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your breakfast and ride again to the depot, all for a 

 charge of 50 cents. 



I can speak from personal experience of only two of 

 the Albany hotels. The American, kept by my old friend, 

 and somewhat celebrated agricultural writer, C. N. 

 Bement, affords all the good living and comfort that 

 any one ever ought to ask for, for a dollar and a half a 

 day, and no extras to servants. The Delevan House will 

 do honor to the good man whose name it bears — a higher 

 recommendation I cannot give. This house is almost 

 adjoining the railroad depot. 



Having paid your $12 for the 325 miles to Buffalo and 

 got your check for baggage, you will start at l 1 /^ o'clock 

 and in 25 hours be in Buffalo; a very slow route, with 

 the intolerable nuisance of having to change cars and 

 look after the change of baggage at Rochester at 2 o'clock 

 at night. 



From the facilities afforded passengers upon this route 

 to "take refreshments," I conclude that the half dozen 

 different railroad companies all have some interest in the 

 numerous eating and drinking establishments that are so 

 conveniently located along the road side, at the thirty 

 stopping places, where from ten to thirty minutes are 

 allowed to give the passengers an opportunity to spend 

 their money. 



I give you the distances from Albany to some of the 

 principle places on the road: 



To— Miles. 



Schenectady 16 

 St. Johnsville 62 

 Rome 108 



Marcellus 159 

 Geneva 199 



Batavia 281 



Utica and Syracuse are the regular dinner and sup- 

 per places, where for half a dollar you can bolt down 

 all the unchewed food that you can force into your stom- 



