and fully =GUARANTEE= the same for the purpose intended. Capacity
twenty-five tons daily.
We roll tyres, both crucible and Siemen's Martin, from blooms
especially made for us in England. They are rolled true to
specification, and we give the most satisfactory assurances as to wear
and mileage. Present capacity, twenty Locomotive Tyres daily.
We fill all orders promptly.
Chicago Office, 94 Washington St.
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CALVIN WELLS, President and Treasurer. JAS K. VERNER, Secretary.
Pittsburgh Forge and Iron Co.,
Office, Tenth St. near Penn Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
MANUFACTURERS OF HAMMERED
CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE AXLES.
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
_Our well-known brand of Railway Axles marked "Special"
from new iron, guaranteed to be purely fibrous,
and to stand the regulation drop test of
the Penna. R.R. Company._
ALSO
BAR IRON AND BOLTS,
CHANNEL AND ANGLE IRON,
BRIDGE BOLTS, plain and upset ends, all sizes, TRACK BOLTS, SQUARE
and HEXAGON HEAD BOLTS, RIVETS, WASHERS, SPLICE BARS, Etc.
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RAILWAY PASSENGER AGENT
AND SUPPLY DIRECTORY,
A Weekly Journal
Devoted to Railways, Railway Supplies
and the Transportation Interests.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
_Terms, $4 per annum, in advance; six months, $2. Single copy, ten
cents._
_Correspondence on all topics of interest, notices of official changes,
and other items of news bearing on the passenger service, respectfully
solicited._
_Advertising rates made known on application._
_All business letters and communications should be addressed to the_
RAILWAY PASSENGER AGENT,
No. 243 State St., CHICAGO.
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THE
CHICAGO & ATLANTIC RAILWAY
OFFERS TO YOU
THE MOST COMFORTABLE ROUTE WHEN
GOING EAST.
The TRAINS are Elegant, all new, and were built by the
PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY.
Go and see them at
SOUTH SIDE UNION DEPOT, cor. Polk St. and Fourth Ave.
CITY TICKET OFFICE,
_119 Washington Street_, CHICAGO.
S. W. SNOW,
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT.
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The Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway,
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY,
Again takes great pleasure in announcing to the public its new
arrangements of accommodations, facilities, fast time, comfort and
pleasure for reaching the seaboard cities.
Commencing Monday, June 25, a Fast Limited Express will be placed on
this line, running between Chicago and New York and Boston, leaving
Chicago daily at 3.30 P.M., arriving in New York at 9 o'clock P.M. next
day, and Boston the second morning. Pullman Cars will be run through
without change between Chicago and New York, and Chicago and Boston;
also Dining Cars will be run on this train, thus affording passengers
the pleasure of "Dining on the Rail," at the customary charge of 75
cents.
In addition to the above the Atlantic Express will leave Chicago at
8.30 P.M., having through Pullman Cars to Detroit, Saginaw Valley, New
York and Montreal without change.
Passengers going east on an excursion or business trip can find no
better, quicker or more picturesque route than this for pleasure,
taking in as it does the famous Niagara Falls, River St. Lawrence,
Lachine Rapids, Thousand Islands, Victoria Bridge, and the Mountain
Scenery and Pleasure Resorts of the New England States,--the GRAND
TRUNK, running as it does at the base of Mount Washington.
Ask your nearest Ticket Agents for Advertising matter of this route,
"The Niagara Falls Air Line."
GEO. B. REEVE,
_Traffic Manager_.
S. R. CALLAWAY,
_General Manager_.
JAS. STEPHENSON,
_Gen'l Pass. Agent Grand Trunk Railway_.
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3 GREAT CITIES
OF THE WEST:
[Illustration]
LINKED TOGETHER
----BY THE----
CHICAGO & ALTON R.R.
NO CHANGE OF CARS OF ANY CLASS
----BETWEEN----
CHICAGO
----AND----
KANSAS CITY.
CHICAGO
----AND----
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS
----AND----
KANSAS CITY.
Union Depots in Chicago, East St. Louis, St. Louis and Kansas City.
NO OTHER LINE
--RUNS--
PALACE DINING CARS
Between CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY, CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS, and
ST. LOUIS and KANSAS CITY. Meals equal to those served in any
first-class hotel, only 75 cents.
The only Line running a sufficient number of Elegant and
Comfortable PALACE RECLINING CHAIR CARS Free of Extra Charge,
in all its Through Trains, Day and Night, Without Change, to
accommodate all its patrons.
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS
The Finest, Best and Safest
in use anywhere.
The BEST and QUICKEST ROUTE from CHICAGO to and from MEMPHIS,
MOBILE, NEW ORLEANS and All Points South via St. Louis.
THE SHORT LINE TO AND FROM
MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, TEXAS, KANSAS, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, MEXICO,
ARIZONA, NEBRASKA, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, Etc.
THE GREAT EXCURSION ROUTE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH
--AND TO AND FROM--
KANSAS LANDS, AND COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND
PLEASURE RESORTS AND THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE GREAT WEST.
For Tickets and Information Apply at Any Coupon Ticket Office in
the United States and Canada, Or to
=James Charlton=, General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
210 Dearborn Street, Near Corner Adams Street, Chicago.
_J. C. Mcmullin_, Vice-president, Chicago.
_C. H. Chappell_, General Manager, Chicago.
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[Illustration:
HOHOKUS, ERIE RAILWAY.]
The scenery along the entire line of the NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND
WESTERN R.R. (formerly Erie Railway) has a world-wide reputation for
beauty. The line itself possesses unequaled facilities for transit of
through passengers over its steel rail double track, in Pullman Hotel,
Sleeping and Drawing-room Coaches, equipped with Miller Platform Buffer
and Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake. It is a booming route for New
York and other eastern cities. Try it.
JNO. N. ABBOTT,
_General Passenger Agent, New York_.
W. H. HURLBURT,
_Gen'l Western Passenger Agent, Chicago_.
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[Illustration:
NO CHANGE OF CARS OF ANY CLASS { CHICAGO AND KANSAS CITY.
AND { CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS.
Two Trains a Day Each Way between { ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY.]
CHICAGO & ALTON R.R.
THE PIONEER
PALACE RECLINING CHAIR CAR ROUTE
THE PIONEER PALACE DINING CAR ROUTE.
The Pioneer Pullman Sleeping Car Route.
TWO TRAINS DAILY, SUNDAYS INCLUDED,
Between CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY, and between ST. LOUIS and
KANSAS CITY.
NIGHT EXPRESS DAILY, SUNDAYS INCLUDED.
☞DAY EXPRESS DAILY, Sundays excepted, between CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS.
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PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN THE WEST:
H. H. UNZ, Western Manager, 38 E. Madison St., Chicago.
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