. Reasons why . northernresident portion of the city. From thence all trains pass under the citythrough the great double track tunnel over amile in length, propelled by electricity, toCamden Station, located in the center of thebusiness portion of the city. The route to Washington is through abeautiful suburban country, and the capitalcity is entered at the station at New JerseyAvenue and C Street within one block of theCapitol. The splendid construction of the RoyalBlue trains is especially worthy of note. Thecoaches are of the most modern patterns; andthe Pullman parlor and sleeping cars are
. Reasons why . northernresident portion of the city. From thence all trains pass under the citythrough the great double track tunnel over amile in length, propelled by electricity, toCamden Station, located in the center of thebusiness portion of the city. The route to Washington is through abeautiful suburban country, and the capitalcity is entered at the station at New JerseyAvenue and C Street within one block of theCapitol. The splendid construction of the RoyalBlue trains is especially worthy of note. Thecoaches are of the most modern patterns; andthe Pullman parlor and sleeping cars are fromthe latest designs. The dining car service isunexcelled—thirteen trains of the twenty beingthus equipped. Eight of these have combi-nation dining and cafe cars in which mealsare served either table dhote or a la the remainder those that run betweendining hours are supplied with buffets, whilstthe night trains have sleeping cars. r ! A y i^phMj^ij [T^^ HT;jr ^f ^Vasllillt^ toil. THE ROYAL HE Royal Limited, the finest T train in the famous RoyalBlue Line series, is what it isclaimed to be, the finest day-light train in the world. The name is applied to twotrains, one of which leavesNew York daily at p. m.,arriving Washington at m.; the other leaving Wash-ington p. m,, arriving NewYork p. m. They areexact counterparts, and are composed of splen-did coaches, Pullman parlor cars, parlor obser-vation buffet cars and dining and cafe cars. The parlor cars Empress, Czarina,Queen and Countess are superbly finishedin Vermillion wood with an inlay of Persiandesign; the ceilings of Royal Blue and the up-holstery of the same color, except in the ladiestoilets, some of which are finished in Mexicanonyx, while others are in hardwoods withdifferent colored effects. The drawing-roomsin the cars are finished in different designs;some are in green and gold; others in richred. The generaldesign of the mainparlors of all thecars is Persian,whilst in th
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