ARBORICULTURE 



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The Only 

 Double Track 



Road 



between 



Chicago 



And the Missouri River 



The Chicago & North- Western Railway announces the completion of 

 its new double track between Chicago and the Missouri River at Council Bluffs. 



Three fast trains each way daily between San Francisco and Chicago, and two 

 per day between Portland and Chicago, provide for passenger traffic between the 

 Pacific Coast and the East over this transcontinental highway. These through trains 

 are operated on fast and convenient schedules. They are drawn by powerful loco- 

 motives and carry an equipment of Sleeping Cars, Reclining Chair Cars, Observation, 

 Dining, Parlor, Library and Buffet Cars of the most approved type. 



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

 state of efficiency, equipped with automatic block signals, interlocking switches at 

 railway crossings, and all devices for the safety and comfort of passengers known to 

 modern railway management. 



The 9,024 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, with eastern terminals at Chicago, 

 Peoria and Milwaukee. 



The Overland Limited, daily between San Francisco and Chicago, via the Southern 

 Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago & North-Western railways, is the most luxurious 

 train in the world. It possesses the most complete arrangements for the comfort of 

 passengers and is operated on fast and convenient schedules, — less than three days 

 en route between the Coast and Chicago. 



W. B. KNISKERN, PASSENGER TRAFFIC MANAGER, CHICAGO, ILL. 



