BEST OF: 



THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE 



CENTRAL 



MlSSISSIPPiX VALLEY 



ROUTE 



Fast and Handsom©ly-E.ci\iippecl Steam-Heated Trains, Dining Cars, Buffet- 

 Library Cars, Buffet Club Cars, Free Reclining CHair Cars. 



The Illinois Central is one of the great and successful railroads of the coun- 

 try, and is the fastest and best equipped, and most highly developed line, 

 physically, between the North and South. It maintains through trains, 

 including the '^Limited" and the "Special" from Chicago, St. Louis, 

 Cincinnati and Louisville to 



MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS AND THE SOITH 



The operation and equipment of these trains, and the lines over which they 

 are run, are subject to a high standard of maintenance. It will be of inter- 

 est, in connection with the latter, to note that the main line from Chicago has 

 a double tracl?, or its equivalent, with 85-pound steel rails, for practically the 

 entire distance of 923 miles to New Orleans, thus making the same for the 

 larger portion of t he lines from St. Louis and Louisville. It also runs between 



CHICAGO AND rHEWEST 



Fast Throvig'K Trains to 



MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, 

 OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, 

 SIOUX CITY, SIOUX FALLS 

 AND DUBUQUE. 



CHICAGO AND St. LOUS 



The "Daylight," and "Diamond" specials 

 — fast, solid, vestibule trains. The Daylight 

 Special is equipped with a buffet-library car, 

 parlor car, complete dining car, free reclin- 

 ing chair car and day coach, embodying the 

 latest features in structural and decorative de- 

 sign. The interiors of these cars combine every 

 convenience and comfort. The entire exterior 

 of the train has been harmoniously decorated 

 with colors of green, gold and black-brown, the 

 combination producing a tasteful but striking 

 effect. It is "■A Handsome Train." 



DIRECT LINE TO 



Nashville, Atlanta and Jacksonville, Fla.; Hot Springs, Ark.; Gulfport, Miss., 



also to Cuba and Panama, Through the Port of New Orleans.| 



PARTICULARS OF AGENTS OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND CONNECTING LINES. 



A.. H. HANSON. 



Passenger Traffic Manager. 



CHICAGO. 



S. G. HATCH. 



General Passenger Agent. 



