Great Rock Island Route

OTTACQUAÍNTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY, WILL OBTAOT MUCH VALÜABLE INFORMATION FROM A STUDY OF THIS MAP OF = i ! Wi.-utíüis%_i3 ! RV THE CHICAGO, ROCK BSLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY, Including muin lines, branches and extensions East and West of the Missouri River. The Direct Boute to and frora Chicago, Joliet, Ottawa. Peoria, La Salle, Moline, Rock Island, in IL-LINOIS- Davenport, Muscatine, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Des Moines, Winterset, Audubon, Harían and Council Bluffs, in Minneapolis and St. Paul, in MINNESOTA- Watertown and Sioux Palla, in DAKOTA- Cameron, St. Jc3eph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI- Omaha, Fairbury and Nelson, in NEBRASKA- Horton, Topeka. Hutchinson, Wichita, Belleville, Abilene, CaldwcU, in Kansas- Pond Creek Hennessey, King-flsher, El Reno, in the INDIAN TERRITORY- and Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, in COLORADO. FREE Reclining Chair Cars to and from Chicago, Caldwell, Hutchinson and Dodgo City, and Palace Sleeping Cars between Chicago, Wichita and Hutcbi'ison. Traverses new and vast áreas of rich farming and grazing lands, afíbrding the best facilities of intercommunication to all towna and cities ea&t and west, nortnwest and eouthwest of Chicago, and Pacific and trans-oceanic Seaports. MACNIF1CENT VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS, all competitors in splendor of equipment, warmed by steam from the locomotivo, well ventilated, and free from dust. Through Coaches, Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Cars daily between Chicago, Des Moines, Council Bluffs and Omaha, with Free Chair Cars between Chicago and Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, vía St. j'oseph. or Kansas City and Topeka. Splendid Dining Hotels (ftirnishing meáis at seasonable hours) west of Missouri River. California Excursions daily, with CHOICE OF ROUTES to and from Salt Lake, Ogden, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco The DIRECT LINE to and from Pike's Peak, Manitou, Garden oí tne Gods, the Mountain Cities, Mining Camps, Sanitariums, and Scenic Grandeurs of Colorado. VIA THE ALBERT LEA fiOUTE, Síid JS?firess Trains daily between Chicago and Minneapolis and St. Paul, with THROUGH Reclining Chair Cars (FREE) to and from those points and Kansas City. Through Chair Car and Sleeper between Peoria, Spirit Lake and Sioux Falls, via Rock Island. The Favorite Line to Pipestone, Watertown, Sioux Falls, and the Summer Resorts and Hunting and Fishing Grounds of the Northwest. THE SHORT LINE VIA SÉNECA AND KANKAKEE offers facilities to travel between Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Council Bluffs, St Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Paul. For Tickets, Maps, Folders, or desired information, apply to any Coupon Ticket Office in the United States or Canada, or address E, ST. JOHN, JOñN SEBASTIAN, General Manager. CHICAGO, ILL. Oen'l Ticket & Pass. Agen,