History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and incidentially historical collection pertaining to border warfare and the early settlement of the adjacent portion of the Ohio Valley, Part 217

Author: Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander) 1n; Newton, J. H., ed; Ohio Genealogical Society. 1n
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va. : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 728

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BIG WALNUT,

in Franklin county, There will be observed on the right a fine residence owned by Mr. Andrew Morrison, while one mile west of the depot, on the same side, will be noticed the rural home of Mr. Corbin Zane. Big Walnut depot derives its name from be- ing a telegraph and water station located on Big Walnut creek, but it is not surrounded with any prominent residences.

ALUM CREEK SIDING,

which is the next point of call, is only a side track, half a mile east of a creek bearing the same name. Really, however, the correct original name of the latter was "Elm creek," which has been perverted to " Alum creek." From this water course is seen (on the north side) the famous "Water Cure" conducted successfully by Dr. Shepherd, and beyond it "St. Mary's Aca- demy." A little to the west of the "Water Cure," and on the

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same side, are several acres of land devoted exclusively to gar- dening, and owned by Mr. Adam Dich. Next we arrive at

CALDWELL STATION,

two miles east of Columbus, and the junction of the Scioto Val- ley Railway, with the Columbus and Newark Division of the P. C. & St. L., and B. & O. Railroads. A little beyond the junction, on the left side of the track will be observed the "Re- volving Scraper Factory," and still half a mile further on, to the right, we come in view of the P. C. & St. L. Ry. Co's "round house"-a substantial structure where their locomo- tives are stabled and admirably cared for, as demonstrated in the fact, (which has frequently escaped the lips of travelers) that the old "Pan Handle" engines are among the finest- and "kept up to the handle" with the most attractive and serviceable locomotives-that ever turned a wheel on this American continent.

ARSENAL SWITCH,

is so named from the "arsenal" standing in sight, not far from the right hand side of the track, and of which we might say

" This is the arsenal. From floor to ceiling Like a huge organ rise the burnished arms But from their silent pipes, no anthem pealing Startles the citizens with strange alarms,

yet it is a lively quarter for the initiation of recruits and the frequent entertainment of accomplished regiments, while the band attached, has attained almost a national reputation for excellence as the "Columbus Barrack's or Garrison Band." We arc now virtually in Columbus corporation, hence we will skip over the last mile of the city sights, the more speedily to refer to

COLUMBUS UNION DEPOT.

It will be found one of the largest, lightest, best arranged and most efficiently kept terminals in the country-lofty and

unusually free from all unnecessary smoke and noise beyond the actual requirements of traffic. On the left are ranged a series of rooms including every facility for the comfort and con- venience of passengers, from the refreshment counter and dining room down to a free reading room and library, the ticket office being located in the center, where the indefatigable agent, Mr. Edward Pagels, officiates with so much attention and polite_ ness. In a previous article, and under the head of "Connec- tions made by the P., C. & St. L. Ry.," we give the names of the several lines running into this noble and substantial struc- ture-hence to repeat them would be unnecessary. Columbus, we need hardly say, as the capital of the famous "Buckeye" State, has a widespread popularity equal with that of Pitts- burgh for its manufacturing resources, therefore to elaborate on the city, its trade, commerce and characteristics, would only be, to the average American citizen, like resorting to an exhaustive argument in the hope of convincing him that Chicago and St. Louis were in the West. We may remark, however, that the General Manager of the P., C. & St. L. Ry-D. W. Caldwell, Esq., than whom a more experienced, energetic and gentle- manly representative no road in the nation need desire-has his offices located here, as also Col. W. L. O'Brien, General Ticket Agent, whose superior ability, careful discretion and uniform affability retain for him such universal popularity. Having now completed a most agreeable trip, and indulged in- numerable pleasing associations during our series of inquiries, we should be lacking in becoming respect-if not common gratitude-did we fail to pay a parting tribute to the uniform kindness, civilities and attentions of the P., C. & St. L. officials, EVERYWHERE-from the highest to the lowest-with whom we have come in contact, which has positively converted our ap- parent tedious task into an absolute season of the highest enjoyment.

MAN IDRAWING

ROOM

EERINGINCAR

TRAVELING REDUCED TO A SCIENCE.

SAMPLE PRIVILEGES AND CONVENIENCES FOUND ON THE P. C. & ST. L. RY .- THE PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY'S WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS.

There was a day-and that at no remote period-when to journey over this vast American continent was decmed a feat far from a sinecure achievement. And in those days nothing fell upon the ear of the weary, footsore traveler with such a ring as the rude invitation of the teamster on the pike when he sung out, "Jump into my wagon, and we'll all take a ride." But with the universal metamorphosis that have dawned in modern life, what a revolution has been instituted in the modes of travel! No longer is a progressive community satisfied with seeing the jaded stage horses of yore superseded by the ponder- ous locomotive that dashes through tunnels, climbs mountains and bounds frantically through mighty ravines, but as if "to render perfection perfect," the skill and ingenuity of man has positively reduced the old-time monotony of traveling to an absolute season of the highest enjoyment. Figuratively speak- ing, if you should desire, or necessity requires you, to take a trip in these days from St. Louis to New York, a distance of 1,062 miles, you need take no concern. All that is necessary is simply to take an early supper and board the cars. Indulge a pure Havana cigar until "old Sol" has fairly sunk to rest in

the western horizon, and then retire to a couch of ease and comfort in a chamber of elegance. On awaking in the morn- ing .you are politely presented with a sumptuous bill of fare, feast "royally," as you would in the most competent hotel in a metropolitan city, and retire to your drawing room (car), from the window of which you take in an endless and diversified series of delightful panoramic views, from actual nature, at a pace fully equal to the capacity of your comprehensive faculties to digest. An epicurean dinner, consisting of everything in season-fish, game, fowl, meats, fruit, and even the indispensa- ble "side issues," such as hoc, port, claret or champagne-next awaits your pleasure. After this comes the usual " noontide nap," followed by a brief association with new-made acquaint- ances, the cracking of jokes and interchange of opinions and experiences from cushions of ease, surrounded with cheerful tapestry and trappings of palatial grandeur, well calculated to enhance the gratification of your interview. Supper, in due season, once more graces the festive board, and you partake, after which the exhilarating fumes of another regalia again wears around the hour for rest. You retire, and, with the morning's sun, "rise in the East." Yes, even in New York, as unconscious of having traveled nearly eleven hundred miles as though your privilege had rather been the indulgence of a brief season's hospitalities at the "White House," the distinguished guest of America's Chief Executive! Why, such an achieve- ment, on the face of it, would seem ample to shock the confi-

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dence of the most credulous. And yet such indulgences are the daily experience of travelers over the ever reliable and efficiently conducted old "Pan Handle Route." But the ques- tion naturally suggests itself-to whom is especial credit due for the perfecting and regulating of the essential details to so extraordinary a combination of privileges? when we cheerfully respond-

"THE PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY."

ORIGIN OF THE SLEEPING CAR SYSTEM.

About the year 1858, sleeping cars were adopted by a few of the leading railways in the country. The cars then used were, for the most part, erude and unsatisfactory in their arrange- ment and appointments. They were constructed under a variety of patents, and employed various devices which had not been perfected by experience, and in many instances ordi- nary passenger cars were utilized. They served, however, to educate the traveling public to the existing want, and dem- onstrated the necessity of something better.

These cars were, moreover, confined to the roads of the rail- way companies owning them, and were unsuited to the neces- sities of travel on long lines, being chiefly used to accommodate local travel, and then only in case the road was of sufficient length to occupy an entire night in the transportation of its passengers.

It soon became apparent that a class of cars that would fur- nish accommodations adequate to the wants of both night and day travel, together with a system that should afford continu- ous and unbroken communication between far distant points over several distinct lines of railway, would supply a growing want of the traveling public, and probably largely increase the passenger traffic.

It was not easy, nor indeed possible, for a great number of independent railway companies to unite upon a uniform pat- tern of car, to perfect uniform arrangements, or to utilize the many different inventions and devices, which, combined, make up the comfort and convenience of a sleeping car. Even had any general plan been suggested by one or more companies for acting in concert, some companies would not, perhaps, have found it convenient, at any given time, to furnish their pro- portion of cars; nor would it have been easy to decide, with- out experience, what, in such a case, equity between the roads, would have demanded.

It is obvious that the constant provision of abundant sup- plies of bedding and changes of linen, and the necessary laundry arrangements, as well as the selection of suitable de- vices for heating, ventilating, constructing and operating cars with special reference to their use as sleeping apartments, are the very essence of a successful sleeping-car system ; yet this was foreign to the regular business of railway companies, and less likely to receive their careful attention than that of a company especially organized for the purpose. Hence the ne- cessity for a separate organization, which should be able to make arrangements of a uniform character, with the different railway companies, on such reasonable terms as would appeal to their interests.

The organization of such a company, which should be charged with the duty of providing the accommodations re- quired by an intelligent public, presented questions of much magnitude and importance. The problem was to build cars which should embrace inventions and improvements perfected by the best ingenuity and skill of the country, and thus meet the just demands of the traveler, secure the railways a fair equivalent for their service, and at the same time provide a reasonable return upon the capital invested.

The foundation for such a company was laid by Mr. Geo. M. Pullman, who had originally conceived this idea and was then operating, to a limited extent, sleeping cars in the west.

For the purpose of perfecting this system on a scale which would extend its usefulness to the immediate demands of the traveling public, and also keep pace with its growing wants he organized a company in 1867, known as " Pullman's Palace Car Company," incorporated under a special charter granted by the State of Illinois.

The management of its business, together with the advan- tages of the system, have so recommended it that at the present time more than seventy railway companies, not only in the United States and Canada, but also in England and on the Continent. have contracted for the use of Pullman cars.

The contracts are made for a long term of years and cover over forty thousand miles of railway, on which it now controls and operates more than seven hundred cars.

The Pullman Company represents a cash outlay of twelve million dollars and upwards.

These facts present the best evidence of the great importance of the conveniences which the Pullman cars. and the system under which they are operated, afford the public and the railway companies who have adopted them.

It is but a few years since the first sleeping-car-a rude adap- tation of the ordinary coach-was attempted; and it is much more recently that the necessity of frequent changes of cars by day and night, in a journey over several roads, was obviated by the establishment of continuous sleeping-car lines, by means of which not only the hurried business man but also solitary women, children and invalids are conveyed in a luxurious cars half way across the continent without a change and with astonishing ease and freedom from anxiety.

We believe every candid traveler will admit that there is no expense of his journey which he pays so willingly. In the ordinary car the passenger takes his chance of a seat when he enters. In the sleeping-car he is the absolute owner, for the journey, of a certain selected portion, the purchase of one berth entitling him to a whole seat, or twice the space belonging to him in the day car.

Secure in the possession of his berth, section, state-room or drawing-room, the favored passenger can sleep, sit, read, write, eat, converse, or comfortably stretch out and gaze through the wide plate-glass windows at the flying landscape. The wealth of a railway bondholder cannot give greater luxury or privacy in traveling than the poorest man can command for $2 for a journey of hundreds of miles.

The annual average cost of operating a Pullman car, includ- ing its repairs, together with maintenance of upholstery, bedding and equipments, and pay of employees, is about $4,000. One considerable item of expense is the car service. In addition to the conductor and porter of each car, many other employees are required in the general conduct of the business. It has a thoroughly .military system of inspectors who are constantly moving over its lines, noting the efficiency and deportment of every conductor and porter, and marking his conduct according to a certain scale of excellence.

The far-sighted enterprise that is constantly increasing the cost and completeness of appointments-that is all the time experimenting with new devices to add to the traveler's com- fort, and that not only keeps pace with the public demand, but in advance of it, and at frequent intervals brings out a new marvel of luxury ahead of all that preceded it-all these con- tributions of money and genius are fairly entitled to handsome reward.

It is believed that the public will never consent to return to the old plan of frequent changes of cars and broken travel, but, instead of taking any step backward, will demand even further improvements. These, so far as attainable, the Pullman Com- pany can furnish, if its efforts to meet the public wants shall be as thoroughly seconded by the railway interests and com- munity at large in the future as they have been in the past.

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"THE PULLMAN OPEN SLEEPER,"

to the uninitiated, by day, much resembles an ordinary first- class car-so far as the seating facilities are concerned. But the internal fittings, decorations, plated lamps and upholstering are much more elegant, while the toilets and other conveni- ences, for ladies and gentlemen, at the respective ends of the ear, afford indications that the accommodations provided are something extra. It is not until night-fall that the full advan- tages afforded by these model traveling chambers of ease and repose are fully realized. Not until the liveried attendant has transformed the scene, and a series of cozy, full draped beds have been fully prepared "in apple-pie order." Then awaits you the comparative comfort of your own couch at home, and as you enseonse yourself between sheets of snow-flake white- ness, 'tis in such an hour-such a moment-you realise with Montgomery --

"How sweet at evening's close To draw around a weary breast The curtain of repose."

No clatter and jolting-rolling or tossing-for these magnifi- eent ears are constructed regardless of expense. They are balanced on the most approved and highly tempered springs, have improved couplings, and every wheel is composed of a patent compressed paper material that is next to a perfect non-conduetor of sound. In blissful ignorance of the fact that you are being whirled through the air at from thirty to fifty miles per hour, you have barely time to fully vision in your sleep the probable denouements that await you at your jour- ney's end, ere you find yourself awaking to an experience of the realities. Cheered to encounter the buffetings of commer- cial life-refreshed by a sound natural sleep-or, mayhap, in- vigorated to indulge pleasure pursuits in the society of your friends, then it is that you see and appreciate the advantage, the comfort and satisfaction of a sleeping car. Mean, indeed, would be the selfish disposition that could begrudge the nom- inal additional expense thus incurred. Virtually, not more than the average damage inflicted on a good suit of clothes where penuriousness has subjected them to a season of inces- sant roeking, twisting and groveling, in a dusty seat, in the vain hope of catching a series of broken naps-invariably re- sulting in a feeling much easier imagined than described. It was the frequent necessity for taking long journeys that lead to the perfecting of these cars, and the immense advantage

they have proved richly entitles them to unlimited patronage. But with their characteristic enterprise, ingenuity and liber- ality, the "Pullman Palace Car Company" conceived yet greater advantages, and resolved next to combine drawing rooms in their cars, and even to produce

DRAWING-ROOM CARS FOR DAY TRAVEL.

Then dawned experiment upon experiment, expense upon expense, resulting in the adoption of easy-backed chairs, settees and lounges, richly upholstered; floors carpeted with handsome pile Brussels carpet, and blinds and lamps were introduced of corresponding magnificenee, until an apartment was produced of palatial grandeur. Society promptly appreciated the idea, and no sooner was it seen "that it was good" than

"THE DRAWING-ROOM SLEEPING CAR"

was introduced, combining not only the familiar associations of home by day, but also the comforts of one's own chamber by night. In the most exquisite style imaginable the cars were so ingeniously construeted that to metamorphose them was only the work of a few moments, elegant retiring rooms reeeiv- ing their guests the while. The toilet rooms were appointed to the minutest detail. Marble-top washstands, plate-glass mirrors and the advantage of handsome spring blinds (by which the light could be regulated at pleasure) were among the prominent features adopted, together with special apartments so arranged that invalids, families, or private parties might engage and oeeupy distinet rooms, enclosed within rielly en- graved and obseured glass doors, secure from observation or intruders. In fact the elegance and completeness of these cars then seemed to suggest that absolute perfection had been arrived at. And such would have decidedly been the verdiet of any one short of the enterprising "Pullman Palace Car Company," but their motto being "Excelsior!" with indomitable persever- ance they again set to work, and next dawned their wonderful

"HOTEL DRAWING-ROOM CAR,

such a charming multum in parro as only the most extraordi- nary genius could commence to devise. These cars are absolute marvels, and so completely furnished and appointed, even to a professional eook, that, added to all the privileges hitherto re- ferred to, they afford the utmost advantages of a first-class

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metropolitan hotel. At one end is the kitchen, fitted with range, shelves, cupboard, ice chest, tables, and a full comple- ment of culinary utensils. Adjoining it is a waiter's room (easily converted into a snug little sleeping apartment for that individual) surrounded with china, glass and linen cupboards, and flanked with a bread locker, &c. Near by is the wine chest and conductor's desk-the entire arrangement not occu- pying over a quarter of the car's length. The cellar or recep- tacle for the preservation of game, fish, fowl, meats, milk, butter &c., consists of a large iron ventilated safe affixed to the under part of the car, wherein, during the hottest weather, every- thing is kept perfectly cool, fresh and sweet at a low degrec of temperature, occasioned by the incessant draught surrounding it, produced by the velocity of the train. At the opposite end of the car from the kitchen department are admirably fitted toilets and a handsome private drawing-room. The center of the car, on each side of a richly carpeted aisle, affords a series of easy and handsomely upholstered seats, in front of which small tables may be drawn out at meal times, when the scene presented can be compared only to the inviting comparison afforded by a first-class banqueting apartment in a suburban villa. But, better still, you are not confined to prescribed meal hours-for you give an order when you please and for what you

[Pullman Parlor Car-with Revolving Chair Seats.]

like. It is duly prepared in epicurean style and served in the most tasteful and accomplished manner. The immense advan- tages over taking hasty "snacks" or so-called "meals" at road- side refreshment counters, will at once be apparent. Your food is specially and carefully prepared to your peculiar taste and laid before you in the most presentable manner. You sit down at perfect ease and indulge at your pleasure, while the trifling extra costs over a gobble in a refreshment saloon, is more than compensated for by the simple relief from an anxiety of being left behind while dispatching a few morsels of "you know not what." This comparatively new and important fca- ture in railroading is something absolutely wonderful, and speaks volumes in honor to American ingenuity, skill and en- terprise, but nothing short of a personal experience can possibly convey a correct estimate of how much society is indebted to the "Pullman Palace Car Company" for their astonishing achieve- ments.

In addition to the foregoing styles of cars the Pullman Com-

pany also run an " EXCLUSIVE HOTEL CAR " and an "EXCLU- SIVE PARLOR CAR," with a "SPECIAL PARLOR CAR"-the latter being open for engagement by special parties where the con- veniences of a whole car may be required; and it is needless to say that the superb manner in which that traveling palace is furnished is simply immense.

THE BEAUTIFUL CHARTIER'S VALLEY.

Its Rural Fascinations-Fertility-Healthfulness and Pre-eminent Claims to the Location of Suburban Residences, as Suggested During a most Delightful Ride from Mansfield to Washington, Pa., over the Popular " Pan Handle Route."

To admirers of nature-and particularly such as take special delight in improving "God's broad acres"-there is probably not a section of country to be found, for its extent, more invit- ing and remunerative than the territory it is now our purpose to review. Boarding the P. C. & St. L. train, at Mansfield- which, by the way, is quite an interesting country town, and an extensively patronized site for suburban homes *- barely two hundred yards are traveled ere we cross a bridge spanning the famous "Chartier's creek "-a feat, we are politely informed by the affable conductor, it will be our privilege to repeat twenty- two times before arriving at Washington. Without for a mo- ment questioning the necessity for this wholesale " bridging over the distance," we nevertheless resolve, if possible to keep tally for curiosity's sake. No sooner are we prepared to take in the surrounding prospects than the freshness, sweetness and purity of the air breaks upon us, exhilarating to a degree. Rich pasture lands, dotted with lowing herds, and traverscd by full many a feathered songster on its daily mission for food- hills, dales and groves thickly wooded ander owned with varie- gated foliage-each in happy contrast flourish in the associa- tion of the graceful winding creek, as its stream of crystal purity ripples a ceasless and audible attestation to the perfec- tive works of nature. Gazing upon such a scene-enhanced by the brilliant rays of a resplendent noon day sun, why should we wonder to recognize conspicuously, in such seclusion, the united skill of the architect and artizan displayed on de- lightful villas for the enjoyment of rural homes in such a model Paradisc-

" Away from the turmoil, bustle and strife- The worries and cares of commercial life ; Where health holds its own, in retirement sweet, And nature's fair beautees constantly greet."t

But the brakeman announcing

" LEASDALE"

suggests we are expatiating a little too freely between stations. This is a small country stopping point, about a mile and a half from Mansfield, and named after the late Col. Lea, who was once a prominent and popular resident near by. Soon after passing the depot, from the right side of the car may be seen in the distance, on the hill side, in a cluster of trees, a neat and substantial structure, forming the residence and out buildings on the Allegheny county farm, which is not only ex-

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History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and incidentially historical collection pertaining to border warfare and the early settlement of the adjacent portion of the Ohio Valley, Part 217

Author: Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander) 1n; Newton, J. H., ed; Ohio Genealogical Society. 1n Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va. : Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 728

Author: Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander) 1n; Newton, J. H., ed; Ohio Genealogical Society. 1n
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va. : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 728