. Book of the Royal blue . SING OF THE OLD BALTIMORE & OHIO PASSENGERSTATION AT WASHINGTON. rrnPROPOS of the completion of theI 11 I new Union Station, it is recalledl_/\l that less than three-fourths of acentury ago, at a simple platformnear the site of the census office, tiie firstrailroad company to operate in this Dis-trict, the Baltimore & Ohio, had for a few-months its terminal. And there are a fewpersons now residing in this city who re-member the entry of the iron-horse-drawncarloads of passengers between 12 and 1oclock August 25, 1835. That the expectations of the railroadpeople and t
. Book of the Royal blue . SING OF THE OLD BALTIMORE & OHIO PASSENGERSTATION AT WASHINGTON. rrnPROPOS of the completion of theI 11 I new Union Station, it is recalledl_/\l that less than three-fourths of acentury ago, at a simple platformnear the site of the census office, tiie firstrailroad company to operate in this Dis-trict, the Baltimore & Ohio, had for a few-months its terminal. And there are a fewpersons now residing in this city who re-member the entry of the iron-horse-drawncarloads of passengers between 12 and 1oclock August 25, 1835. That the expectations of the railroadpeople and the general public in the prog-ress of railroading have long since beensurpassed is evident in the multiplicity oftrains, in the erection of depots now inuse, and in the remarks made on the occa-sion of the opening of the Baltimore &Ohio road, when the mayor of Washington,Col. W. A. Bradley, and the councils andothers welcomed P. E. Thomas, president,the directors and others. He congratulated them on having com-. VVitli all the railroads entering the Dis-trict at the new station, it would seem thatperfection has been reached in the way offacilities and accommodation tor the with the underground tracks runningto the Capitol building, a well as the legislators may be landedthere direct from their homes, and enterupon their duties before coming in contactwith the Washington public. It will bepossible, therefore, in the inauguration of aPresident, for him to start from his homeand go direct to the Capitol. pleted a link in the chain which he hopedto see extended from Portland to NewOrleans, binding on the seaboard theremote parts of the Lnion. a few years ago, the speaker added,the weary traveler leaving Washington atthe rising of the sun was still toiling atsunset. Sow a man of business in Wash-ington may visit Baltimore, purchase hisgoods, return before evening, unpack hisgoods and expose them ready for sale inthe morning. The mayor expressed thehope
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