grounds of Iowa and Minnesota. It is also the most deairable route to the rlch wheat flelds and pastoral lands of interior Dakota. Still another DIRECT LINE, via Séneca and Kankakee, has been opened between Newport News, Richmond, Cinclnnati, Indianapolls, and Lafayette and Council Bluffs. Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Paul and Intermedíale pointe. For detailed Information see Maps and Folders, obteinable. as well as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offlcoa in the United States and Canada; or by addresslng R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN, President and General Miaar. Chlcaaa. Gentril Tlckit and Fastenger Agent, Chkaga

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News