ARBORICULTURE 





The Only 

 Double Track 



Railway oetw^. Chicago 

 And the Missoufi River 



The Chicago and North Western Railway is the only double-track. line 

 between Chicago and Council Bluffs and Omaha, 



Four fast trains each way daily between Chicago and Council Bluffs and Omaha, 

 three trains a day between Chicago, Salt Lake, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland, 

 four between Chicago and Sioux City, two between Chicago and Denver, and one 

 between Chicago and the Black Hills, provide for passenger traffic between the East 

 and the West over this trans-continental highway. 



An admirably complete train service is also maintained between Chicago and 

 Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Lincoln, Yankton, Pierre, Mitchell and Bonesteel, S. D. 

 (the Rosebud Indian Reservation), Casper, Wyo., and Oakes, N. D., and to and from 

 points in Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, 

 tributary to the main trans-continental line. 



These through trains are operated on fast and convenient schedules. They are 

 drawn by powerful locomotives and carry an equipment of Pullman Standard Drawing 

 Room and Tourist Sleeping Cars, BulTet and Smoking Cars, Free Reclining Chair 

 Cars, Observation, Library, Parlor, Dining and Cafe Cars and Modern Day Coaches. 



The perfectly ballasted roadbed of heavy steel is maintained in the highest state 

 of etliciency, equipped with automatic block signals, interlocking switches at railway 

 crossings, and all known devices foi the safety and comfort of passengers. 



The 9,030 miles of railway embraced in the North-Western system penetrate to 

 every point of importance in Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Northern Illinois, Northern 

 Michigan and Southern Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming, with 

 through train and car connections to the Pacilic Coast. 



The Overland Limited between Chicago and San Francisco, the Colorado 

 Special, between Chicago and Denver, and the North-Western Limited, between 

 Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis, all daily, are examples of the highest art 

 in train construction and design, fiossessing the most complete arrangements 

 for the comfort of passengers, and operated on fast and convenient schedules. 



H.R. McCULLOUGH, W.A.GARDNER, 



THfRO VICE-PRESIDENT. GENERAL MANAGER. 



W. B. KNISKERN, 



PASS'R TRAFFIC MANAGER. 



C. A. CAIRNS, 



OEN'L PASS'R & TKT. AQT. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



