The Vanderbilt System Of Railways

Few persons have any conception ot the magnitude of interests covered by thl ïbove title, and very few, even amonK the railway frateruity.are. aware how fullv this vast system occupies the field in whlcb it is located ; bat U vou will take a map, and trace out, firet the New York Central & Hudson Biver ; second, the Boston & Albany; third the Taka Shore & Michigan Southern; fourth, the Michigan Central fifth the Clevelknd, Cincinnati, Chicago and fct. Loüs (formerly the Bee Line "and " Big Four ") Eailroads, you will be impresled with the wonderful foresight of the men who designed and executed the plan to opérate under a uniform policy, and practicaüy a conunon control, a system of railways that should furnish unsurpassed transportation cilitiea to the great commercial empi outlined above, and a trip over thu erand aegregation will convince the S"t Bketicf 1 that the Vanderbüt systera of railways, of whicb. the New York Central and Hudson River Railroadis the main stem, traverse, the very heart of the business portion of this continent, touching, either (Jirectly or throúgh its immediate connections, all the important commercial centers of the country, and offering to hea h pleasure and business travel facihties that are not equalled by any similar ínflt.itution in the world. . .. , An edition of one hundred tbonaana copies of a very neat little PmPtet bearing the title at the head of this article has just been issued by the Amencan Bank Note Company of New ork, which contains much interesting mformation concerning this great system.